Standard USHC-1

USHC-1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the conflicts between regional and national interest in the development of democracy in the United States.

Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Year: 2011

Selfies and Portraits in the Past and Present

Lesson

In groups of three or four, students will research, potentially by field trip but invariably online, a miniature portrait found in the colonial American section of the Gibbes Museum of Art. Students...

Analyzing the Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and Creation of US Constitution

Lesson

The student will be able to evaluate significant American founding documents in relation to the outcome of the American Revolution.

Birth Of The Constitution | History in a Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come to...