Tonight's HW 11/6/09

Due Monday 11/9/09

CLICK HERE Download the issue brief, read it, and print it.

CLICK the links below, and read the following articles. You should outline each article and take notes.

Free Speech and Cyberbullying
MySpace Hoax Led to Suicide

Suspension Violated Student's Rights

Students Have Free Speech Rights

'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Ruling

Student Sues School For Degree

Free Speech vs. Class Disruption

What are the arguments for allowing schools to punish students for behavior outside of school?

What are the arguments against allowing schools to punish students for their behavior outside of school?

What role should schools play in deciding what is or is not appropriate online activity for their students?

Should a school be able to suspend you for insulting a fellow student over Facebook?

Editorials

Students’ Right to Free Speech

Schools Must Monitor Students

Channel One Blog

CLICK HERE FOR THE CHANNEL ONE BLOG!

Remember. You are responsible for completing TWO CHANNEL ONE BLOG ASSIGNMENTS PER WEEK.

Posting to the blog is preferred, however, on a limited basis, I will take assignments on paper.

Tonight's HW 11/2/09

CLICK HERE for the presentation, "Issue Introductions."

After viewing the presentation...

1. Which amendment from the Bill of Rights relates to...

a. Gun Control

b. Death Penalty

c. Violent Video Games

d. Student Free Speech

e. Student Searches

f. Religion and Science

g. Trials and Terrorism

2. Choose FOUR (4) of the questions listed below. For each question, explain your opinion in a response of AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH (FIVE SENTENCES MINIMUM).

a. Should people be allowed to purchase assault weapons, like machine guns?

b. Should a person be sentenced to death if he or she commits a terrible murder?

c. Should schools have the right to discipline students for behavior that happens outside of school?

d. Should schools have the right to search students to protect the safety of all students?

e. Should there be laws to prevent minors from buying violent video games?

f. Should public school students learn about Intelligent Design as well as Evolution?

g. Should the government be allowed to imprison suspected terrorists for years, without a trial?

Today's Assignment - "Constitution Quest"

Your mission: With a partner, you will be working on the "Constitution Quest."

CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK TO THE CONSTITUTION QUEST

CLICK HERE FOR THE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION

For each section of the Constitution, you will be directed to answer a series of questions. The questions can be answered by clicking on the highlighted words.

It is suggested that while working on this assignment, you have two "tabs" open. One for the Interactive Constitution, and one for the questions.

This assignment is due no later than the end of class tomorrow (Friday Oct. 30th).

HW 10/27/09

Assignment Due Date: 10/29/09

Resources: Textbook Chapter 5, Section 3(pp. 145-149)

Web Resources: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=294

CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

HW 10/22 and 10/23/09

CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO HELP YOU WITH BOTH ASSIGNMENTS!

Assignment#1 Due Friday 10/23/09

CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

Review Chapter 5 Section 2 in your Textbook (pp. 140-144). Using the information in the textbook, and your knowledge of US History, complete the assignment.

Assignment #2:

• Rough Draft and Outline Due MONDAY 10/26/09
• Final Draft DUE TUESDAY!!! 10/27/09
• NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED! If you don't turn it in, it's a ZERO. No exceptions! No Excuses!
  

Thematic Essay: Constitutional Issues

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 adopted several compromises to resolve disagreements over major issues facing the new nation.

Task:

Identify two issues from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 (what were two disagreements that occurred?).

For each issue identified

• Describe the disagreement that arose over the issue at the C.C. (tell us about the disagreement; don’t just say what it was! Who was it between? What was it over?)
• Explain how the issue was resolved through the use of Compromise (Give the details behind the compromises; how did they work? What did each side get?

You may use any issue that was discussed at the CC. . Some
suggestions you might wish to consider include, but are not limited to:

• Representation in Congress
• Slavery
• Taxation

Here's a Link to Help you with the Compromises

Tonight's HW - 10/20/09 Due 10/22

READ Chapter 5 Section 2 pp 140-144.

1. What were the causes of Shays' Rebellion?
2. Why do you think historians consider it a catalyst in the movement toward creating a new U. S. Constitution?
3. What were the major issues that had to be resolved at the Constitutional Convention?
4. Create a CHART that lists the main provisions of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
5. What was the impact of slavery and sectionalism in the debates that ensued at the Constitutional Convention?
6. Explain the meaning of the term "checks and balances." Are there any instances where a branch of government has no checks and balances on its power?
7. Why do you think that many people today feel that the electoral college has long since become antiquated or completely unnecessary?
8. Why is the U. S. Constitution called "a living document?"

Chapter ID's

Daniel Shays	* separation of powers
* Shays' Rebellion	* checks and balances
* James Madison	* electoral college
* Roger Sherman	* elastic clause
* Virginia Plan	* veto power
* New Jersey Plan	* writ of habeas corpus
* Great Compromise	* bill of attainder
* Three-Fifths Compromise	* ex post facto law
* delegated (enumerated) powers	* judicial review

HW Thursday October 15

Hello, Everyone:

Here's tonight's HW assignment.

CLICK HERE. Using the resources listed in this post, prepare your "cheat sheet" for the exam.

Research the topic for the thematic essay, and prepare an outline for the Thematic Essay. You may prepare an outline on looseleaf paper

Position Assignments and Issues

Part. In Gov't Students

Listed Below are your group assignments, the issues you will be covering, as well as the position (affirmative, or negative) that you will be taking. In other words, you will support, or defend a position. So, if you have gun control, and you are the "affirmative side," you will support the government's position that these things should be regulated (regular people shouldn't have access to them). If you are on the "negative side," you will side with those people that think the government should not limit the types of weapons to which people may have access.

Here are the group assignments:

Gun Control: Affirmative: Paula, Ellie, and Ciera. Negative: Alan, Joanna, Angie

Death Penalty: Affirmative: Elena, Penny, Estefania. Negative: Monica, Mike K, Victoria

Student Searches: Ladonna, Divya, Chandler...Negative: Katlyn, Lisa, Alex

Violent Video Games: Michael E, Andrew, Sebastian...Negative: Angela, Marlyn, Christina C.

Religion and Science: Daniel, Josue, Erica...Negative: Mia, Anthony M, Travis

HW Assignment #14 - 10/13/09

READ Chapter 5 Section 1 in your textbook (pp. 132-137)

Complete: Terms

John Dickinson * Articles of Confederation * republic * Land Ordinance of 1785 * Republicanism * Northwest Ordinance of 1787 * Republican Motherhood
Questions:

1. Why do you think that the states guaranteed the specific rights of freedom of speech, religion, and the press?
2. List the powers given to the Article of Confederation government. What were its shortcomings?
3. What was the difference between the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
4. List the three requirements or stages for a territory to become a state.
5. What foreign relations problems did the Confederation Congress face at the end of the 1780s?

TEST FRIDAY 10/16

Our First "REAL" exam will take place this Friday October 16th.

CLICK HERE for the information that you should review in order to successfully complete the exam. All of the information is there. We will also spend some time in class going over the information as well.

You are allowed to bring one (1) post-it with you to the exam. On that post-it, you may HANDWRITE as much information as possible, which you think will help you to be successful on the exam.

Here's the format.

25 Multiple Choice Questions.

1 Thematic Essay.

Assignment #13 DUE TUESDAY October 13th

CLICK HERE. Download, and Print the guide to the video "Road to Revolution (we will be watching in class Thursday and Friday).

Here's what you have to do. There are three parts to the assignment.

PART ONE:

Answer the following questions:

Think about the different viewpoints of the British and the colonists before the American Revolution.

1. Did all colonists consider themselves Americans?

2. Did all colonists support the revolution and independence from Britain?

3. How did the British feel about the colonists in America?

PART TWO: READ The Quotations on pp. 2-3 of the video guide. SELECT THREE OF THE Quotations for which a source is given. Paste those links into your browser, and read through the sources.

PART THREE: Briefly describe each of three quotations you picked, and then choose one to rewrite in their own words. Your writing should reflect the important points of the original primary source, as well as the general sentiment of the writer.

This assignment is worth 30 points...Here's how you'll be graded:

30 points: Students identified and analyzed several quotations from the period, explaining what events and sentiments they reflect from the revolution; developed a thorough, engaging rewrite of the primary source that reflected the main ideas and sentiment of the original document; clearly described various sentiments of American colonists.

20 points: Students identified and analyzed a few quotations from the period, explaining what events and sentiments they reflect from the revolution; developed a clear rewrite of the primary source that reflected the main ideas and sentiment of the original document; clearly described a few of the different sentiments of American colonists.

10 points: Students did not identify or analyze any of the quotations from the period, or explain what events and sentiments they reflect from the revolution; developed a vague or inaccurate rewrite of the primary source that did not reflect the main ideas and sentiment of the original document; did not describe any of the different sentiments of American colonists.

Good Luck!

Assignment #13: Due Date Wednesday 10/7

Please complete the thematic essay, as previously discussed in last week's class. Please check the link for "Assignment #9" for information.

Assignment #12: Due Date Tuesday 10/6

It's 80's Night!!!

WATCH THE VIDEOS and Listen to the Songs! Read the lyrics, too!

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey LYRICS

We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister LYRICS

Based on these two 80's Classics...

Imagine you were a colonist living in America following the French and Indian War. Which song would best describe your feelings towards the British Government? Why?

Post your responses here.

10/01/09 - In Case You Missed It!

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.