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Encouraged by TeachingAmericanHistory.org Seminar Today

2/9/2018

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I was proud to represent AccountabilityCitizenship.org at the Teaching American History Seminar at Alta High School in Sandy, Utah, today.  The scope and focus of this national program is positive and encouraging.  Sponsored by the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in Ohio, TeachingAmericanHistory.org is part of Ashbrook's Core Documents Curriculum Project.  This project aims to provide secondary school history teacher with access to quality collections of critical documents from American history, as well as suggestions on how to incorporate these collections into teaching American History.  The program I witnessed, led by Dr. Scott Yenor of Boise State University, encouraged teachers to engage in rigorous discussion about the meaning of the documents under consideration.  Debate and disagreement was encouraged--the emphasis was on anchoring the discussion in the actual text of historical documents.

​What I witnessed today was fully consistent with the stated mission of the Ashbrook Center: "The Ashbrook Center seeks to restore and strengthen the capacities of the American people for constitutional self-government.  Ashbrook teaches students and teachers across our country what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world.  Ashbrook creates informed patriots."  

​Thank you to Victoria Hughes, Senior Director of the Ashbrook Center, and Tim Haglund, Donor Relations Manager, for introducing me to this super program.  Your mission is similar to our own: "AccountabilityCitizenship.org increases voter participation to grow a community of positive, informed and engaged citizens.  We do this by informing Americans about history, principles of logical thought, and reasoning on all sides of important issues."  I am looking forward to finding ways to work together to achieve our common goals.

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    Author of Thy King Dumb Come and Accountability Citizenship, Stephen P. Tryon is a businessman and technologist with extensive experience in e-commerce, a retired Soldier, and former Senate Fellow.

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