Curated OER
The Importance of Inauguration Day
As Inauguration Day approaches, prepare your learners by researching the protocol of years past.
Curated OER
Was the Stamp Act Fair?
Students examine British and Colonial perspectives on the Stamp Act.
They determine whether or not the act was fair. Students are intrdouced to the social and economic forces that pushed Americans toward Revolution.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Article Vi: Oath of Office
Read the words in the U.S. Constitution, Article VI, concerning the oath of office. Link to a Supreme Court case which tested the interpretation of this article, McCullock v. Maryland, to view the decisions of the Justices.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Lift Your Right Arm
This poem gives a scenario of giving and taking orders.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: The Hippocratic Oath Today
This resource from describes one of the oldest binding documents in history, the Hippocratic Oath. A history of the oath is provided along with information on current uses of the oath.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: The Hippocratic Oath (Modern Version)
The Hippocratic Oath, one of the oldest surviving oaths, is provided here in a modern version written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna.