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Documents in Detail: World War 2
We The Teachers - February 17, 2022 04:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur 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 ...
Documents in Detail: World War 2
We The Teachers - February 17, 2022 04:06 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur 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 ...
Saturday Webinar: Populists, Progressives, and Political Economy
We The Teachers - February 05, 2022 17:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur 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 Keen...
Saturday Webinar: Populists, Progressives, and Political Economy
We The Teachers - February 05, 2022 17:58 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur 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 Keen...
Restoration 1: America in 1660
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - January 28, 2022 05:43 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA quick recap of everything that's changed in America during the period of the English Civil Wars and Interregnum/Commonwealth, as well as problems colonists are facing going into the reign of King Charles II. By the way, I've got a patreon (for ongoing support) and Buy Me a Coffee (easier for...
Documents in Detail: Reconstruction
We The Teachers - January 20, 2022 02:13 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur 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, U...
Documents in Detail: Reconstruction
We The Teachers - January 20, 2022 02:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur 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, U...
ECW 32: The Restoration
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - January 13, 2022 18:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsIn the final episode of our English Civil War series, we discuss the Restoration. After Cromwell died, there was chaos that could have erupted in yet another round of war. Instead, though, the return of Charles II to the throne of England occurred without bloodshed, which only intensified the ...
Saturday Webinar: What is a Progressive?
We The Teachers - January 08, 2022 18:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsFollowing 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: Dr. Chri...
Saturday Webinar: What is a Progressive?
We The Teachers - January 08, 2022 18:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFollowing 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: Dr. Chri...
ECW 31: Frustrations in Rhode Island
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - December 31, 2021 07:35 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsWhile New England's comfort generally increased in the Cromwell years, Rhode Island suffered from a lagging economy, political divisions and even issues with religious dissidents who worked to destabilize the already unstable colony. Plymouth's prosperity also waned as trade came to dominate th...
Documents in Detail: Free Speech
We The Teachers - December 16, 2021 01:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur Documents in Detail webinar for December 15th, 2021 focused on Texas v. Johnson. This document was drawn from our Free Speech: Court Cases Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF. Scholars Dr. David Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Dr. Joe Fornieri, R...
Documents in Detail: Free Speech
We The Teachers - December 16, 2021 01:54 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur Documents in Detail webinar for December 15th, 2021 focused on Texas v. Johnson. This document was drawn from our Free Speech: Court Cases Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF. Scholars Dr. David Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Dr. Joe Fornieri, R...
ECW 30: How long is this Cromwell thing going to last, anyway?
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - December 09, 2021 14:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsCromwell decides in favor of Baltimore's proprietorship in Maryland, Virginia works to subvert English puritan leadership and reinstall a royalist government, Bermuda has its first slave revolt, and Barbados foreshadows Revolutionary War sentiments by opposing taxation without representation.
Special Webinar: Heroes of World War 2
We The Teachers - December 08, 2021 19:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAshbrook/TAH held a special webinar on Wednesday, 8 December about 10 little-known American heroes of the Second World War, all recipients of the Medal of Honor. Take some time to consider their sacrifices and character as you remember the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Ame...
Special Webinar: Heroes of World War 2
We The Teachers - December 08, 2021 19:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsAshbrook/TAH held a special webinar on Wednesday, 8 December about 10 little-known American heroes of the Second World War, all recipients of the Medal of Honor. Take some time to consider their sacrifices and character as you remember the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Ame...
Saturday Webinar: The Modern Presidency
We The Teachers - December 04, 2021 22:26 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur last Saturday Webinar for Fall 2021, and the capstone episode of our American Presidency series, during which we discussed the Modern Presidency - its powers, the expectations placed on the office, how it has evolved to this point, and how this squares with the Constitution. Panelists: Je...
Saturday Webinar: The Modern Presidency
We The Teachers - December 04, 2021 22:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur last Saturday Webinar for Fall 2021, and the capstone episode of our American Presidency series, during which we discussed the Modern Presidency - its powers, the expectations placed on the office, how it has evolved to this point, and how this squares with the Constitution. Panelists: Je...
ECW 29: The Western Design
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - November 25, 2021 03:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe Western Design was supposed to be England's plan to conquer Spanish America, starting with Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Cartagena (Colombia). Instead, after a disastrous expedition, England had ended up with Jamaica. For a while, owning Jamaica was disastrous in and of itself. Tens o...
Documents in Detail: Gender & Equality
We The Teachers - November 18, 2021 01:36 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur Documents in Detail webinar for November 17th, 2021 focused on Judith Sargent Murray's 1790 "On the Equality of the Sexes." This document is drawn from our Gender and Equality Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF. Scholars: Dr. John Moser, Ashland University D...
Documents in Detail: Gender & Equality
We The Teachers - November 18, 2021 01:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur Documents in Detail webinar for November 17th, 2021 focused on Judith Sargent Murray's 1790 "On the Equality of the Sexes." This document is drawn from our Gender and Equality Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF. Scholars: Dr. John Moser, Ashland University D...
ECW 28: Mary Dyer & the early Quakers
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - November 10, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFormer Anne Hutchinson disciple Mary Dyer was the third of four Quakers to be executed in New England. Persecution of Quakers was rampant across the English speaking world, ranging from imprisonment in Suriname to whipping in the Chesapeake to executions in New England. In England, itself, by ...
Saturday Webinar: The American Presidency and the United States Supreme Court
We The Teachers - November 08, 2021 16:06 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe fourth episode in our Fall 2021 American Presidency webinar series took place on 6 November 2021, from 11am-12:15pm Eastern Time. In this episode we discussed the interactions between and evolution of the balance of power between the presidency and the courts, especially the United States Su...
Saturday Webinar: The American Presidency and the United States Supreme Court
We The Teachers - November 08, 2021 16:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe fourth episode in our Fall 2021 American Presidency webinar series took place on 6 November 2021, from 11am-12:15pm Eastern Time. In this episode we discussed the interactions between and evolution of the balance of power between the presidency and the courts, especially the United States Su...
ECW 27: Witch trials in the Devils Isles
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - October 27, 2021 05:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsAmerica's history of witch executions started 40 years before the Salem Witch Trials. Its first victim was Connecticut's Alse Young in 1647. Soon, Massachusetts had joined in the practice, as had Bermuda. Devastated Bermuda and legally-dubious Connecticut saw the largest numbers of witch tria...
Documents in Detail: Causes of the Civil War
We The Teachers - October 21, 2021 01:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur Documents in Detail webinar for October 20th, 2021 focused on Abraham Lincoln's 1854 Peoria Speech, given in response to repeal of the Missouri Compromise. This document was drawn from our Causes of the Civil War Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF. This one-hou...
Documents in Detail: Causes of the Civil War
We The Teachers - October 21, 2021 01:25 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsOur Documents in Detail webinar for October 20th, 2021 focused on Abraham Lincoln's 1854 Peoria Speech, given in response to repeal of the Missouri Compromise. This document was drawn from our Causes of the Civil War Core Documents Collection, which you can download free as a PDF. This one-hou...
Saturday Webinar: Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy Powers
We The Teachers - October 02, 2021 17:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe third episode in the Fall 2021 American Presidency Saturday Webinar series, in which our scholars examined the president's emergency, war and foreign policy powers. The program aired live on Saturday, 2 OCT 21 from 11am-12:15pm ET. Panelists: Dr. Chris Burkett, Ashland University Dr. Sa...
Saturday Webinar: Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy Powers
We The Teachers - October 02, 2021 17:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe third episode in the Fall 2021 American Presidency Saturday Webinar series, in which our scholars examined the president's emergency, war and foreign policy powers. The program aired live on Saturday, 2 OCT 21 from 11am-12:15pm ET. Panelists: Dr. Chris Burkett, Ashland University Dr. Sa...
ECW 25: The Guinea Company
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast) - September 30, 2021 12:09 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsEngland's participation in the Western African trade started very slowly, and the slave trade was explicitly rejected by early English traders to Africa. Still, within 40 years, English participation in the slave trade became common, and England's most valuable colony (Barbados) had shifted to ...
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