Sunday, May 16, 2010

HW Assignments: Week of 5/17/2010

Hello, RUSHers:

Here are your HW assignments for this week. This week begins our review of the content to be covered on the Regents Exam. CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF EXCELLENT WEBSITES TO HELP YOU STUDY!

Monday Night 5/17/2010:
1. Click on the following links, and review the content posted there.
You may wish to print out these web-pages, highlight, and outline the content presented.

2. Complete the following vocab terms. For each term (or concept), you must:
  1. Identify its meaning (what is it?)
  2. Explain its purpose (why was it done/what did it do?)
  3. Identify its importance (the "so what" question)
Terms/Concepts:
  1. American Revolution
  2. Articles of Confederation
  3. Bill of Rights
  4. Checks and Balances
  5. Declaration of Independence
  6. Elastic Clause
  7. Electoral College
  8. Federalist Papers
  9. Great Compromise
  10. Marbury v. Madison
  11. Mercantalism
  12. Popular Sovereignty
  13. Separation of Powers
  14. Unwritten Constitution