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ERIC Number: EJ496918
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Thomas Jefferson: The Architect of Democracy. Classroom Focus.
Peterson, Merrill D.
Social Education, v58 n6 p359-62 Oct 1994
Presents a biographical sketch and teaching activities on the life of Thomas Jefferson. Asserts that the world's political geography changed dramatically during his lifetime and presents a classroom lesson on this topic. Includes a chronology of Jefferson's life and six quotations exemplifying his political and social views. (CFR)
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Constitutional History, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Maps, Presidents of the United States, Religion, Revolutionary War (United States), Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Declaration of Independence; Jefferson (Thomas); United States Constitution; Virginia