Discussing "Our Documents"
The National Archives has complied a list of the 100 most important documents in American history and presented these online at http://ourdocuments.gov. Students in ECI 435 (Fall 2009) selected 16 of these documents and conducted a three part analysis using three video tools - http://voicethread.com http://remixamerica.com and http://primaryAccess.org. Below are four themes that emerged among these 16 seminal documents in American history along with questions to frame discussion of the documents.
Topic 1 - Amendments to the Constitution
13th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
Questions
1. Why do you think the framers made it so difficult to amend the united States Constitution?
2. What sort of patterns or ideas emerge across the three amendments?
Topic 2 - Civil rights movement, 1950s, 1960s
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board
Desegregation of Central High School
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Questions
1. Why did it take so long for the United States to address issues of civil rights for African Americans?
2. What lessons can others who wish to bring about change in a democracy learn from the Civil Rights Movement?
Topic 3 - American Civil War
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Questions
1. Was the Civil War avoidable and why?
2. What special abilities did Lincoln process that come through in the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation?
Topic 4 - Progress and economic activity
Andrew Jackson's speech to Congress on Indian Removal
Pacific Railway Act
Homestead Act
Lend-Lease
Questions
1. How would you describe the progress that America has made toward the sometime conflicts notions of economic and social freedom and equality?
2. What should be the proper role of government in facilitating economic growth?
Topic 1 - Amendments to the Constitution
13th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
Questions
1. Why do you think the framers made it so difficult to amend the united States Constitution?
2. What sort of patterns or ideas emerge across the three amendments?
Topic 2 - Civil rights movement, 1950s, 1960s
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board
Desegregation of Central High School
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Questions
1. Why did it take so long for the United States to address issues of civil rights for African Americans?
2. What lessons can others who wish to bring about change in a democracy learn from the Civil Rights Movement?
Topic 3 - American Civil War
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Questions
1. Was the Civil War avoidable and why?
2. What special abilities did Lincoln process that come through in the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation?
Topic 4 - Progress and economic activity
Andrew Jackson's speech to Congress on Indian Removal
Pacific Railway Act
Homestead Act
Lend-Lease
Questions
1. How would you describe the progress that America has made toward the sometime conflicts notions of economic and social freedom and equality?
2. What should be the proper role of government in facilitating economic growth?
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