Social Education
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.
The Saffron Scourge: Society, Politics and Disease
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:19pmBy Diane Luke and Ann Winkler
By taking a closer look at various Yellow Fever outbreaks, the authors demonstrate for students the social, governmental, and economic impact of epidemics upon cities.
Using Music to Teach about the Great Depression
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:15pmBy Robert L. Stevens and Jared A. Fogel
Students will gain new perspectives on the socio-economic circumstances of the Great Depression through an analysis of song lyrics of the time.
Letters from George Washington and Samuel Cabble, and Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:35pmBy Lee Ann Potter
Students will grapple with what it means to “embrace the future” when they study primary documents related to four noteworthy individuals who embraced the future in distinct ways.
The Updated Verdict of the Keys
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:27pmBy Allan J. Lichtman
Read this article to see what a historically accurate prediction system forecasts as the outcome of the popular vote this presidential election.
Rough Journal Page Documenting Ratification and Final Page of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:25pmBy Lee Ann Potter
The featured documents highlight for students the significance of the Treaty of Paris, not only in ending the Revolutionary War, but also in transforming British North America.
Fear, Panic, and Injustice: Executive Order 9066 A Lesson for Grades 4-6 (Elementary Education)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:11pmBy Theresa M. McCormick
In this lesson, students use primary sources to understand how a climate of fear influenced the president to sign the order that forced the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Conducting Interviews to Learn about World War II (Elementary Education)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:07pmBy Mary E. Haas
The featured lesson plan offers student interviewers the opportunity to evaluate multiple perspectives, interpret information, and draw historical conclusions.
Frederick Douglass Changed My Mind about the Constitution
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:04pmBy James Oakes
Like Frederick Douglass, this historian had originally viewed the Constitution as pro-slavery. Yet a close look at Douglass’s writings revealed a Constitution that empowered the federal government to abolish slavery.
