Each approach includes suggested applications and lesson plans. Read this overview section to decide which approach is most appropriate for your classes' needs. The unit topics fit nicely into a general study of the Early Republic for a US survey class. This approach groups the fourteen unit topics into 7 sections which pull readings from several units. Students are brought together for sharing and making conclusions about what they discovered.
Primary sources reveal surprising insights into history.
This aspect is best illustrated to students through the approach which starts with a concept and asks students to apply that concept to a variety of sources. This series of concepts could be inserted individually or collectively for deeper study of the issues the documents raise. This approach is more appropriate for upper level or Advanced Placement where analyzing documents is an objective of the course of study. All rights reserved.