Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 12/2018

This video is a summary of the history of the United States of America, since the arrival of the first colonists in North America until today (20 minutes, USA: Patraeon 2019).

In this New York Times lesson students will learn about the problems of poverty and economic inequality in America and then will research possible solutions as they propose a new war on poverty for 2014 (2014).

Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers (YouTube 2012).

Explore how the U.S. acquired North America in this interactive map of every Native American land cession since the birth of the nation (USA 2020).

Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (University of Michigan 2010)

The National Humanities Center presents America in Class: primary and secondary resources, webinars, and lessons for history and literature teachers (USA 2021).

The NAACP ran full page ads in newspapers pressing for the passage of a Anti-Lynching Bill (USA 2018).

Tocqueville portrayes political associations in the United States (2021).

Three student readings, discussion questions, and suggestions for inquiry engage students in exploring the role of money in politics (USA: Teachable Moment 2010-19).