Citizenship

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=Participation= 1. Show the relationship between participating in civic and political life and the attainment of individual and public goals including: a. The Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence/American independence; b. The Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement/Abolition of slavery.

2. Explain how the opportunities for civic participation expanded during the first half of the 19th century including: a. Nominating conventions; b. Expansion of the franchise; c. Active campaigning.

=**Rights and Responsibilities**= 3. Evaluate the role of historical figures and political bodies in furthering and restricting the rights of individuals including: a. Jefferson and the contradiction between the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and his role as a slave owner; b. State constitutional conventions and the disenfranchisement of free blacks; c. Jackson and his role in Indian removal; d. Frederick Douglass and the abolitionist movement; e. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and women's rights. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html This is a great collection of primary source documents from American Memory at the Library of Congress. "The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign ... The collection includes works from the libraries of other members and officers of the organization including: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Mary A. Livermore." Be sure to see the "Collection Connections" for ideas on how to use these resources in your class. **Votes for Women - Suffrage Pictures - 1850-1920 ** http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html This is a great collection of primary source documents from American Memory at the Library of Congress. "Featured are photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display, as well as cartoons commenting on the movement--all evoking the visible and visual way in which the debate over women's suffrage was carried out." Be sure to see the "Collection Connections" for ideas on how to use these resources in your class. **Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party ** http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/ This is a great collection of primary source documents, photos, timelines, and essays from American Memory at the Library of Congress. Included is "a selection of 448 photographs depicting people and events associated with the militant wing of the American women’s suffrage movement. The images span from about 1875 to 1938 but largely date between 1913 and 1922, during and immediately after the suffrage campaign." Be sure to see the "Collection Connections" for ideas on how to use these resources in your class. **The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress ** http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html This is a great collection of primary source documents and images from American Memory at the Library of Congress. It "contains approximately 7,400 items (38,000 images) relating to Douglass' life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant. The papers span the years 1841 to 1964, with the bulk of the material from 1862 to 1895. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles by Douglass and his contemporaries, a draft of his autobiography, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items. These papers reveal Douglass' interest in diverse subjects such as politics, emancipation, racial prejudice, women's suffrage, and prison reform." Be sure to see the "Collection Connections" for ideas on how to use these resources in your class.
 * Votes for Women - National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection **

4. Show connections between the rights and responsibilities of citizenship including: a. Voting and staying informed on issues; b. Being tried by a jury and serving on juries; c. Having rights and respecting the rights of others. http://congress.indiana.edu/modules/civic_participation/base.htm This interactive online module explains all about civic participation. Sections include ways to participate, where to go with problems (Federal, State, or Local), the importance of voting, how to contact legislators, examples of people who have made a difference, interest groups, and much more
 * The Importance of Civic Participation **