Sergeant Alvin C. York’s Responsibility
Bill of Rights Institute EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS about THE CONSTITUTIONBill of Rights InstituteDistrict of Columbia, US,
May 15, 2018
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In this lesson, students will learn about Alvin C. York and the responsibility he showed toward his men during his attack on Hill 223. They will explore how responsibility can help advance freedom and work on discovering how responsibilities affect their own lives.
Subjects:
- Social Studies > Civics
- Social Studies > United States History
Education Levels:
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Keywords:
Liberty, Individual Responsibility, Private Virtue Personal Liberty, Religious Freedoms World War OneLanguage:
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Creative Commons Attribution Non-CommercialD2.Civ.2.K-2: College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards
Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.
D2.Civ.8.3-5: College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards
Identify core civic virtues and democratic principles that guide government, society, and communities.
D2.His.3.9-12: College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
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Table of Contents
American Portraits
- George Washington’s Finest Hour: The Newburgh Conspiracy and Identity
- Frederick Douglass and Identity: Resurrection to the Heaven of Freedom
- Edward R. Murrow: In His Own Words
- I WILL BE HEARD: William Lloyd Garrison, Abolitionism, Colonization, and Identity
- The Gospel of Wealth: Andrew Carnegie, Philanthropy, and Identity
- Four Score and Seven Years Ago: The Gettysburg Address and American Identity
- I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and American Identity
- We Hold These Truths: Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence, and Identity
- A Self-‐Made Man: The Story of Thurgood Marshall
- Roger Williams: Man of the Word
- That Golden Moment: Jesse Owens and the Civic Virtue of Identity
- On My Own Ground: Madam C.J. Walker and Identity
- The Diarist’s Identity: Mary Chesnut and her Civil War Diary
- You Felt He was Talking to You: FDR’s Fireside Chats and Identity
- A Pox to You! Cotton Mather, the Inoculation Crisis, and Purpose
- One Down, Eight to Go: Elizabeth Eckford, the Little Rock Nine, and Purpose
- Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Purpose
- John Deere; From Purpose to Prosperity
- Thomas Wilson Door: The Working Class Right to Vote
- Carrie Chapman Catt: The Woman of the Hour and Purpose
- Stephen Decatur and Purpose
- The Schechter Brothers’ Purpose
- Purpose and the Invention of Kevlar: Stephanie Kwolek
- He Snatched Lightning from the Sky and the Scepter from Tyrants: Benjamin Franklin, the Kite Experiment, and Purpose
- Thirteen Days: John F. Kennedy, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Purpose
- For Honor and Liberty’s Cause: Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary Leadership, and Purpose
- Project of Moral Perfection: Benjamin Franklin’s List of Virtues and Purpose
- Sitting Bull's Purpose at Little Bighorn
- To Have a Voice: Tecumseh’s Purpose
- One Minute of Pain: Louis Zamperini, Iron Discipline, and Purpose
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower Takes Responsibility for the D-‐Day Invasion
- Asking Pardon of Men: Samuel Sewall and Responsibility
- Establishing a Government of Laws, Not Men: George Washington’s Retirement and Responsibility
- The Torch has Passed to a New Generation: John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address and Responsibility
- Tear Down This Wall: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and Responsibility
- Sergeant Alvin C. York’s Responsibility
- Jane Addams, Hull House, and Responsibility
- Taking Responsibility: Ida B. Wells and the Anti-‐Lynching Campaign
- Harriet Tubman: Follow the North Star to Freedom
- Jim Thorpe Chooses the Bright Path of Responsibility
- Varian Fry’s Grave Responsibility
- FDR, Churchill, and Atlantic Charter
- Committee on Education -‐ A Nation At Risk
- President Dwight Eisenhower, Responsibility, and Restraint of American Power
- The Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton and Responsibility
- No Man Is Above the Law: Mark Felt, Watergate, and Responsibility
- Henry David Thoreau: What I Have to Do . . .
- George C. Marshall: In Peace and In War
- My Allegiance is to this Union: Henry Clay, Political Compromise, and Integrity
- Owen Lattimore and Integrity: A Very Interesting and Satisfying Life
- The Unshakeable Witness: Whitaker Chambers and Integrity
- Jeannette Rankin: Nothing Left but My Integrity
- Robert Carter III and Integrity
- Breaking the Heart of the World: Henry Cabot Lodge, the Treaty of Versailles, and Integrity
- No! No! Not a Sixpence! The XYZ Affair and Integrity
- Calvin Coolidge, Reducing the Debt, and Integrity
- The Sage of Concord: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Integrity
- Max Morris and Urban Renewal
- David Lucas and Beachfront Property
- Harry Truman, the Firing of Douglas MacArthur, and Integrity
- North or South: Robert E. Lee’s Fateful Decision
- Under My Vine and Fig Tree: George Washington’s Resignation after Two Terms and Integrity
- Robert Gould Shaw’s Courageous Decision
- The Courage of General Anthony McAuliffe at Bastogne
- Washington’s Choice: The Crossing of the Delaware
- The Courage of Chamberlain at Gettysburg
- The Pilgrims’ Courageous Journey
- The Spirit of St. Louis: Charles Lindbergh and Courage
- One Small Step for Man. One Giant Leap for Mankind: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, and Courage
- Number 42: Jackie Robinson and Courage
- Anne Hutchinson and Courage: In the Face of Adversity
- John Minor Wisdom: Daughtless Decision Maker
- The Dawn's Early Light: The Defense of Fort McHenry and Courage
- Andrew Jackson's Courageous Decision at New Orleans
- The Great Day in My Life: Theodore Roosevelt, the Charge at San Juan Hill, and Courage
- The Most Decorated American Soldier of World War II: Audie Murphy, World War II, and Courage
- We are Not Afraid and We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Rides and Courage
- The Courage of General Matthew Ridgway
- Clement Laird Vallandigham: Resounding Silence
- Pat Tillman and Self-‐Sacrifice: A Different Direction
- Remember the Alamo! Davy Crockett, the Alamo, and Self-‐Sacrifice
- Alice Paul’s Self-‐Sacrifice
- Self-‐Sacrifice in a Firehouse on 9/11
- An Act of Supreme Valor: Michael Murphy and Self-‐Sacrifice
- John Basilone’s Sacrifice
- Flying High: Amelia Earhart and Self-‐Sacrifice
- You May Depend Upon My Exertions: Robert Morris, the Revolutionary War, and Self-‐Sacrifice
- They Were Superb: The 442nd Japanese-‐American Unit in World War II and Self-‐Sacrifice
- The Selfless Defenders of Wake Island
- Fox Company at the Chosin Reservoir and Self-‐Sacrifice
- Loyal American: Fred Korematsu, Japanese Internment, and Self-‐Sacrifice
- Courage Under Fire, The Selfless Decision of John Robert Fox
- The Selfless Courage of the Doolittle Raiders
- Bringing an End to War: Paul Tibbets and the Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb
- With Charity for All: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and Respect
- Prevent Further Effusion of Blood: The Surrender at Appomattox and Respect
- The True Meaning of Democracy: Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Respect
- William Penn: Faith Not Force
- We Can Start to Work Together: Robert F. Kennedy, the 1968 Campaign, and Respect
- Dolley Madison’s Respect for Washington
- Treat All Men Alike: Chief Joseph and Respect
- In Her Weakness Made Strong: Esther Ross and Respect
- The Tuskegee Airmen: Defending and Improving the United States
- Bacon’s Rebellion and Respect
- Remember the Ladies: Abigail Adams, John Adams, and Respect
- Respecting the Fallen at Andersonville Prison
- John J. Pershing: Honoring the Fallen
- John Adams and the Defense of the Soldiers at the Boston Massacre Trial
- Justice: John Quincy Adams and The Amistad
- Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Justice
- John Quincy Adams and His Struggle Against Slavery and the Gag Rule
- An Atrocious Debasement of Human Nature: Benjamin Franklin, the First Abolitionist Petitions, and Justice
- The Stronghold of the Fortress: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Women’s Rights, and Justice
- Conscience is the Most Sacred Property: James Madison, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Justice
- A Self-Evident Truth: Angelina Grimké and Justice
- Yick Wo: Equal Justice Under Law
- A Deep Stain on the American Character: John Marshall and Justice for Native Americans
- Bertrand DeBlanc’s Pursuit of Justice
- Barbara Jordan, Watergate, and Justice
- Justice Frank Murphy and Racial Prejudice: No Justifiable Part
- Activism through Literature: How Harriet Beecher Stowe Challenged Slavery to Promote Justice for African Americans
- Oliver Otis Howard: Crusader for Justice
- Theodore Roosevelt: Warrior for Public Justice
- Booker T. Washington’s Diligent Pursuit of an Education
- The American Success Story of Alexander Hamilton and Diligence
- Champion of Liberty: James Madison and Diligence
- Selma to Montgomery Marchers: Crossing the Bridge
- Great Falls, Great Beauty, Great Difficulty: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and Diligence
- Bird Woman’s River: Sacagawea’s Diligence in a Historic Journey
- The Regulars are Coming Out: Paul Revere and Diligence
- Henry Knox, the Guns of Ticonderoga, and Diligence
- Wright Brothers and Diligence
- Admiral of the Ocean Sea: Christopher Columbus and Diligence
- John Smith and Diligence
- Eli Whitney: Diligent Pioneer of Modern Industry
- Lighting the Way: Thomas Alva Edison and Diligence
- A Peaceful World: Eleanor Roosevelt, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Diligence
- The Diligence of Henry Ford
- Steve Jobs' Diligence
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In this lesson, students will learn about Alvin C. York and the responsibility he showed toward his men during his attack on Hill 223. They will explore how responsibility can help advance freedom and work on discovering how responsibilities affect their own lives.
Lesson plan PDF includes:
Handout A: Narrative
