Democratizing Twentieth Century Homework - Due Monday, Nov 25

Finish Margaret Sanger essay, annotate and take notes

Politics and Government Homework - Due Monday Nov 25

Read Vidal Chap 6 and take notes

Rubric
4 - clearly shows connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses John Adams, Abagail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and the role of the president's cabinet; discusses foreign policy divisions, the characters' attitudes about France and Napoleon, the characters' attitudes about each other, checks and balances, The XYZ Affair and the VA and KY Resolutions
- discusses Vidal's views on democracy and the Constitution
- discusses key/important events
- clearly demonstrates understanding of all the text's central ideas
- provides evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are neat and well organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence

3 - shows some connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses John Adams, Abagail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and the role of the president's cabinet; discusses foreign policy divisions, the characters' attitudes about France and Napoleon, the characters' attitudes about each other, checks and balances, The XYZ Affair and the VA and KY Resolutions
- discusses Vidal's views on democracy and the Constitution
- discusses key/important events
- demonstrates understanding of most of the text's central ideas
- provides evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are neat and well organized; contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence

2 - shows few connections to Essential Question: Did the Constitution's framers intend to create a revolutionary and democratic government?
- discusses John Adams, Abagail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and the role of the president's cabinet; discusses foreign policy divisions, the characters' attitudes about France and Napoleon, the characters' attitudes about each other, checks and balances, The XYZ Affair and the VA and KY Resolutions
- does not discuss Vidal's views on democracy and the Constitution
- does not discuss key/important events
- clearly demonstrates understanding of all the text's central ideas
- provides little evidence/quotes to support your claims/arguments; evidence includes numeric data, relevant people and events
- notes are fairly sloppy and and unorganized; notes do not contain headings that show general ideas; contain bullets, numbers, letters or other symbols to distinguish supporting ideas and evidence

1 - -____-

Politics and Government - Rubric for Tomorrow's Group Presentations

Democratizing Twentieth Century Homework - Due - Monday, Nov 19

In our next unit we will continue to explore the growth democracy and equality for women during the early Twentieth Century through an exploration of the movement for birth control.

1) Is access to contraception a basic human right?  Why or why not?  Explain in at least a page of writing.  

2) Read and take notes: Margaret Sanger's Obscenity (2006, NYT) 

Politics and Government Homework - Due - Mon Nov 18th

Finish Chap 5 in Vidal and take notes.

Analyze the excerpts from Washington's farewell address.  Your analysis should include:

a) Central ideas

• What does the authors want you to know, think, and believe?
• What's the main idea? 
• Who is the intended audience?  How can you tell? 

b) Evidence

• What are some direct lines and words that you feel best illustrate the central ideas?  Why?

c) Connections

• What events may have impacted the author?
• How is this a reflection of the historical time period?
• How does this help you answer the EQ?

d) What shocked, impressed, or inspired you about this document? Why? 

Politics and Government Homework - Due Wed, Nov 13

Read Vidal Chap 5 pgs 99-122

Please do the following:

• Take detailed notes that are angled toward the essential question
• Create character webs for the people you consider to be the three major characters in the chapter
• Create a timeline 

Democratizing Twentieth Century - Sample Introduction

Politics and Government Homework - Due Wednesday, Nov 6

Make sure body paragraphs for at least two arguments for your essay.   

Politics and Government Homework - Due Nov 6

Real Vidal pgs 99-109 and take notes.  Notes will be graded for credit.

Politics and Government Homework America Homework - Due Monday, Nov 4

a) Finish reading chapter 4 in Vidal and take notes.  

1 - Discuss Washington's first interaction with the Senate.  How does it illustrate the concept of checks and balances?

2 - How does Jefferson feel about the Secretary of State position?

3 - Discuss the role of slavery in Jefferson's life.

4 - Discuss Maclay's characterization of Jefferson.

5 - Discuss Hamilton's financial plan regarding the debt and Madison's counter proposal.  Can it be argued that Madison's counter proposal was more democratic? Explain.  Please consider the meaning of "at par" as you reread this section(pg 78-79).

6 - How do the different foreign policy positions illustrate the characters' feelings about democracy?

b) Vocab: define each, list part of speech, use in a sentence 

1 - polemicist 
2 - ardor
3 - declamatory 
4 - obstinate
5 - aversion
6 - pretension
7 - ardent
8 - indolent
9 - pious 
10 - epitaph
11 - belligerent
12 - feckless
13 - 

Democratizing Twentieth Century America Homework - Due Mon, Nov 4

Select one of your arguments and construct ALL body paragraphs for the argument.