History: Beyond the Textbook
History: Beyond the Textbook examines American history through the experiences of those who lived it! Each 12-episode season, high school history teacher Alex Mattke covers a separate era of American history and features perspectives on well-known events and lesser-known experiences of famous historical figures. Season Three, covering "America's Crucial Years," returns on October 8 with new episodes every Tuesday up until the finale on December 24! Catch up on Seasons One (America's Colonial Era) and Two (America's Revolution) wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Podcasting since 2023 • 36 episodes
History: Beyond the Textbook
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3.12: Benjamin Banneker: Unsung Renaissance Man of America’s Crucial Years
It was a decision that came about during a dinner party…allegedly. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson invited Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, along with Congressman James Madison, to his quarters in New York City for an eve...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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27:42
3.11: Sally and James Hemings, and Shifting Dymanics of American Slavery
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello was his home, his castle, and in a way, his personal fiefdom: he had legal control over the happenings at this place, over the lives of its inhabitants. This included the hundreds of individuals who ...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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31:10
3.10: Charles Willson Peale and William Hill Brown: the Curator and the Novelist of America’s Crucial Years
“Culture.” It’s a word that means something different depending on who you ask; to some, it means an element that is “popular” and can serve as a common frame of reference for a large group of people. To others, “culture” refers to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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31:01
3.9: Mercy Otis Warren and Patrick Henry: Anti-Federalist Antagonists of Constitutional Ratification
It’s tough to say what most history classrooms emphasize when they cover Constitutional ratification, but our focus will be on its opponents...those individuals who heard about, and often read the results, of what happened in ...
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3.8: Roger Sherman and George Mason: Self-Educated Sages of the Constitutional Convention
The first formal meeting to reassess the Articles of Confederation was held in Annapolis, Maryland in September 1786, at about the same time as Shays’ Rebellion. Only five states bothered to send any delegates, and there was real...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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