HISTORY

Stephanie Nelson, 2021 Master of Arts in American History and Government grad At a recent Teaching American History weekend seminar in San Diego, Stephanie Nelson relived her experience in the Master of Arts in American History and…

During the early 1980s, I rented a small studio apartment on Capitol Hill, just two blocks from the Library of Congress. I enjoyed the restaurants nearby, and excellent museums were within easy walking distance. Although the restaurants…

Teaching American History is proud to introduce our newest volume in the Core Document Collection, The Judiciary. Edited by Joshua Dunn, this volume presents an array of views on the role that the courts should play in American…

Given current news, the most recent addition to our Core Document Collection, The Judiciary, has generated a great deal of interest. It is edited by Professor Joshua Dunn, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and…

This post originally ran on May 23, 2019 Did you know that the origins of Memorial Day and its remembrance of America’s servicemen and women arose in response to the divisions left by the Civil War? On the Religion In America…

Cover of The Judiciary, edited by Joshua Dunn Last week we spoke with Professor Joshua Dunn about a recently published document collection he edited, The Judiciary. Dunn commented on the Supreme Court’s evolving understanding of…

In the 1857 case Dred Scott v. Sandford, the United States Supreme Court argued that under the Constitution and laws of the country, “the Negro … had no rights that the white man was bound to respect.” Almost 100 years later, in Brown…

What are our staff and faculty reading this summer? Michelle Hubenschmidt, Teacher Program Manager For your summer reading pleasure I’d like to recommend two easy and light narratives based on actual events.  Both involve murder,…