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Using Editions in the Classroom

The ADE is gathering information from its various projects aimed towards helping students and teachers use documents in their work. Editions are a great source for working on projects that require the use of primary sources, such as those done for National History Day competitions and research seminars.

Below are just some of the pages created by ADE members to provide curriculum units to help teachers use documents in the classroom:

• The First Federal Congress Papers, George Washington University -- Birth of a Nation: The First Federal Congress 1789-1791 online exhibit and teacher's guide.

• The Emma Goldman Papers, University of California, Berkeley -- Curriculum for Middle and High School Students

• The Martin Luther King Papers, University of California, Los Angeles -- Liberation Curriculum

• The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Illinois Historical Preservation Society, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and the University of Illinois at Springfield -- Curriculum sets: Understanding Illinois Social History through Documents from the Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln, 1836-1861 and From Courtroom to Classroom.

• The Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt Papers --"Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt"

• The Margaret Sanger Papers Project, New York University -- National History Day guide

• The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers, Rutgers University -- Using the Papers of Stanton and Anthony for Research

• The George Washington Papers, University of Virginia -- Learning About George Washington

Note: ADE Members wishing to have their pages added to this site should contact the ADE webmaster