politics

The Gilded Age after the Civil War saw many industrial innovations that impacted the attainment of " The American Dream" to varying degrees. Students will consider the political and industrial innovations of the Gilded Age and their impact on attainment of the American Dream. 

After researching historical sources on television in the 1950s and 1960s, students write an essay that describes the social, economic, political, and diplomatic impact of television on American culture. 

Authored by Joel Knudson, Stephanie Hannan, Jennifer O’Day, and Marina Castro, this brief charts the lessons from the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS) of the early 1990s that can inform state efforts to assess new college- and career-ready standards. The CLAS included performance...

In this task, students assume the role of a Political Party Research Officer. Their boss (a state Congresswoman) is on her way to a conference on a controversial current issue and the student is tasked with creating a playlist of relevant resources that she can listen to/watch on her ipod while...