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The Constitution and Congress
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The Constitution and Congress
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The nation’s founders believed Congress to be the fundamental institution of the federal government, since it is the body that most closely represents the people. The framers of the United States Constitution began by creating Congress. Then they established the other two branches of government—the executive branch and the judicial branches.The Constitution gives each branch distinct powers, but it makes sure that the three are in competition. Each branch has its own ways to check and balance the powers of the other two. The separation and balance of powers has contributed to the government’s enduring vitality, providing order and stability while allowing flexibility for adaptation and change.

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U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
OER LIBRARIAN
Date Added:
12/09/2020
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The Constitution in Action: Article II (Lab Team 3)
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The Constitution in Action: Article II (Lab Team 3)
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In this activity students will analyze the Senate Journal of the First Congress and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article II of the Constitution in action.

This activity is designed to prepare students for the Constitution-in-Action Lab at the National Archives in Washington, DC. It is a part of a package of activities associated with the lab experience.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
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Provider:
National Archives and Records Administration
Provider Set:
DocsTeach
Date Added:
11/13/2020
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The Constitution in Action: Article I (Lab Team 1)
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In this activity students will analyze the Oaths of Senators for the Impeachment Trial of William Jefferson Clinton and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article I, sections 1-7 of the Constitution in action.

This activity is designed to prepare students for the Constitution-in-Action Lab at the National Archives in Washington, DC. It is a part of a package of activities associated with the lab experience.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
National Archives and Records Administration
Provider Set:
DocsTeach
Date Added:
11/13/2020
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The Constitution in Action: Article I (Lab Team 2)
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The Constitution in Action: Article I (Lab Team 2)
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In this activity students will analyze the Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article I, sections 8-10 of the Constitution in action.

This activity is designed to prepare students for the Constitution-in-Action Lab at the National Archives in Washington, DC. It is a part of a package of activities associated with the lab experience.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
National Archives and Records Administration
Provider Set:
DocsTeach
Date Added:
11/13/2020
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The Constitution of the United States
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The Constitution of the United States
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The Constitution acted like a colossal merger, uniting a group of states with different interests, laws, and cultures. Under America’s first national government, the Articles of Confederation, the states acted together only for specific purposes. The Constitution united its citizens as members of a whole, vesting the power of the union in the people. Without it, the American Experiment might have ended as quickly as it had begun.

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History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Archives and Records Administration
Date Added:
12/08/2020
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The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8
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The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8
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In which John Green teaches you about the United States Constitution. During and after the American Revolutionary War, the government of the new country operated under the Articles of Confederation. While these Articles got the young nation through its war with England, they weren't of much use when it came to running a country. So, the founding fathers decided to try their hand at nation-building, and they created the Constitution of the United States, which you may remember as the one that says We The People at the top. John will tell you how the convention came together, some of the compromises that had to be made to pass this thing, and why it's very lucky that the framers installed a somewhat reasonable process for making changes to the thing. You'll learn about Shays' Rebellion, the Federalist Papers, the elite vs rabble dynamic of the houses of congress, and start to find out just what an anti-federalist is.

Chapters:
Introduction
The Articles of Confederation
What did the Articles of Confederation Accomplish?
Shay's Rebellion
The United States Constitution
The Great Compromise Establishes the Bicameral Congress
The 3/5ths Compromise
Checks and Balances
The Federalist papers
Mystery Document
What is the Second Amendment?
Anti-Federalists
Credits

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Date Added:
08/23/2022
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"The Constitution vs. The Articles of Confederation"
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"The Constitution vs. The Articles of Confederation"
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To ensure and enhance student understanding of concepts related to the Constitution and Articles of Confederation, specifically students will be able to:Explain the larger ideas of federalism vs. anti-federalism or states’ rights, and how those ideas feed into people’s overall political beliefs.Identify and explain the various branches of the federal government, the obstacles that had been faced under the Articles of Confederation, and how this new federalist/republican model of government grew out of those difficulties.Identify and explain the various powers delegated to the states versus federal government in both documents, what changed, and why.

Subject:
Political Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Tom Marabello
Date Added:
09/17/2021
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Construction Men, Bushmen, Sawmill Men & Chauffeurs Wanted. Join the 242nd Canadian Forestry
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Construction Men, Bushmen, Sawmill Men & Chauffeurs Wanted. Join the 242nd Canadian Forestry
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Poster showing a forester holding a pike, and a small night scene of men building a log bridge. Title from item.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Primary Source
Provider:
Library of Congress
Provider Set:
Library of Congress - World War I Posters
Date Added:
06/18/2013
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Continuity and change in American society, 1754-1800
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Continuity and change in American society, 1754-1800
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How revolutionary was the American Revolution? In this video, Kim models the historical thinking skill of continuity and change by comparing society before and after the Revolutionary War.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Khan Academy
Provider Set:
Khan Academy
Author:
Kim Kutz
Date Added:
07/14/2021
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Continuity and change in the Gilded Age
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Continuity and change in the Gilded Age
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How much change did industrialization really bring during the Gilded Age? In this video, Kim discusses the impact of industrialization on work, migration patterns, and culture.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Khan Academy
Provider Set:
Khan Academy
Author:
Kim Kutz
Date Added:
07/14/2021
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Continuity and change in the postwar era
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Continuity and change in the postwar era
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How much did the events of the tumultuous postwar era reshape American national identity? Kim discusses the extent to which developments like the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and student protests of the 1960s changed core beliefs around citizenship, cultural values, and the proper US role in the world.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Khan Academy
Provider Set:
Khan Academy
Author:
Kim Kutz
Date Added:
07/14/2021
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Contributions of the Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers
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Contributions of the Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers
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With dreams of having a better life, thousands of Chinese risked their lives across the Pacific Ocean to join in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad from 1863 to 1869. These Chinese laborers worked under extreme and hazardous environments. Due to their ethnic appearance and language barriers, the Chinese were greatly taken advantage of by their employers. These Chinese laborers became pioneers in the collective labor actions of American labor history, while also contributing to the economies of the U.S. and China.

2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies:
Civics and Government: 5.1, 7.5, 8.7, 8.8, HS.2, HS.10
Economics: 7.8, 8.14, HS.17, HS.24
Geography: 5.13, 6.14, HS.42, HS.51
Historical Knowledge: 5.22, 6.20, 6.21, 8.22, 8.25, 8.27, HS.52, HS.60, HS.61, HS.64
Historical Thinking: 5.25, 6.23, 7.25, 8.31, HS.68
Social Science Analysis: 5.26, 5.27, 6.24, 8.36, HS.72, HS.73, HS.74, HS.78

Subject:
English Language Arts
History
Social Science
U.S. History
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
The Asian American Education Project
Date Added:
02/02/2023
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Conversations with History: Alliance Lost, The U.S. and Europe in a Unipolar World, with Joseph Joffe
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Conversations with History: Alliance Lost, The U.S. and Europe in a Unipolar World, with Joseph Joffe
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Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler interviews Joseph Joffe, editor/publisher of Die Zeit, about the implications of the Bush Doctrine for U.S-European relations. (58 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Political Science
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
01/06/2008
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Conversations with History: Democracy, Disarmament and Public Education with Alan Cranston
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Conversations with History: Democracy, Disarmament and Public Education with Alan Cranston
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Alan Cranston was a four term Senator from California and president and founder of the Global Security Institute and director of its nuclear weapons elimination initiative. This discussion on democracy, disarmament and public education with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler was taped in April 2000. (53 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
03/13/2005
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Conversations with History: Domestic Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S.
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Conversations with History: Domestic Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S.
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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Susan Shirk, Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, for a discussion of her new book, China: Fragile Superpower. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Clinton administration, Professor Shirk analyzes how Chinese domestic politics affects its international behavior and how U.S. foreign policy responds to and influences China's international behavior. She also discusses how her work as a scholar of Chinese politics and society informed her work in Washington. (55 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Political Science
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
09/03/2007
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Conversations with History: Legislating for the People, with Ronald V. Dellums
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Conversations with History: Legislating for the People, with Ronald V. Dellums
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UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler in conversation with the honorable Ronald V. Dellums, former congressman from California's Ninth Congressional District. Congressman Dellums not only brought to Washington the spirit and ideas of the sixties, but also earned the admiration and respect of his Washington colleagues. (59 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
09/12/2004
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Conversations with History: Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement, with Thelton Henderson, Jr.
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Conversations with History: Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement, with Thelton Henderson, Jr.
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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Judge Thelton Henderson for a discussion of the U.S. civil rights movement and its implications for international law. (43 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
General Law
History
Law
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
06/07/2009
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Conversations with History: Philosophy and the Habits of Critical Thinking, with John R. Searle
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Conversations with History: Philosophy and the Habits of Critical Thinking, with John R. Searle
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Conversations with History and Host Harry Kreisler welcome UC Berkeley Professor of Philosophy John R. Searle who talks about the work of a philosopher, critical thinking, and lessons of the Free Speech Movement. (58 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Philosophy
Political Science
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
09/23/2003
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