Political conventions have been part of the presidential nominating process for many years, but where conventions are held, who attends, and what happens at them has changed over time. First, analyze sources related to the Democratic Party's national conventions in 1928 and in 1960. What similarities do you see? What differences? In particular, look for evidence of differing technologies. How might changes in technology have affected the 1960 election? 1928 sources Official … [Read more...]
You are here: Home / Archives for democratic national convention
Analyzing Primary Sources: Technology & Presidential Nominating Conventions
Filed Under: Teaching & Learning Tagged With: 1928, 1960, 2020, analyzing primary sources, aps, civics, democratic national convention, dnc, ephemera, hs, ms, political conventions, political parties, presidential nominating conventions, swag, teaching learning, teaching with primary sources, technology
NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Politics, Law, Economy, Arts, Culture

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. Albert Parsons Inside/Outside Politics Albert Parsons anarchist historic newspaper coverage International Working People's … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: 1968, abner mikva, albert parsons, ama, american medical association, anarchists, arts, bimetallism, black codes, black laws, Black Panthers, cairo illinois, chicago, chicago seven, clarence darrow, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, colonel mccormick, culture, democratic national convention, dnc, economy, fred hampton, gold, health care, Henry Demarest Lloyd, hull house riot, illinois, International Working People's Association, law, Margaret Burroughs, miranda rights, miranda v. arizona, muhammad ali, national health care, nhd, nhd 2017, paul robeson, politics, Robert McCormick, silver, silverite, WPA chicago, WPA Illinois