Supplemental Materials
Here you will find links to the supplemental materials mentioned in specific articles in Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 2. Each listing begins with the article and its page number in thebook.
Most of these materials are presented in html, and also in RichText Format (which most word processing programs can translate) and in PDF format.
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The complete Resources section of the book also is available online, complete with active links.
RESOURCES
"Rethinking the U.S. Constitutional Convention: A Role Play,"by Bob Peterson, p. 63.
- Speech form used by Bob Peterson's students as they assume historical charactersand write speeches about slavery and who should have the rightto vote. Also available in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
- Form for assessing the role play afterwards. For use by student participants. Also in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
- "Who Attended?" by Bill Bigelow -- Details on who attended the ConstitutionalConvention. Also in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
- "Essay on Slavery" by Caesar Sarter. Also in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
"A New U.S. Bill of Rights," by Larry Miller, p. 70.
- South African Constitution -- A link to the complete South African Constitution.
- The Abbreviated South African Bill of Rights -- Larry Miller's condensation of the South African Bill of Rightsbriefly lists the rights guaranteed to every citizen. Also inRich Text Format and PDF formats.
- United States Bill of Rights -- The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- plus thetext of selected amendments mentioned in Miller's article. Alsoin Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
- United Nations Declaration of Human Rights -- complete text. Also in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
- United Nations Declaration of Human Rights -- abbreviated version. Also in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.
"Math, Maps, and Misrepresentation,": by Eric Gutstein, p. 112.
- A list of 17 real-world mathematics projects that Eric Gutstein completed with his seventh- and eighth-gradestudents. Also in Rich Text Format and PDF formats.