Words Aptly Spoken: American Documents
(From Amazon): Product Description Wholly unlike the other study guides in this collection, American Documents studies the history of American government through the lens of the documents that shaped her. The book opens with a chronological list of U.S. presidents and vice-presidents, with their portraits. There are seventeen speeches by famous statesmen such as Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln; poetry adds to the historical record with the accounts of Pocahontas by William Thackeray, Valley Forge by Thomas Read, the Battle of the Alamo by Joaquin Miller, and Panama by James Roche, to name a few. Essays include two of the Federalist Papers by founders Alexander Hamilton and James Madison; and finally, the legal documents that evolved the U.S. national government, boundaries, and rights of her citizens are reproduced. All forty-three selections include questions for review and further thought to aid Challenge I students, as well as illustrations and photographs culled from the U.S. Library of Congress to further enhance the historical record.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9829845-4-3
- Print Status
- In Print
- Literature Documents
- 43
- Pages
- 248
- Suggested Grades
- 8th - 12th
- Publisher
- Classical Conversations
- Edition
- 2nd
- Copyright
- 2011
- Written
- 2006
- URL
- http://www.classicalconversationsbooks.com
Literature Documents
- 1 "Liberty or Death" by Patrick Henry
- 2 "First Inaugural Address" by George Washington
- 3 "In Favor of the Federal Constitution" (excerpts), by James Madison
- 4 "The Monroe Doctrine" by James Monroe
- 5 "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- 6 "On the Slavery Question" by John C. Calhoun
- 7 " A House Divided" by Abraham Lincoln
- 8 "Inaugural Address" by Jefferson Davis
- 9 "Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln
- 10 "Atlanta Exposition Address" by Booker T. Washington
- 11 "The Man with the Muck-Rake" by Theodore Roosevelt
- 12 "War Message" by Woodrow Wilson
- 13 "League of Nations Speech" (excerpt) by Henry Cabot Lodge
- 14 "Pearl Harbor Address" by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 15 "The Marshall Plan" by George C. Marshall
- 16 "Inaugural Address" by John F. Kennedy
- 17 "First Inaugural Address" by Ronald Reagan
- 18 "Pocahontas," by William M. Thackeray
- 19 "Five Kernels of Corn," by Hezekiah Butterworth
- 20 "Nathan Hale" by Francis M. Finch
- 21 "Valley Forge" (excerpt) by Thomas B. Read
- 22 "Defence of Fort McHenry" by Francis Scott Key
- 23 "Defense of the Alamo" by Joaquin Miller
- 24 "Liberty for All" by William L. Garrison
- 25 "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
- 26 "The Men of the Maine" by Clinton Scollard
- 27 "Panama" by James Roche
- 28 "Apologia" (excerpt) by Christopher Columbus
- 29 "The Federalist: Number 30" by Alexander Hamilton
- 30 "The Federalist: Number 47" by James Madison
- 31 "Farewell Address" by George Washington
- 32 "The American Language" (excerpt) by H. L. Mencken
- 33 The Mayflower Compact
- 34 The Declaration of Independence
- 35 The Articles of Confederation
- 36 The U.S. Constitution
- 37 The Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- 38 The Northwest Ordinance
- 39 The Missouri Compromise by Henry Clay
- 40 The Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
- 41 The Pledge of Allegiance by Francis Bellamy
- 42 Dred Scott v. Sandford by Roger B. Taney
- 43 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka by Earl Warren
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