Our Documents Teacher Sourcebook: 2003

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Part 1 of 4 (Front cover plus Pages 1-14: 377KB) •  Toward "A More Perfect Union": The Our Documents Initiative in its Second Year •  The People's Vote, Town Hall Meeting & The Preservation Video •  Understanding Our Documents: A Competition for Students •  Teaching Our Documents: A Lesson Plan Competition for Educators •  List of the 100 Milestone Documents

Part 2 of 4 (Pages 15-46: 856KB) •  Introducing Students to Primary Documents •  Numerous, Various, Revealing, Ubiquitous, and Teachable Documents •  Worksheets for Analyzing Historical Sources •  Using Our Documents to Meet Local Standards: A View from Virginia

Part 3 of 4 (Pages 47-71: 973KB) •  Lessons that Work: Last Year’s Our Documents 3 Educator Competition Winners •  Jefferson and the Exploration of the West •  Bidding Adieu: On Teaching the Historical Significance of George Washington’s Farewell Address •  “Jim Crow Must Go:” The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Part 4 of 4 (Pages 72-89 plus back cover: 357KB) •  Preserving Our Documents: the Charters of Freedom •  Selected Bibliography

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