Our focus next week will be on the following topic:
"Resolved: American slavery is an oxymoron."
Your homework for Tuesday is to prepare to discuss this topic as one of the following individuals: Thomas Jefferson, Venture Smith, George Washington, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Banneker, Lord Dunmore, and Phillis Wheatley.
Your number (assigned in class) will identify which person you are responsible for researching. Your homework is to click on the link associated with that person's name and read the primary source (or information provided) for December 9... in some cases, you will have to click on the picture to the left to access the primary source information.
Group 1--Thomas Jefferson
Group 2--Venture Smith
Group 3--George Washington
Group 4--Abigail Adams
Group 5--Benjamin Banneker
Group 6--Lord Dunmore
Group 7--Phillis Wheatley
Showing posts with label D of I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label D of I. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Locke v Jefferson Ppts
Period 1/2
Period 7/8
**FYI, ScribD is not allowing me to upload all these powerpoints, because they have cited copyright infringement. This is not, I am pretty sure, because of anything other than similar documents were submitted. I have written to them explaining the situation, but have not yet received a response, but for now, you can access the powerpoint created by Period 7/8. It will have almost the exact same information as your class's. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to see me.**
Period 7/8
**FYI, ScribD is not allowing me to upload all these powerpoints, because they have cited copyright infringement. This is not, I am pretty sure, because of anything other than similar documents were submitted. I have written to them explaining the situation, but have not yet received a response, but for now, you can access the powerpoint created by Period 7/8. It will have almost the exact same information as your class's. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to see me.**
Close Reading of the D of I
**THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK!! It will be a class activity**
Look at this website: http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/congress.htm
It presents to you Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence as submitted to the Second Continental Congress (and seen debated in 1776).
Your job is to identify the reasons behind each change. Generally, they will fall into one of two groups (although some will fall into both): grammatical or political.
Make a chart in which you write down the change (you can write the first three or four words then the last three or four words, with an ellipsis in between), and then identify the reasons for the change.
In this task, you will be closely reading the Declaration of Independence as well as identifying the reasons they made the changes they did. Think carefully about the Age of Enlightenment, and what affect the ideas and ideals of that time would impact the words and changes.
Look at this website: http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/congress.htm
It presents to you Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence as submitted to the Second Continental Congress (and seen debated in 1776).
Your job is to identify the reasons behind each change. Generally, they will fall into one of two groups (although some will fall into both): grammatical or political.
Make a chart in which you write down the change (you can write the first three or four words then the last three or four words, with an ellipsis in between), and then identify the reasons for the change.
In this task, you will be closely reading the Declaration of Independence as well as identifying the reasons they made the changes they did. Think carefully about the Age of Enlightenment, and what affect the ideas and ideals of that time would impact the words and changes.
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