 May
2005
The E Pluribus
Unum Project
Site focused on three key periods of U.S. History: 1770s, 1850s, and 1920s.
Grade Level: 9-12, Advanced
http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/
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CONTENT:
The E Pluribus Unum Project offers teachers and students resources
about how Americans tried to make “one from many” during
three pivotal decades in U.S. history: the 1770s, 1850s, and the 1920s.
It includes lesson plans and primary documents. |
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SITE DESIGN:
The site’s content is organized into three sections, one for
each decade, as well as topical clusters: primary sources, teaching
and learning, links and search tools. Users need to scroll to the
bottom of the main page to find the links to the various sections.
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REVIEW:
Teachers and students will find lots of resources at this site for
learning about three pivotal decades in American History. Materials
cover the Revolutionary period of the 1770s and focus on different
modes of communication. Other materials cover the reform period
of the 1850s, including the women’s rights movement and the
abolition of slavery, and the 1920s and the cultural battles that
took us through Prohibition and brought us women’s right to
vote. Each time period has an introductory essay with links to key
topics and primary documents such as the Declaration of Independence,
newspapers of the times, speeches, advertisements, broadsides, diaries
and letters, interviews, testimony at trial, and personal accounts.
Included are tips for using the site in the classroom and an excellent
secondary lesson plan on the Boston Massacre.
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