Podcasts – Teaching American History

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+02+20+DiD+TRs+Corollary+to+the+Monroe+Doctrine.mp3 | Open Player in New Window An essential statement of America’s changing role in the world at the time, both aimed toward the future and rooted in the past, Theodore Roosevelt’s expansion of the Monroe Doctrine helped to define American international status and power. Access the full archive here. iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+02+02+Imperialists+vs+NonInterventionists.mp3 | Open Player in New Window TAH.org’s Great American Debates Saturday Webinar for 2 February 2019 focused on the heated years of debate during the late 19th and early 20th centuries over America’s role in the world, and whether or not she should seek to create an empire along the lines of what was common for European states at the time. Access the full archive iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS

TAH.org's Great American Debates Saturday Webinar for 2 February 2019 focused on the heated years of debate during the late 19th and early 20th centuries over America's role in the world, and whether or not she should seek to create an empire along the lines of what was common for European states at the time. Access the full archive iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Saturday Webinar: Imperialists vs. Non-Interventionists appeared first on Teaching American History.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+01+23+Repeal+of+the+Missouri+Compromise+Speech.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 speech on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise signaled his return to public life and politics, after a few years of private law practice. In the speech he outlined not only his views on Congress’ action, but also the growing sectional divide, slavery, and the future of America. Access the full archives here iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS

Abraham Lincoln's 1865 speech on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise signaled his return to public life and politics, after a few years of private law practice. In the speech he outlined not only his views on Congress' action, but also the growing sectional divide, slavery, and the future of America. Access the full archives here iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Documents in Detail: Lincoln’s Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise appeared first on Teaching American History.

The first Great American Debates webinar of 2019 took place on Saturday, 12 January, with a deep dive into the causes and ideas behind the opposing - and both diverse and complex in and of themselves - sides in the debate over states' right, supposedly, to secede. Drs. Scott Yenor, Jonathan White, and Chris Burkett discussed the constitutional, legal, and political dimensions of an issue that had roots far earlier than the flare-up in late 1860. Access the full archive iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Saturday Webinar: Secessionists vs. Unionists appeared first on Teaching American History.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2019+01+12+Great+American+Debates+Secession+vs+Union.mp3 | Open Player in New Window The first Great American Debates webinar of 2019 took place on Saturday, 12 January, with a deep dive into the causes and ideas behind the opposing – and both diverse and complex in and of themselves – sides in the debate over states’ right, supposedly, to secede. Drs. Scott Yenor, Jonathan White, and Chris Burkett discussed the constitutional, legal, and political dimensions of an issue that had roots far earlier than the flare-up in late 1860. Access the full archive iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2018+12+19+DiD+Jeffersons+Letter+to+Roger+Weightman.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Thomas Jefferson wrote this letter only weeks before his death in 1826, and in it seeks to explain, in effect, what he meant by some of the key ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Coupled with his 1825 letter to Henry Lee, this piece provides an interesting perspective on those ideas, from their key author. Jefferson not only reflects on American independence, but looks far into the future, when “all,” he believed, would seek political liberty, perhaps even in the American tradition. Access the full archive here. iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS

Thomas Jefferson wrote this letter only weeks before his death in 1826, and in it seeks to explain, in effect, what he meant by some of the key ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Coupled with his 1825 letter to Henry Lee, this piece provides an interesting perspective on those ideas, from their key author. Jefferson not only reflects on American independence, but looks far into the future, when "all," he believed, would seek political liberty, perhaps even in the American tradition. Access the full archive here. iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Documents in Detail: Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Roger Weightman appeared first on Teaching American History.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tah-podcasts/18-18+podcasts/2018+12+01+SatWeb+Lincoln+vs+Douglas.mp3 | Open Player in New Window TAH.org’s last Saturday Webinar for 2018 took place on 1 December, and featured another Great American Debate: Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, in their famous ‘Lincoln-Douglas Debates’ of 1858. Our panel of scholars, with the assistance of great questions submitted by our live audience of teachers addressed the ideas and issues, rhetoric and reasoning, and immediate and long-term impact and meaning of these singular debates in American history. Access the full archive page here. iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS

Our Documents in Detail episode for 14 NOV 18 focused on the Bill of Rights: the politics behind its proposal and adoption; interpretations over time; and place in our history, government, and society. Among the many questions asked during the lively 58-minute program included those about James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, and why they initially did not support an enumeration of rights, but in Madison's case, eventually went on to promote the legislation that led to the Bill of Rights. Also considered was the notion that to understand the Bill of Rights today, one must understand the original arguments against it. Access the full archive page here. iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Documents in Detail: Bill of Rights appeared first on Teaching American History.

Program Archive Page TAH.org's Saturday Webinar for 10 NOV 2018 focused on the debate between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, and their divergent views on the Constitution, solutions to slavery, and the future of America as they saw it. Suggested additional readings include: Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government, Lucas Morel Lincoln and Liberty: Wisdom for the Ages, Lucas Morel ed. Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism, Peter Myers Our Only Star and Compass: Locke and the Struggle for Political Rationality, Peter Myers iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Saturday Webinar: Frederick Douglass vs. William Lloyd Garrison appeared first on Teaching American History.

The 24 OCT 18 episode of Documents in Detail took a look at Brutus I, one of the essential Antifederalist writings, dated 18 OCT 1787. The program opened with a question from the moderator about why it's worth reading an argument for one of the "losers" of the ratification debate that waged from 1787-88. Most of the program dug into and drew conclusions and observations based on the root of Brutus' argument, which was about his concerns over consolidation, and the creation of a single, large republic that would eventually trample the rights of individuals and would be distant and separate from the people it existed to represent. We experienced a software glitch while recording this program, resulting in the last 12 minutes being muted. We are working to recover this block of audio, and will replace the current, incomplete audio file with the full one if we are able to do that. Full archive page iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Documents in Detail: Brutus I appeared first on Teaching American History.

The Saturday Webinar for October 2018 featured a discussion of the political and personal split between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, with a focus on how their differences contributed to the development of the first political parties, and how their ideas informed the first decades of American economic policy. Full archive page   iTunes Podcast Stitcher Podcast RSS The post Saturday Webinars: Jefferson vs. Hamilton appeared first on Teaching American History.

"[The concept of executive power]...in our system of government, which subscribes to the rule of law, is very hard to come to terms with..." The latest volume of the American History and Government Core Documents Collections – the Executive Branch – is available on Kindle, iTunes and PDF. Hard copies are also available for $10 each - email dmitchell@tah.org if you would like a copy. You can also buy it as print-on-demand on Amazon! Sign up for early access to each volume! This collection of documents on the Executive Branch is part of our extended series of document collections covering major periods, themes, and institutions in American history and government. This is the first of our Political Science/Government-focused volumes, especially appropriate for use in Government and Civics courses. Consider taking a look at these books by Professor Bailey mentioned in the interview: James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power The Contested Removal Power: 1790-2010 See a list of all titles in TAH.org's Core Documents series. The post Core American Documents: The Executive Branch appeared first on Teaching American History.