Quiz covering Chapter 6 Monday.
Don't forget the extended response questions. Pick TWO of the following:
1. Discuss how arrogance toward the colonies fueled the spirit of revolution
2. Discuss Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and why it was effective.
3. Discuss the significance of the quote "The Law should be deaf to the clamors of the public."
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Week of October 3
For Monday: see the Washington Project Guidelines(W P G). Keep up with the schedule on page 9!
Also, Due Thursday, your first STATE:
Jacob: Massachusetts
Ericka: New York
Josh: Virginia
Riki: South Carolina
Judah: Georgia
Ariella: Pennsylvania
Hava: New Jersey
Chad: Connecticut
Also, Due Thursday, your first STATE:
Jacob: Massachusetts
Ericka: New York
Josh: Virginia
Riki: South Carolina
Judah: Georgia
Ariella: Pennsylvania
Hava: New Jersey
Chad: Connecticut
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Chapter 3 assignment
In social studies,
Due Friday, September 23:
1. read your assigned section of chapter 3.
2. Then write WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE 5 key terms.
3. Then pick ONE RED HEADING SECTION, and construct AN ESSAY QUESTION for which that passage would make a good essay.
For Tuesday September 27, pick the terms from the hat(on Monday), and pick an essay question to answer for homework.
Due Friday, September 23:
1. read your assigned section of chapter 3.
2. Then write WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE 5 key terms.
3. Then pick ONE RED HEADING SECTION, and construct AN ESSAY QUESTION for which that passage would make a good essay.
For Tuesday September 27, pick the terms from the hat(on Monday), and pick an essay question to answer for homework.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Chapter 2 Assignments
Upcoming assignments:
1. Read section 1 of chapter 2. From p 66, complete #1 and 2.
Due Tuesday, September 13
2. Read section 2 of chapter 2. From p. 70, complete #1 and 3b.
Due Wednesday, September 14.
3. Go the link "European Explorers" or "Explorers of North America," then download the pdf "Who am I" and answer the 10 fill-in the blank items.
Due Thursday, September 15.
Quiz over chapter 2, as well as the short essay discussing the defeat of the Spanish Armada will be Friday, September 16.
1. Read section 1 of chapter 2. From p 66, complete #1 and 2.
Due Tuesday, September 13
2. Read section 2 of chapter 2. From p. 70, complete #1 and 3b.
Due Wednesday, September 14.
3. Go the link "European Explorers" or "Explorers of North America," then download the pdf "Who am I" and answer the 10 fill-in the blank items.
Due Thursday, September 15.
Quiz over chapter 2, as well as the short essay discussing the defeat of the Spanish Armada will be Friday, September 16.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Welcome Back!
Your first assignment:
1. Get the binder, preferably a 1 inch, with folders
2. Cover the book
1. Get the binder, preferably a 1 inch, with folders
2. Cover the book
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
California Gold Rush
watch the video below and answer the following questions.
1. Who is credited with discovering gold in California in 1848?
2. Approximately how many people immigrated to California of the decade following gold's discovery?
3. What President announced the gold rush?
4. What were the two ways one could get to California from the east?
5. On a wagontrail, how far could you travel in one day?
6. Name three perils the '49ers faced when traveling overland.
1. Who is credited with discovering gold in California in 1848?
2. Approximately how many people immigrated to California of the decade following gold's discovery?
3. What President announced the gold rush?
4. What were the two ways one could get to California from the east?
5. On a wagontrail, how far could you travel in one day?
6. Name three perils the '49ers faced when traveling overland.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Mexican American War Timeline
go to the interactive timeline to answer the following questions for homework
1. When did Texas become part of the United States?
2. Who coined the term Manifest Destiny, and when?
3. What president built a case for war with Mexico in his inaugural address?
4. Where did a skirmish take place in 1846 that resulted in a declaration of war?
5. Who led an arm from New Mexico to California to secure that land for the US?
6. Who is president of Mexico during the Mexican American War?
7. When was the treaty signed that ended the Mexican American War, and what was it called?
8. Write your own question, and answer it.
1. When did Texas become part of the United States?
2. Who coined the term Manifest Destiny, and when?
3. What president built a case for war with Mexico in his inaugural address?
4. Where did a skirmish take place in 1846 that resulted in a declaration of war?
5. Who led an arm from New Mexico to California to secure that land for the US?
6. Who is president of Mexico during the Mexican American War?
7. When was the treaty signed that ended the Mexican American War, and what was it called?
8. Write your own question, and answer it.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Chapter 14 Review
know the following for the quiz!
Terms and PeoplePush pull factors
Steerage
famine
Reading immigration maps
Labor union
Strike
nativist
William Lloyd Garrison
Marin Van Buren
Abolitionism
Nat Turner
Sojurner Truth
Fredrick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Thomas Mann
Suffrage
temperance
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucrietia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Eutopia
Samuel Howe, Thomas Guadalet
Dorthea Dix
James Fennimore Cooper
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Timeline: Thoreau goes to jail for protesting Mexican American War
William Lloyd Garrison publishes The Liberator
Fredrick Douglass writes his autobiography and becomes a leader in the abolitionist movement
Martin Van Buren passes the 10 hour work day
Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass
The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments
Thomas Mann establishes public schools in Boston
The New York City police department is established
Dorthea Dix reforms treatment of mentally ill
Terms and PeoplePush pull factors
Steerage
famine
Reading immigration maps
Labor union
Strike
nativist
William Lloyd Garrison
Marin Van Buren
Abolitionism
Nat Turner
Sojurner Truth
Fredrick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Thomas Mann
Suffrage
temperance
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucrietia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Eutopia
Samuel Howe, Thomas Guadalet
Dorthea Dix
James Fennimore Cooper
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Timeline: Thoreau goes to jail for protesting Mexican American War
William Lloyd Garrison publishes The Liberator
Fredrick Douglass writes his autobiography and becomes a leader in the abolitionist movement
Martin Van Buren passes the 10 hour work day
Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass
The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments
Thomas Mann establishes public schools in Boston
The New York City police department is established
Dorthea Dix reforms treatment of mentally ill
Friday, March 4, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Chapter 13 Homework
1. Section I
1. What is the main idea of this section?
2. The Journey westward was exciting to many, yet it was no easy task. From pages 394-396, please list two pieces evidence that would compel a person to journey west, then list two pieces of evidence that would deter one from traveling West.
3. Which one of the following is true
A. Joseph Smith led the Mormons to find religious freedom
B. The Mormons migrated to Mexico
C. Brigham Young was searching for "The Promised Land"
D. The Morman Migration followed the Santa Fe trail
2. Section II
1. Define Tejanos
2. What were the provisions that the white settlers must face if they wanted to settle land in Texas, which was then Mexico.
3. At which battle did the Texans score a victory over the Santa Anna and the Mexicans
4. Approximately how long was Texas its own independent country?
3. Section III
Answer #1 and 2
on p. 411
1. What is the main idea of this section?
2. The Journey westward was exciting to many, yet it was no easy task. From pages 394-396, please list two pieces evidence that would compel a person to journey west, then list two pieces of evidence that would deter one from traveling West.
3. Which one of the following is true
A. Joseph Smith led the Mormons to find religious freedom
B. The Mormons migrated to Mexico
C. Brigham Young was searching for "The Promised Land"
D. The Morman Migration followed the Santa Fe trail
2. Section II
1. Define Tejanos
2. What were the provisions that the white settlers must face if they wanted to settle land in Texas, which was then Mexico.
3. At which battle did the Texans score a victory over the Santa Anna and the Mexicans
4. Approximately how long was Texas its own independent country?
3. Section III
Answer #1 and 2
on p. 411
Monday, February 7, 2011
Quiz for Chapter 11 and 12
1. Here is the Quiz for Chapter 11 and 12
2. Also be prepared to explain the rise of the Whig Party. (pp 386-7)
2. Also be prepared to explain the rise of the Whig Party. (pp 386-7)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Chapter 11 Crossword, Chapter 12 video
Complete and print the chapter 11 crossword puzzle!
From Chapter 12:
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1. Why was Andrew Jackson so popular? See Chapter 12, section 1.
2. The unflattering painting of Jackson reveals "a democratic autocrat...an urbane savage, and an atrocious saint." What do these paradoxes mean?
2. Daniel Feller claims that in Andrew Jackson, Americans see themselves, for good and bad. What character traits go along with how Americans think of themselves?
From Chapter 12:
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1. Why was Andrew Jackson so popular? See Chapter 12, section 1.
2. The unflattering painting of Jackson reveals "a democratic autocrat...an urbane savage, and an atrocious saint." What do these paradoxes mean?
2. Daniel Feller claims that in Andrew Jackson, Americans see themselves, for good and bad. What character traits go along with how Americans think of themselves?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Lewis and Clark
Watch the video and answer the following questions for homework:
1. What is probably the cause of Sergent Floyd's death?
2. What geographical feature was astounding to the men of the corps of discovery?
3. Name two animals the men study.
4. Bring your own question to ask the class.
1. What is probably the cause of Sergent Floyd's death?
2. What geographical feature was astounding to the men of the corps of discovery?
3. Name two animals the men study.
4. Bring your own question to ask the class.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Texas v. Johnson
Overview: The question of the legality of flag burning raises important constitutional issues, as well as demonstrates the system of checks and balances in our government. Read the following five sources, then compose an essay that states your reasoned opinion on the legality of flag burning. You can assume the role of a Supreme Court Justice, or that of an attorney arguing in front of the court. The essay should be at least 300 words, which would comprise an opening paragraph with thesis, two or three developmental paragraphs which refer directly to “Source A” “Source B” “Source C” “Source D” or “Source E”, an analysis of “state and individual interests,” and a concluding paragraph.
Here is the overview and five sources.
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