Texas Quiz Question-- Tuesday

Explain in 3 paragraphs how Texas became a US State:

1^st Paragraph (Move to Texas)

 Include words:   Stephen Austin, Cotton, Slavery, Religion

2^nd Paragraph (Texas War for Independence)

Include words:  Immigration, Santa Anna, Federalist, Declaration of Causes, Expelled, Alamo, Sam Houston, Battle of San Jacinto, “Remember the Alamo”

3^rd Paragraph (Texas Annexation)

Include words:  Manifest Destiny, Republic of Texas, Andrew Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Annexation, Polk, December 1845. 

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Extra Credit:

Explain how Oregon became US Territory. 

Use words:  54 40, Britain, 49 Parallel, Expansionist, Polk

Industrial Rev.Questions!!!

Explain the Nullification Crisis (make sure you tell me why it was a crisis).  Be sure to include the following words: Tarrif, South Carolina, nullify, state's rights....  ......Pg 376

Explain how the Industrial Revolution got started.  Be sure to use the following words:  England, Textile, Water Frame, Slater, Spinning Jenny, Factory.....CH 13



******Also-- Weekly Assignment 1 is due by midnight tonight!!*******

4th Quarter!!

Weekely Assignment #1 (4th Quarter #1) Due Friday at Midnight.

Missouri Compromise Review:

The Northern states and the Southern states argued about the Missouri Territory and whether it would come into the Union as a Free State or a Slave State.  Why did that matter??  Because the Seanat was balanced (11 states each) and whomever got Missouri would control the laws made in the Seanate.  This became a heated argument, until Maine territory wanted to become a state....they came to a compromise:

The Missouri Compromise:
1)  Missouri becomes a Slave State
2)  Maine becomes a Free State
3)  Created the 3630 line that separated territory into free and slave.  North of the line would enter as free states, south would enter as slave states...hopefully no more arguing over territory!! 

Good News!~

There will be no weekly assignment this week since it the last week of the quarter!

New Reading-- Andrew Jackson Presidency

This is on Moodle also if you need it.  "Don't Know" book at the top.  Pages, 164-172 (book pages).

'Era of Good Feelings' Questions

Answer questions below COMPLETELY.

Use your OWN words.

• Explain why Monroe's Presidency is known as the 'Era of Good Feelings'.
• Explain why and how the United States aquired Florida.
• Name and explain the two provisions (parts) of the Missouri Compromise.
• Explain the Monroe Doctine and why you think (your educated opinion) we study it. 

Monroe Doctrine/ Missouri Compromise

Finish Reading and Discussion today. Please review the reading on your own.

Some Notations I Use:

Circle-- Around words that need to be defined

Star-- Next to very important information

Underline/Highlight-- Important information

Date-- To the side to keep chronology in my mind


You may use these notations when reading or your own, develop and use what works best for you.

Next Reading-- "Era of Good Feelings"

Reading is found on Moodle in "America--book" on pages 363-375 (book pages, not adobe).  We will read and discuss this packet today and tomorrow.

Frontier House

We will be watching this series over the course of the next few weeks (about 1 day per week) to get a glipse of the life on the frontier in the mid-1800s.

Reading Quiz-- Tuesday

Answer the following questions on notebook paper.  You may use your packet, notes and dictionary.  Answer as completely as possible and make sure to use your own words.

• Name and explain three causes of the War of 1812.
• Name and explain three effects of the War of 1812.
• Explain the different ways that the French and the British would 'harrass' the US merchant ships before the war.  Explain the two ways that the United States tried to stop this harrassment.

Remember to take your time and answer these completely, giving as many specific examples as you can. 

Finish 1812 Reading Discussion-- Weekly Assignment

Great job last week...let's keep it up.

Also, your weekly assignment 6 has been posted, do it early so you don't forget!! Due Friday by midnight.

1812 Interactive Lecture (IL) cont...

Great job yesterday (Thursday) with our discussion.  It will continue today.

Also, remember to finish your Weekly Assignment 5!!




"Simply teach students to read deeply and purposely."


"[In the standard classroom] there is a lot of sitting and listening, but not a lot of thinking."

War of 1812-- Interactive Lecture...Arrrg!

We will discuss the reading from yesterday.  I will model the proper manner in which to read for understanding. 

"Must ensure that every student is responding, multiple times, to questions throughout the lecture."

"Purposeful reading normally requires active processing"

"Respect the limits of memory and attention span"

--Mike Schmoker, Focus


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In your opinion did the War of 1812 end up harming or helping the United States? 

War of 1812 Reading

Well, I have some great news!  I've been reading a new book lately on how to better prepare my students for high school and college.  It says that we need to practice reading longer and more difficult readings. 

So...today we will read.  You may read on your own or with me.  The reading is on Moolde called America--book (at the top), pages 335-350 (book pages)...(or type in 358 in box on internet to get to that page). 

You will have the entire time to read this and take your own notes.  If you do not finish today, please complete tonight for homework.

Weekly Assignment 5

Research our great city's history in this week's assignment.  See Moodle for details.  Due by midnight Friday.

Madison Presidency

Please work on the Madison Book work on your own under the Madison section on Moodle.  Take your time and answer the questions correctly. 

If you finish early, you may start your weekly assignment 5 (due Friday at midnight).

Black History Month Video

LUCKY DAY!!

---If you have gotten a zero on a weekly assignment up to this point, you have the chance to make ONE of them up.  See Moodle under Weekly Assignment section for the makeup assignment...DUE TODAY.

---If you received a 13 or less on yesterday's quiz, you must take the EAH -Washington, Adams, Jefferson Quiz under the Jefferson section.  You may use your textbook or internet for help.
You can gain a point per question you answer fully and correctly.  You must bring your computer up to me and show me your answers once completed.  Due today.

---Extra credit...write a 1-page summary on the events happening in Libya.  Hand written....due today at end of class.  Include a printoff of the sources you used.

You will not be able to take advantage of all of the opportunities above, but I have made one available for all the students regardless of where they fall grade-wise in class.  Please take this opportunity to give your grades a bump.

Weekly Assignment #4

Don't forget!!!  This one is easy!!!

Quiz Tomorrow!

Study Washington, Adams, and Jefferson below!!

If you have questions, see me. 

Jefferson Review

Review the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Thomas Jefferson Presidency

President Number 3!!  Mr. Thomas Jefferson:

Election of 1800

Marbury v. Madison

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

John Adams!!-- Review!!

 XYZ Affair (see video above)

Alien & Sedition Acts (see video above)

John Adams Presidency

Need to Learn:
Alien and Sedition Acts
XYZ Affair
Election of 1800

Weelkly Assignment 3

Here is your reminder!  Due Friday at midnight...do it earlier rather than later!

Out Today!!

Hey guys...I looked on Moodle and for some reason, it looks like people did not get done with their Frederick Douglass assignment from yesterday.  It is due today (or by midnight tonight if you are able to work on it at home)

If you finish that, you may work on your 'weekly assignment 2'-- also due by midnight tonight.

Please be good and work hard!  I miss you guys and I will see you all Monday!!

-- Mr. Meldon

Fredrick Douglass-- Feb 10

I'm out today...be good!!  Go to Moodle and work on this assignment on your own.

Above is the Fredrick Douglass speech as spoken by Danny Glover.  Full text of the speech may be found in the class links section. 

Please watch/read the speech and answer the questions about the speech and Frederick Douglass on Moodle under the Black History Month section.

George Washington cont.

Create a Washington Poster.  Include the following information:

Citizen Genet

Whiskey Rebellion

Jay's Treaty

Pickney's Treaty

Farewell Address

Quiz on Wednesday over all of George Washington.

Washington Presidency Cont.

We will view this video together to see Hamilton and Jefferson discuss many of the disagreements below.

Regular Social Studies-  Read pgs 310-317 in the text book.  Focus on such subjects as Jay's Treaty, Citizen Genet, Pickney's Treaty, and Washington's Farewell Address.  Be prepared to answer questions on these subjects.

EAH---You will then be given a packet to read over.  You will have all class to read it, but if you are not able to complete the reading in class, you may find the reading on Moodle. 

It is located under the top section, then under 'resources'.  Then click on 'America--book' and the reading is found on pages, 296-302 (book pages)...(or pgs 319-326 if you type in the box at the top).  The Reading starts with Citizen Genet and ends with Pickney's Treaty (included).

Weekly Assignment 2

Due Friday, February 11 by Midnight.

See Moodle for Details!!

Jefferson and Hamilton

JEFFERSON:

-Central government should be weak

-America should be a democracy of farmers and workers
-Freedom of the individual
-Sided with France
-Against National Bank
-Strict Constriction of Constitution (If the Constitution doesn't say you can, you can't do it)
-Democratic Republicans

HAMILTON:
-Liked strong national government
-Believed that the rich, educated, and banking class should rule government
-Sided with England
-Wanted to create a National Bank
-Loose Construction of the Constitution (If the Constitution doesn't say I can't, then I can)
-Federalists

Washington- Judiciary Act

The Judiciary Act of 1789

 

-Article III of the Constitution established a Supreme Court, but left to Congress the authority to create lower federal courts as needed. Principally authored by Senator Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut, the Judiciary Act of 1789 established the structure and jurisdiction of the federal court system and created the position of attorney general. (a system of federal trial courts with broader jurisdiction, thereby creating an arm for enforcement of national laws within each)

 

Revolution in Egypt!!-- Extra Credit

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/whats-going-on-in-egypt_n_815734.html

Go to the website above and turn in the answers to the following questions for extra credit:

-What is a revolution?

-Why did the people of Egypt decide to revolt?  What problems was the country having?

-Who is the current president of Egypt?  How long has he been president?  Why might this be a problem?

-Why is this important to us?  (give two reasons)

Hand in by Friday, February 4th for extra credit. 

George Washington-- Precedents

Since George was our first PRESIDENT of the United States of America, the things he did were examples for presidents to follow.  The acts that were used by later presidents are called PRECEDENTS.

The precedents set by Washington:

• Neutrality in foreign affairs
• 2-term Presidency
• Use of Force To Enforce The Law (Whiskey Rebellion)
• Creating a Cabinet to Offer Advice
• How to address the President
• First to be inaugurated
• First to make inauguration speech
• Being called "Mr. President"

***Please go to Moodle and work on the "President's Precedents Assignment"



Quiz Day!!!

Take both quizes under the Assessments section on Moodle
(East Coast States Quiz and Road to Const. Multiple Choice Quiz)

Weekly Assignment 1

Reading - Why Jefferson didn't like Hamilton? (found under Washington section on Moodle)

Answer the Questions for the reading above.  (found under Weekly Assignments on Moodle-- bottom)

There are different questions for the EAH Class.

DUE BY FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT

Review Day

We will review the information from the Articles of Confederation to the signing of the US Constitution today.  Please review the 'objective summaries' for these topics below on your own also.  I will also give you time to review this information as well as the east coast states for a quiz tomorrow.

Constitution Creation Video

Watching the video above and finishing work from yesterday.

Sum It Up

Go to Moodle and Take the "Road to the US Constitution Quiz".

Do this on your own and take your time.

The Bill of Rights

Objective Summary:

• The Anti-federalists were afraid of a strong central government created in the new US Constitution-- they wanted citizen rights written down.
• The Anti-federeralists would not ratify (approve) the new constitution unless the Bill was added to it.
• The Bill included 10 rights-- we call these 10 changes the 10 amendments or the Bill of Rights.
• The First Amendment-- Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition and Assemble
• The Right to Trial by Jury and Council (lawyer)-- 6th and 7th

The Bill of Rights Questions

Please go to moodle and answer the questions entitled, "Bill of Rights Questions" with a partner.

Federalism

Objective Summary:

• Federalism-- The government system where the states AND the national (federal) governments each share power and make laws. 
• The new constitution created a more federalist government where the central government would become stronger.
• "Federalists" supported this new system and wanted the new constitution to be voted into approval (ratified).
• Federalists wrote articles describing the benefits of the new US Constitution in order to gain support for it-- these were called the Federalist Papers.
• "Anti-Federalists" believed that this new system was too much like the government under England and the King.
• Anti-Federalists did not want the new constitution to be ratified.
• Thomas Jefferson was an Anti-Federalists and believed that the states should remain with most of the power.

Federalists Vs. Anti-Federalists

Do We Ratify this New Constitution???


http://staff.gps.edu/mines/APUSH%20-antifederalists_vs_federalists.htm

Go to the site above.  Use the chart to create a ven diagram comparing the Federalism and Anti-federalism on a piece of poster paper. 

On the back of the poster paper, create a ven diagram comparing the US government under the Articles of Confederation and the US government under the US Constitution.

Study Objectives and Map!!

We wil have our first quiz for the new quarter this week.  Look over the objective summaries for the Constitution Convention, Great Compromise, 3/5 Compromise, and the map of the eastern US. 

3/5 Compromise

Objective Summary:

• Now that the members of the continental congress decided on two houses (Great Compromise), they needed to determine how many representatives would come from each state for the House of Representatives (based on population)
• The South wanted their slaves to count in their population numbers (to get more representatives).  Each slave counts as a person (1).
• The North thought that the slaves should not count at all towards the South's population since they didn't treat them as citizens (0).
• They came to an agreement, compromise, where the slave would count....but not as a full person. 
• They would only count as 3/5 of a person.  (Or, for every 5 slaves they would count 3 towards their population numbers)

East Coast States

http://www.purposegames.com/game/d4c1306c

Need to know your east coast states!!  Use this site to help you study.  Quiz next week!!!

Todays Work

On Moodle:

Finish Great Compromise Questions
Finish 3/5 Compromise Questions
Do Makeup Test if needed (see below)

Quiz Makups!!!

If you received below an 8 on the last quiz...you must take the Shays Essay Quiz today. 
This will only bring your grade up to passing...not past a D.  You are taking this quiz to make sure that you understand this information so that we can move forward.

The Great Compromise

Objective Summary:

• Delegates to the Constitutional Convention argued about how many representatives each state should be allowed in Legistlative Branch.
• The larger states favored the Virginia Plan.
• According to the Virginia Plan, each state would have a different number of representatives based on the state's population.
• The smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan.
• According to the New Jersey Plan, the number of representatives would be the same for each state.
• A delegate from Connecticut, Roger Sherman, proposed a two-house legislature (BICAMERAL!!!), consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
• The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. This would satisfy the states with smaller populations.
• The House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state. This pleased states with larger populations.

• This two-house legislature plan worked for all states and became known as the Great Compromise.

Dr. Martin Luther King

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_man_of_peace_in_a_time_of_war/

We will watch this video today and discuss why Dr. King was such an important person in our nation's history.

Week Wrap-up

Happy Friday!  Next week is the final week of the quarter. 

We have only 1 grade remaining:
-Notebooks

Make sure you end the quarter with hard work!

Constitutional Convention

Objective Summary:

• The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia, PA in 1787
• George Washington was named the President of the Convention
• It was called as a meeting to "fix" the Articles of Confederation
• It ended up creating an entirely new constitution, called the United States Constitution
• It created a Federal government, with a stronger central government

Shays Rebellion

Objective Summary:

• Shays was a farmer and fought in the Revolutionary War. 
• The country was in the mist of a financial crisis and the farmers were really feeling the pain of the money problems.
• The courts were fining and putting farmers in jail when they could not pay their rents, but farmers were broke due to the financial crisis caused by the Articles of Confederation
• Shays and other farmers were upset and revolted-- try to close down the courts
• The revolt was put down by a MERCENARY ARMY...not a national army b/c we didn't have one!!
• This event showed the leaders and citizens that we needed a new constitution that dealt with the countries economic (financial) and military needs.

Shays Rebellion

Well, we watched the video...now let's make sure we know about this rebellion and why it is so important.

Go to Moodle...answer the questions on your own or with a partner. 

Welcome Parents

For those of you that have been here...thanks!  For those parents that are seeing this for the first time, welcome! 

Please use this as a tool to take a peek at what we are doing in the classroom and to stay on top of your students' work.  If you child cannot tell you about the daily objective, ask them to review it through their work on Moodle, the video links, or have the research the information on their own.  We need to make sure that our children learn and understand the material we have worked on and discussed.  If you see an assignment on Moodle, ask to see their work and review it. 

I have found a large correlation between parental involvement and child achievement.  I'd like to make parental involvement easier, therefore allowing more students to become more successful.

Shays' Rebellion

The Articles of Confederation caused many different problems in our new country.  Shays' Rebellion showed our leaders that we needed to fix them...

We will watch a movie about Shays' Rebellion and you will summarize the events of the rebellion.

REVIEW DAY!!!

Declaration of Independence-  A letter written to King George III to tell him that the colonies did not want to be a part of England anymore.

Articles of Confederation-  The first contsitution of the United States.  It gave most of the power to the states and created a very weak central government.

Northwest Ordinance-  The document that created a system for territory to become a state.  It also created the NW Territory and its laws.

U.S. Constitution-  After the Articles of Confederation didn't work, they needed a new system of government...so they wrote one and callled it the US Constitution.


Quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Documents Poster

With a partner or on your own, create one poster- divided into four sections- that describes each of the following documents:

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The US Constituition

Please give as much information about each document as you can.  This project is meant to teach you that these documents are all very important, but very different.

The Articles of Confederation don't work!!

There were plenty of problems with the new country...mainly due to its constitution called the Articles of Confederation. 

The Articles of Confederation was the document that set up the first government of the United States!!

On Moodle, with a partner, look at the problems that this weak document caused. 

Articles of Confederation

Book Work:

Chapter 8, section 2--
-Reading Checks in Notebook
-Definitions all words under DEFINE section in Notebook


Moodle:

Watch Video and answer questions on Moodle

MOODLE QUESTIONS

Go to moodle and answer the questions under the section called:
 MELDON---Articles of Confederation/Northwest Ordinance Questions.
Use your textbook or internet to find answers.  A quiz on this material will be taken this week.