Teaching American History provides One Day seminars<\/a> for the busy teacher seeking professional development that doesn\u2019t require days of their precious academic time.\u00a0 One Day seminars connect teachers with primary source documents<\/a> and allow them to strengthen their content knowledge by having conversations with other teachers and a scholar. Typically, One Days are held at school districts or local historical sites, lasting from 9:00am and wrapping up at 2:15, allowing teachers to make it home for family and post-school activities. Teachers receive 8 hours of professional development time, including the reading from the course pack that is sent to the teacher 3-4 weeks ahead of the seminar.\u00a0<\/p>\n The past year has been busy for Teaching American History and One Days! Teachers out west were provided new seminars at the Herbert Hoover Library in Iowa, Sterling College, and the Manhattan USD in Kansas, the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas, Austin, Alpine Schools in Utah, the Missouri Historical Society in Cass County, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the Overland Trail Museum in Sterling, Colorado. In the south, new seminars were hosted in Shelby and Alabaster County in Alabama. In the Midwest, we held new seminars at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum in Indianapolis, the South Indiana Educational Center in Charlestown, Indiana, the Civil War Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York, Lakota Local Schools in Liberty Township, Ohio, and both the Southeast Ohio History Museum and Campus Martius Museums in southeast Ohio. TAH also continues to partner with regional state councils in Florida, Tennessee, and Wisconsin to offer seminars.\u00a0 New seminars are popping up in California next year!\u00a0 You can also find Teaching American History at numerous state and national conferences, such as the National Council of History Education conference in Alabama and the Texas Council for Social Studies conference in Houston.<\/p>\n Topics for One Day seminars are available across the history of America, and this particular year TAH is offering \u201cAmerica at 250: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence\u201d.\u00a0 Teachers can attend programs with the \u201cAmerica at 250\u201d topic in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky, Colorado, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Indiana. Other popular early American topics include the \u201cAmerican Revolution\u201d and\u00a0 \u201c The First Three Presidents.\u201d\u00a0 School districts typically choose their topics, which can range from \u201cSupreme Court Cases that Changed America\u201d to \u201cSlavery and the Constitution\u201d and \u201cAmerica in WWI\u201d to \u201cNative Americans and Citizenship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Why do One Day seminars continue to draw teachers? Teachers experience professional development that is created and tailored for the district or site.\u00a0 They are able to dive deep into primary source documents and have a conversation with one another and a scholar<\/a>, who sits at the table and learns with them.\u00a0 Their conversations continue over lunch and usually after the seminar ends.\u00a0 \u201cI have attended several One Day TAH seminars through the years and they have all been exceptional professional development experiences\u201d says Andy Klinker of Piketon, Ohio.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed the collegial atmosphere of each and, of course, the first-rate professors. These seminars have consistently inspired me, challenged me, and helped me become more effective in my classroom.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/teachingamericanhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6.MAHG-Classroom.7.jpg.webp)
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