Next week is "Celebrate Freedom Week". During that week, students will learn about different founding documents. One key statement that we discuss is, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed". What are some ways that your district explains the idea that government's power comes from the people. (This is a State Statute as well as a set of standards)

How would you plan a lesson for having students evaluate the significance of key individuals leading to the Civil War? (eg Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln)

What are you planning to do in your classroom for 9/11?