HW Assignments Week of Sept. 28th-Oct 2nd

Hello, Everyone:

Here's a breakdown of the assignments for this week. Click on the links for the assignments.

1. Assignment #9 is due Wednesday

2. Assignment #10 is due Friday

3. Assignment #11 is due Monday October 5th

Assignment #11

READ Chapter 4 Section 2 in the RED TEXTBOOK

COMPLETE the Following Questions:

1. What was the significance of the Battle of Bunker/Breed's Hill?
2. What was the Olive Branch petition and what was King George III's response to it?
3. Describe the role of Thomas Paine in the American Revolution and explain the impact of his pamphlet, Common Sense, on the American movement toward independence.
4. What reasons did Thomas Jefferson give to justify revolt by the colonies?
5. Explain the connection between John Locke's contract theory of government and Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
6. Why do you think that when Jefferson borrowed Locke's ideas, he changed the rights of man from life, liberty, and property to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
7. Which groups in colonial America tended to be Loyalists and which tended to be Patriots?
8. How did the Loyalists thinking differ from that of the Patriots?
9. On whose side did the following groups fight and why -- African slaves, Quakers, Native Americans?

Chapter ID's:

* Second Continental Congress	* social contract theory
* General Thomas Gage	* Thomas Jefferson
* Bunker/Breed's Hill	* Declaration of Independence
* Olive Branch Petition	* unalienable rights
* Thomas Paine	* Patriots
* Common Sense	* Loyalists
* John Locke	* These are the times that try men's souls.

Assignment #10

HW Assignment #10 - Due Friday October 2nd

Read Chapter 4 Section 1 in the RED TEXTBOOK (pp. 94-101), and complete the following:

Questions:

1. What were some of the changes made in British taxation of the American colonies after the French and Indian War?
2. What were the provisions of the Stamp Act? Why was this law distinctive from the other laws passed during the Grenville administration?
3. Describe the legal, financial, and social factors connected to the American resistance to the Stamp Act?
4. How did the issuance of writs of assistance contribute to the constitutional conflict over the Stamp Act in Massachusetts?
5. Why did Americans resist the trade tax imposed on them by the Townsend Acts even though it was an external tax?
6. Explain the meaning of the "propaganda" and use the Boston Massacre as an example of the employment of propaganda by patriots in Boston.
7. What were the causes of the Boston Tea Party?
8. What did King George set out to achieve when he disciplined Massachusetts?
9. What were the major issues addressed by the First Continental Congress?
10. Why were the opening shots fired by the Minutemen at Lexington and Concord referred to as the shots heard 'round the world?

Chapter ID's

Stamp Act (1765)	* Committees of Correspondence
* Samuel Adams	* Tea Act (1773)
* Sons of Liberty	* Boston Tea Party
* Patrick Henry	* Intolerable Acts (1774)
* Declaratory Act (1766)	* quartering of troops
* Townsend Acts (1767)	* martial law
* spinning bees	* First Continental Congress
* Crispus Attucks	* Minutemen
* Boston Massacre	* "shot heard 'round the world"

Tonight's HW #9

Hello, Everyone:

Please note that this is NOT a NEW Assignment. However, it is a reminder of the assignment that was given last week during the Academic Lab Classes.

You are responsible for:

1. Test Corrections

2. Thematic Essay from the January 2008 Regents

CLICK HERE for the original assignment.

HW Assignment #8 Due TUESDAY Sept. 29th

CLICK HERE for the assignment "Democracy in the Colonies."

Print the assignment, and complete the chart.

HW Assignment #7

1. View the following presentation, and take notes.

2. Think about what life would be like in a state of nature. Based on the presentation, your HW from last night, and what we did in class today, complete the following assignment:

Draw a cartoon, that illustrates what life might be like in a state of nature. Use your cartoon to illustrate why we need government.

But, Mr. Tesler...I CAN'T DRAW!!!

If you can't, or choose not to draw, you may elect to complete a ONE PAGE COMPOSITION (@ Least 350 words) that:

DESCRIBES what life might be like in a state of nature

DISCUSSES the need for government

Academic Lab Assignment - Due NEXT WEDNESDAY 10/1

Based on our class today, here is your assignment for next week.

1. CLICK HERE. Download and print a copy of the January 2008 Regents Exam. This is the Regents exam that you used for the diagnostic.

2. Complete TEST CORRECTIONS for all of the questions that you got wrong. In order to get credit for test corrections, you must:

• copy the entire question
• write out the correct answer choice

3. Complete the THEMATIC ESSAY on page 12 of the Regents Exam. This is the essay that we outlined in class today.

You have a week to do it. All students in my first and third period classes are responsible for this assignment.

Tuesday's Class Notes - In Case You Missed Anything!

Assignment #6 - DUE THURSDAY 9/24

CLICK HERE. Listen to the lecture, carefully and take notes. You can Use the following OUTLINE to help you organize your ideas.

After you complete the lecture, and your notes, answer the following questions.

1. Identify what was said in the following documents:

a. The Magna Carta

b. The Petition of Right

c. The English Bill of Rights

2. In your own words, discuss the IMPORTANCE of each document you identified in Question #1.

3. In your own words, explain how these documents influenced the growth of Government in America.

YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR NOTES as well as the Questions!

GEM Assignment - "Strained Relations"

Hello, Everyone:

As promised, with the Jets' victory (and the NY Giants' exciting victory), there is no "assigned HW." However, for those of you with the desire to "GO THE EXTRA MILE," here's what you can do!

CLICK HERE. Watch the Video that follows. TAKE NOTES on the Video. CLICK HERE. Download and print the "podcast form." Complete the form and turn it in on Tuesday, along with your notes.

HW Assignment #5 9/17/09 (Due 9/18)

READ Chapter 3, Section 4 "The English Colonies Emerge" pp. 85-91

COMPLETE the following

1. How was the French Empire in North America unlike the British Empire there?
2. Describe the French movement into the Mississippi Valley and connect that development to the future French and Indian War.
3. What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
4. Why did Britain win the French and Indian War?
5. What were the provisions of the Treaty of Paris, 1763?
6. Who benefited most from this Treaty? least?
7. How did Great Britain's victory over France affect Native Americans?
8. Why did victory in the French and Indian War create a financial crisis for the British?
9. What were the major provisions of the 1764 Sugar Act? Why did it anger colonial merchants so much?
10. How did the French and Indian War help change the relationship between the British and the American colonists?
11. What were the three major issues that had created deep tensions between Britain and her colonies by the mid-1760s?

TERMS (CHAPTER ID'S)

* Fort Duquesne	* Proclamation of 1763
* Fort Necessity	* Prime Minister George Grenville
* William Pitt	* writ of assistance
* Treaty of Paris (1763)	* Sugar Act (1764)
* Pontiac

Still Confused about what you have for HW? CLICK HERE

GEM (Go The Extra Mile) Assignment

CLICK HERE and View the Video "The Unfinished Nation: The Lure of Land." Take notes while you watch the video.

CLICK HERE. Download and Print the Podcast/Video form.

Complete the information requested in the form, and turn in your notes for a GEM (GO THE EXTRA MILE) assignment.

Who's gonna GEM?!?

Assignments 1-5

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Assignment #5

Assignment #4

Assignment #3

Assignment #2

Assignment #1

Today's Lesson 9/17/09

In case you missed anything!

Monday's HW 9-14-09 Assignment #3

Why Study History?

CLICK HERE, and READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.

Based on the article, in your opinion, what are the FIVE most important reasons the author gives for studying history? Please briefly explain WHY you chose those five.

Before todays' class, and before reading this article did you think studying history was important? Why, or why not? Has that perception changed? Why, or why not? PLEASE BE HONEST. I will not be offended if you don't think studying history is important. All I ask is that you explain why you believe it is not.

Tuesday's HW Sept. 15th - Assignment #4

Time to break in those new textbooks!

READ - pp. 66-71 (Chapter 3, Section 1 "England and Its Colonies")

IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING: You must write these by HAND, in your Looseleaf Binder

mercantilism	* Sir Edmund Andros
* favorable balance of trade	* Glorious Revolution
* Navigation Acts	* Era of "Salutary Neglect"
* Dominion of New England	* "power of the purse"

Answer the following:

1. In your own words, Explain the concept of mercantilism. What was the goal of mercantalism?
2. List the major colonial imports.
3. Identify the chief restrictions placed on colonial trade by the British Parliament when it passed the Navigation Acts.
4. How did this legislation promote Britain's mercantilist policy?
5. Why was the Dominion of New England formed and what caused its collapse?
6. What is meant by the term "Salutary Neglect" to describe Britain's colonial policy in the early 18c?
7. During this period, how did the structure of most colonial governments foster a taste for self-government on the part of the British colonies?

Assignment #1

►1. Get all of the supplies for this class by tomorrow. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF SUPPLIES

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2. Click here. Download and print your student contract,

3. Click here. Download and print the list of procedures

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4. Read the contract with your parents and sign it.

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5. Complete any missing parts of the summer assignment. CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION

As we stated in class, those people who did not receive a letter regarding the summer assignment, and therefore did not know about it, are nonetheless responsible for 1) getting the class supplies 2) logging on and registering for Power Media Plus, and 3) completing one (1) of the summer research projects. Those students who completed the review book work will be given credit for their assignment, and their grade on the assignment will be used to drop their lowest test grade of the semester.

Students who did not obtain the review book must do so as soon as possible, but no later than FRIDAY SEPT. 18th. It is very important that you have the review book, as we will be working from that book, as well as the standard textbook. If for some reason you cannot order the review book, you can bring the money to school, and we can order a copy for you.

Assignment #2: 9/11 Illness Due Monday 9/14

Eight years have passed since the occurrence of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Given the current controversy about health care in the United States, this discussion is still relevant.

Read the following articles.

1. Illness Persisting in 9/11 Workers

2. Here is a follow up to article #1

After reading the articles, post a thoughtful reflection to 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 chages in finance need to be made to correct the problem? Is healthcare a federal, city or individual responsibility?