Our free monthly e-newsletter helps U.S. history teachers engage their students in historical research and understanding. Each issue feactures activity guides, in-depth analyses, and helpful teaching hints related to important primary source documents.

January 2009 newsletter
Our January newsletter highlights the documents that defined the period between 1890 and 1930, including the Progressive Era and World War I. In addition, this month's issue includes a helpful handout about milestone inaugural addresses in history--perfect for engaging discussion as Barack Obama assumes the presidency.

December 2008 newsletter
The period between 1870 and 1900 saw the the rise of the industrial economy, the expansion of big corporations and development of large-scale agriculture, and the growth of national labor unions--all of which led to significant conflict in the country. Our December newsletter highlights the documents that defined this era and features numerous tools and tips to help educators drive discussion and understanding of the period.

November 2008 newsletter
From the contentious Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, our November newsletter focuses on the documents that defined the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Engaging in-depth analysis from historians Christine Dee, Carl Rollyson, and John R. Vile illuminates these critical documents and gives educators useful new tools to extend classroom discussion of this pivotal era.

October 2008 newsletter
This month our focus is on the period from the early 1800s to the 1850s, which gives us a chance to highlight several critical documents, themes, and people in American history: the Monroe Doctrine, the Jacksonian era, Indian removal, the Seneca Falls Convention, and more. We even feature study questions for a document that has great resonance with current events: Andrew Jackson's 1832 veto of the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States.

September 2008 newsletter
Our September newsletter focuses on the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras. Featured articles discuss Samuel Adams, analyze Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and provide classroom activities for your students. Also included are famous quotes from the period, a handout for Constitution Day, news from our blogging experts, and more.

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