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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 429 915 SO 030 684 AUTHOR Schamel, Wynell B., Comp. TITLE Teaching with Documents: Using Primary Sources from the National Archives. Volume 2. INSTITUTION National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.; National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. ISBN ISBN-1-880875-18-7 PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 298p.; For Volume 1, see ED 318 667. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) Historical Materials (060) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Classroom Techniques; *History Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Activities; *Primary Sources; Secondary Education; *United States History; *World History IDENTIFIERS *Analytical Reasoning; *National Archives and Records Administration; National Civics and Government Standards; National History Standards ABSTRACT This collection of primary source materials from the National Archives and Records Administration (Washington, DC) humanizes history so that it is real and personal to students. Intended for secondary school history teachers, the collection provides primary source documents, reports, maps, photographs, letters, diaries, posters, and recordings created by those who participated in or witnessed the events of the past. This teaching method exposes students to important historical concepts. Through analysis of primary sources, students confront two essential facts of historical work:(1) the record of historical events reflects the personal, social, political, or economic views of the participants who created the sources; and (2) students bring to the study of the sources their own biases, created by their own personal situations and their social living environments. A benefit of using the primary sources collection is the development of broad cogniti,ve and analytical skills. This second volume of the collection compiles 43 articles. The articles were published in "Social Education" from 1989 to 1998 and similar articles were published in the Organization of American Historians' "Magazine of History," "The Roger Williams Report," "Heritage Education Quarterly," and "Social Studies and the Young Learner." Appended are charts listing types of documents, disciplines and subject areas, themes, and materials which connect with the National Standards for U.S. History, National Standards for World History, and National Standards for Civics and Government. (BT) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** POOR PRINT QUALITY PgS)06/-5-4 74-64, 4A4/-2&40, Volume 2 liaching With U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) /Thisdocument has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. oc g-Documents Using Primary Sources From the National Archives Compiled by Wynell B. Scheme! CC:A18) National Archives and Records Administration and National Council for the Social Studies Washington, DC 2 BEST COI:1y, ii.k,:kiNp,\)3!..E Volume 2 7isaching with Documents Using Primary Sources From the National Archives Compiled by Wynell B. Schamel National Archives and Records Administration and National Council for the Social Studies Washington, DC Published for the National Archives and Records Administration by the National Archives Trust Fund Board 1998 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data United States. National Archives and Records Administration Teaching With Documents: using primary sources from the National Archives. Volume 2 p. cm. ISBN 1-0911333-79-7, Volume 1 ISBN 1-880875-18-7, Volume 2 1. United StatesHistoryStudy and teaching (Secondary) 2. United StatesHistorySources.I. Title. E175.8.U55 1989 973'.0712dc20 89-12602 4 Table of Contents Foreword V Acknowledgments VI Introduction VII Articles "The Alternative of Williamsburg": A British Cartoon on Colonial American Violence, 1775 1 The Wording of the First Amendment Religion Clauses, 1789 7 Documents and Discovery: Jefferson's Letter to Washington Accepting the Position of Secretary of State, 1790 11 U.S. Court of Claims Deposition of Kish urn us tubbee, 1837 14 Robert E. Lee's Resignation from the U.S. Army, 1861 21 The Fight for Equal Rights: A Recruiting Poster for Black Soldiers in the Civil War, ca. 1862 27 The Homestead Act of 1862, 1862 31 Reconstruction, the Fourteenth Amendment, and Personal Liberties, 1866 and 1874 40 1869 Petition: The Appeal for Woman Suffrage, 1869 47 Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire, 1874 52 Native American Education, 1876 57 Alexander Graham Bell's Telephone Patent, 1876 62 Mapping a Mystery: The Battle of Little Bighorn, 1877 66 Little House in the Census: Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1880 and 1900 71 The Statue of Liberty Deed of Presentation, 1884 75 Cache Note from Peary's North Greenland Expedition of 1892, 1892 80 The Pledge of Allegiance, 1892-1954 85 Petition for a Fair Representation of African Americans at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1892 95 Sierra Club Petition to Congress Protesting the Proposed Diminution of Yosemite National Park, 1893 101 Petition for the Rights of Hopi Women, 1894 108 The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, 1898 114 Immigration Patterns, Public Opinion, and Government Policy, 1909-1921 124 The First Amendment: The Finished Mystery Case and World War I, 1918 131 HI The Protection of Working Children, 1922 135 Photographs of Ellis Island: The High Tide of Immigration, 1923 140 The Inquiry into the Education of Don Henry and His Subsequent Death in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 146 A 1939 Letter of Protest: Controversy Over Public Art During the New Deal, 1939 157 "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy": The First Typed Draft of Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Address, 1941 164 Correspondence Concerning Women and the Army Air Forces in World War II, 1942 170 Rights in Time of Crisis: American Citizens and Internment, 1943 177 D-day Message from General Eisenhower to General Marshall, 1944 182 Fire Prevention Posters: The Story of Smokey Bear, 1944 187 Nazi Medical Experiment Report: Evidence from the Nuremberg Medical Trial, 1944 193 Correspondence Urging Bombing of Auschwitz during World War II, 1944 201 Decision at Yalta: Anna Roosevelt's Diary, 1945 207 Letter Proposing Candidates for the First U.N. Assembly, 1945 213 President Harry S. Truman's Diary, 1949 219 "Out of Fear and into Peace": President Eisenhower's Address to the United Nations, 1953 223 Jackie Robinson, President Eisenhower, and the Little Rock Crisis, 1957 228 A Cartoonist's View of the Eisenhower Years, 1961 235 The Bill of Rights: Due Process and Rights of the Accused: Clarence Earl Gideon's Petition in forma pauperis, 1962 238 The 26th Amendment and Youth Voting Rights, 1971 243 Due Process and Student Rights: Syllabus of the Goss v. Lopez Decision, 1975 247 Numbered List of Articles 251 Appendix A: Types of Documents 253 Appendix B: Disciplines and Subject Areas 254 Appendix C: Thematic Chart 255 Appendix D: National Standards for U.S. History 257 Appendix E: National Standards for World History 265 Appendix F: National Standards for Civics and Government 269 Appendix G: The National Archives and Records Administration 276 Iv 6 Foreword The mission of the National Archives and documents effectively in their classes. These arti- Records Administration (NARA) is to pro- cles have proven to be one of the journal's most vide ready access to essential evidence that docu- popular departments. ments the rights of citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience. NARA And no wonderthrough these articles, teachers does this in many waysthrough our work with and their students have discovered the educa- Federal agencies to manage and evaluate Federal tional value and the thrill of examining letters, records, through our protection of Federal records reports, maps, and photographs created by actual in a nationwide network of service centers and participants in significant historical events. In archival facilities, through our provision of public these articles NARA supports the emphasis in access to these records in our research rooms and most state curriculum frameworks on teaching via the Internet, through the exhibition of particu- with primary sources. The result has been im- larly significant documents, and through publica- proved teaching of our national traditions and tions such as this. heritage and greater student interest in them. Since 1977, we at NARA have collaborated Our "Teaching with Documents" articles have with the National Council for the Social Studies made a difference in history education. We are (NCSS) to produce a regular feature article in its pleased, therefore, to offer this second compila- journal, Social Education, highlighting documents tion of Teaching With Documents and thereby from the holdings of the National Archives. make them even more widely and conveniently Originally titled "Document of the Month" and available for the use and enjoyment of teachers now called "Teaching with Documents," this and students. journal department features NARA documents, provides historical context for the documents, JOHN W. CARLIN and suggests ways in which teachers can use the ARCHIVIST