- March 18, 2025
Margaret Sanger: The Woman Rebel
The letters are heartbreaking. Women who had borne three, four, five, or more children in as many years of marriage wrote to Margaret Sanger (1879–1966),
Why Government Teacher Amy Messick Ran For School Board
Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. She also
Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!
Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. Free professional development. What more could you ask for? Applications open soon
Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story; Part 2
Part II: Teenaged Integration Pioneers Endure a Lonely Spotlight Gloria Sloan Gloria Reeves Sloan was the oldest of the first three students to integrate Belmont High
Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union
Why is Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but it’s
Bayard Rustin and Nonviolent Resistance: Shaping the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern civil rights era. Thirteen years
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: Sorting the Real from the Myth
One of the many letters Abraham Lincoln received after being elected president in November 1860 was from Alexander Stephens, a former congressional colleague of Lincoln
Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story
In May of 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, finding segregated schools “inherently unequal.” One year later, the Court issued its
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On this day, we are pleased to post this essay by Lucas Morel, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at Washington and Lee University
Introducing our Spring 2025 Webinar Series, Books that Changed the National Conversation
For the past year, Teaching American History’s webinars have been about the presidential election. Last spring, we broke down the presidential election cycle. We spent