Teaching American
History Grant Programs
Freedom Moves West - Ideas and
Documents
The third-year theme will introduce teachers to the important ideas and
documents of American history, the Declaration of Independence, the
Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution-that established a
radical experiment in liberty and representative government in the
late 18th century.
Roll on Columbia -
Year Two
Program
Brochure
Forge of Freedom, the Tumultuous
Nineteenth-Century
The
second-year theme will bring history home, showing the direct
connections between national developments such as the Louisiana
Purchase and the Homestead Act and the development of the Northwest.
National events will be taught side-by-side with important regional
events such as the establishment of fur trading post and missions,
Indian wars, and the development of mining and labor strife.
