1899 - Looking Ahead: What Kind of Nation Do We Want to Be? - Issue Guide (Downloadable PDF)

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Imagine you are living in the United States in 1899. William McKinley is in the White House. It’s a time of rapid expansion in population, geography, industry, and diversity, which present opportunities but aggravate tensions. Spurred by mechanization, the mass production of goods continues to change the lives of American workers—not always for the better. In cities around the nation, violence erupts in conflicts between police and federal troops and workers striking for improved conditions. Increasing numbers of immigrants arrive seeking refuge and opportunity.

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1975 - What Is Our Responsibility to Vietnamese Refugees? - Issue Guide (Downloadable PDF)

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It is May 1975. Our country has been involved in a war for the past decade in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. Strictly speaking, the Vietnam conflict was never a war since Congress didn’t pass a declaration of war, yet over 58,000 American soldiers have died. The war has divided our country, families, and communities. Some see it as an abuse of presidential power. Huge antiwar protests over the last decade have divided the country.

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1908 - A Social Creed: How Should Religious Institutions Respond to Public Problems? - Issue Guide (Downloadable PDF)

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This issue guide is focused on a decision taking place in the spring of 1908. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church is convening its 25th session in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 6. Modeled after the United States Congress, the General Conference is responsible for ecclesiastical policymaking. Its decisions become part of the official church doctrines and discipline for the denomination’s thousands of connected congregations.

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The Hart-Celler Act (1965) - Educator Facilitation Guide (Downloadable PDF)

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This resource connects to the student deliberation guide on the lead up to the passage of the Hart-Celler Act in 1965. The Hart-Celler Act significantly changed the immigration system of the United States by altering who and how many people could immigrate to the nation. This deliberation guide asks students to assume the role of policy advisors before 1965 and grapple with different options for how the new immigration system could be designed.

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The Hart-Celler Act (1965) - Issue Guide (Downloadable PDF)

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This resource connects to the student deliberation guide on the lead up to the passage of the Hart-Celler Act in 1965. The Hart-Celler Act significantly changed the immigration system of the United States by altering who and how many people could immigrate to the nation. This deliberation guide asks students to assume the role of policy advisors before 1965 and grapple with different options for how the new immigration system could be designed.

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The Pueblo Revolt (1678) - Issue Guide (Downloadable PDF)

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This resource connects to the student deliberation guide on the lead up to the Pueblo Revolt in 1680, which took place in the southwestern lands of what is now the United States. The Pueblo Revolt was the culminating result of decades of oppression by Spanish colonizers of Native peoples who had been present in the region for thousands of years. The hardships endured ranged from prohibition of Pueblo practices and religious beliefs, to forced labor and tribute, and annexation of Pueblo lands. Throughout this, the Pueblo peoples faced tyranny as well as disease.

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