November 2, 2009

Homework for Wed. Read Ch. 8 "The Capitalist Commonwealth"

Civil War Reenactment Assignment in Moorpark

1. Save your ticket stub/wristband and staple it to your written work.

2. Describe one of the following demonstrations and answer the questions listed below. (Cooking, Abolitionist Rally, Infantry, Soldier School, Calvary, Medical, Artillery and Gun) Who is involved? What do they do? What does this tell you about military life and/or society during the Civil War?

3. Attend one battle and answer the following questions. Who are the generals? Who wins the battle? What is the significance of the battle? Describe the fighting and the sequence of attacks by each side.

Oct 25, 2009

Heads up folks! I will be out ill tomorrow. Quiz and test will still go on as scheduled. Please bring your books to class-pass this on to everyone! If you have your healthy kids permission slips, please turn them into the sub! Study session is cancelled. Sorry :(! If you have questions you can email me up to 7 pm tomorrow night. I will respond through the website.

Oct 22, 2009

Federalist Policy Questions-Due Monday

Pages 210-218

1. Explain each of Hamilton’s financial policies. What is the purpose of that policy to make the country more economically stable?

2. What challenges do republican principles face with the emergence of two political parties?

Answer the following for Jay’s Treaty and XYZ Affair:

1. How does each event threaten America’s neutrality? 2. What is the response by America to such threats? 3. In what ways does the outcome favor the Federalists over the Democratic-Republicans?

Answer the following for Alien and Sedition Acts: 1. What are the acts? 2. How do the acts challenge the Constitution?

3. What method and arguments do Madison and Jefferson use to fight the constitutionality of such laws?

Print New Early President Unit Notes

Get Parents to Sign Healthy Kids Survey Permission Slip

Grades are currently up and running: hopefully the problem is fixed.

Oct 21, 2009

Ch 1-7 Exam next Tuesday:

Study Session Monday 2:50-3:30 (bring your questions)

Ch. 7 Quiz Monday

Read Ch. 7 "The Political Crisis of 1790s"

Oct 20, 2009

Students and parents, the grades are down and I am in process of fixing it. It will take about 1-2 hours of my time and I haven't found that yet. Students are being updated at school, so you may ask them about their grades. Next update is Friday.

Students: Finish Constitution Scavenger Hunt assignment-due tomorrow.

Oct 15, 2009

Finish your timeline which shows the sequence of events necessary to write and ratify the Constitution. Provide details, include committees and key men. Draw your own graphics.

The essay is at the site listed under Oct 14.

Oct 14, 2009

Read Ch. 7 "The Constitution of 1787"

Also, it will help give you more time with your assignment tomorrow if you continue to read today's assigned essay online. You can find it at http://journeytohistory.com/history1A/articles/Sunrise%20At%20Philadelphia.pdf

Read the essay:

1. Timeline: pre-convention to ratification/passage of Bill of rights. What are the steps they take, the process they use, to create and develop the Constitution.

2. Committees: What are they? What are their responsibilities/duties?

3. Key men: What impact do they have on the meeting? the document?

Oct 13, 2009

Shay's Rebellion: Pgs. 200-01

 

As a member of the aristocracy/gentry of Massachusetts, write a letter to John Adams discussing your concerns about Shay's Rebellion. Include the following:

1. Why are the farmers revolting?

2. Are the farmers justified in their actions against the state?

3. How is the rebellion a microcosm of the problems with the Articles of Confederation? Give two examples.

You may write this in first person, but no passive voice.

Oct. 9, 2009

Hey folks, I tried uploading grades before announcing football this afternoon and the site wouldn't let me.ARRRGH!

I will try agian this weekend, but more likely get them up Monday morning. Sorry :(

Read Ch. 7 "Creating Republican Institutions"

Study for Ch. 6 Quiz

Oct 7. 2009

Read Ch. 6 "Republicanism Defined and Challenged"

Ch. 6 Quiz Friday

Print Constitution Unit Notes

Oct 6, 2009

Answer Questions on Ch. 6 from handout.

Debate results:

Period 2: Loyalists win this battle.

Period 3: Patriots just edge Loyalists.

Period 4: A "pitch" discussion ends in a draw.

Peiord 5: Loyalists just edge Patriots.

Oct. 5, 2009

Review for Radicals/Tories Debate

Bring Books Tues & Wed

Finish Common Sense Homework

Oct 2, 2009

Bring books Monday and Tuesday

Read Ch. 6 "The Trials of War" and "The Path to Victory"

D of I Assignment

Write a position paper as a political analyst in 1776 prior to the Declaration of Independence being released to the public. Your paper, written to Jefferson, will include:

–Whether you believe Jefferson’s ideas to revolt are right or wrong. Use two reasons listed against the King to support the way you feel.

–A prediction of how the colonial public, the King and Parliament will react to our decision to declare independence.

Oct. 1, 2009

Read Ch. 6 "Toward Independence"

Sept. 29, 2009

Ch. 5 Quiz Friday

Read Ch. 5 "The Growing Confrontation" and "The Road to War"

Bristish Policy Chart due Thursday

Sept. 23, 2009

Change of plans folks: Read Carefully!

1. Ch. 4 Quiz now Friday

2. Read Ch. 5 "The Imperial Reform Movement" and "The Dynamics of Rebellion" for Tuesday.

3. Along with finalizing your partner charts, go over notes and readings related to any aspect of religion in the colonial regions.

4. Print out notes in AP Col/Rev section.

5. Those of you who are sick-get better. We miss you in class. And all of you get some SLEEP!!!

Sept. 22, 2009

Read Ch. 4 "The Mid-Century Challenge"

Sept 21, 2009

Read Ch. 4 “Freehold Society in New England”, “The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society”

Colonial Chart: Partners will use the Colonial Regions outline, Chapters 3 and 4 to compare the Southern/ Chesapeake, Middle/Mid-Atlantic, and New England colonies using the following criteria:

1. Name the colonies in each region.

2. Name the cultural/ethnic groups living in or moving into the region.

3. Identify the economic basis of each region: What makes them money?

4. Source of labor in each region: Who does the work? What is the method of production?

5. Land ownership in the region. Who owns it? How does one acquire land?

6. Religion: What religions exist in the region? What influence does religion have on the region economically, politically and socially?

Sept. 19, 2009

Grades are posted. Remember that it is early. Don't fret! Study well for quiz Monday!

Sept. 17, 2009

Read Ch. 4 "The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening"

Print AP Writing Notes

Ch. 3 Quiz Monday

Sept. 14, 2009

Read Ch. 3 "The Politics of Empire" and "The New Politics of Empire"

Ch 2 Quiz Wed.

Sept 11, 2009

Read Ch. 3 "The Imperial Slave Economy"

Go over/ know Introduction to Slavery notes- I will be asking questions

Ch. 2 Quiz Wed.

Sept 8, 2009

Read Ch. 2 "Puritan New England" and "The Indians’ New World"

Ch. 1 Quiz Thursday

Sept. 4, 2009

Read Ch. 1 "The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of England" and Ch 2 "The Chesapeake Experience"

Exploration Skit:

Students will form into three gropus (Spain, France, England) and creat a skit that explains their assigned country's exploration efforts. In the skit the groups will answer the following information:

1. Their purpose and reasons for coming to the New World.

2. Their contact and treatment of Native Americans.

3. Their ability to sustain their colonies economically.

15 Minutes: Put together information and skit.

15 Minutes: Practice skit.

20 Minutes: Skits and discussions.

Each group will provide the following to me:

1. List of group members.

2. An outline that highloights tour responses to the information you have put together for the skit.

Sept. 2, 2009

Read Ch. 1 "Europe Encounters Africa and the Americas" and Ch. 2 "Imperial Conflicts & Rival Colonial Models"

August 29, 2009

Some of you let me know you are having trouble with the assignment, so let me clear up some questions posed to me over the last 12 hours.

1. This is one essay that answers all three questions in it, not three separate essays.

2. I have the wrong titile information on the NPR Piece....sorry :(

The correct title is "Experts Challenge Conventional Wisdom on Iraq." The show aired on Morning Edition, May 14, 2004. Type in the title, without the quotation marks, in the NPR search and the piece will appear on the page. Click on that and it should load on a media player for you to hear.

Hope this helps clear up any confusion. Regardless if you can hear it again or not, you heard it Friday and that should be enough to help you formulate a decent respone to the questions. See you Monday.

Remember: NO FIRST PERSON OR PASSIVE VOICE. Edit your work carefully.

August 28, 2009

1. Listen to NPR: “Democracy in Iraq” piece from Morning Edition, May 14, 2004.

United States foreign policy establishes as a primary goal the spread of democracy throughout the world. Determine if this is a sound policy by writing a response to the following questions:
-is democracy right for every nation?
-is this more an economic or political policy?
-what other factors must be considered for establishing a democratic state in other countries?

Write your papers without using first person (no “I, me, us, we”) or passive voice (to be, have had). I will be looking critically at this!! They may be typed no less than 11 pt. one and a half spaced.

2. Review David Mogen Outline

3. Read Ch. 1: "Native American Worlds and Traditional European Society” by Tuesday. Develop questions for reading & Early American outline for Tuesday