Snow Day

Please remember that your Jefferson test will be on TUESDAY. As a result of the testing schedule, we will have 40 minutes. The result will be that remaining presentations will be postponed to THURSDAY, and we *MIGHT* postpone the project related questions to Thursday as well (this will depend on how the planned test goes time wise). Please DO NOT anticipate preparation time at the beginning of the period, remember your pens!
See you then!

Reminders

Please remember to bring your textbook to class tomorrow (Thursday).

Also, please remember that we will wrap up any presentations before the test on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Rubrics

I do not have finalized rubrics from everyone. I have sent emails to those from whom I do not have a rubric; please make sure you check and also bring a hard copy to class tomorrow.

HW for 2/25/10

Remember that your Jeffersonian Era Projects are due on Tuesday, Feb 23.

For Thursday, your homework is to write a one to one and a half page position paper in response to our debate topic, Thomas Jefferson was a successful president. This paper should be typed, 12 point font, Calibri font, and no modifications to margins. Your name is sufficient for title. Your paper should be double spaced.

A position paper is your opinion, which is supported well using specific examples and facts. You can base your opinion on your research and the debate.

You may email this to me, but it must be received by the beginning of your class period on Thursday.

Upcoming Events

All due dates are pushed back a class, so everything originally scheduled for 2/11 becomes 2/17, and so forth. So, your projects are due on 2/23 and your test is on 3/1.

Reminder

Just a friendly reminder that all things originally due February 11 are due next class (Wednesday!)
See you then!

Project Quizzes--more info

Please don't forget to give me the correct answers to your quiz questions when you submit them!!

Rubric Info

Rubric to Save USI

Date change

Please change the due date for first drafts of your rubrics to Thursday, Feb 11. We will discuss the process and requirements for this assignment on Tuesday.

HW for 2/5/10

Please read pages 193-200 for Friday's class. Take reading notes.

HW for 2/3

Please read pages 181-193, and take reading notes. If you prefer, here are the questions,

1. Why was education "central to the Republican vision of America?"
2. What effect did Republican ideology have on education in the United States?
3. Explain the "cultural independence" that Jeffersonian Americans sought. What means of expression did this "independence" find?
4. What were the obstacles faced by Americans who aspired to create a more elevated national literary life? What efforts were made to overcome these obstacles?
5. What sort of works by American authors were most influential? Why?
6. How did the American Revolution affect traditional forms of religious practice? What challenges to religious traditionalism arose during this period?
7. What caused the Second Great Awakening?
8. Why were the Methodists, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians so successful on the frontier?
9. What was the "message" and the impact of the Second Great Awakening? What impact did it have on women? on African Americans? on Native Americans?
10. Explain the reasons for the initial American ambivalence toward British industrialism. What technological advances helped change this attitude?
11. What role did Eli Whitney play in America's Industrial Revolution? What impact did his inventions have on the South? on the North?
12. What effect did America's transportation system have on industrialization?
13. What were the characteristics of American population growth and expansion in the years between 1790 and 1800?