Reading Assignments
Presidential Academy in
American History and Civics Education
July 9-15, 2006
Denver, Colorado
Monday, July 10
Morning Session (Dr. Fritz Fischer)
Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation
Chapter Three, Society and Culture in Provincial America
(pp. 61—88; document on p. 66, “The Origins of Slavery”).
Chapter Nine, Jacksonian America (pp. 223-246; document
on p. 228, “Jacksonian Democracy”).
Chapter Twenty-Three, The Great Depression (pp. 649675; document on p. 656, “The Global Depression”).
Chapter Twenty-Eight, America in a World at War (pp.
722-749; document on p. 745, “The Decision to Drop the Atomic
Bomb”).
Afternoon Session (Dr. Jennifer Denetdale)
Peter Iverson, Dine’: A History of the Navajos
Chapters One through Three (pp. 1-96).
Luci Tapahonso, A Breeze Swept Through
Pages One to Twelve
Tuesday, July 11
Morning Session (Dr. Christiane Olivo)
Miroff, Seideman, and Swanstrom, The Democratic Debate
Chapters One and Two
Appendix A-16 to A-21.
The Federalist (Numbers Ten and Fifty-One)
Reading from What Americans Know About Politics (“From
Democratic Theory to Democratic Practice: The Case for an Informed
Citizenry”).
Afternoon Session (Dr. Stan Luger)
Miroff, The Democratic Debate
Chapters Five, Eight, Nine, and Ten.
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Wednesday, July 12
Afternoon Session (Dr. Martha Ball)
Charles Haynes and Oliver Thomas, Finding Common
Ground: A Guide to Religious Liberty in Public Schools.
Williamsburg Charter (pp. 229-247).
Chapter Three: A History of Religious Liberty in American
Public Life (pp. 15-36).
Chapter Eleven: Student Religious Practices (pp. 133-138).
Chapter One: From Battleground to Common Ground (pp.
1-8).
Thursday, July 13
Morning Session (Dr. Judy Jackman)
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, Understanding By Design
Chapters One through Three (pp. 1-82).