The Expansion of Democracy in the Jacksonian Era, Seminar Resources, Online Professional Development Seminars for History and Literature Teachers, National Humanities Center


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Teaching American History Project

"The Interests of the Many":
The Expansion of Democracy in the Jacksonian Era

An Online Professional Development Seminar

10 A.M.
April 13, 2010

LEADER:

Reeve Huston

Associate Professor of History
Duke University

Assigned Readings
1. Assigned texts with notes, Reeve Huston, Associate Professor of History, Duke University (PDF)
2. The County Election, 1851-52 by George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811-1879), oil on canvas (PDF)
The following texts are drawn from "The Triumph of Nationalism/The House Dividing" from the National Humanities Center
1. Thomas W. Dorr, "An Address to the People of Rhode Island," 1834
  - Notes and discussion questions
  - Text
2. James Fennimore Cooper, selections from The American Democrat: A Treatise on Jacksonian Democracy, 1838
  - Note and discussion questions
  - Text (PDF)
Seminar Presentation (PowerPoint, 1MB)
Seminar Evaluation
Forum (Not available.)
Seminar Recording
1. Streaming recording
2. Download recording (You will need to install the WebEx ARF player, available at download, to playback the recording.)

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