Evaluating the Early Republic

After using John Green's Crash Course to review Jefferson's presidency and working to "grade" the presidents in class, during your next class period, you're going to begin the process of formalizing that work.
Here is the essay that we'll work on: Preamble Evaluation Essay 2017
Here is the planning sheet that will guide you through the process: Preamble Planning Sheet

Washington-Jefferson

Today we'll finish Washington's Farewell Address and then, in groups, we'll make some judgments about the first three presidencies using this chart: Washington-Jefferson Analysis Chart

Washington's Farewell Address

Today we'll talk a bit about the NFL protests and the First Amendment.
Then we'll turn our attention to George Washington's Farewell Address.  We'll use this activity to guide our work: Washington Farewell Chart

Hamilton v. Jefferson

Today, we discussed how to read and take notes from the online textbook. We also discussed how to annotate notes for Preamble purposes (find moments that connect to "forming a more perfect union" for example).
Then, after a short discussion about Judith Murray Sargent's document from Foner, we spent most of the period looking at the conflict between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. We created a T-chart in our notes to compare them and then used the following sources to make the comparison:

• Hamilton v. Jefferson from John Adams
• Cabinet Battle #1 from Hamilton
• Hamilton and  Jefferson

Constitution Test Day

Please be sure to check the new assignment sheet posted to the right.
In addition to your notes, please bring your completed Constitution worksheet to turn in tomorrow.

Bill of Rights and Constitution Review

Today in class we finished going over the Bill of Rights.  If you'd like more practice to ensure you understand, you can go through this activity. You Be the Judge. For each scenario, identify what right/amendment is at stake and what the result should be. The answers are included.

Remember, you may only use ARTICLES 1-7 and AMENDMENTS 1-10 in your responses to the Written Constitution Test

Constitution Contd.

We'll continue with our study of the nuts and bolts of the Constitution, exploring Articles 4-7.
In preparation for the test (both written and objective) there are a few resources that will be helpful posted under important links on the right side of the blog. These include the targets that students will be expected to meet on the objective test as well as an annotated version of the Constitution that can help with your interpretation.
We'll also introduce the written portion of the Constitution Test.
Written Constitution Test

Also here is the link to the list of upcoming review sessions. Constitution Test Review Sessions

Constitution Contd.

Today we discussed Articles 2-3, considered checks and balances and started our discussion of Articles 4-7.
If you need extra help or review on the Constitution, review sessions are scheduled.
See this list of dates: Constitution Review Sessions

Constitution Contd.

Today we discussed Article I, focusing on powers of Congress among other topics.

What Next? Intro to the Constitution

Today, we'll finish the film Liberty (see previous post) and introduce our work on the Constitution.

The World Turned Upside Down

Today we'll begin by reviewing the key ideas from the Declaration of Independence.
Next, we'll consider the notion of the "world turned upside down" by watching this video from the musical Hamilton: Yorktown-The World Turned Upside Down.
We'll follow that up by listening to another song from Hamilton: What Comes Next. We'll ask ourselves that question and then look for those answers by watching a portion of Liberty using this study guide for focus and notes:  Liberty Note Taking Guide (already in your folders).

The American Crisis

One of the skills that we're going to focus on this year is reading-specifically reading primary documents. Today, you're going to take the first assessment that will provide a baseline to measure your growth in this skill during the course of the year. The baseline grade on this assessment does count towards your semester grade but at the end of the semester, I will drop your lowest grade from this set of assessments (should be this one).
You can find the assessment in your U.S. History folder.You should use your annotated version of Thomas Paine's American Crisis as you work.  You have the entire period to complete it. Submit it to turnitin when you're finished.