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| James Monroe at HollywoodBecause of the location of his death, Monroe’s body was interred in New York City. And in 1858, over twenty years after his death, a movement began in Virginia to bring the remains of the native sons to a central place.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Settlement Of Liberia IIIn the early 1800s, most Americans supported slavery. In 1816, a group of whites, disturbed by the presence of black Americans, slave and free, began to plan to send them back to Africa.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Settlement Of Liberia IOne of the nagging problems left for future resolution by the Founders was what to do about the millions of black slaves. The first colony of the United States was an unofficial way of dealing with the problem of black slavery: send them back to Africa.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Settlement Of Liberia IIIFormed at a time when most Americans were racists, the American Colonization Society established a settlement on the coast of West Africa. In 1820, the American Colonization Society began to send freed blacks back to Africa.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| First Continental Congress IIWhen in September 1774 the First Continental Congress met in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, tensions between Great Britain and her rebellious colonies had reached fever pitch.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| First Continental Congress IIn early spring 1774, the British Parliament, angered over colonial insubordination, passed a series of acts that would prove the law of unintended consequences. They would toss up a revolution.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Bill of RightsThe notion of the Bill of Rights is the great protector of the American individual rights is a modern idea, not part of our Constitutional history.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Our Relationship to the ConstitutionAs John Marshall once put it in a case, the Constitution is meant to survive the crises of generations, to survive over time. Now to do that requires interpretation. Many of the Constitution’s most important phrases are really quite general. Due process of law. Equal protection of the law. Cruel and unusual punishment. These, these are not self-explanatory words.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Political System DisseminatedJefferson was by nature a reformer. And he was a thinker. And he was always asking, “How can we do this better?” He would be the inspiration for many others if they were to tackle Constitutional reform. Jefferson had no fear of change. He had no fear of the future. He welcomed it in many respects because he knew that society would be better in a hundred years than the one he saw in his own time.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Constitutional Convention34 states, under our current system of 50 states, can request that the Congress call a Constitutional Convention. Congress has no leeway. It must call a Constitutional Convention. And it really has no role in that Constitutional Convention. That’s up to the states.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
