This month we shine the spotlight on Civil Disobedience and American Roformers. Explore resources for the classroom, including a downloadable poster!

We have a full calendar of spring and summer programs scheduled in 18 states! Our programs are offered at no cost to you and we hope you will be able to join us for one (or more) of our one-day seminars. These seminars provide you the opportunity to join fellow American history, social studies, and […]

Apply to participate in a week-long Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute or two-and-a-half day Library Media Specialist Multi-Day Workshop if you want: To learn effective strategies to incorporate primary sources into your teaching To develop an activity plan using primary sources from the Library of Congress An opportunity to interact with teachers from around […]

Are you a teacher of high-need students interested in receiving free, high-quality professional development in history and civics this summer? Apply for the Center for Civic Education’s two-week American History & Civics Academies. This opportunity is also open to highly motivated students who will be seniors in 2019-2020. We strongly encourage teams of one teacher […]

Bill of Rights Day is Dec. 15, the date that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were ratified. These amendments protect our individual rights as Americans, including freedom of speech, the right to have an attorney at a criminal trial, and protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

The Spring 2019 courses in the Pace-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program are open for registration. These online graduate courses allow teachers in the Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School Network (free to sign up!) to pursue a master’s degree on their own schedule from anywhere in the world. The program is open to K-12 educators […]

Registration for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s 2019 Teacher Seminars is now open. Held at colleges and historic sites across the United States and abroad, these weeklong seminars offer K-12 teachers daily programs with America’s leading historians, visits to local historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources. Teacher Seminars are open exclusively […]

Here is a list of the summer teacher institutes offered by Civics Renewal Network organizations. Check back often as more summer programs are added. American Bar Association The American Bar Association’s Division of Public Education, in partnership with the Federal Judicial Center, announces its 2019 Federal Trials and Great Debates Summer Institute for Teachers in […]

Are you interested in spending a week at the National Constitution Center with leading scholars from across the philosophical spectrum and other teachers from around the country? The National Constitution Center will host four Summer Teacher Institutes in July 2019. Topics are Separation of Powers, the First Amendment, and the First Amendment in 21st Century […]

The American Bar Association’s Division of Public Education, in partnership with the Federal Judicial Center, announces its 2019 Federal Trials and Great Debates Summer Institute for Teachers in Washington, D.C., from June 23-29. The institute deepens participants’ knowledge of the federal judiciary and of the role the federal courts have played in key public controversies […]