Just like today, self-help manuals were extremely popular in the early 19th century. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project examines one of these guides, The Skillful Housewife's Book.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how domesticity became the expected role for middle-class women in the 19th century.
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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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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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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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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.
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.
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.
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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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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