June 2

702 ONLY!!!!!

Create your own political cartoon on the Trail of Tears, the War of 1812, or the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Use 4 different symbols that represent 4 key concepts in one of these topics. Write a 1 paragraph background information piece at the bottom of your cartoon explaining each symbol and describing what the viewpoint is.

Think back to example in class:
Image of giant (labelled Manifest Destiny) rampaging a village of small and destructable huts. People are seen racing out of the homes. In the giant's hand is a single piece of torn paper with the word 'Treaty' on it.

Sample of written portion:
Manifest Destiny is the idea that the nation is fated to expand its territories. Usually that will involve pushing others aside. In this image, Manifest Destiny is portrayed by the invading giant. He is wild looking and extremely hostile which would describe a darker side of manifest destiny. The houses represent the vulnerable land that Manifest Destiny is overtaking. The houses are crumbling beneath the giant's feet and will be difficult to repair. The people running out the homes are trying to save themselves from the giant. They represent the many Native Americans that are being forcibly removed from the western land that American settlers are claiming...........

May 18

Seeing as how we are all sidelined this week from attending school, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get a headstart on our final assignment for the 7th grade. This project was intended to be a group assignment. For now, I will assign the independent portion to be completed instead.

Task: Your task is to research the life and times of a famous individual from topics such as the New Nation, War of 1812, the Mexican American War, or the Civil War. Find out who you’ve been assigned below. You are to create a scripted interview consisting of at least 10 meaningful questions and responses to each. These questions must inquire about the historical person’s contributions to American history along with his/her views on the conflict that is going on. In addition, the interview will include important information that gives us insight into the time period that the historical figure was a part of. The’mock interview’ can take place in the past or it can take place in the present day (Through time travel or the historical figure is a ghost). Please use creativity and humor as to engage your audience. In my example, I added a few funny questions (which should not be factored into the 10 meaningful questions). One response to a question can also lead into other questions as well. This interview WILL BE presented to the class.\

Types of questions to ask: 'How do you feel about......" "Why did you........" "In what way........"


Use the week away from school to work on this assignment now!!! I know we have not covered many of the topics mentioned but you do have the internet and public library at your disposal. I have included links that will help you with your research along with the start of a sample interview. Do not hesitate in looking at other places for research but be wary of how accurate these websites are. Use your best judgement. E-mail me with any questions you have and I will help you in any way I can. The rubric is the same general assignment rubric we’ve been using. THIS ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE BY MONDAY 5/25. E-mail it to me at ms.fong@live.com.


702:

A New Nation/Manifest Destiny

Meriwether Lewis James Brady
York (Clark’s Servant) Glenn Chun
Sacagawea Rita Cinquemani, Siera Otero
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/onthetrail/about.asp

The War of 1812 (war between U.S. and Great Britain
President James Madison Michele Faila
Dolley Madison - Brianna Paolotti
Francis Scott Key (wrote Star Spangled Banner) Vincent Ganpat
Tecumseh (Pawnee chief who sided with British) Alec Goldenberg

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/warof1812.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/warof1812/terms.html

Native Americans/Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson Michael Giambrone, Amanda Reed
Chief John Ross Kristen J, Thomas Muller

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/tears_1
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/two/trailtears.htm

http://www.trailoftears.org/



The Mexican-American War
Davy Crockett John, Zachary Rippe
Sam Houston Zachary Moran
Juan Almonte – Mexican general Woo Young
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html

The Gold Rush
James W. Marshall (discovered gold in California) Robert, Dean
President Polk Brais Sampedro

http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
http://www.calgoldrush.com/

Slavery and the The Civil War
Frederick Douglass Alexander Mildener
Harriet Tubman Vicki Malagras, Samantha Puzzo
Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) Hannah Lee , Ariana M.
President Abraham Lincoln Danny Mirbach
Mary Todd Lincoln April Tsang, Crystal Radice
General Ulysses S. Grant Eilina Shien
General Robert E. Lee Michelle, Alex Ruiz
‘Stonewall’ Jackson Nikitas
General Robert Sherman Peggy Wu

https://www.nyhistory.org/web/grantandlee/
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/



731

A New Nation/Manifest Destiny

Meriwether Lewis - George Bang
York (Clark’s Servant) - Timmy Betances
Sacagawea - Lauren J., Jody Yip

http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/onthetrail/about.asp

The War of 1812 (war between U.S. and Great Britain
President James Madison - Alejandro Chavez
Dolley Madison - Stephanie
Francis Scott Key (wrote Star Spangled Banner) John Devito
Tecumseh (Pawnee chief who sided with British) Michael Hinners

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/warof1812.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/warof1812/terms.html

Native Americans/Trail of Tears

President Andrew Jackson - Alan Hum
Chief John Ross - Kevin James

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/tears_1
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/two/trailtears.htm
http://www.trailoftears.org/



The Mexican-American War
Davy Crockett - David Kim
Sam Houston - Patrick Lee
Juan Almonte – Mexican general - Seung Jae Lee

http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html

The Gold Rush
James W. Marshall (discovered gold in California) - Wilson Lee
President Polk - Alyssa Moreno
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
http://www.calgoldrush.com/

Slavery and the The Civil War
Frederick Douglass - Shengda Lin
Harriet Tubman - Teordora M, Adriana Rivera
Mary Todd Lincoln - Somin Lim
Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) - Amy Montero
President Abraham Lincoln - Hasseb Mirza
General Ulysses S. Grant - Crystal Z., Alyssa Pascalli
General Robert E. Lee – Lauren S.
‘Stonewall’ Jackson - Sebastian Nam
General Robert Sherman - Sal. P

https://www.nyhistory.org/web/grantandlee/
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/



Sample: (Note: This is the start of how your interview should look like. Yours will be much longer with 10 meaniful questions with responses)

Topic: The New Nation/ James Madison on the Constitution

JM (James Madison): (Quickly looking around WJPS classroom in an extremely frightened manner) Where am I? Who has brought me here?

Reporter: It’s OK, Mr. Former President. I brought you to the year 2009 in order to ask you some questions. I want to know more about how you came up with the many ideas instilled within the U.S Constitution.

JM: Egads! The year 2009? And my precious Constitution is still around? Glory to the high heavens, it really did work after all! Alright, my good sir, I will answer your questions. However, you must whisk me back to 1789 when this is over. My dear wife Dolley will be serving dinner shortly.

Reporter: Mr. Madison, news has it that a second Constitution had to be written. Is this correct?

JM: Yes, it is absolutely correct.

Reporter: May I ask why?

JM: It is quite simple. We need to restructure both the federal and state governments so that Americans can have faith in it. Right now, the federal part is much too weak. There needs to be some sort of balance otherwise, the whole system will collapse.

Reporter: I see your point. I also want to bring up the fact that you are favoring a 3 branch system. Why three branches? Why not just one?

JM: Again, this goes back to what I was talking about before. People need to trust our government. Can we trust a government with merely one person in charge? Perhaps. But what will happen when that person leaves office? People aren’t perfect and somewhere down the line, there will be someone in charge who will be unfair and corrupt to our nation. if With a three branch system, you almost eliminate the fact that one branch will dominate. They’re all equal and each branch has the power to check on the other branches.

Reporter: How did you get all the representatives and delegates at the Constitutional Convention to be on board with this? I'm pretty sure there were many who opposed your ideas..

JM: Excellent question! I wrote a document called The Federalist Papers which convinced the states to support the new Constitution. I also included something called a Bill of Rights so that individuals would know their rights are..well, their rights and can never be taken away. We also committed ourselves to all sorts of compromises at the Constitutional Conevntion.....

TEST REVIEW FOR FRIDAY MAY 1

Quiz Review: Constitution

Topics to study: Articles of Confederation, Shay’s Rebellion, checks and balances, Judicial, Executive, Legislative Branches (Powers of each), Senate, House of Representatives, 3/5th Compromise, Bill of Rights, Amendments, Federalism

Test will have 15 multiple choice questions, 5 identifications (STUDY THE WWII readings and notes)

Review Questions

1) One similarity between the New York State Constitution and the United States Constitution is that each contains a provision allowing for a) a declaration of war b)a taxation on citizens d) an establishment of post offices d)coining money

2) Some citizens held a public meeting to discuss concerns about their local government. In taking this action they exercised their right to ?
a) bear arms b) a jury trial c) freedom of assembly d) an attorney

3)Debates at the Constitutional Convention (1787) between delegates from states with large populations and states with small populations were mainly resolved by
A) creating a two house legislature b) establishing federal control over interstate commerce c) permitting states to count Native Americans in their population d) providing for an electoral college

4) To win support for ratification of the United States Constitution, Federalists agreed to
a) give up western land claims b) restrict the importation of slaves c) add a bill of rights to the document d) grant voting rights to all adult males

5) Which part of the federal government is most directly affected by the results of the federal census?
a) House of Representatives b) Supreme Court c) President’s cabinet d) United States Senate

6) Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 wrote a new constitution because
a) the Revolutionary War was over b) the Articles of Confederation was about to expire c) they wanted to increase the power of the states d) they believed that a stronger federal government was necessary

7) Many settlers of the original thirteen colonies had experienced religious discrimination in Europe. This situation influenced the authors of the United States Constitution to establish
a) Separation of church and state b) the right to bear arms c) freedom to petition the government d) freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

8) * The President appoints new members to the Supreme Court * The Senate must approve presidential appointments
to the Supreme Court * The Supreme Court can declare laws made by Congress unconstitutional

Which constitutional principle do these statements illustrate? A) flexibility B) federalism c) checks and balances d) federal supremacy

IDENTIFICATIONS Identify what each term is and explain its historical significance to American history and the U.S. Constitution


Articles of Confederation



Powers of the Executive Branch



3/5th Compromise


Bill of Rights

April 26

TEST THIS FRIDAY!!! On Articles of Confederation, Shay’s Rebellion, checks and balances, Judicial, Executive, Legislative Branches (Powers of each), Senate, House of Representatives, 3/5th Compromise, Bill of Rights, Amendments, Federalism

Test will have 15 multiple choice questions, 5 identifications, and 1 DBQ part. See below for notes posted from class. Review sheet will be posted lated today.

NOTES
Federalism is a system in which the power to govern is shared between national and central (state) governments


Powers of Federal Government
-To regulate foreign trade and commerce betw, states
-Borrow coin money
-Post offices, roads
-Raise and support armed forces
-Conduct foreign relations
-Declare war and make peace
-Govern territories and admit new states
-Regulate immigration


Powers of State Governments
-To regulate trade within state
-Establish local government
-Conduct elections
-Establish public schools
-License professional worker
-Ratify amendments
-Keep all reserved powers not granted to the national government


TOGETHER
-Collect taxes
-Borrow money
-Establish and maintain courts
-Make and enforce laws
-Provide for health and welfare of people

BOTH GOVERNMENTS CANNOT

-abridge the Bill of Rights
-Grant titles of nobility

April 6

Due Wednesday. Pretend that you are James Madison, the father of the Constitution. You have just written a publication entitled the Federalist Papers in order to get states and Americans to approve and ratify the Constitution. Create an advertisement in order persuade everyone to support the Constitution. Consider the process of Checks and Balances and how no branch amongst the three is more powerful than the other. Explain about the Bill of Rights. You can do this in the form of a cartoon, comic, or a persuasive essay.

See below:
Image of a man holding newspaper with the headline, CONSTITUTION TODAY

Within the newspaper is this blurb:

Are you afraid of a tyrant that will make you pay expensive taxes? Worried that the federal government is too weak to squash rebellions from unruly citizens like Daniel Shay? Angry that the Articles of Confederation would not be strong enough?
Fear not! The NEW U.S. Constitution is what we need. Here is why
a) THREE Branches of government (Judicial, Executive, and Legislative) and NOT ONE branch. They are all equal and 'check' each other. Therefore, if we happen to have a tyrant as a leader, the other Branches will impeach him. WE also vote for who will be in 2 of the branches.
b) We have a Bill of Rights!! Our rights of liberty are guaranteed to us as well as other rights that are mentioned (right to a trial, jury of peers, right to bear arms, etc)....

April 3

EXTRA CREDIT PROJECT 4 extra Points if sone correctly (refer to rubric) Due on April 28. Samples will be posted shortly.

Immigrant Short Stories
Immigration to the United States has deeply impacted society in many ways. Since the 1800s, millions of families and individuals from overseas (mainly Europe and later on Asia) have flooded major cities for many different reasons. Some were escaping discrimination and religious persecution. Others were following dreams of American wealth and sought new lives filled with economic opportunities. Whatever the cause, their presence and actions within their new country ultimately transformed the nation.



Task
For this particular assignment, you will be focusing on individual immigrant stories that are connected to you. Ask your family members, what are some immigrant stories from your background? This can be about your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, family friends, or even you. Collect a few photographs for your cover (You do not have to bring in original photos which I consider to be priceless, especially if they’ve been passed down a few generations. SCAN or COPY them instead). Underneath each picture write a brief one sentence caption explaining details in the image. Where was this taken? Why? Who is in the picture? Think back to the example showed in class. You should have about 3 photographs total and they should be connected or chronological (i.e., photo of your grandfather before he left Italy and photo of him at his workplace after his arrival in 1955). You can use current photos today if they connect to an older photo you have (i.e., your grandfather from Italy in his new apartment, 2007) Please do not use photos that do not tie in with immigration (i.e., picture of your shopping spree with your friends)

For the written portion of this assignment, you must write 3 short stories in first person narrative (One for each picture you have chosen). Each story should explain what is going on in the picture. You must include elements of immigration discussed in class, such as the reasons for coming here, the hardships faced after arrival, and what sacrifices were made in order to survive. Everyone is going to have a different story, so do not feel as if it has to be ‘perfect.’ Each story should be a page and a half typed (2-3 pages written). You can include more than 3 pictures if you like but limit your three stories to just three pictures in order to avoid confusion.

March 30

731: See entry for previous day

702: Finish rap/poem on sheet of paper
Find out who is on President Obama’s cabinet. Pick 2 people to write about. Why do you think he choise these two to be members of his cabinet? What qualifications did they have?

(Vice President, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Environment, Surgeon General, etc)