Resources for Teachers
Teaching With Documents (Article Compilations)
The following four volumes feature 113 articles, most of which have appeared in Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. Each article supports a document from the National Archives, providing historical context and related teaching activities. The documents reflect U.S. history and policies from the formation of the union to Watergate and each booklet includes a wealth of visual materials, including posters, maps, photographs, charts, drawings, and official government correspondence. Classroom teachers will want to use the interactive CD-ROM, which includes digital images of the original documents for engaging class presentations.
The Colonial Period to 1879
[1-85109-489-X] $39
1880-1929
[1-85109-494-6] $39
1930-1949
[1-85109-499-7] $39
1950-1975 [1-85109-500-4] $39
Published by the National Archives and ABC-CLIO. To order, contact:
ABC-CLIO at 800-368-6868 or fax: 805-968-8899. Email: sales@abc-clio.com
Teaching With Documents (Curriculum Units)
The following curriculum units are designed to help students of US history,
government, and economics to understand the process by which history is written
and to develop analytical skills. Each unit contains about 50 reproductions
of documents, charts, photographs, letters, drawings, and posters and a detailed
teacher's guide. The materials deal with key issues of the period, with governmental
and political responses to these issues, and with public attitudes.
The Constitution:
Evolution of a Government
[1-57607-778-0] $39
The Bill of Rights:
Evolution of Personal Liberties
[1-57607-779] $39
The United States Expands
West: 1785-1842 [1-57607-780-2]
$39
Westward Expansion: 1842-1912
[1-57607-781-0] $39
The Civil War: Soldiers
and Civilians [1-57607-782-9]
$39
The Progressive Years:
1898-1917 [1-567-783-7] $39
World War I: The
Home Front [1-57607-784-5]
$39
The 1920's [1-5607-785-3]
$39
The Great Depression
and the New Deal [1-57607-786-1]
$39
World War II: The Home
Front [1-57607-787-X]
$39
The United States at
War: 1944 [1-57607-788-8]
$39
The Truman Years:
1945-1953 [1-57607-789-6]
$39
Peace and Prosperity:
1953-1961 [1-57607-790-X]
$39
Published by the National
Archives and ABC-CLIO. To order, contact: ABC-CLIO
at 800-368-6868 or fax: 805-968-8899.
Email: sales@abc-clio.com
The Bill of Rights: Evolution of Personal Liberties (Curriculum Unit)
Produced by NARA, the following curriculum unit is designed to help students
of U.S. history and government to develop critical thinking skills and to understand
the process by which history is written.The materials address certain key issues
of the period, government and political responses to these issues, and public
attitudes.
The Bill
of Rights is designed
for upper elementary through
college-level classrooms.
The boxed unit contains
46 facsimiles of documents,
historical background for
the documents, and 10 lesson
plans that trace the history
of the Bill of Rights and
the evolution of liberties
protected by the great
charter. Students trace
the ratification process
and debate whether the
Bill of Rights should have
been part of the Constitution
or amendments to it. They
evaluate the constitutionality
of gun control, the Miranda
decision, and World War
II internment of Japanese
Americans. They compare
and contrast Supreme Court
cases in 1887 and 1987
and forecast those that
might arise in 2087. Among
the documents are official
correspondence, petitions,
legislative proceedings,
newspaper articles, and
visual materials.
9 1/2" x 12", 77-page Teacher's Guide, 46 facsimiles
National Archives and Records Administration, Reissued 1998
#11154 Boxed Set $60
Our Mothers Before Us: Women and Democracy, 1789-1920
(Curriculum Unit)
Produced by the Center for Legislative Archives, Our Mothers Before Us traces the history of women’s organized petition campaigns from the First Congress in 1789 to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. This educational resource for high schools examines the long history of women’s involvement in the civic life of the nation. Topics include abolition, antebellum- and Progressive-era reform movements, and the struggle for woman suffrage. At the heart of Our Mothers Before Us are the writings women sent to Congress reproduced as high-quality, full-color facsimiles. Three-ring binder with 6 booklets, 24 color facsimiles, and a foldout timeline. Includes 210 pages of text, instructional materials, images, glossary, and document transcriptions.
11 ½" x 12 ½"
Foundation for the National Archives, 2000
#11142, $59.95
A Discovery Book About Federal Courts
What is a Federal court? How were Federal courts established? What kind of
Federal courts are there? What is the purpose of a trial?
These and many other questions about our court system are answered in this
educational activity book for fifth- and sixth-grade students. Published to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Judiciary Act of 1789,
Federal Courts contains a variety of exercises and activities based on
records of actual court cases in the National Archives.
8 1/2" x 11", 36 pages
Creative Company, 1989
#419201 Softcover $2.95
Watergate
Produced by NARA and published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., this learning package is
aimed at the
college-level student. It contains documents reproduced from the holdings of the National
Archives, a
historical background sketch, suggested reading for students, and questions and activities for the
instructor.
8 1/2" x 11", 48 pages
National Archives and Records Administration, 1992
#200036 Softcover $5.95
ISBN 0-8403-7401-1
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