EXTRA RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Hey Teachers! Want to use the podcast in your class? We partnered with educators to bring you a variety of materials (and we threw in some other stuff) to benefit you and your students!
VOL. 2 EPISODE 1:
CREATING THE GOVERNMENT
The Revolution was just the beginning. Next, the Founding Fathers had to create the Nation. We discuss the contentious and complex origins of the American government.
FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOUTER ON THE DANGER OF AMERICA'S 'PERVASIVE CIVIC IGNORANCE'
VOL. 2 EPISODE 2:
TWIN REVOLUTIONS, PART 1
Revolutions in both transportation (railroads! canals!) and communication (printing press!) disrupted and reshaped early American society. In part one, we look at the transformation of the economy, gender roles, and religious belief in the antebellum era.
VOL. 2 EPISODE 3:
TWIN REVOLUTIONS, PART 2
Part two! We continue the story of the twin revolutions–specifically their impact on slavery, political parties, pop culture, and Native Americans in the antebellum era.
VOL. 2 EPISODE 4:
EARLY URBANIZATION
Cholera, fire, violence, and manure. Life in antebellum New York was exciting, dirty and filled with class conflict. We discuss the environmental and social struggles in the early decades of the city’s urbanization.
VOL. 2 EPISODE 5:
AMERICAN SLAVERY
From the colonies to emancipation, generations of women, men, and children were traded as commodities. We discuss the 250 year evolution of African slavery in America.
VOL. 2 EPISODE 6:
WESTWARD EXPANSION, SLAVERY, & SECESSION
War, compromise, violence on the floor of the senate, blood on the frontier, then war again. We discuss how slavery and westward expansion put the Nation on the road to civil war.
VOL. 2 EPISODE 7:
FAMILIES IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Civil War freed families from slavery and divided families on the battlefield. We look at how the war impacted America’s most intimate relationships.