American Democracy and the Promise of Justice

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 19.03.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. What we are Doing (Action Process)
  3. Rationale
  4. Content Background
  5. Unit Objectives
  6. Topic One
  7. Topic Two
  8. Topic Three
  9. Topic Four
  10. Topic Five
  11. Teaching Strategies
  12. Timeline: Voting Rights and Civil Rights
  13. Classroom Activities
  14. Resources
  15. Student Resources
  16. Teacher Resources
  17. Bibliography
  18. Appendix
  19. Notes

The Right to Vote: Empowerment and Civic Engagement in our Democracy

Cinde H. Berkowitz

Published September 2019

Tools for this Unit:

Student Resources

Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. London: Penguin, 2005.

Klarman, Michael J. Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Ginsburg, Ruth B., and Wendy W. Williams. My Own Words. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016.

Goldfield, David. America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011.

HBO miniseries John Adams based on the book of the same name by historian David McCullough. https://youtube/UrxK000nKwc.

Selma, 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb.

www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxv.html.

http://www.vote411.org.

http://www.rockthevote.org.

Hamilton Soundtrack.

“Cabinet Battle 2”

“What Did I Miss”

“One Last Time”

CBS News Set up- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCZJBN9YvcQ.

PBS Ruling video- https://youtu.be/aoYBzJytJbI.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons-plans/constitution-day-the-1965-alabama-literacy-test/.

PBS: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow—Voting Then and Now Activity (includes literacy test) www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/tools_voting.html.

Statistics on voter turnout and elected representatives: Voter Registration Rates (1965 vs. 1988) http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_c.php.

http://www.infoplease.com/timelines/voting.html. 

https://www.aclu.org/timeline-history-voting-rights-act.

What the Constitution Means to Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BD44VNmGso.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Lok9jIfqc.

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