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Teaching American History (TAH) Projects

Watch video of keynote speakers from the 2009 Teaching American History Project Directors Meeting. Topics include evaluation, public history, Latino history, and America and the world. FIND OUT MORE »

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Explore lessons learned by successful TAH Project adminstrators and partners.

Poster, "We Can Do It!," c. 1942-1943, U. S. National Archvies, Flickr Commons

How we learned to design professional development for teachers and their [...] »

Photo, Grant members discussing. Peopling the American Past: CHNM

Collaboration is the key! Conduct feedback with your teachers, not upon them, [...] »

Photo, Nutrition and health work in public schools, around 1918-20. Flickr

What makes a Teaching American History (TAH) evaluation successful? What is a [...] »

Photo. Teachers on a walking tour in DC. NHEC

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

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Project Spotlight

Learn about the innovative work happening in TAH Projects across the country.

Painting, of the house and shop of David Alling, New Jersey Historical Society

You are General George Washington, outnumbered, and don't know where the [...] »

Woodcut theatrical poster, "The Professor," A.S. Seer Print, 1881, LoC

Implementation is key. How can you incorporate ideas from TAH workshops into [...] »

Lithograph, "Abraham Lincoln's last reception," 1865, Anton Hohenstein, LoC

Lincoln's presidency and assassination are components of Essential American [...] »

Lithograph, "Declaration of Independence. . . ," 1835-1856, N. Currier, LoC

Contextualize those founding documents—without context, they are little [...] »

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'Historian' wasn't always a career path—only in the 19th century did it become a full-time academic occupation.

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Regularly assess student understanding, and revise your lesson plans to match the needs of lower level learners.

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As more new media tools are developed, and more primary sources digitally archived, historians must find new ways to sort and present the data meaningfully.
 

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