Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Homework for 2.25, Part II

Please read pages 200-204, and answer the following questions:

What were Napoleon's reasons for selling Louisiana to the United States?
How did Jefferson go against core D-R principles in acquiring the Louisiana territory?
How did the Aaron Burr case show the weaknesses of democracy under President Jefferson?

New York Post Apology

Click here to see an article about the New York Post's apology for the political cartoon it published.

Click here to see what Rev. Al Sharpton had to say about the cartoon.

Homework for 2.25, Part I

Please read this article. Be prepared to discuss and compare to American industrialization of the early 19th century.

Jeffersonian America; where are we heading?

Our focus on the Jeffersonian era (which includes not only the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, but also those of his "disciples"--James Madison and James Monroe) includes:

Does the Jeffersonian era follow the principles of the Democratic-Republican party? HOW?
Discuss the political interests and views of the War of 1812 (NJ State Standard)
Analyze American territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, including the reasons for and consequences of the Louisiana Purchase, the Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny... (NJ State Standard)
Analyze the political, economic, and social changes in NJ prior to the Civil War (NJ State Standard)
Compare and contrast the characteristics of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period, including the abolition movement, the public school movement, the temperance movement, and the women's rights movement (NJ State Standard)
What were federal and state Indian policies? What strategies for survival were used by Native Americans? (National History Standards)
How did the factory system and transportation and market revolutions shape regional patterns of economic development?
How did antebellum immigration shape American society?
How and why did slavery grow after 1800? What were the various experiences of African Americans during this time?

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Political Cartoon in the news

Recently, a political cartoon from the New York Post has raised controversy.
Read about it, as well as view the cartoon here

Contest

Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy Essay Contest
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.leveld&did=150

2009 Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Topic & Writing Prompt

http://holocaust.hklaw.com/

Contest

Doodle 4 Google Contest
Info can be found here:
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html
If you are interested in participating, let me know and I will sign you up!

Political Cartoon 2/19/09

This is a little bit older (can't see the publication date in the corner), but is timely nonetheless.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Read pages 188-193. Answer the following:

Identify these terms:
· Eli Whitney
· Robert Fulton
· Clermont
· "Turnpike Era"

1. Explain the reasons for the initial American ambivalence toward British industrialism. What technological advances helped change this attitude?
2. What role did Eli Whitney play in America's Industrial Revolution? What impact did his inventions have on the South? on the North?
3. What effect did America's transportation system have on industrialization?
4. What were the characteristics of American population growth and expansion in the years between 1790 and 1800?

Rubric Info

Look at this rubric, which is a sample of what you should do. It also has a lot of value regarding what your powerpoints should entail (and more importantly, NOT entail).

General Power Point Rubric1

Publish at Scribd or explore others: wiki literacy

Here are the rubric generator websites:

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=NewRubric

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Current Events due date

Hi everyone,
I hope you're enjoying your long weekend.

Because of the snow day we had a few weeks ago, the current events due dates previously posted on the blog refer to B days rather than A days. So, we'll push all due dates back so they are due on class meeting days. So, instead of being due on February 18, your next set of CEs are due on February 19.

See you all on the 17th. :)