Best of Times Worst of Times

Please use this blog to post your GRAPES/PERSIA of the era that you and your partner worked on in class. Then discuss why this was the best of times or worst of times
this will be graded as a seminar
the more details the better for you and your classmates :)

Presidential Review

Its only natural for presidents to ask themselves when they step into the oval office "How will I stack up?"  Where will history rank me?" Do I deserve to be here with the likes of Washington & Jefferson?" In fact, LBJ constantly worried about what Eisenhower thought of him.  You will be answering those questions for the presidents themselves through your march madness project.  Remember this project will not only help you with the content of this course but the skill of evaluation. Use this blog to help your classmates review for the AP.  Attach all the information you found on your presidents.  This will be graded like a seminar :)

Progressive Era Study Guide

The Progressive movement (ca. 1900-1920) responded to an increasingly urban, corporate, and industrial American society, whose outlines alarmed the middle classes. In the view of reformers, political machines, ethnic enclaves, and social disorder threatened democracy and equality. Consequently, Progressives embarked on a drive to reform American life. Child labor laws, welfare benefits, factory inspections, restrictive immigration laws, Prohibition, trust-busting, and women's suffrage are just some examples of the contradictory yet historic reforms enacted by the Progressives. Historians view the American entry into the First World War as both the high point and the beginning of the end for the movement, but many Progressive impulses survived into the New Deal era. Help yourself & your classmates gain an even deeper understanding of the key aspects of this era by creating a study guide for your assigned topic.  (16 points)

Interactive Outline

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U3ynT2R9Nt2tnRZhLrNsNwULvFg79lX54DmVluGQYd8/edit?hl=en

Click on the link above in order to complete the outline we looked at in class.  If done thoroughly this should help you review content as well as essay writing skills. Please remember to sign your name. 

To impeach or not to impeach....

         Today in class you voted whether or not you thought that Jackson should be impeached.  Explain your reasoning. 

Make sure you:

§Articulate your point of view (5 points)

§Bring in specific examples that support your argument.  (bring in key terms, ideas…) Now you can make references to issues that you were not arguing in class.  (10 points)

§Make comments to the person who blogged before you/either agreeing and explaining why, or disagreeing and explaining why . (10 points)

How revolutionary was the American Revolution ?

Which philosophy did the new American government adopt & do you believe the early leaders chose wisely?

Thomas Jefferson: "a little rebellion every now and then is a good thing"
Sam Adams: "The man who dares rebel agaisnt the laws of a republic ought to suffer death"

Explain your answer using evidence from the reading & class today.  Be sure to reply to someone who already blogged and either support or refulte their claim.  This will count as your seminar grade. 

4 points for a thesis
4 points for evidence
4 points for accuracy
4 points for replying to another blogger
*if you were first go back on later and choose someone to reply to

Persons of Mean and Vile Condition, Zinn chapter 3

As we've discussed, historians must make choices when writing - why does Zinn choose this title for chapter 3?  Do you agree with him?  Why or why not? What is an alternate title for the chapter?