HISTORY

Water Rights in the West: The Hoover Dam

On this date (June 25th) in 1929, President Herbert Hoover signed the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928, authorizing construction…

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The Power of Primary Documents

Primary documents prompt reflection on history. Landen Schmeichel sees this often when using documents in his Advanced Placement US History…

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MAHG Qualifying Exam Tips | Teaching American History

Summer has arrived! And that means the pinnacle of TAH’s professional development for teachers has arrived as well: our Master…

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A Pageantry of Power: Planning Washington’s First Inauguration

This blog post, written by faculty member Sarah Morgan Smith, was first posted on January 19, 2021. An online resource guide…

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What’s Your Summer Reading? | Teaching American History

Summer’s here! Time to do that reading you put off during the school year. We asked teacher friends what they…

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Brett Van Gaasbeek’s Students Talk about Preserving Self-Government

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and…

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The 80th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944

Assault landing, one of the first waves at Omaha. The Coast Guard caption identifies the unit as Company E, 16th…

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Joseph Postell on How Congress Actually Works

Today’s blog is an edited excerpt from the introduction to TAH’s CDC volume, Congress, edited by Joseph Postell, available in…

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John Muir Founds the Sierra Club

On May 28, 1892, a group of university professors and interested citizens met in the San Francisco law office of…

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Professional Development or Summer Camp for Teachers? MAHG is both!

Join us this summer for the best professional development TAH offers! We still have room in some graduate classes—both online…

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