![Clip 1: "Soul of America" - Introduction (4:15)](https://img.artlogic.net/w_472,h_472,c_limit/exhibit-e/65946ce4179a0efae9038462/09dd6bb48cc32d7109290d9b300f30ca.png)
Students will:
*Examine and discuss “What is history?” and “What is historical evidence?”
*Understand the construction of a historical argument and a historical narrative
*Articulate what historian Jon Meacham argues is the soul of America
Materials
*Handout One: Jon Meacham Speech, Four Seasons Hotel
*Equipment to screen the video segment for this lesson
*Film Clip 1, "Soul of America" - Introduction (4:15)
*Handout Two: Film Clip Transcript
*Handout Three: Analyzing Historical Photographs
*Handout Four: Reflective Writing
Length: Two 55-minute class periods