The Women's Sphere
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how domesticity became the expected role for middle-class women in the 19th century.
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Cartoon: King Andrew the First
Description
This 1833 caricature of Andrew Jackson lampoons the seventh president as a despotic monarch. Professor Matthew Warshauer explains some of the details.
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Andrew Jackson's Indian Policy
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Andrew Jackson's harsh attitudes against Native Americans, which led to the Indian Removal Act, forcing five eastern Indian tribes onto reservations in Oklahoma. Thousands of Indians died during the journey, which became known as "The Trail of Tears."
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Cartoon: Positive Good of Slavery
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary uses two contemporary cartoons of the 1850s to illustrate the way in which many Southerners rationalized the institution of slavery as somehow being positive for blacks.
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Foundations of Democracy
Description
The Foundations of Democracy Series consists of curricular materials for students from kindergarten through fifth grade on four concepts fundamental to an understanding of politics and government: Authority, Privacy, Responsibility, and Justice. This multidisciplinary curriculum draws upon such fields as political philosophy, political science, law, history, literature, and environmental studies.
Contact name
Castro, Jennifer (email)
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
Phone number
602-340-7366
Target Audience
K-5
Start Date
Cost
$125
Contact Title
Professional Development Manager
Duration
Eight and a half hours
We the People 101: The Citizen and the Constitution
Description
This Center for Civic Education curriculum provides lessons and activities for grades 412. The primary goal of the program is to promote civic awareness and responsibility in students. By emphasizing student involvement and encouraging students to relate important concepts and principles to historical and contemporary situations, it strengthens students' critical thinking and public speaking skills.
Contact name
Castro, Jennifer (email)
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
Phone number
602-340-7366
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Professional Development Manager
Duration
Eight and a half hours
Conference on Emancipation and Race
Description
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and Howard University in Washington will co-produce a conference on Emancipation and Race in the Age of Lincoln. The conference will focus on the international dimension of emancipation and will compare different nations' approaches to the issue of emancipation. The conference coincides with the District of Columbia's Emancipation Day and will feature public evening events.
Sponsoring Organization
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Howard University
Location
Washington, D.C.
Start Date
End Date
Educating Women
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the many roles women filled during the American Revolution, from assisting as soldiers to running households. These strides in independence led women to clamor for greater freedom after the war.
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Republican Motherhood
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the post-American-Revolution definition of women's role as working to raise sons who are patriotic.
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American Foreign Policy During Washington's Presidency
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the U.S. division about which side to support when Britain and France were at war after the French Revolution.
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