These activities enable students to explore Congress Creates the Bill of Rights …
These activities enable students to explore Congress Creates the Bill of Rights wtih a mobile app for tablets and eBook from the Center for Legislative Archives. The mobile app is an interactive learning tool for tablets. The eBook presents a historic narrative focusing on James Madison's leadership role in creating the Bill of Rights. There are also six worksheets that will engage students in studying this document and questions are provided.
Using facsimiles of historical records from the files of the U.S. House …
Using facsimiles of historical records from the files of the U.S. House of Representative Judiciary Committee, students will evaluate evidence and consider the constitutional issues that the committee encountered as it deliberated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Students will examine the concept of federalism and weigh the proper balance of powers between Federal and state governments when protecting the right to vote.
In this resource, students will explore the protections and limitations on authority …
In this resource, students will explore the protections and limitations on authority contained in the Bill of Rights and the process by which the First Congress created it. They will do this by compiling a list of their rights as students, analyzing the Bill of Rights, and studying primary source documents to trace the origin and development of the first ten amendments. Students will then consider how the Bill of Rights might be updated to reflect 21st century circumstances.
This lesson will explore the implementation of the war-making power from the …
This lesson will explore the implementation of the war-making power from the first declared war under the Constitution—the War of 1812—to the Iraq War. Using primary source documents, students will investigate how the constitutional powers to initiate war have been exercised by the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government at several key moments in American history. They will also evaluate why and how the balance of authority in initiating war has changed over time. Students will assess and evaluate the current balance of power.
In this lesson, students will analyze 16 political cartoons drawn by Clifford …
In this lesson, students will analyze 16 political cartoons drawn by Clifford and Jim Berryman during the early to mid-20th century. They will search through the Constitution and associate each cartoon with a specific clause. Through networking exercises, students will analyze all 16 cartoons and read the entire Constitution. They will learn about the outline and structure of the Constitution, as well as the content of many of its clauses.
In this resource, students will use facsimiles of historical records from the …
In this resource, students will use facsimiles of historical records from the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to investigate whether the frontier shaped America or if America—through Congress—shaped the Western frontier of the contiguous 48 states from 1789 – 1890.
This resource provides the details of the quiet act of defiance that …
This resource provides the details of the quiet act of defiance that resonated throughout the world, Rosa Parks is known and revered as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." A list of teaching activities are provided for students to analyze the documents pertaing to her arrest and a document analysis worksheet is available.
In 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur …
In 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and changed the course of history, thus a major "turning point" in history. In this lesson from the National Archives, students will analyze the Zimmerman telegraph and evaluate its significance in history.
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