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Wikipedia: Justification for the State
From Wikipedia, this article outlines the purpose of government and explains how disagreement over purpose can splinter into various movements such as socialism, fascism, and communism. Includes links to further explanations of different...
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Torrey's Topical Bible, Judges, Extraordinary: Justification Before God
Lists topics within the Book of Judges and provides links to specific areas of the Biblical text related to those topics.
Yale University
Avalon Project: Declaration of the Secession of South Carolina
Full text of the declaration adopted by South Carolina as justification for its secession from the Union.
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Coherence, Certainty, and Epistemic Priority
Drawing upon the work of contemporary philosopher C.I. Lews, author argues that coherence theories alternately address truth, justification, and concepts. Discusses the interconnections of these three versions of coherence theories and...
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: The American Revolution: Background Events, 1761 1774
Article on the background events of the American Revolution in which the author raises pertinent questions such as about the inevitablility and justification of the Revolution.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Speech on Veto of the Mc Carran Internal Security Act
Read this impassioned speech given by President Harry S. Truman in which he gave his justification for vetoing the McCarran Internal Security Act, claiming that it would help Communists rather than root them out, as the act intended.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: War
Write a short essay on when and under what circumstances war is justified.
University of Virginia
American Historical Review: The Differences Slavery Made
An in-depth scholarly investigation on the differences slavery made in the shaping of societies in the North and South by using two similar communities, one north and one south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
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Ray Stedman: Adventuring Through the Bible
"Adventuring Through the Bible" is a comprehensive guide to the entire Bible with Bible commentary. This site is an excellent place to start if you are new to the Bible and/or have questions about evangelical Christianity.
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Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles
An online manual for Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites. Includes links to Philosophy, Interface Design, Site Design, Page Design, Web Graphics, and Web Multimedia and Animation chapters, with Appendices.
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Modern World History: World War I
In this textbook unit, students learn about the multiple causes of World War I, the dramatic and devastating changes in warfare, and the peace that remapped much of Europe. Along the way, they will evaluate this central question: Was...
George Mason University
George Mason University: Midwest Mapping Project [Pdf]
This document details a research project in which four researchers independently created plans for the redistricting of voting districts for both state and federal legislatures, seeking to create voting districts that would meet both...
Digital History
Digital History: War With Mexico [Pdf]
Read about the reasons President James Polk presented to Congress as justification for a declaration of war against Mexico. Find Polk's war message and the rebuttal by Congressman Davis.
Vassar College
Vassar: Excerpts From Speech Given by l.b.johnson
Read excerpts from a 1965 speech at John Hopkins University offering Johnson's justification of the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 3: Cern Jur Leg: Word Roots #3 Intermediate
This lesson plan features the Latin roots CERN-CER-CRE = separate, distinguish; JUR/JUS = law, right; LEG = law Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...
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Lebensraum: Living Space for the German Race
Resource provides a discussion of the concept of "Lebensraum," or "living space" for the German people. This was one of Hitler's main justifications for his military conquests.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Southern Argument for Slavery
In order to convince oneself that owning another was defensible, Southerners aruged that there were economic, religious, historical, and legal reaons that slavery was a good thing. Read about some of these justifications in more detail,...
Stanford University
Leibniz on the Problem of Evil/sep
Excellent discussion of Leibniz's famous attempt at resolving the "problem of evil." Addresses Leibniz's different arguments in justification of the Christian God, many of which are still debated by contemporary philosophy of religion....
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Explain an Inference [Pdf]
This tool can be used to help students articulate their answers about fiction pieces. Students will quote the text, provide an inference, and give a justification.
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American Revolution: Those Glorious "Principles of 1776": Confederate Perspective
This site explains the Southern perspective on the voluntary union of states and the justification for the South seceding from the Union.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Travel Newsletter
In a role as the director of tourism for a student-selected city, state, or country, students conduct online research to create travel newsletters enticing tourists to visit their chosen areas. Newsletter content includes location,...
Stanford University
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Virtue Epistemology
Article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy addresses issues of epistemic justication in the contemporary theory of "virtue epistemology." Author presents a half-dozen varieties of the theory, considering specific arguments for...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Revenge & Betrayal: Is Revenge Ever Justified?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Is revenge ever justified?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Frederick Douglass: Appendix to Narrative of the Life of Am. Slave
The appendix to Frederick Douglass's well-known autobiography in which he castigates Americans' embrace of Christianity as hypocritical.
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