Key Questions:
What were the ideals set forth in the founding of our nation?
To what degree is America living up to those ideals?
Starter 9.18: CHECK THIS OUT!!!!! REACT!!!!
Brainstorm answers to any of the following questions
1. What do you remember about the American Revolution? What have you learned about it in your education?
2. What are some of the ideals upon which the Revolution was based?
3. Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
The Declaration of Independence
The Ideology of the Declaration of Independence
Discuss Declaration Packet. (TURN IT IN!)
What are the ideologies upon which our country is founded?
What bias did you see in each of the historian excerpts?
Four corners:
America is living up to the ideals set forth in our founding documents.
America’s historical hypocrisy undermines the philosophical basis for our democracy.
HARD COPIES OF "An Overview of Rhetoric" This is to be read over the course of the next week. It's a heavy one! Break it up over some days:)