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Teaching Democracy

Teaching Democracy was a partnership between the CHSSP and Cal Humanities as part of the latter’s Searching for Democracy initiative. The program featured a free webinar series (April – August 2012) geared toward educators of American history and government.  Renowned scholars and CHSSP teacher leaders led the webinars, addressing questions and subjects critical to the study of American democracy:

  • Presidential power
  • The origins of the Constitution
  • British monarchy and colonial rule
  • Civil rights and citizenship
  • Representative government

 

Teaching Democracy sought to enhance students’ ability to understand and grapple with becoming an engaged participant in a democratic society. We hope the program’s primary sources, lessons, and presentation recordings will help students make connections between our founding principles and our current government.  These curricular resources include:

Primary Sources (available in right column ---------------> )

    • The Constitution
    • The Declaration of Independence
    • The 14th Amendment
    • The Stamp Act
    • Executive Order 9066
    • Many more...

 

Lessons

 

Scholar and Teacher Leader Recordings (with Power Point Presentations)

The Power of the Presidency

  • Daniel Sargent, Assistant Professor of History, UC Berkeley (Listen now!)

 

What did the Constitution Originally Mean?

  • Jack Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies/Professor of Political Science and of Law, Stanford University (Listen now!)

 

Should America Have a King?

  • Caroline Winterer, Professor of History, Stanford University (Listen now!)

 

Who is a Citizen?

 

No Taxation Without Representation?