This collection contains two lesson plans and an interactive game that will facilitate discussion and deepen understanding of the complex issues raised in the documentary film, A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the daily pressures faced by journalists and media makers in a fast-paced and quickly changing field.

Help students understand the work ethic, and character trait of trustworthiness. Includes material for young students, lesson ideas for teachers of young children complete with hands-on exercises.

Do you know what it takes to be a good friend? Talk about this with your friends and classmates with the help of the several questions and detailed notes provided at this website.

How can you be trustworthy? Find simple ways to be a trustworthy person, discussion questions, and activity ideas. This website accompanies a video from "The Six Pillars of Character" video series, but can be used by itself or as part of a larger lesson plan on character development and trust. Includes tips for parents.

Sometimes we see something on the Internet that makes us feel uncomfortable. This can happen when we are playing a game on the Internet or someone sends you a bad picture on your cell phone. When something like this happens we need to tell an adult we trust. [2:17]

Robert Fulford, an author from Canada, writes a column on irony in Globe and Mail, September 18, 1999. In this column, he critiques Jedediah Purdy's book called For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today and reflects on the need for irony in today's culture.

Original video [23:03] from 1948 describes the story of modern gasoline. Produce by the U.S. Department of the Interior in conjunction with Standard Oil Company.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain how the inventions of the late nineteenth century contributed directly to industrial growth in America
Identify the contributions of Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan to the new industrial order emerging in the late nineteenth century
Describe the visions, philosophies, and business methods of the leaders of the new industrial order

Inventors of the Age
From Invention to Industrial Growth
Building Industrial America on the Backs of Labor
A New American Consumer Culture