Suggests ways of covering the Bicentennial for student publications and tells students what to look for in different areas of the country. (RB)

This bibliography cites print materials dealing with the War of 1812. Textbooks, papers, journal articles, primary source materials, and manuscripts are listed. The bibliography is organized by the following 13 sections: General Texts; West and Northwest Frontier; Lake Erie; Niagara Frontier and Lake Ontario; The St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain;…

Introduces articles in this theme issue on immigration. Emphasizes that the objective is to explore Immigrant America in a more realistic light. Concludes that each of the articles contain practical suggestions and data for teachers' use. (BSR)

Discusses Patrick Henry's and James Madison's opinions on how the U.S. Constitution should be constructed. Describes how Henry introduced a set of substantive objections which were shared by Antifederalists throughout the country and persuaded many Revolutionaries that the Constitution was essentially at odds with the principles of 1776. (BSR)

Highlights five resources for teaching about the rise of U.S. nationalism between 1812 and 1865 available from the Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC). Items included are: (1) the War of 1812; (2) the annexation of Texas; (3) the Kansas-Nebraska Act; and (4) the question of slavery. (BSR)

A simulation that helps secondary students to distinguish between nominal and real dollar values is presented. It was designed for use as part of a junior or senior high school US history unit on life at the beginning of the twentieth century. (RM)

An effective unit on the presidency must clarify the balance between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. Two activities for use with secondary students are presented. (RM)

This teacher's guide accompanies the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) four episode videotape documentary about the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848). The documentary tells the story of a war that transformed a continent; and a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to the United States. The guide introduces the documentary's…

Secondary students interpret a primary source document from the National Archives--the Tonkin Gulf Resolution--and are involved in activities which will help them understand the Tonkin Gulf incident in the context of the Vietnam War. Background information is provided. (RM)

Contains a primary source document--President Nixon's resignation letter--and suggests teaching strategies for its use with secondary level students. To refresh students' memories of the events surrounding the letter, a selective chronology is also presented. (RM)

Describes a lesson for use in U.S. or world history courses to help secondary students understand how common human concerns and problems have been reflected in codes of law that have been created over time. Students read about and compare the Code of Hammurabi, Mosaic Law, and Roman Law. (AM)

Provide a brief, selective history of teaching English as a second language (from Colonial times to World War II). (RS)

Although Thomas Jefferson's view of freedom was the cornerstone of the Declaration of Independence, this founding father owned 170 slaves to run his 5,000 acre plantation. This article describes a unit developed by the Monticello (Virginia) Education Department that teaches secondary students about slave Isaac Jefferson while exposing them to…

Discusses the "Orphan Train" (homeless children in the midnineteenth-century United States sent to new homes in the west by the Children's Aid Society of New York) through three different literary perspectives. (RS)

Presents an essay dealing with two nineteenth-century incidents of religious intolerance. Recounts the story of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, who was murdered by opponents of the new religion. Explains how the writings of Presbyterian minister and newspaper publisher, Elijah Lovejoy, set off a response that led to his death. (SG)