By examining Lincoln's three most famous speeches the Gettysburg Address and the First and Second Inaugural Addresses in addition to a little known fragment on the Constitution, union, and liberty, students trace what these documents say regarding the significance of union to the prospects for American self-government.

In this special revised and updated feature for Black History Month, teachers, parents, and students will find a collection of NEH-supported websites and EDSITEment-developed lessons that tell the four-hundred-year old story of African Americans from slavery through freedom and citizenship to the presidency.

UB TechÕs 990-hour certificate program in Welding has brought this high school senior a Skills USA gold medal and a scholarship to USU. His secret? A genuine love for his craft. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

This student's commitment to avoiding student loan debt inspired her to consider getting to an IT certificate from Bridgerland Tech. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

MTechÕs Automated Manufacturing program helps a young man get a cool job, merge his creativity and love of science, and choose the Engineering specialty he intends to pursue after he completes his AssociateÕs at UVU. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

A newlywed finds satisfaction in advancing his skills as an Auto Tech with training that started at Southwest Tech. Job security is a plus. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

A single mom earns a Pharmacy Tech certificate at Dixie Tech, overcoming discouraging beliefs about women and education. She finds financial independence, satisfying work and a path to a brighter future for her family. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

Through Tooele TechÕs Diesel Technician program, a young adult has a thriving career doing what he enjoys in a region he loves. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

Starting with a CNA in high school, a Davis Tech and WSU graduate stacks credentials to win a residency in critical care at the U of U. The skyÕs the limit for this dedicated healthcare professional. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

An experienced electrician shares how she got her start and why more women should consider apprenticing in trades. Produced as part of American Graduate: Getting to Work, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit uen.org/americangraduate.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Take a look at multiple career interviews to help narrow the field!

This book was written by two artist educators who teach digital art and design studio foundation classes. While teaching classes that take place in software laboratories, we noticed that many of our students expected to learn to use software, but gave little consideration to aesthetics or art and design history. A typical first day question is, "Are we going to learn Photoshop in this class?" This book is a mash-up of the Bauhaus Basic Course and open source software such as Inkscape, Gimp, Firefox, and Processing. We have taken some of the visual principles and exercises from the Bauhaus Basic Course and adapted them into exercises for these applications.

Digital LIteracy Project - This lesson is a final project using Adobe Spark in which students use the knowldege learned during the Digital Citizenship unit to cereate a video that demonstrates an understanding of digital literacy and the importance of being digitally literate in a digital world. 

It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land. Some say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he is a duck. We say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he will be the next president of the United States of America. Thank you for your vote.

This original, eight-part series Downloadable docss Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of Black Americans that have influenced our culture, enriched our society with their achievements, and shaped the history of the United States. In this program, the following events are explained: 1619 - 1621 - Blacks Arrive at Jamestown, 1705 - The Virginia General Assembly Passes the Slave Codes, 1762 - Entrepreneur Samuel Fraunces Opens New York City's Most Cherished Revolutionary War Site: The Fraunces Tavern and 1770 - Crispus Attucks and the Black Patriots.

This original, eight-part series Downloadable docss Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of Black Americans that have influenced our culture, enriched our society with their achievements, and shaped the history of the United States. In this program, the following events are explained: 1772 - Chicago is Settled by Jean DuSable, 1776 - Lemuel Haynes Helps Lay the Foundation for Abolition, 1791 - The First Black Man of Science, Benjamin Banneker, Surveys Washington, D.C., 1821 - African Grove Theatre Founded in New York, 1822 - Denmark Vesey and the Slave Revolts, 1823 - Legendary Mountain Man James Beckwourth Enters the Rockies and 1849 - Harriet Tubman Uses Underground Railroad to Become Free.

This original, eight-part series Downloadable docss Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of Black Americans that have influenced our culture, enriched our society with their achievements, and shaped the history of the United States. In this program, the following events are explained: 1851 - Sojourner Truth Delivers Famous Ain't I a Woman Speech, 1854 - First Black University Founded: Lincoln University, 1855 - Frederick Douglass Publishes My Bondage and My Freedom, 1857 - Dred Scott Decision Helps Trigger the Civil War, 1863 - Lincoln Signs Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 - Black Regiment Storms Fort Wagner in the Civil War and 1865 - 1869 - 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments Establish Civil Rights for All.

This original, eight-part series Downloadable docss Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of Black Americans that have influenced our culture, enriched our society with their achievements, and shaped the history of the United States. In this program, the following events are explained: 1875 - Robert Smalls, Former Slave, Elected to House, 1878 - The Black Cowboy and George McJunkin, 1881 - Booker T. Washington Opens Tuskegee Institute, 1884 - T. Thomas Fortune Prophesises the Long and Bitter Struggle for Equality, 1887 - Granville T. Woods, Called the "Black Edison", Patents the Induction Telegraph System, 1893 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett Crusades Against Black Lynching in America and 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson Case Upholds Segregation.

This lesson uses the fundamentals of protein synthesis as a context for investigating the closest living relative to Tyrannosaurus rex and evaluating whether or not paleontologist and dinosaur expert, Jack Horner, will be able to "create" live dinosaurs in the lab. The first objective is for students to be able to access and properly utilize the NIH's protein sequence database to perform a BLAST, using biochemical evidence to determine T rex's closest living relative. The second objective is for students to be able to explain and evaluate Jack Horner's plans for creating live dinosaurs in the lab. The main prerequisite for the lesson is a basic understanding of protein synthesis, or the flow of information in the cell from DNA to RNA during transcription and then from RNA to protein during translation

Abraham Lincoln felt that the attempt of seven states to leave the American union peacefully was, in fact, a total violation of law and order. This lesson will examine Lincoln's First Inaugural Address to understand why he thought his duty as president required him to treat secession as an act of rebellion and not a legitimate legal or constitutional action by disgruntled states.