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Addams, Jane.
The Jane Addams Reader
. Elshtain, Jean Bethke, ed. New York: Basic Books, 2001. This is a compilation of Addams’ most significant writings.
Aristotle.
The Politics
. Saunders, Trevor J., ed. Sinclair, T.A., trans. London: Penguin Books, 1962. This is a hardcopy edition of Aristotle’s classic book of philosophy and political criticism. It is also available online at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.3.three.html.
“Connecticut Content Standards.” English/Language Arts, Grades 9-12. http://ctcurriculum.org/list_standards.asp?taskid=&dis=LA&grade=12&disname=English%2FLanguage+Arts&gradename=Grades+9%2D12 (accessed July 30, 2008).
Debs, Eugene V., “Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act.” September 18, 1918. http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1918/court.htm (accessed July 30, 2008).
Dubois, W.E.B.
The Souls of Black Folk
. Wilder Publications: Radford, Virginia, 2008. This includes Dubois’ spirited rebuttal of Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise.” It is also available online at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DUBOIS/ch03.html
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton.” American Eras, Volume 7: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877. Gale Research, 1997. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 1, 2008).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
Emerson: Essays and Lectures
. New York: Library of America, 1983. This book is a compendium of Emerson’s most important works.
Hughes, Langston.
Vintage Hughes
. New York: Vintage Books, 2004. This book is a compendium of several of Hughes’ most important poems and stories, but does not include his seminal poem “A Dream Deferred.”
“John Brown.” Historic World Leaders. Gale Research, 1994.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 1, 2008).
King, Martin Luther. “I Have a Dream.” March on Washington. Washington D.C. August 28, 1963. http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html (accessed July 1, 2008).
“Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.” Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 1, 2008).
Lazarus, Emma. “New Colossus.” New York City, New York. 1883. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/LIBERTY/lazaruspoem.html (accessed July 30, 2008). This is the same poem inscribed at the base of The Statue of Liberty.
Lincoln, Abraham. “Gettysburg Address.” Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1863. http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm (accessed July 1, 2008).
Lincoln, Abraham. “Emancipation Proclamation.” Washington, D.C. January 1, 1863. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/transcript.html (accessed July 1, 2008).
Lincoln, Abraham. “House Divided.” Springfield, Illinois. June 16, 1858. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/divided.htm (accessed July 1, 2008).
Lincoln, Abraham. “Speech at New Haven.” New Haven, Connecticut. March 7, 1860. http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/haven.htm (accessed July 1, 2008).
Moore, Michael.
Sicko.
Weinstein Company, November 6, 2007. This is Michael Moore’s excellent documentary about healthcare in the U.S.A.
Nagourney, Adam and Zeleny, Jeff. “Obama Declares Nomination is ‘Within Reach.’”
The New York Times
: May 21, 2008.
Obama, Barack. “A More Perfect Union.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 18, 2008. http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hisownwords (accessed July 1, 2008).
Paine, Thomas.
Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine
. New York: Signet Classics, 2003.
Powell, Michael. “Obama is Moving to Down-to-Earth Oratory.”
The New York Times
: April 1, 2008.
Savio, Mario. “Sproul Hall Sit-in Address.” Berkeley College Sit-In. University of California, Berkeley. December 2, 1964. http://www.savio.org/who_was_mario.html (accessed July 30, 2008). This was a speech given by Savio during a student protest advocating free speech.
“Sojourner Truth.” Historic World Leaders. Gale Research, 1994.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 1, 2008).
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “On Women’ Rights.” Seneca Falls, New York. September 1848. http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/docs/ecswoman1.html (accessed July 1, 2008). This is E.C. Stanton’s address to the Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, NY.
“Susan Brownell Anthony.” Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 1, 2008).
“Thomas Paine.” Historic World Leaders. Gale Research, 1994.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 1, 2008).
Thoreau, Henry David.
Walden and Other Writings
. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. This text includes the essay “Civil Disobedience,” and “A Plea for Captain John Brown” which are referenced in this unit.
de Tocqueville, Alexis.
Democracy in America
. Bivan, Gerald, trans. London: Penguin Books, 2003. This is de Tocqueville’s insightful sociological account of the United States during the 1830s.
United States Constitutional Convention. The Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signed July 4, 1776. http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm (accessed July 1, 2008).
United States Constitutional Convention.
The Constitution of the United States of America
. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Created September 17, 1787. Ratified June 21, 1788. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html (accessed July 1, 2008). This website is an excellent resource for legal documents. This site also includes all the amendments to the constitution, including those employed in this unit.
United States Supreme Court.
Plessey V. Ferguson
(Case #163 U.S. 537, Decision #210). Washington, D.C. Argued April 18, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0163_0537_ZS.html (accessed July 1, 2008). See previous entry.
Vonnegut, Kurt.
A Man Without a Country
. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005. This, Vonnegut’s final book, is a collection of essays about a variety of topics with an emphasis on American history, the current political climate, and social justice.
Washington, Booker T. “The Atlanta Compromise.” Cotton States and International Exposition. Atlanta, Georgia. September 18, 1895. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/ (accessed July 1, 2008). In this speech Booker T. Washington outlined a series of compromises suited to improve race relations in the Jim Crow South.
Whitman, Walt. “Democratic Vistas.” Published, 1892. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/Whitman/vistas/vistas.html (accessed July 1, 2008). In this essay Whitman challenges his fellow American poets and writers to create a new kind of democratic literature that would embody the American experience.
Whitman, Walt.
Leaves of Grass
. New York: Bantam Books, 1983. This book is simply Whitman’s collected poems that he revised and reissued several times throughout his career.
Woman’s Rights Convention. “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions.” Seneca Falls, New York. July 19-20, 1848. http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/docs/seneca.html (accessed July 1, 2008). This is the first American declaration of women’s rights drafted by some of the most influential female leaders of its era.