The Fourteenth Amendment
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, to assure citizenship to blacks after the Civil War, Congress proposed the 14th Amendment. However, most Southern states refused to ratify it.
The Jones Acts of 1916 and 1917
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 10/20/2008 - 13:28
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how the Philippines was promised independence in 1916, but didn't receive it until 1946.
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Radical Reconstruction
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, to protect the rights of blacks after the Civil War, the federal government replaced state governments in the South with military districts and extended voting rights.
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Walt Whitman
Description
David S. Reynolds, author of Walt Whitman's America, says that Whitman had an almost utopian hope that his poetry could unite a country torn apart by the conflict over slavery.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 10/16/2008 - 16:53
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how backlash against Chinese Workers in the 1850s led to the Chinese Exclusion Act, perhaps the harshest anti-immigration legislation in American history.
Washington, DC We the People Summer Seminar
Description
The Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier will host the Washington, DC We the People Summer Seminar for middle and high school teachers. The seminar will begin with lectures, discussions, and group activities and conclude with a simulated congressional hearing. Teachers will receive a full classroom set of We the People textbooks.
Contact name
Rydstrom, Justin
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Center for Civic Education
Phone number
202-861-8800
Target Audience
Upper elementary, middle, and high school
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Participants will receive documentation of the Seminar's contact hours to qualify them for professional development from their local school system, according to their own school policies.
Contact Title
Program Manager, Center for Civic Education
Duration
Four days
End Date
Maryland We the People Summer Seminar
Description
The Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier will host the Maryland We the People Summer Seminar for middle and high school teachers. The seminar will begin with lectures, discussions, and group activities and conclude with a simulated congressional hearing. Teachers will receive a full classroom set of We the People textbooks.
Contact name
Taylor-Thoma, Marcie
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Center for Civic Education
Phone number
410-767-0519
Target Audience
Upper elementary, middle, and high school
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Two MSDE professional development credits will be offered at the successful completion of the seminar.
Contact Title
Social Studies and We the People Programs, Maryland State Department of Education
Duration
Four days
End Date
Michigan We the People Summer Seminar
Description
The Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier will host the Michigan We the People Summer Seminar for middle and high school teachers. The seminar will begin with lectures, discussions, and group activities and conclude with a simulated congressional hearing. Teachers will receive a full classroom set of We the People textbooks.
Contact name
Troost, Jim
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Center for Civic Education
Target Audience
Middle and high school
Start Date
Contact Title
Director of Programs, Michigan Center for Civic Education
Duration
Four days
End Date
Virginia We the People Summer Seminar
Description
The Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier will host the Virginia We the People Summer Seminar for middle and high school teachers. The seminar will begin with lectures, discussions, and group activities and conclude with a simulated congressional hearing. Teachers will receive a full classroom set of We the People textbooks.
Contact name
Carmichael, Kelly
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Center for Civic Education
Phone number
540-672-2728
Target Audience
Upper elementary, middle, and high school
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Participants will receive documentation of the Seminar's contact hours to qualify them for professional development from their local school system, according to their own school policies.
Contact Title
Education Outreach Manager and Virginia We the People State Coordinator
Duration
Four days
End Date
North Carolina We the People Summer Seminar
Description
The Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier will host the North Carolina We the People Summer Seminar for middle and high school teachers. The seminar will begin on with lectures, discussions, and group activities and conclude with a simulated congressional hearing.
Contact name
Wright, Diane
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Center for Civic Education
Phone number
800-662-7407
Target Audience
Middle and high school
Start Date
Contact Title
Director, Law Related Education, North Carolina Bar Association