Ch. 8 and 9 ID's

Happy long weekend to all and Yom Kippur to many!

Since there is no new reading and just time to study for this weekend I am posting your Ch. 8 and 9 ID's that you can look at when you have a chance. Don't forget the 8 and 9 test is on Wednesday, and there are a lot of ID's in these 2 chapters.

Ch 8 ID's
Ch 9 ID's

Catch-up WOTD's and ESSAY

Hello everyone.....wow, the Marbury v Madison discussion really wore me out, too tired to keep up with the words of the day!!!

Here they are....or were!
Tuesday: Aaron Burr
Wednesday: Judicial Review
Thursday: OGRABME, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Hartford Convention

Two Possible Essay Questions for tomorrow (Friday), I will choose which one.

1. “The War of 1812 was fought solely in defense of national honor.” Assess the validity of this statement in relation to the successes and failures of events from 1800-1816.

2. With respect to the federal Constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?

October Calendar and last Summertime WOTD

9/21 WOTD
Logan Act
VA and KY Resolutions

October Calendar

9/18 WsOTD

The day after constitution day....hmm, how about:
Bill of Rights
Tariff
Citizen Genet

WsOTD 9/17

Sorry a bit late getting these posted!

Eli Whitney (great discussion period 2)
Assumption of Debt
Federalist

No WOTD but Constitution Day instead!

Since we tested today there are no WsOTD today but since tomorrow 9/17 is Constitution Day I thought I would post this link so you can go and check out the Constitution we have just been studying. Constitution Link

WOTD 9/15 and Ch7 ID's

Here it is folks the much awaited for WOTD for 9/15:
John Jay + Alexander Hamilton + James (Lil Jemmy) Madison
Charles Beard
Confederation Congress


And Ch. 7 ID's

WOTD 9/14/09

Way to go period 3, especially Jon, for adding a couple of great words of the day to our list:
Daniel Shays (Shay's rebellion)
Lil' Jemmy (James Madison)
Confederation (loose union of states)

9/11 WOTDs

Hello Historians,

Some great WOTD's:
Newburgh Conspiracy
Adam Smith
American Exceptionalism

Additionally, historians are already starting to debate the significance of 9/11 on the US. While most historians, at least the serious/scholarly/respected historians, agree that we cannot know what 9/11 will mean for US History until we live several more decades. Nonetheless it makes it even more important for you to understand the facts surrounding the events that happened in your life, your children and grandchildren will probably do reports in school asking you about your memories and knowledge of 9/11 one day.....could you give them an accurate account?

Here are 2 articles about 9/11, one is an opinion piece from the LA Times today, and another is an article from 2008. Enjoy.

Ch. 6 ID List and 9/10 WOTD

Here is a link for the list of IDs from Ch. 6.

WOTD's for Thursday 9/10:
Mum Bett
Molly Pitcher

9-9-9 WOTD

Wednesday, 9-9-9

WOTD's
Sir Banastre Tarleton
Overmountain Men
Battle of King's Mountain

Introduction writing

Here is a link to the writing an introductory paragraph explanation.

Give Me Unity or Give Me Death!

A little bit of irony there in the title of today's post. Our essay question about how much "unity" there was amongst the colonists at the start of the revolution is a nice example of several aspects of historical study. One, it asks an open ended sort of question with a multi-faceted response being easily acceptable. (By multi-faceted I am saying that more than just a political or economic analysis is required, something that looks at many aspects of society to arrive at a thesis is required.) These multi-faceted appraisals of society are much more common in the last 50 to 100 years of historical study. Two, it is, or could be, inclusive of social history. Third, it is asking you to discuss change over time....ie from when colonists were less unified to a time when they are supposedly more unified (the Revolutionary period). Finally, our Gary Nash article about how the colonists had begun to develop a uniquely 'American' culture by the 1700's is a nice compliment to this question.....if Nash is correct that there was a unique American culture then how/when/why does it become a unified one as well?

Finally our two words of the day:
FRQ .... Free Response Question
DBQ ... Document Based Question

These are the styles of essay questions you will be seeing all year long, lets make sure we know the acronyms and the requirements of each since we will be talking about them for the next 8 months!

Little bit of Geography!

Here is a link to a blank map of the 13 colonies, make sure you know it for a possible quiz!

Happy Labor Day!!!! And your essay for Tuesday.

Hello students! If you want to preview the essay question for Tuesday here it is:

To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution?

Feel free to prepare or review for the essay, but you do not have to and no notes are going to be allowed when you write it.

I will post an article about Labor Day on the links page shortly!

Have a great weekend.

WOTD 9/3/09

Lexington and Concord
Declaration of Independence

WOTD 9/1/09

Crispus Attucks
Virtual Representation
Currency Act

September Calendar

Click here for the September Calendar

Chapter 5 ID reviews

Click this link for a copy of the Chapter 5 ID's