Starter: September
WORK TIME
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?
Speaking of founding philosophy, here is a dose of rhetoric from the Constitution:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Four corners:
- America is living up to the ideals set forth in our founding documents.
Free-write on your main take-aways from the discussion we have been having these last few days about America. Try to sum up the perspective you are holding that made you align yourself to the corner you chose.
HONORS: Montana 1948 Book Club tomorrow
Book Club Prep
Read and annotate in such a way that helps you prepare to discuss
Identify passages that you would like to bring into the discussion
Develop 5 seminar-style questions for our discussion (open-ended, elicit interpretation)