Welcome to the American Democracy Educator’s Forum for 2017-2018!  This year, our theme is “republicanism and federalism.”    Our August on-campus gathering will draw on the history of political thought to explore the connections between republicanism and federalism before, during and after the founding period in the U.S.  During the year, we’ll take up various historical and contemporary issues bearing on republicanism and federalism.  Throughout, we’ll be drawing on primary source readings and on the National Constitution Center’s online Interactive Constitution.