Let Freedom Ring, Baby: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence - Friday, October 10

After viewing the DVD on the American Revolution, consider the Declaration of Independence.

Use your research skills to search for background information concerning the Declaration and its history.

Use the site below and its links as a place to start.

http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/

What was the impact of this document? What do we learn about the leaders of this new country from their past and their experiences? What events led to the revolution in the first place?

Be prepared to discuss these on Tuesday.

Also... if time permits, read the Declaration itself and split it up amongst the class. Translate the first two paragraphs and the last three paragraphs of the document into modern language. What do you think the Declaration was really about? What was it meant to achieve?

http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm

Colonial Presentations - Thursday, October 9

Today we had students present their research on the American colonies. All were very good presentations. We will complete these when I return and I will also provide some notes for the blog and hence any content test that we might have down the road.

But for now, I have Badgers on the brain, so I will hold off until later.

:)

Yet More Work Time! Boy, am I Generous or What? - Wednesday, October 8

Today was your final day to work on your projects. We present on Thursday!

Colonial Presentation Work Period Tuesday, October 7

Today we worked on our colonial presentations.

Be ready to present Thursday!

Test Discussion, Debate Discussion and Colonial Era Presentation - Monday, October 6

Today we went over the Blog test, had a brief discussion concerning the vice presidential debate and set the timetable for beginning the colonial presentations.

You will have two work periods (Tuesday and Wednesday) before we begin presenting.