Higher Ed

How Should We Study and Teach the American Founding?

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will host a talk by R. Shep Melnick on April 16 at 3:30pm on the question of: How should students study and how should teachers teach the American founding?

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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will host a talk by R. Shep Melnick on April 16 at 3:30pm. With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaching, shifting narratives and new civic initiatives raise an important question: How should students study this complex and contested history, and how should teachers teach it? Melnick, professor of American politics at Boston College, will give a talk on this subject.

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Join us! The 2026 National Summit on Civic Education will take place May 18-19, 2026 on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall.

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