The New Nation
The Course of the Republic: American Responses to Technology in the Nineteenth Century
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 8:48amMeghan McGlinn Manfra
This overview with teaching activities on the Lowell textile mill and Ralph Waldo Emerson offers creative approaches to studying the political and technological changes of the nineteenth century.
The Founding Entrepreneurs: America’s Prosperity
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:37pmGerald Gunderson
The entrepreneurs who spurred America’s exceptional development offer students a model of what can be accomplished when individuals identify problems and seek productive solutions.
History Matters: An Institutional Approach Examination of the U.S. Constitution
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:25pmBy Tawni Hunt Ferrarini and Mark C. Schug
Studying the evolution of the Constitution can help young people appreciate how choices made by their ancestors continue to impact our economy today.
Letter to, and Paintings by, George Catlin (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:50pmBy David Rosenbaum, Lee Ann Potter, and Elizabeth K. Eder
A letter from the Secretary of War to painter George Catlin in the 1830s and Catlin’s subsequent paintings of Native Americans in the West help students explore the encounter of two cultures.
George Washington’s Printed Draft of the Constitution and Mike Wilkins’s [em]Preamble[/em] (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 11:32amBy Lee Ann Potter and Elizabeth K. Eder
A work of modern art humorously highlights the 52 words of the Preamble to the Constitution. A historical document shows, however, that these well known words underwent many changes before reaching their final form.
