Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0 Instructor's Manual

The comprehensive Instructor’s Manual for Volume 1 and 2 of Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0: Ethical Issues in American History will help instructors use the student volumes in secondary school or college courses in United States history.

Student Volume 1 contains 20 episodes beginning with the Colonial Era (1607–1775) and ending with A House Divided (1850–1865). Student Volume 2 contains 19 episodes beginning with Reconstruction and the Gilded Age (1866–1890) and ending with Contemporary America (1990–2017).

The Instructor’s Manual includes:

• The rationale and goals for teaching with Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0.
• Guidance for selecting chapters and determining frequency of use.
• Direction for leading classroom discussions of ethical issues.
• Suggestions for assessment and grading.
• Answers for the learning activities that follow each episode.

STUDENT VOLUMES—

Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0, Volume 1: Ethical Issues in American History: 1607–1865 by David E. Harris, Anne-Lise Halvorsen, and Paul F. Dain

Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0, Volume 2: Ethical Issues in American History: 1866 to the Present by David E. Harris, Anne-Lise Halvorsen, and Paul F. Dain

David E. Harris is a retired professor of teacher education at the University of Michigan. Anne-Lise Halvorsen is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, College of Education. Paul F. Dain is a retired government teacher and social studies department chair at Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.