A. Primary Sources vs. Secondary Sources
The students will learn the differences between primary sources and secondary sources.
The students will learn about the problems faced by Delaware and other states prior to the Civil War: Should Delaware remain with the Union or join the Confederacy?
The students will examine the Reconstruction era and research the success or failure of the program.
The students will examine immigration to America in mid to late 19th century.
The students will learn about the naturalization process and compare citizenship tests from two different eras.
The students will examine the industrial development of the DuPont Company.
The students will examine the use of corporal punishment in the criminal justice system and specifically, Delaware’s use of the whipping post.
The students will examine the U.S. military draft through history, focusing on two World War I documents.
I. Suffrage
The students will study the woman’s suffrage movement on the national and state level.
J. The New Deal Comes to Delaware
The students will examine the New Deal.
K. Petitioning the Government
The students will learn about petitioning the government for change.
The students will use World War II posters to study the use of propaganda by the government.
Using two World War II documents, the students will examine the role of rationing with supply and demand.
The students will examine the school integration problems that occurred after the Brown v. Board decision, focusing specifically on the Milford school desegregation case.
O. Broadcasting Through the Iron Curtain
The students will examine the Cold War and produce a newscast from the American or Soviet perspective.
The students will examine the protest movement of the 1960s.
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