Project Learning Through American History

The Continental Congress was responsible for proposing solutions to the innumerable problems that coincided with revolution. Readers will study the key players of the Continental Congress, the problems they faced, and how they worked together to create solutions. This book fosters critical thinking by asking readers to consider what those problem-solving methods were, and how they might be applied to contemporary issues. They'll be asked to examine the efficacy of certain methods and analyze how methods have changed or remained the same over time.

How do historians know what they know about the Thirteen Colonies? Readers will learn that and more in this thorough book about interpreting data. They'll investigate how data was collected during the colonial period, the manner in which it was recorded and preserved, and how historians have used that data to deduce what we understand about life in the colonies. Readers are urged to apply this knowledge to their own analysis of historical data.

What were the causes of the American Civil War? Although the answer to this question may at first seem easy to identify, in truth the issues that led to the Civil War were complex and multifaceted. Readers will analyze popular beliefs surrounding the causes of the Civil War. They'll be required to think critically and to identify which proposed causes can be reinforced by reliable information as fact, and which are fictitious.

The American Revolution was a momentous period in American history. In this thought-provoking book, readers will analyze the myriad of opinions surrounding the Revolutionary War. They will identify the popular beliefs of Revolutionary contemporaries and question how historians and American citizens have interpreted information about the war in the years that followed. This book is an excellent resource for inspiring critical thinking both within the classroom and in the real world.

The Constitution of the United States is arguably the most influential document in our nation's history. In this illuminating text, readers will study sources of information about the Constitution. In doing so, readers learn how to identify reliable and unreliable sources, interpret primary sources, and consider how certain sources may be biased or interpret the same information differently. This book stimulates critical thinking by encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions about the information they're presented with.

The Boston Tea Party was an inflammatory episode that helped spark the American Revolutionary War. The events leading up to the incident, and those that followed, were colored by bias, propaganda, and the spread of misinformation. Readers will study the Boston Tea Party through the critical lens of this book. Readers will be asked to question how the opinions of the time prompted the Tea Party itself and how the incident was interpreted in later years.