Category: Teaching History

Involving Students in the Political Process: Proposing Constitutional Amendments and Participating in the Public Debate

The juniors in our American History course were studying the Constitution in the fall of 2008 as the Presidential race reached its final stages.

Published in Independent Teacher, Volume 6, Issue 2 – May 2009

by Grant Calder

We have found that our history courses hold together better if there are a few clear centerpieces. These can be themes such as “revolutions,” the Industrial, the scientific, and the French, for example, or they can be documents such as the Constitution. We also keep alert for opportunities to tie the historical material to contemporary topics.

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