Helping teachers bring the documents and debates of the nation’s past into the present.
TeachingAmericanHistory.org is history and civics resource website designed for use by K-12 teachers, college faculty, students, and the public at large. It features a searchable library containing thousands of original documents spanning American history from the Colonial Era through the present, primary source document-based lesson plans designed for use in secondary school classrooms, interact
03/18/2026
You have until tomorrow to apply for our most popular seminar experiences!
3 days of engaging professional development with...
✅ free lodging
✅ free meals
✅ travel stipend
✅ free tour of a historic site
✅ learning from documents you can use with your students
Don't miss this chance!
https://hubs.la/Q047lWrP0
03/17/2026
Applications are now open for our free summer seminars for teachers!
These popular three-day programs take place at historic sites across the country and bring educators together to explore American history with leading scholars and primary sources.
Apply now to join us this summer!
https://hubs.la/Q046YsJP0
Weekend & Summer Seminars Programs Weekend & Summer Seminars Travel to historic destinations and experience transformative seminars. Encounter primary sources in the places that inspired them. About Weekend & Summer Seminars Each Weekend and […]
03/11/2026
Our Summer Teacher Seminar applications are currently OPEN! Don't miss your chance at free PD at historic sites all around the country!
https://hubs.la/Q046pvRG0
Weekend & Summer Seminars Programs Weekend & Summer Seminars Travel to historic destinations and experience transformative seminars. Encounter primary sources in the places that inspired them. About Weekend & Summer Seminars Each Weekend and […]
02/07/2026
👋 We are doing new things—California teachers, this one’s yours.
👀For the first time ever, Teaching American History is launching a California Initiative, made possible through a new grant to support Ethnic Studies and U.S. History educators across the state.
This initiative expands TAH’s work in a new way—bringing free, scholar-led professional development and primary-source resources specifically designed to support Ethnic Studies teaching in California.
📜 Thoughtful history content rooted in primary sources
📚 Built for real classrooms
🧠 Designed to support—not overwhelm
This grant allows us to show up in California with more resources, more opportunities, and more support for teachers doing important work.
🚀 Join our private FB group for CA teachers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecainitiative/
🔗 Check out our page on TAH:
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/thecainitiative
👇 Know a California History or Social Studies teacher?
We’d love to stay in touch. Tag them below or share this post.
👀 Have you seen the new TAH.org yet??
02/03/2026
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity!
Join us TONIGHT at 7:00 PM ET on Zoom to have all of your JMMFF application questions answered. See you there! 🤓
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88524443103?pwd=59aVCih8ViYDtnilyy6z6bbKNfQnmh.1
Meeting ID: 885 2444 3103
Passcode: 061035
01/31/2026
As we prepare to go live with the newest version of our website, join us for a walk down memory lane!
Fun highlights:
2003 - Those audio recordings were almost certainly in .ra format. IYKYK.
2004 - That Constitutional Convention exhibit has now been recreated on every website version we've had, and during the times when it's down for maintenance and transition people ALWAYS notice it's missing!
2009 - Our graduate degree was still a Master of American History and Government. It would become a Master of Arts three years later.
2013 - The introduction of our flag logo!
2019 - As part of a rebranding, we dropped the ".org" part of our name for an official wordmark.
2020 - For some reason, we prominently featured a section about teaching online...
2022 - The current version of our website.
2026 - Enjoy this sneak peak of the soon-to-be-released website. Not just with our new branding, but with a ton of performance and interface improvements as well!
Stay tuned for when the new page goes live!
01/27/2026
We're preparing to bid farewell to our website...
..and welcome the new and improved TAH.org very soon!
Stay tuned! 👀
01/20/2026
What’s New in MAHG?
Our Master of Arts in American History & Government is well-known to teachers in the TAH community. If you’ve been to our seminars, you’ve probably met someone who’s at least taken some graduate classes. If asked, they likely touted their experience with the MAHG degree. For many
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/blog/whats-new-in-mahg
01/13/2026
In case you missed it, applications for our most popular seminars are NOW OPEN!
Our Weekend Teacher Seminars bring teachers from around the country to a historic site for an incredible PD experience.
We provide your hotel lodging, meals, refreshments, a tour of the historic site, primary documents, travel money, and a professor to help guide the seminar discussions.
You provide an eagerness to discuss the documents at the seminar and a love of learning.
Apply for your top choice at https://teachingamericanhistory.org/programs/multiday-seminars/schedule/spring-2026-weekend-teacher-seminar-schedule
01/09/2026
Get ready for America's 250th birthday with our spring webinar series exploring the Declaration of Independence!
Join us Saturday morning as we kick things off with a look at the writing of the Declaration. We'll be discussing some great documents!
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
- Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775)
- Jefferson's Draft of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
- The Declaration of Independence (1776)
Register at https://crowdcast.io/c/yvw5hnfb68o2
12/06/2025
Ready for Day 2!
In today’s world, it’s hard to decipher credible sources. When times of doubt and uncertainty place us in the shadows, we rely on what we know to be self-evident. Pieces of information that cannot be edited online, twisted in the media, or questioned by anyone.
To this end, TeachingAmericanHistory.org sponsors a variety of resources, courses, and programs to help classroom teachers improve their knowledge of American history, government, civics, and ideas through the use of primary documents.
TAH.org programs and courses are unique in that they are all rooted in primary documents only, created and conducted by university scholars who are experts in their respective fields. Our faculty are full-time instructors at Ashland University and from universities and colleges across the country.
Our goal is to equip teachers with knowledge and resources through experiencing primary documents in order that they can more effectively teach their students.