NCSS Online Teachers' Library
OurDocuments.gov (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:57am—Lee Ann Potter
A newly launched project highlights one hundred landmark documents—such as the United States Constitution, Thomas Edison’s electric lamp patent, and the canceled check for Alaska—that have influenced the course of U.S. history. Here’s how to integrate these documents into classroom instruction.
Printer-friendly version[em]Marbury v. Madison[/em]: Bicentennial of a Landmark Decision (Looking at the Law)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 11:02am--James H. Landman
This article revisits the historic two-hundred-year-old verdict that affirmed the Supreme Court’s right to review, and overturn, congressional or executive acts it deems unconstitutional.
Frederic Remington’s Image of the Frontier
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 2:34pm--Robert L. Stevens
Even as the Western frontier was disappearing in the 1880s, Eastern illustrator Frederic Remington was conjuring up an image of it that found wide popularity among the urban public. More myth than reality, Remington’s works helped to obscure the real nature of the struggle between white settlers and American Indians over land in the West.
Eugenics Past and Present: Remembering [em]Buck v. Bell[/em]
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 2:53pm--Michael J. Berson and Bárbara C. Cruz
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Buck v. Bell case is an appropriate time for students to explore the ethical questions underlying eugenics principles, policies, and practices—from Nazi Germany’s sterilization laws to the Human Genome Project.
We Are Living History: Reflections of a New York City Social Studies Teacher
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 2:54pm--Joan Brodsky Schur
The attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, had a profound impact on the nation and the world. A social studies teacher chronicles the events as they happened in her own neighborhood in lower Manhattan.
At Risk of Prejudice: Teaching Tolerance about Muslim Americans
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 2:55pm--Karima Alavi
Common misperceptions about the religion of Islam threaten to distort views of Muslim Americans and their convictions. The author answers questions about the Muslim faith, community, and beliefs.
At Risk of Prejudice:The Arab American Community
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 2:56pm--Zeina Azzam Seikaly
As Arab Americans face growing resentment from segments of the U.S. population, how can we protect our Arab American students from encountering such prejudice, educate all our students about the Arab American community, and emphasize tolerance over bigotry?
Supreme Court Trends (Looking at the Law)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 2:57pm--Charles F. Williams
The year 2000 was a significant one for the Supreme Court. Many decisions affected education and children—from tobacco advertising to religion in the schools.
Hyperinflation and the Confederacy: An Interdisciplinary Lesson in Economics and History
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 3:02pm--Brooke Graham Doyle
The Confederacy’s answer to revenue deficits during the Civil War was to print more money, leading to hyperinflation on an unprecedented scale.
Debating War and Peace in Washington Square Park
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 3:04pm--Robert Cohen, Diana Turk, and Emily Klein
This sampling of comments posted in Washington Square Park after September 11 shows that, along with sadness and anger, a democratic spirit is alive and well in New York City.
