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- There's more out there than just Democrats and Republicans!
- Students will use the internet to research minority political parties and interest groups. Students will create a PowerPoint presentation (or other type of presentation), write a paper, and create a commercial advertisement for their group using a propaganda technique.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)
- By Abby Stotsenberg.
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
- In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5
- The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- Lincoln is inaugurated
- Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address, delivered March 4, 1861. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia, 1831
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.6
- When Georgia tried to subject the Cherokee to state law, they sued the state in federal court. The Supreme Court ruled against them in 1831, in this decision written by Chief Justice John Marshall. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: court decision
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.
- Nathaniel Macon on democracy
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.7
- Excerpt of a speech by Nathaniel Macon, arguing against the "Midnight Judges Act" of 1801, in which he summarizes the political philosophy of Democratic-Republicans. Primary source includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- The Articles of Confederation
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.2
- Full text of the Articles of Confederation, which established the first national government after the American colonies declared their independence from Britain. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.
- Format: court decision/primary source
- The Democrats appeal to voters
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.2
- Address from the North Carolina state Democratic Party chairman in the Raleigh News and Observer before the 1898 election, appealing to white voters to "redeem the state." Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669)
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.9
- The lengthy and complicated plan devised by the Lords Proprietors for the government of Carolina would have established a feudal system of elaborate courts, manors, and serfs. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
