DOCUMENT-BASED WRITING INQUIRY: The Easter Mutiny

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Constitution of the Iroquois 

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Being an Informed Citizen

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Christopher Columbus, Diary

DOCUMENT-BASED WRITING INQUIRY: Examining the Colonial Environment 

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Bartolome de Las Casas, Historia Apologetica 

PRIMARY SOURCES:  William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

ARTICLE: America's Greatest Mystery Was Solved and True Crime Fans Are Seriously Disappointed

PROJECT INQUIRY: Choosing Sides

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Identifying Physical and Cultural Features

PRIMARY SOURCES:  John and Abigail Adams, Letters

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Comparing Different Points of View

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Thomas Paine, Common Sense

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Relate Evidence in Time

CIVIC DISCUSSION INQUIRY: Senate Representation 

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Federalist and Antifederalist Writings

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Distinguishing Cause and Effect

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Identify Sources of Continuity 

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Hamilton and Madison Disagree

SIMULATION: Race to Ratify

ARTICLE: Men Literally Died For That Flag

PROJECT INQUIRY: Stay Out? Or Get Involved?

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Distinguishing Fact from Opinion

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Detect Historical Points of View

PRIMARY SOURCES:  William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, Journals

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Tenskwatawa (The Prophet), Speech

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Construct a Timeline

CIVIC DISCUSSION INQUIRY: The Mexican-American War

PRIMARY SOURCES:  John Quincy Adams, Speech on Independence Day

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Interpret Economic Performance

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Distinguish Verifiable from Unverifiable Information 

DOCUMENT-BASED WRITING INQUIRY: Slavery and Abolition

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Detecting Changing Patterns

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Update an Interpretation

PRIMARY SOURCES:  McGuffey Readers

PRIMARY SOURCES:  James Fenimore Cooper, The Chainbearer

PROJECT INQUIRY: A Lincoln Website

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Distinguish Relevant from Irrelevant Information 

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Assess Credibility of a Source

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Recognize the Role of Chance, Error, and Oversight

VIRTUAL TOURS: Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Dry Tortugas (Fort), Wilson’s Creek Missouri

CIVIC DISCUSSION INQUIRY: The End of Reconstruction 

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Frederick Douglass, "What the Black Man Wants"

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Distinguish Essential from Incidental Information

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Interpret Thematic Maps

DOCUMENT-BASED WRITING INQUIRY: Effects of Immigration 

PRIMARY SOURCES: Ellis Island Oral HIstories, Reflection

PRIMARY SOURCES: Chinese Exclusion Act Gallery Walk (Reflection at end)

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Willa Cather, My Antonia

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Analyze Sequence, Causation, and Correlation 

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Conduct a Cost-Benefit Analysis

ANALYSIS SKILL:  Identify Central Issues and Problems 

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Paul Laurence Dunbar, "We Wear the Mask"

CIVIC DISCUSION INQUIRY: Imperialism and Annexation

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders

PRIMARY SOURCES:  Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points

WEBQUEST: Spanish-American War

INTERACTIVE: Life in the Trenches

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