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Turnbaugh, Roy C., Jr.; Bailey, Robert E. – 1983
Designed to help Illinois teachers bring local history into the secondary social studies classroom, this manual contains reproductions of 38 county records from the years 1818 to 1880. Each document, which is reproduced in an original and typewritten form, is accompanied by a teacher's guide containing an outline of the historical context of the…
Descriptors: Documentation, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Local History
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Simmons, John K. – Social Studies, 1993
Reviews the legal history of including religion in the curriculum and maintains that religion may have been the most important determinant of human behavior throughout history. Outlines an instructional model based on California and Illinois state histories and includes four themes that structure the model. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Smith, Timothy L. – 1978
The history of the church colleges of Illinois and Indiana is presented to illustrate the part Christian higher education played in cultural and social development of the Upper Mississippi Valley. The founding of Christian colleges in Indiana and Illinois is divided into three stages: the pioneer period (1820-1854), the sectarian era (1855-1890),…
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Related Colleges, Church Role, Educational History
McBride, Lawrence W., Ed.; Drake, Frederick D., Ed. – 2001
This curriculum considers the social history of Illinois during the years of 1836-1861 by studying Abraham Lincoln's legal papers from his time as a lawyer. Nearly 100,000 documents have been discovered in the archives of local, county, state, federal courts, libraries, and other repositories. The documents include detailed information about the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Historical Interpretation, Law Related Education, Primary Sources