The Growing Nation

Today in class we'll begin by analyzing a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "The American Scholar" (in your textbook p. 270).
Then, we'll work to review information studied for homework over the last few days by identifying main ideas and key supporting facts. We'll also try to identify Preamble connections to each.
Here is the document we'll use to guide our work. You can find it in your U.S. History folder.
Preamble Chart-The Growing Nation

The War of 1812 and The Star Spangled Banner

We'll begin by reviewing the War of 1812. Students will take notes about what the most interesting facts are.
Then, as our National Anthem has become so analyzed in our news lately, we'll examine both the history of  The Star Spangled Banner as well as the current protests during it begun by Colin Kaepernick.  First we'll read the introduction to it from The American Reader.
Then we'll read the following articles:
Star-Spangled Bigotry
What Colin Kaepernick's Protest Looks Like to a Black 49er's Fan
Memorandum From Chancellor William Mcraven (former Admiral and chief of Navy Special Operations) to the University of Texas System

After discussing the articles, we'll create an exploded version of the National Anthem by using lines from it to start new pieces of creative writing and reflection.
We'll use this document to create it:
The Star Spangled Banner

Also, if you are eligible to do Constitution Test corrections-here are the instructions:
Constitution Test Corrections
Any corrections are due on Wednesday, Oct. 5

Jefferson's Presidency

Today we'll begin with a discussion of last night's Presidential Debate.
We'll then use Crash Course to review Jefferson's Presidency
In your notebooks, you'll use your notes and the Crash Course to keep track of Jefferson's Ideas, Actions, Effects

Work for 9/26 and First Presidential Debate Thoughts

Sorry I won't be in class today.  You have three tasks to complete:
1) Finish the quiz that will be provided by the substitute. It is open note. You have 20 minutes.
2) When finished, go back over your notes from the Foner sections that you've read (222-242) and ANNOTATE them by linking them to the specific goals set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution (for example, in your notes about the Lewis and Clark's journeys, you may make an annotation that indicates that they are "promoting the general welfare").
3) With the first Presidential Debate happening tonight, it's important to pause and take stock of what we know about the election.  Please take the last part of class and complete as many of the tasks listed in this document that you can. After Activity #1, feel free to browse the others to decide what to read. You don't need to go in order.

If you have time tonight, I encourage you to watch the Presidential Debate. It will be on all major channels from 8-9:30 P.M.

Washington's Farewell Address

George Washington delivered his farewell address at the end of his 2nd term as president. In it, he explains his reasons for retiring and offers advice to the young nation. Today, we're going to take a closer look at that speech.
With a partner, make a copy of this worksheet and then complete: Washington's Farewell

Hamilton v. Jefferson

Today, after checking in the  hw and collecting the Constitution worksheets, we'll discuss any questions about the information from Foner.
Then, we'll take a closer look at the debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
First, we'll look at this scene from John Adams:
 And then listen to this song from Hamilton:

We'll then get into the details of the debate by completing this worksheet with a partner:
Hamilton v. Jefferson Worksheet

Congrats

Today we finished our Constitution testing. The new assignment sheet is posted to the right and in the tab above. There is a short reading assignment for Thursday.

Constitution Prep

Today is we celebrate CONSTITUTION DAY (technically tomorrow but tomorrow is Saturday), the day that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution.
We'll celebrate by dedicating our period to review and preparation for next week's Constitution Test.
The notes from our discussion of the Preamble may be helpful to you as you prepare for section A of the written portion. Preamble Definition Discussion.

Constitution Work Contd.

Today, we'll receive the first part of the Constitution Test, the written section.  It is very important that students do this work on their own -- they will be signing an Honor Code on Monday when they do this work.  Students are to prep the written part on their own.  At the very least, they should annotate their Constitution for the work to be done; additionally, a Brainstorming guide has been placed in their US History Google folders.  This can be completed and brought to class on Monday. 

Next Tuesday will be the Multiple Choice section of the exam.  Students should refer to this target guide to study.

There will be review sessions during the following times.  All review sessions are in room Q110.
Thursday, 7:30 am and 3:20 pm
Monday 3:20 pm
Tuesday 7:30 am

Today, we'll focus on the Bill of Rights. If time, we'll consider these scenarios to determine how they play out in the "real world". Bill of Rights: You Be the Judge

The Constitution Contd.

Today we continued our discussion of the Constitution, finishing the Articles and exploring the concept of checks and balances.  We finished by starting our look at the Bill of Rights.

The Constitution

Yesterday in class we started to consider the Constitution, going over student worksheets and focusing on key details, trying to understand why certain sections existed.  Today in class, we'll continue our look at Article I and begin to look at Articles II and III.

Ratification Debates

On Tuesday in class we watched the end of Are We to Be a Nation and discussed the conflicts that existed between Anti-Federalists and Federalists. We also worked to understand the goals of the Constitution by defining the phrases of the Preamble.
As you study the Constitution, these links to interactive Constitutions will be helpful:
http://www.heritage.org/constitution
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/interactive_constitution/

Are We to Be a Nation?

After discussing the important pieces of the Foner reading from last night, we watched about the first 40 minutes of Liberty: The American Revolution-Are We to Be a Nation? Students used this note taking guide as they watched: Liberty Note Taking Guide.

Business and The American Crisis

We'll start today by taking care of some business by providing students the code to access their ebook. We'll take a quick look at how to navigate the book and some of the study resources that are available.
We'll then answer any questions left over about the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War.
We'll finish class by completing the written analysis of a primary document baseline quiz for Thomas Paine's The American Crisis.