What So Proudly We Hail | Making American citizens through literature

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Discover the ideas behind the American Founding and their significance for our present moment. learn more Reflect on Frederick Douglass s famous Fourth of July oration and its vigorous defense of the Constitution. read more Explore the civic dimensions of classic American stories by Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Cather, Vonnegut, and more. read more Literary-based curricula made simple. History lessons made memorable. read more January 1, 2020 Welcome Welcome to What So Proudly We Hail, your one-stop source for free, literary-based curricula to aid in the classroom instruction of American history, civics, social studies, and language arts. Explore this site to find creative lesson plans, video seminars, primary resources, and much more.The Curriculum link will lead you to “The Meaning of America” discussion guides and model seminars, the “The American Calendar” e-book collection, the “Lincoln and the Constitution” discussion guides, and the “Songs for Free Men and Women” compilation.Visit the Library link to find our complete catalog of great American short stories, speeches, study guides, discussion videos, author biographies, and primary texts.Find us on the Civics Renewal Network, a one-stop-shopping site for free online classroom resources for civics education.What So Proudly We Hail: Literary-based curricula made simple. History lessons made memorable. January 26, 2016 The Camera of Liberty Who was the most photographed American during the 19th century? Hint: It wasn t Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, or Ulysses S. Grant. WSPWH co-editor Diana Schaub explains in her review of Picturing Frederick Douglass at Law and Liberty:This book plants firmly before us Douglass’ conviction that photography could be used for a serious public purpose. Declining the props and backdrops common in studio pictures, he kept the focus on himself (no sentimental family photos either). Through his gaze, posture, and dress, he looked every inch the dignified citizen, thereby forwarding the cause of black freedom and civil rights.What’s more, Douglass did all he could to distribute his portrait widely. Photos were given as gifts to friends, offered to subscribers as a sign-up bonus, used to advertise lectures, and donated to charities to be auctioned. When cartes-de-visite became popular—these were card-sized photos that were avidly shared, bought, and traded beginning in the 1860s—images of Douglass and other celebrities made their way into parlor albums, alongside the family photos. Douglass, it seems, had an intuitive grasp of what is now called “branding.”Read the whole thing. April 9, 2014 Understanding Federalist 10: Analysis and Evaluation By Charles CooperDownload the full lesson plan as a PDFGet the related handout: Teacher key Federalist 10 flowchartObjective | Students will understand the arguments set forth by Publius in Federalist 10 by reviewing and memorizing the document’s terms. Students will also scrutinize the text by mapping the argument sequentially in a concept (tree) map. Finally, students will judge the overall message set forth in Federalist 10 by writing a letter to the editor either as a supporter or a detractor of the message. Read More Sign Up for E-mail Updates Enter your e-mail address to stay in contact and get our latest updates. Buy The Book “What a wonderful collection of American songs, speeches, and stories. It should be valuable for teachers, students, parents, and readers of all kinds.” Diane Ravitch

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