As many teachers are counting down the days until the school year is done, TAH is ramping up for our Summer and Weekend Teacher Seminars! Although our Summer Teacher Seminar application window has closed, we are aiming to post the...
Every year, I teach about the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, and my students automatically connect the subject to a booming American economy, flappers, and speakeasies. This tends to be their general understanding of the 1920s: that the entire...
Guest Blog by Daria Gasparini, Architectural Historian with Robinson and Associates In 2023, the Cedar Haven Civic Association on the Patuxent River, Inc., received a Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant from the Maryland Historical Trust to document two African American summer...
After 35 years of service, Marcia Miller has retired and concluded an accomplished career at the Maryland Historical Trust. We sat down with Marcia and asked her to reflect on her time at MHT, the historic architecture of Maryland, and...
Teaching American History provides One Day seminars for the busy teacher seeking professional development that doesn’t require days of their precious academic time. One Day seminars connect teachers with primary source documents and allow them to strengthen their content knowledge...
The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) is thrilled to announce the first grants awarded through the Museum Assistance Program (MAP) since 2011. MAP, administered by MHT, helps historical and cultural museums strengthen operations, build professional capacity, and improve long-term sustainability. Based on feedback...
You probably already know tah.org houses thousands of primary sources and document collections, but have you seen the new collections? Each collection features an introduction and includes a manageable number of relevant documents centralized around a targeted idea, and they...
by Mimi Giguere and Allison Luthern The Columbia Beach Historic District has recently been listed in the National Register of Historic Places! Blacks of the Chesapeake – a non-profit foundation founded by Vincent O. Leggett in 1984 to document the historically close relationship...
When budget cuts eliminated her Constitutional Law class, teacher Jacki Pope Brothers thought her students’ competitive dreams were over. Instead, what followed became an inspiration that captured national attention and redefined what’s possible in education. Jacki Pope Brothers wasn’t an...
We’ve restocked ! Causes of the Civil War is back in our bookstore! To celebrate, we are offering 25% off individual copies and sales on all classroom bundles. Check out our bookstore today for more details! This volume of primary...
