Teaching Topics in Social Studies
Henry Adams was a student of American DEMOCRACY. He wrote various ESSAYS exposing the corruptness of Washington, DC

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and discussing his REFORMIST ideas. Much of his work explored the decline of HUMAN VALUES as TECHNOLOGY became more prevalent. He feared that the future was going to be based on GREED and devoid of the PRINCIPLES the FOREFATHERS built the nation upon.
 
Teaching Topics in Language Arts
Henry Adams began his writing career as a CORRESPONDENT for The Nation. After a brief stint at Harvard as a professor,

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he wrote several BIOGRAPHIES including The Life of Albert Galatin. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY The Education of Henry Adams which CHRONICLED the social and political events of his lifetime, came to be regarded as one of the most distinguished autobiographies in American history.

Facts About Henry Adams and The Education of Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams was written as a sequel to Adams' earlier book, Mont-St. Michel and Chartres The Education of Henry Adams takes a critical look at the changing values of the early 20th century The Education of Henry Adams was privately printed in 1906 for the purpose of allowing those whom the book comments on to critique and correct it including: Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles William Eliot The Education of Henry Adams was published in 1918, the year of Adams' death, long after he was well enough to edit it. He never felt the book was completed The Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Adams posthumously in 1919 for The Education of Henry Adams