Documents of Freedom: History, Government, and Economics Through Primary Sources

This complete online textbook covers American history, government, and economic concepts. Resources include readings for students, activity directions for teachers, and handouts that are downloadable and printable for classroom use. Content is geared toward students in grades 8-12. All materials are aligned with Common Core and individual state standards.

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/curricula/documents-of-freedom
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Standards

Common Core, National Standards for Civics and Government

Grades

8, 9, 10, 12

Subjects

Foundations of Democracy

Issues

Guns, Gay Rights, Fiscal Responsibility, Abortion, Health Care, Taxes, Civility, National Security, Immigration, Foreign Policy, Economy

Resource Types

Assessments, Quizzes, Surveys, Special Needs/Language Focus, Modules (Teaching Unit), Descriptive Text, Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, Essays, Books, Media, Video

Teaching Strategies

Individual Work, Analysis, Writing, Primary Source, Debate, Informational Text, Simulation/Role-play, Current Event, Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion, Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion, Small Group Deliberation

Civic Days

Bill of Rights Day, Constitution Day

Constitution Articles

Preamble, Article I, Article II, Article III, Article IV, Article V, Article VI, Article VII, 11th Amendment, 12th Amendment, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, 18th Amendment, 19th Amendment, 20th Amendment, 21st Amendment, 22nd Amendment, 23rd Amendment, 24th Amendment, 25th Amendment, 26th Amendment, 27th Amendment, Bill of Rights, Meaning of Constitution

Tags

Framers, security, commerce clause, Thomas Jefferson, civics, founding principles, government, liberty, James Madison, John Locke, Declaration of Independence, textbook, Articles of Confederation, freedom, Founders