The Declaration of Independence: Still Inspiring Americans to Fight for Freedom!
Laura Turner
Published September 2011
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End Notes
"Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and
Diplomacy. Accessed August 4, 2011.
Ibid
Mary Beth Norton and others, A History of the United States: A People and A Nation Volume I: To
1877 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994) 151-165.
Ibid
Ibid
Ibid
Ibid., 163
Ibid., 164
Becker, Carl. The Declaration of Independence: A study in the History of Political Ideas.
(Harcourt, Brace and Company, INC. 1922) 18.
Norton, 164
Ibid., 164
"Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and
Diplomacy. Accessed August 4, 2011.
Becker, 5
Ibid., 6
Reinstein, Robert J. "Completing the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights
and Fourteenth Amendment" Temple Law Review 66, no 2 (1993) 361.
Reinstein 363
Nation 474-475
"Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and
Diplomacy. Accessed August 4, 2011.
"The Nobel Peace Prize 1964: Martin Luther King Jr." Nobelprize.org. Accessed August 4, 2011.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king.html
Ibid
"1964-Martin Luther King.Jr., Minister and advocate of non-violence" Nobel Peace Laureates.
Accessed August 4, 2011. http://www.nobelpeacelaureates.org/ml_king.html
Ibid
"I Have A Dream Speech" Huffpost Politics. Accessed August 4, 2011.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/17/i-have-a-dream-speech-text_n_809993.html
Ibid
Ibid
"Barack Obama: 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address" American rhetoric. Accessed
August 5, 2011.http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.html
Ibid
"The Story of Cesar Chavez: The Beginning" United Farm Workers. Accessed August 4, 2011.
http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?inc+history/07.html&menu=research
Ibid
"Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and
Diplomacy. Accessed August 4, 2011.
"The Story of Cesar Chavez: The Beginning" United Farm Workers. Accessed August 4, 2011.
http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?inc+history/07.html&menu=research
Ibid
Nancy Newman, Jerry Ragan, and Jessica Tuerk "American Peacemakers: The Nobel Peace Laureates of
the United States of America" Nobel Peace Laureates. Accessed August 4, 2011.
http://www.nobelpeacelaureates.org/pdf/American_Peacemakers.pdf
Ibid
Jane Addams "Twenty Years at Hull-House" (New York: The Macmilan Company 1912) 23.
Ibid
Ibid
Ibid
Comments:
Mary Ryan
December 16, 2017 at 5:26 pm
Great lesson plan
I really like the historical background and culturally responsive framework of this lesson. I was looking for approaches to teaching the Declaration of Independence to my English Learners as well as native 5th grade students. Although this lesson was designed for younger students, there are many elements that I can be used with any age group. It also helped me understand why this document is important to all Americans. Thank you.
Mary Ryan
December 16, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Excellent lesson
All Americans benefit from the inalienable rights provided for in the Declaration of Independence: \\"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness\\" 2. Americans continually strive for freedom, liberty and equality. Those words inspire the hope of endless possibilities for all Americans. The Declaration of Independence is the primary document that built this great nation and with it that hope. It is a vision statement for the country. At its core it provides hope for Americans, especially the disenfranchised who have the ability to rise above persecution (even government persecution) and establish rights for themselves. America has been blessed with many freedom fighters.
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