Citizenship Toolkit Resource Directory III: Historic Documents
III. Historic Documents
- Declaration of Independence
- Federalist Papers
- The Constitution of the United States
- Washington Farewell Address
- Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
- Gettysburg Address
Historic American Documents (Online Libraries)
American Memory (Library of Congress)
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
Dirksen Congressional Center
The CongressLink site provides resources to assist teachers in developing lesson plans related to Congress and the federal government. They include historical documents and photographs, narrative descriptions, and a glossary and historical notes.
Douglass Archives of American Historical Address
Douglass is an electronic archive of American oratory and related documents. It is intended to serve general scholarship and courses in American rhetorical history at Northwestern University.
Historical Documents and Speeches
Civitas International offers an extensive list of documents and speeches addressing the history of constitutionalism, American constitutional and political history, human rights, history of voting, treaties, and other resources.
Our Documents Project
View milestone documents, find teaching aids and other resources for this national initiative.
On American Democracy:
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume One
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume Two
On Declaration of Independence:
On the Rule of Law:
- Lincoln, Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois
- Martin Luther King, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
- Thoreau, "On Civil Disobedience
Case studies worth pondering:
