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Teaching American History (TAH) Projects

Watch video of keynote speakers from the 2009 and 2011 Teaching American History Project Directors meetings. Topics include historical thinking, public history, and lessons learned from TAH. FIND OUT MORE »

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Lessons Learned

Explore lessons learned by TAH projects

Dedicated Project Director

Photo, Teachers listening during a grant workshop. TAH: History Connected

Having a project director is nonnegotiable—Jeff Sun stresses the [...] »

Modeling Place-based Teaching

Photo. Teachers on a walking tour in DC. NHEC

Place-based teaching isn't as simple as dropping students off at a museum. [...] »

Learning from Lesson Plans

Detail, Library of Congress, ichicdn n064171, chicago daily news

Being a successful history teacher also necessarily involves being an engaged [...] »

Teaching American History and Parallel Schools

Photo, Teachers at American History Museum during a grant. CHNM

When schools partner with the history institutions in their own communities, [...] »

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Project Spotlight

Learn about innovative TAH projects

Ford's Theatre: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Teachers discussing Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address at a workshop

Ford's Theatre Society's Sarah Jencks leads teachers through Abraham Lincoln's [...] »

Moments in American History

Lithograph, ". . . Shenandoah," Strobridge & Co. Lith., c. 1898, LoC

Take your projects beyond regional boundaries to give your grant the longest [...] »

Constitutional Connections

U.S. Constitution, NARA

Communication and performance-based evaluation characterize this Washington [...] »

Emerging America: Teaching and Learning American History

Glass negative, Pearson's return home. . . , 1937, Harris & Ewing, LoC

Start small. Help students see how the history in their own neighborhoods [...] »

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