Teaching American History Grant: Teachers As Scholars

Teachers As Scholars:
Sharing of Teaching Strategies, Activities, and Primary Sources

Lesson Plans From Seminar One
Lincoln-Way East High School
February 16, 2002

The Four Freedoms: Myth or Reality? Rich Baldwin, Bloomington High School The Roots and Meaning of Religious Liberty in America Larry Pahl, Elgin High School The symbol of all Americans? Dave Witzig, Normal Community High School
Washington D.C.: A Walk in Their Shoes Heather Schamal, Prairie View Junior High School Choosing a National Capital Grant G. Phillipp, Kelvyn Park High School- Illinois State University The Urban Development of Two American Cities Frank Peter Slotkus, Hamline Elementary School
The Dawes Act Marcia Steward, Lincoln-Way East High School Consequences of Checkerboarding Anne Libert, Normal Community High School Systems of Power Against and Within American Indian Communities, 1880-1940 Carmen Ganser, Illinois State University

Lesson Plans From Seminar Two
Pekin High School
May 11, 2002

U.S. v. U.S.S.R.: The Origins of the Cold War
Rich Baldwin, Bloomington High School
Assessing Blame for the Cold War
Kelly Keogh, Normal Community High School
"Growth of a Fear"
Tina M. Landgraf, Willow Grove High School
Enemy or Ally: America's Response to the Russian Revolution
Zachary D. Cain, Columbia Center, Champaign, IL
American/Soviet Relations
Sarah Bey, Steinmetz High School, Chicago
The Cold War: Culture of Fear
Carmen Ganser, Illinois State University

Pauline Maier, American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence: Short-term Text or Long-term Document? Jason Artman, Mendota High School International Scripture: The Impact of the Declaration of Independence Jim Kelly, University High School Government Startup Project: Declaration of Independence Jennifer Sharp, Lincoln-Way East High School A Comparative Study Ben Widner Comparing The Declaration of Sentiments to the Declaration of Independence Dave Witzig, Normal Community High School Student Declaration of Independence Chris Weaver, Farmington High School
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary: 1785-1812
Glenn C. Altschuler & Stuart M. Blumin, Rude Republic: Americans and their Politics in the Nineteenth Century
H.W. Brands, The Strange Death of American Liberalism
Arnold B. Hirsch, Making the Second Ghetto: Race & Housing in Chicago: 1940-1960
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

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