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We The Teachers

We The Teachers is a bi-weekly podcast featuring Teaching American History scholars discussing American history with a focus on primary documents.

The Ashbrook Center and TeachingAmericanHistory.org seek to provide high-quality content-focused programs, resources, and courses for teachers of American History, Government, Civics, and related subjects. Students, citizens, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the American experience can also benefit from our resources, which include podcasts, a vast documents library, monthly webinars, and in-person seminars.

Latest Episodes:

Documents in Detail: Congress May 19, 2022

Show notes

TAH's last Documents in Detail episode for the 21-22 school year, focusing in a document that is both a piece of Congressional history, and an event that shaped policy, "The Revolt of 1910 Against Speaker Joseph Cannon."

This program took place at 7pm ET on Wednesday, 18 May 2022, and featured Dr. John Moser as moderator; Dr. Joseph Postell, the volume editor; and Dr. Sarah Burns.

Saturday Webinar: The Legacy of the Progressives May 14, 2022

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Our last Saturday Webinar for the 21-22 school year took place on 14 May 2022. It was also the final episode in our five-episode series on the Populists and Progressives. Download Dr. Jason Jividen's volume here, and access the focus readings for Saturday's program.

Dr. Chris Burkett - Ashland University
Dr. Jason Jividen - St. Vincent College
Dr. John Moser - Ashland University

Suggested Readings:

Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" speech
FDR's Commonwealth Club Address
LBJ's "Great Society" speech
Barack Obama's Second Inaugural Address

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Documents and Debates: Slavery and Its Consequences Apr 21, 2022

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Our Documents in Detail webinar for April 20th, 2022 focused on Daniel Patrick Moynihan's "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action." This document is drawn from our Slavery and Its Consequences Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF.

Scholars

Dr. John Moser, Ashland University
Dr. Peter Myers, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
Dr. David Tucker, The Ashbrook Center

Democracy and Republicanism in the Age of the Populists and Progressive Apr 02, 2022

Show notes

TAH's Saturday Webinar for 2 April 2022, and the fourth in our Populists and Progressives series for Spring 2022. This episode focused on the changing views on and understandings of democracy, republicanism, and the structural and legal limits placed on government, through the lens of the populists and progressives.

Download your free copy of our Populists and Progressive Core Documents Collection here!

Panelists:

Chris Burkett, Ashland University
Scott Yenor, Boise State
John Dinan, Wake Forest

Suggested Readings:

The New Nationalism , Theodore Roosevelt, 31 AUG 1910
The Right of the People to Rule, Theodore Roosevelt, 20 MAR 1912
"The Constitution a Reactionary Document," J. Allen Smith, 31 DEC 1907

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Documents in Detail - The Cold War Mar 17, 2022

Show notes

Our Documents in Detail webinar for March 16th, 2022 focused on Harry Truman's Farewell Address. This document is drawn from our Cold War Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF.

Scholars

Dr. John Moser, Ashland University
Dr. David Hadley
Dr. David Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Saturday Webinar Mar 15, 2022

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TAH.org's webinar from 5 March 2022, about the role and evolution of parties and candidate during the age of the Populists and Progressives.

Panelists:

Dr. Chris Burkett, Ashland University
Dr. David Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Dr. Eric Sands, Berry College

Suggested Readings:

Wanted - A Party, Woodrow Wilson, 1 SEP 1886
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, George Washington Plunkitt, 1905
"The Right of the People to Rule," Theodore Roosevelt, 20 March 1912
The Progressive Party Platform, 7 August 1912

Documents in Detail: World War 2 Feb 17, 2022

Show notes

Our Documents in Detail webinar for February 16th, 2022 focused on FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech. This document is drawn from our World War 2 Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF.

Scholars

Dr. John Moser, Ashland University
Dr. Jennifer Keene, Chapman University
Dr. David Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Saturday Webinar: Populists, Progressives, and Political Economy Feb 05, 2022

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Our second Populists & Progressives webinar, focusing on their ideas about how the government should be active in economic affairs, to what extent, and for what reasons. This program took place on 5 February 2022 at 11am ET.

Panelists:

Dr. Chris Burkett, Ashland University
Dr. Jennifer Keene, Chapman University
Dr. John Moser, Ashland University

Suggested Readings:

"The Inheritance of Property," Richard Ely, 31 July 1891
A Call to Action, James Weaver, 31 DEC 1892
Christianity and the Social Crisis, Walter Rauschenbusch, 31 DEC 1907
"Why Women Should Vote," Jane Addams, 31 JAN 1910

See the full show page here.

Documents in Detail: Reconstruction Jan 20, 2022

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Our Documents in Detail webinar for January 19nd, 2022 focused on Frederick Douglass' "Half Slave-Half Free" speech. This document is drawn from our Reconstruction Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF.

Scholars

Dr. John Moser, Ashland University
Dr. Peter Myers, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
Dr. Scott Yenor, Boise State University

Saturday Webinar: What is a Progressive? Jan 08, 2022

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Following our "American Presidency" five-episode webinar series for Fall 2021, we are presenting five episodes, from January through May 2022, about the Populists and Progressives. Our first, aired live on 8 January 2022, at 11am ET, and was titled "What is a Progressive?"

Panelists: