Category: jefferson
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History in the Kitchen: The Declaration, Equality, & Mac and Cheese
Today’s at History in the Kitchen we took a look at three documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Sentiments, and Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Similar to a lesson I teach in the classroom, I think it is vitally important to reiterate the ideals of the…
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Hamilton v. Jefferson
Ah, the first political parties in the United States. Had Hamilton and Jefferson not been at each other’s throats on every issue, how ever could I play with this in my lesson plans? This year, after comparing and contrasting Hamilton’s and Jefferson’s views on the economy, foreign policy, constitutional interpretation, and those they thought should…