Lesson Plan How We Elect a President: The Electoral College (Grades 4–6) Government and Civics 4, 5, 6 Click to download this lesson plan.
Lesson Plan How We Elect a President: The Electoral College (Grades 7–9) Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Objective This lesson on the Electoral College is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These resources were written to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original...
Lesson Plan How We Elect a President: The Electoral College (Grades 10–12) Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Objective This lesson on the Electoral College is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These resources were written to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Hamilton’s Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791 Economics, Government and Civics When George Washington became president in 1789, he appointed Alexander Hamilton as his secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton’s vision for the economic foundation of the United States included three main programs: 1) the federal...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Harry S. Truman responds to McCarthy, 1950 Government and Civics In February 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy alleged in a speech in West Virginia that more than 200 staff members at the Department of State were known to be members of the Communist Party. During Harry Truman’s press conference on...