Sketches a brief history of the 1858 debates and analyzes their argumentative patterns. Speculates about the transformation of controversial questions through public debate. (PD)

A five-day activity helps secondary students evaluate the qualifications of each major presidential candidate. Ten presidential roles are explained: head of state, executive leader, head of armed forces, diplomatic leader, legislative leader, head of party, voice of the people, protector of the peace, manager of prosperity, and global leader. (RM)

Uses personal reminiscences to show how the past does not die but becomes part of an understandable pattern in life. Suggests that keeping a journal increases that understanding. (MM)

Discusses the advice on correspondence provided in "The Universal Letter Writer," a nineteenth century handbook written by Mathew Carey. Includes sample letters from the book illustrating various kinds of business correspondence from that period. (HTH)

This textbook is a history reader with fictionalized selections on Columbus and De Soto. Poems are included.

This textbook is a course in American history through the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. This work is offered to American youth in the confident belief that as they study the wonderful history of their native land they will learn to prize their birthright more highly, and treasure it more carefully. Following an introduction that…

This textbook aims to make the history of the country interesting to children, and, therefore, easily learned and long remembered. The chapters cover epochs and the lessons are topics or events within the epoch. Each lesson is a unit in itself and should be so considered in teaching the text. Topics included in this book cover the old world;…

In this book, Susan Cornwall aims to illustrate the beauty and value of practical piety, by an attractive exhibition of its salutary influence amid the daily duties and cares and common incidents of life. For this reason, Cornwall selected an interesting phase of mental habits, which, though combining some of the most striking points of…

This is sixth and last in a series of children's novels about the U.S. Civil War. The volume is not intended to be historical narrative of the particular period of the war in which its scenes are laid, the incidents accurately conform to the facts, and especially to the spirit, of the eventful years in which they are placed, as recorded, and as…

This textbook is intended to furnish interesting collateral reading for the classes in United States History. It is to be read and enjoyed as background material, rather than to be learned and recited. This volume covers: (1) George Washington, 1781-1799; (2) Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1825; (3) The War of 1812, 1812-1815; (4) From Massachusetts to…

Richard Hildreth's proto-modern interpretation of American Indian history is examined in relation to viewpoints of other mid-nineteenth century American historians. (SM)

The historiographic controversies which surround the colonial period in Africa are reviewed and summarized. (Author/KM)

This article discusses discrimination and stereotyping of women appearing on United States postage stamps. (RM)

The author discusses the historians penchant to study the influence of motion pictures in American cultural life using only aesthetic judgment rather than examining films objectively, using conceptions of value of evidence and dealing with problems of causation. (SM)

Presented are a description of the history of the presidential papers in the United States, the development and functions of the presidential library system, and a brief look at future developments. (39 references) (Author)