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== US History BIG IDEAS == | == US History: BIG IDEAS for American self-conception and historical choices == | ||
Students may address historican themes, events, and periods using the various notions of self-conception of Americans across history. Note that these concepts change over time. A short list of topics/ core ideas includes: | |||
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the American Dream | |||
American exceptionalism | |||
Americanism (and ''What is it to be an American?'') | |||
Civil liberties | |||
Civil Rights | |||
"City on a Hill" | |||
Dissent | |||
Due process | |||
Duty | |||
''e pluribus unam'' | |||
Equality | |||
Expansionism (including westerd expansion, overseas expansion; also economic) | |||
Foreign non-Intervention / Intervention | |||
Freedom/ Freedoms, esp. movement, protest, religion, speech | |||
Freedom of conscience | |||
Idealism | |||
Intellectual property | |||
Innovation | |||
Justice | |||
Limited government | |||
Patriotism | |||
Personal autonomy | |||
Personal / public safety | |||
Regionalism | |||
Self-reliance | |||
Self-rule/ self-governance | |||
Technology | |||
War | |||
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=== '''American Slogans or Famous Utterances''' === | |||
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''A day that will live in infamy | |||
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''The American way'' | |||
''Equal justice under law'' | |||
''Give me li</div>berty or give me death!'' | |||
''Go west, young man!'' | |||
''In God we trust'' | |||
''Life, liberty and the pursuit of happines'' | |||
''Live free or die'' | |||
''Nothing to fear but fear itself'' | |||
''Of the people, by the people, for the people'' | |||
''Remember the Alamo!'' | |||
''Taxation without representation'' | |||
''United we stand, divided we fall'' | |||
''We shall overcome'' | |||
''We the people'' | |||
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== Historical textual analysis: approaches and strategies == | == Historical textual analysis: approaches and strategies == | ||