The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 resulted in the New Deal he proposed, a fundamental shift in the American political ec…
The Civil Rights Movement sought to win the American promise of liberty and equality during twentieth-century America. From the earl…
Native Americans have experienced discrimination at the hands of European settlers during the colonial era and the white majority in…
Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression by asking for - and receiving - much greater p…
Part of the Civil War’s legacy was a shift in the role of the national government. The defeat of the South, Reconstruction, and th…
This lesson explores the post-Civil War Amendments and their impact on American society. In this lesson, students will analyze prima…
The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when the first challenges to its protections arose. These early challenges to the new con…
The Anti-Federalists had many objections to the Constitution, and one of them was that it did not have a bill of rights. Madison was…
After the Constitution was completed and signed by 39 delegates on September 17, 1787, many of the debates from Independence Hall co…
During the “critical period” after the American Revolution, many were concerned that the Articles of Confederation were inadequa…
When public safety and happiness are threatened, whether from external or internal sources, people are often willing to give up thei…
The Founders believed that the government’s authority needed to come from the people. Under the reign of King George III, the colo…
The American Founders believed that justice needed to be protected. They wrote the Declaration of Independence to demonstrate to the…
Developed in collaboration with the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Faces of Freedom in American History will help students unders…
In this lesson, students will examine the idea of natural rights and equality as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. They …
Following the Civil War, the United States would establish itself as a world economic power. The promises of freedom and opportunity…
After the Civil War, Congress grew increasingly assertive and also became more concerned with how it organized itself as a legislati…
In the early republic, Congress was a colorful, exciting, unpredictable, and contentious branch of the United States government. The…
During the first seventy years of the republic, Congress did not greatly intervene in the commercial affairs of the states. After th…
In this lesson, students will explore the views of the founders concerning the relationship between Church and State. They will exam…
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of religious liberty from the colonial period to the Founding era. They will ass…
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of the roles John Winthrop and Roger Williams played in American history. They w…
In this lesson, students will use primary source documents to examine and analyze the anti-communist behaviors that characterized Am…
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of how the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First Amendment changed in li…
In this lesson, students will learn how leading Founders and religious dissenters contributed to religious liberty in America. Stude…
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