Khan Academy: How to Read a Document: Analyzing a Historical Text

Even lawyers can find the US Constitution to be very wordy! Help learners create a foundation for understanding the Constitution with several analysis essays. Multiple activities complement the reading and allow for active and meaningful...

What's the difference between a primary source and a secondary source? Khan Academy's historian Kim Kutz Elliott and grammarian David Rheinstrom discuss reading sources by examining Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address....

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For 13 days, the United States stood on the edge of nuclear War. The Soviet Arms buildup in Cuba is the focus of an activity that asks groups to analyze how the governmental role each of John F. Kennedy's advisors played went on to...

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses how a bill becomes a law. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.

This practice exercise from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. The responses to mass immigration to the United States during the Gilded Age is reviewed in this resource. This resource is designed as a review for...

This video lesson from Khan Academy provides an introduction to the federal bureaucracy. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.

This video lesson from Khan Academy provides an introduction to democracy and its variations. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government...

We've included questions throughout this course to help you practice the skills and information you'll need for the multiple choice portion of your economics exam. Each time you answer a question, we show you the correct answer, along...

One of the most interesting question that American society and the U.S. Supreme Court is confronting today - how to translate an 18th century Constitution into the 21st century. Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center in...