Exploring the Executive Branch: Presidents Day Resources

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This Presidents Day we are proud to share this playlist of some of our best resources on the topic of the Executive Branch. You and your students can also explore presidential oratory with this new Scholar Talk video, Abraham Lincoln’s Greatest Speeches with Diana Schaub, and two of the primary sources from our brand new resource, Plainest Demands of Justice: President John F. Kennedy’s Address on Civil Rights, June 11, 1963 and Barack Obama, A More Perfect Union, 2008. Please check out our Presidents and the Constitution curriculum for even more on this subject.

What choice does Federalist 1 claim is before the people of the United States? In this episode of BRI’s Primary Source Close Reads, Kirk examines the first of the Federalist Papers and its call for a stronger constitution in the United States.

Plainest Demands of Justice: Lesson 5 Overview

Have you had a chance to review our newest resource yet? Lesson 5: Continuing the Heroic Struggle for Equality – The Civil Rights Movement contains 23 activities that ask students to look at primary source documents as they consider the following question: To what extent did Founding principles of liberty, equality, and justice become a reality for African Americans in the civil rights movement?...Read More.

Think the Vote Debate: President's Day Special

This week, the Think the Vote debate contest is taking on a different form. Yesterday, February 21st, was President’s Day, a holiday that commemorates the birthday of our country’s first executive—George Washington—and honors the service of every individual who has occupied the office of president. In honor of this day, we are asking students to answer the question: What is the President’s Role in Our Constitutional System?

Educator Spotlight

Meet Lori Rech!

Lori Rech may be “retired” from teaching middle and high school, but that hasn’t stopped her from continuing to educate and inspire young minds. The recipient of the Educator of the Year award in her community brings 33 years of experience and an undying passion for teaching to BRI as a professional development instructor. Lori grew up on a farm in Shelton, Nebraska that has been in her family for over 100 years...Read More.

BoE: Bottom of Email

Dear John,

Our celebration of Black History Month got a midway boost–on Frederick Douglass' birthday no less–with the full release of Plainest Demands of Justice: Documents for Dialogue on the African American Experience. As with all of our resources, we rely on your feedback so please let us know what you think.

We also want to take this opportunity to remind you that we are less than two months away from the deadline for entries in our the We the Students essay contest, and less than three months away from the deadline for the MyImpact Challenge national civics contest. Please continue to encourage your students to enter.

Speaking of MyImpact Challenge, we hope you can join us tomorrow, February 23 at 4 PM ET / 3 PM CT for an encore webinar featuring both speakers from the recent launch of the contest in Nashville. The lessons of the Nashville Student Movement aren’t just for Nashville, and we think that all of America should hear them. Also, learn how students can win up to $10,000 for their service projects.

Warmly,

Laura Vlk
Director, Educator Engagement
Bill of Rights Institute

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