"An NCHE team of Matt Pinsker, Al Jacobs, and Jim McNeill will explore the topic of Abolition and the Emancipation Proclamation and Taking Sides: The Confederacy at this colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Charles Errico, Ted Green, and Nancy Taylor will explore the topic of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Development of the Bill of Rights at this colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Tad Kuroda, Susan Dangle, and Jim Cameron will explore the topic of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Development of the Bill of Rights at this colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Wally Hettle, Cindy Stout, and Lucinda Evans will explore the topic of Trade, Tariffs, and Taxes at this West Shore Consortium for Dynamic History Instruction colloquium."

"This course examines the development of American political parties, focusing on the meaning of parties and historic moments in the rise and fall of political parties from the Founding era to the present. Topics may include re-aligning elections, changing coalitions within American parties, and the contemporary Democratic and Republican parties."

"This course is an intensive study of the highest court in the federal judiciary, focusing on the place of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional order. Areas of study may include the relationship between the Court and the other branches of the federal government as well as the states; the Court's power of judicial review; and judicial politics and statesmanship. We will examine these kinds of issues by investigating how the Court has interpreted the Constitution in some of its most historic decisions."

"Students examine events and issues in the foreign policy of the American republic. Topics include the major schools of thought and approaches to foreign policy, the connection between domestic and foreign politics, and the connection between the principles of the American regime and its foreign policy."

"Franklin's 'Autobiography' and Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia' are exemplary expressions of the principles that inform the American way of life. The course aims to recover what such a claim means by paying careful attention to what the books say about nature, human desires, reason, education, religion, government, farming, commerce, and several other things. As time permits, we will consider related writings of Franklin and Jefferson."

"A study of the sectional conflict beginning with the nullification crisis. The course will not only examine the political, social and economic developments in the period leading to the Civil War, but will emphasize the political thought of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and John C. Calhoun."

"This course is an intensive study of the constitutional convention, the struggle over ratification of the Constitution, and the creation of the Bill of Rights. It will include a close examination of the Federalist Papers and the antifederalist papers."