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Assignment #11: John Brown DBQ
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Assignment #10: Candidate Essay
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Do you support Senator Obama, Senator McCain, a 3rd Party Candidate or... none of the options above. Explain your reasoning in 500 words! PS - Sorry about the lateness of the forum post. I was caught in a swirling cloud of election night number crunching.
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Assignment #7: Modern Slavery
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Imagine yourself as a secret government agent sent undercover to learn about the possibility of slavery in the world today. You have been given unlimited time, funds and resources, including the most modern technology, to gather as much information as possible concerning this issue. Your task...
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Assignment #8: Discussion on Slavery
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OK. Let's talk. Now that you have learned about the economic dynamics, the political decisions, the social characteristics of racism, and the personal lives of slaves themselves, let's have a discussion on the issues involved. Feel free to introduce new topics if they are related to our centra...
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Assignment #6: Slavery and the Making of America
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Website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/ Group #1: Legal Rights and Government Assignment: 1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).3. Examine the YOU BE THE JUDGE link and arrive at a...
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Assignment #9: Chapter 9 & 10 Test Prep
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Listen... OK... now that you are listening... let's identify areas of weakness/review and then help each other go over the material... Start your engines! -- Edited by mre at 13:40, 2008-10-23
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Assignment #5: American Revolution Discussion
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OK. We're going to try to be both informative and persuasive here in this discussion thread. The class will be divided into five groups: 1) Revolution leaders, 2) Patriots, 3) common Americans, 4) Loyalists and 5) British leaders. As you can see, there are two very clear sides (Americans vs. Brit...
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Assignment #4: French and Indian War DBQ
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Feel free to use the forum here to 1) discuss what should and shouldn't go in your thesis (from the wiki page), 2) what documents you are going to use and how you are going to use them and 3) what specific outside evidence are you going to include in your essay. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Assignment #3: Historiography Discussion
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[Causation] How do we study why events and issues occurred in history?[Function] Why do we study history? How is history used in America & the world today?[Inference] How do we make judgments on the past from partial evidence?[Truth] How can we (objectively or subjectively) prove what we kno...
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Assignment #2: Doing History
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Source: http://dohistory.org/, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/midwife/index.html Background: Martha Ballard is a remarkable woman whose daily diary, once discovered and studied, became a fascinating window to the events and issues of her time. She was born in 1735 and died in 1812. In tha...
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