The Idea of America

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.03.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographics
  3. Background Information
  4. Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Resources
  7. Appendix A
  8. Appendix B
  9. Appendix C
  10. Endnotes

My Fellow Americans…A Trip through American History via Presidential Inaugural Addresses

Kathleen Geri Gormley

Published September 2011

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Resources

Adminstration, National Archives and Records. The Charters of Freedom; "A New World is at Hand". n.d. http://archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html (accessed July 29, 2011).

Cushman, Jackie Gingrich, ed. The Essential American; A Patriot's Resource. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2010.

"Declaration of Independence." Philadelphia, July 4, 1776.

Foner, Eric. The Story of American Freedom. New York: W.W. Nortonand Company, Inc, 1998.

Goudvis, Stephanie Harvey and Anne. Strategies That Work. New York: Stenhouse Publishers, 2000.

Hofstadter, Richard. The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It. New York: Random House, 1989.

Humes, James C. My Fellow Americans Presidential Addresses That Shaped History. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1992.

Jefferson, Thomas. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, March 4, 1801.

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, January 20, 1961.

Lincoln, Abraham. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, March 4, 1865.

Mount, Steve. The US Constitution online. March 2011. http://www.usconstitution.net/index.html (accessed July 29, 2011).

Obama, Barack H. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, January 20, 2009.

R. Marzano, D. Pickering, J. Pollock. Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000.

Reagan, Ronald. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, Jnauary 20, 1981.

Remini, Robert V., and Terry Golway. Fellow Citizens; The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses. New York: Penguin Group, 2008.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, March 4, 1933.

Roosevelt, Theodore. "Inaugural Address." Washington DC, March 4, 1905.

Skarmis, Nancy. Our Presidents Their Lives and Stories. Nashville: Ideals Publications, Inc, 1994.

The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States Inaugural, Annual, and Special from 1789 to 1846. Vol. 2. 2 vols. New York: Edward Walker, 1846.

The Addresses and Messages of The Presidents of the United States Inaugural, Annual, Special From 1789 to 1846. Vol. 1. 2 vols. New York: Edward Walker, 1846.

The White House; The Presidents. n.d. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents (accessed July 12, 2011).

Washington, George. "Inaugural Address." New York, April 30, 1789.

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