AP US History Homework 9/11/08

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ3R1.html

Using the handout you got at the end of class today, or by clicking the link above...

1. READ the selection "Contact: Europe and America Meet"

2. In a blog post, or written assignment discuss the following...

a. the NEGATIVE EFFECTS of Contact on the NATIVE AMERICANS
b. the NEGATIVE EFFECTS of Contact on the EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
c. the POSITIVE EFFECTS of Contact on the NATIVE AMERICANS
d. the POSITIVE EFFECTS of Contact on the EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

See you tomorrow!

Homework US History 9R (Period 4 and Period 2)

Please click on the link below (or the posting title) and read the article that follows.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/nyregion/06health.html?ex=1315195200&en=555a379d601bc494&ei=5090

After you read the article, write a reflection, based on the following questions:

How has money played a role in the care of 9/11 cleanup victims?
Who is at fault for the illness?
What changes in finance need to be made to correct the problem?
Is health care a federal, city or individual responsibility?

Mr. Walter Brown, a teacher at the Queens High School of Teaching, has a senior government class that is working on the same assignment. Click on the link below to access their class blog, and see what his kids had to say.

http://qhst-seniors.blogspot.com/2008/09/illness-persisting-in-911-workers.html

See you Tuesday!