The curriculum guide provides elementary and secondary students and teachers with some specific suggestions for studying the events taking place in Kentucky and in Illinois during the American Revolution. Although George Rogers Clark is the central figure, the study is not limited to his story. His activities provide a framework for investigating…

"American Visions" is a freshman-level survey course offered by the Department of History as part of Butler University's core curriculum. The course is built around three primary contextual considerations: high culture, popular culture, and community culture. The high culture approach is designed to introduce students to major systems of thought…

Focusing on America from 1900 to the present, the major social, political, and economic developments in this century are presented in this course for grades 11 and 12. Large and small groups, panel discussions, and individual and group reports are all employed, with an emphasis on research techniques. Each student selects a major problem in 20th…