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Lesson 2 w/ Exercises
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Seventh Grade Discovery Essays
Here are a few ideas that we have considered or that you may want to consider before finalizing (or starting) the final draft of your essay. Some will work as thesis statements, others as transitions in your body paragraphs. Others you may choose to ignore completely. Be sure to look at the new documents I posted on Edline as well.
Question
Agree or disagree with the following: Once Columbus set sail on his voyage of discovery, the conquest of the Americas by the European powers and the supremacy of European culture became inevitable.
The supremacy of European technology and military skill, two fundamental elements in any conquest, are undeniable.
The question implies that European culture is objectively better than that of the Native Americans.
Columbus’s and the European conquest was enabled by the incredible geographic luck of the Europeans.
It is unfair and unproductive to judge historical figures by modern ethical standards.
The European military domination was impossible without the diseases that first wiped out native populations.
When judging the actions of historical figures, it is necessary to consider the intent of their actions and not only the consequences.
In many ways, the supremacy of European civilization is doubtful.
The Europeans succeeded only because they were more ruthless and inhumane than the Native American cultures they overcame.
Europeans adapted to Native American cultures even as they wiped those cultures from the map. (me gusta el chocolate)
What do we mean when we say “conquered”? What do we mean when we say “supremacy”?
Question
Agree or disagree with the following: Once Columbus set sail on his voyage of discovery, the conquest of the Americas by the European powers and the supremacy of European culture became inevitable.
The supremacy of European technology and military skill, two fundamental elements in any conquest, are undeniable.
The question implies that European culture is objectively better than that of the Native Americans.
Columbus’s and the European conquest was enabled by the incredible geographic luck of the Europeans.
It is unfair and unproductive to judge historical figures by modern ethical standards.
The European military domination was impossible without the diseases that first wiped out native populations.
When judging the actions of historical figures, it is necessary to consider the intent of their actions and not only the consequences.
In many ways, the supremacy of European civilization is doubtful.
The Europeans succeeded only because they were more ruthless and inhumane than the Native American cultures they overcame.
Europeans adapted to Native American cultures even as they wiped those cultures from the map. (me gusta el chocolate)
What do we mean when we say “conquered”? What do we mean when we say “supremacy”?
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Reconstruction Essays
Post one quotation from your Reconstruction document in the comments. Suggest how the quotation might be useful in your essay.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Angelina
People arrive in the Americas
1. Earliest Americans- hunters and settled down after developing farming
2. Asian hunters followed the food into Americas
3. The settlers were hunter gatherers
4. When the ice age ended the started hunting fish and small animals
5. The hunting range grew smaller and they made shelters so the food would last longer
6. Moved south
Vocabulary
1. Bering strait- land bridge
2. Hunter gatherers- hunt meat gather berries and other things
Gianna
1.First Farmers
• 9,000 yrs. Ago first American Farmers
• Mexicans grew maize-first corn
• Practice of growing maize spread to Central and South America
• America farmers also grew beans and squash
2. Examining the Evidence
• Searching for remains tells archeologists how people lived
A.- Carved bone at Old Crow River
-Scientists Harrington searched the Loucheau village in Canada with help of Loucheau Peter Lord
-Found carved bine along Old Crow River
-Bone 27,000 yrs. old
B.- The Native Americans
-Descendants of Asian Hunters
-Culture- A total way of life people follow
-2 major: Native American Mound Builders and Anasazi
C. Stone Spearheads found
-Found in Clovis
- New Mexico showed Native Americans
-11,000 yrs. old
The Mound Builders
Jake
1. Settled Midwest/Southeast (2700 years ago)
2. Name-after mounds they built
3. Different shapes and sizes
Mystery of Mounds
1. Artifacts in mounds
2. Mound-for religious purposes
The Adena
1. Mound builders
2. West Virginia and Ohio
3. Culture flourished 2700-1800 years ago
4. Hunter-gathers, some crops
5. Permanent homes
The Hopewell
1. Mound builders
2. All southeast America
3. At high point 2100-1500 years ago
4. Traded
Mississippian Culture
1. Most advanced mound builders
2. Farmers, traders (near rivers)
3. 1500 A.D.- disappeared
Julia--- September 7th History notes
Cliff Dwellers
-cliff dwellers, groups of native Americans
-built houses on walls of csnyons and under overhang of caves
-cliff dweller group was Anasazi
lived in present day Arizona, Colorado and Utah 100-1300
Anasazi Pueblos
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-Anasazi built homes the Spanish called pueblos or villages
-pueblos were made of stone, timber, and adobe brick
-adobe bricks were made of earth and straw
-pueblos made up of apartment homes stacked on each other
-some were 4-5 stories high
-first built in canyon walls, then on sides of cliffs
-farmers climbed cliffs to tend for their farms.
-grew corn,squash, beans, tobacco and cotton
-turkeys were raised
-made pottery and made jewelry of stone, shell and metal
-Anasazi traded with people in Mexico
-left clifts in 1300
-said to leave because of drought or invaders
Friday, September 7, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
7th Grade Whigs vs Democratic Republican Essay
Here are some quotations that you and your classmates have found useful.
I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by it's spirit, inconsistent with every principal on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." Andrew Jackson. From Hippocampus- Tariff of 1832 and Clay's Compromise
"Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundation of our Union." Andrew Jackson. From Hippocampus- The Bank
"The proposed bank is to consist of an association of persons, for the purpose of creating a joint capital, to be employed chiefly and essentially in loans. So far, the objects is not only lawful, but it is the mere exercise of a right which the law allows to every individual." Alexander Hamilton. From Hippocampus- The Bank
"...to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and saftey"- president monroe's seventh annual message to congress december 2nd 1823 - the monroe doctrine
"...Experiance has taught me nothing can be more heart-rending then for one to see a dear beloved mother or sister tortured and to hear their cries and not be able to render them assistance..." -william wells brown - 1847 - condition of slaves
"...may we always remember that it can only be preserved by distributing eaqually the benefits and the burdens of the union" - jeffersons birthday banquet - april 13th - 1830 - south carolina
"Let the people rule!"
"Our union-It must be preserved!"
"The history of all have been the same, injustice, violence and anarchy, suceed by the government one by one... from...despotism of the majority." - South Carolina Exposition
" Our Union...can only be preserved by distributing equally the benifits and the burrdens of the union" - John C. Calhoun at Jefferson's birthday party
" I consider... to annul a law of the United States... incompatible with the existence of the Union." - Andrew Jackson, Nullification Proclamation, Dec 10,1832
"... Will there not be cause to tremble for the purity of our elections in peace, and for the independence in of our country in war? Their power would be great whenever they might chose to evert it." - Andrew Jackson, why he wanted US bank closed, July 10, 1832
We are unaminously of opinion,that the law passed by the legislature of Maryland, imposing imposing a tax on the Bank, is unconstitutional and void. -John Marshall, John Marshall
"No government based on the naked principle, that the majority ought to govern, however true in the maxim proper sense and under proper regulations, ever preserved its liberty,even for a single generation..."
"Is there no danger to our liberty and independence in a bank that in its nature has so little to bind it to our country?..."
pg. 424 of the history textbook, When Clay is charged with the "corrupt bargain" one of Jackson's supporters said "(Clay) shines and stinks like a rotten mackerel by moonlight," declared by John Randolph of Virginia.
2. pg. 425 of the history textbook, After Daniel Webster learns of Jackson's election he says " My opinion is that when he comes (to office) he will bring a breeze with him. Which way it will blow, I cannot tell... My fear is stronger than my hope."
3. pg. 426 of the history textbook, At Jackson's inaugural party an onlooker says "Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses, and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe... Ladies and gentlemen had only been accepted at this Levee (reception)... But it was the People's day, and the People's President, and the People would rule."
I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by it's spirit, inconsistent with every principal on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." Andrew Jackson. From Hippocampus- Tariff of 1832 and Clay's Compromise
"Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundation of our Union." Andrew Jackson. From Hippocampus- The Bank
"The proposed bank is to consist of an association of persons, for the purpose of creating a joint capital, to be employed chiefly and essentially in loans. So far, the objects is not only lawful, but it is the mere exercise of a right which the law allows to every individual." Alexander Hamilton. From Hippocampus- The Bank
"Though the field was some distance from the house, I could hear every crack of the whip and every groan and cry from my poor mother." Hippocampus- Condition of Slaves
"Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses,and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe."-Bad choice to through inaugural party
"My opinion is that when he comes he will bring a breeze with him. Which way it will blow, I can not tell...my fear is stronger than my hope."-Webster responding to Jackson coming into office."
"I do not care about clamors...I do precisely what i think is just and right."-Jackson addressing congress
"...to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and saftey"- president monroe's seventh annual message to congress december 2nd 1823 - the monroe doctrine
"...Experiance has taught me nothing can be more heart-rending then for one to see a dear beloved mother or sister tortured and to hear their cries and not be able to render them assistance..." -william wells brown - 1847 - condition of slaves
"...may we always remember that it can only be preserved by distributing eaqually the benefits and the burdens of the union" - jeffersons birthday banquet - april 13th - 1830 - south carolina
"Let the people rule!"
"Our union-It must be preserved!"
"The history of all have been the same, injustice, violence and anarchy, suceed by the government one by one... from...despotism of the majority." - South Carolina Exposition
" Our Union...can only be preserved by distributing equally the benifits and the burrdens of the union" - John C. Calhoun at Jefferson's birthday party
" I consider... to annul a law of the United States... incompatible with the existence of the Union." - Andrew Jackson, Nullification Proclamation, Dec 10,1832
"... Will there not be cause to tremble for the purity of our elections in peace, and for the independence in of our country in war? Their power would be great whenever they might chose to evert it." - Andrew Jackson, why he wanted US bank closed, July 10, 1832
We are unaminously of opinion,that the law passed by the legislature of Maryland, imposing imposing a tax on the Bank, is unconstitutional and void. -John Marshall, John Marshall
"No government based on the naked principle, that the majority ought to govern, however true in the maxim proper sense and under proper regulations, ever preserved its liberty,even for a single generation..."
"Is there no danger to our liberty and independence in a bank that in its nature has so little to bind it to our country?..."
pg. 424 of the history textbook, When Clay is charged with the "corrupt bargain" one of Jackson's supporters said "(Clay) shines and stinks like a rotten mackerel by moonlight," declared by John Randolph of Virginia.
2. pg. 425 of the history textbook, After Daniel Webster learns of Jackson's election he says " My opinion is that when he comes (to office) he will bring a breeze with him. Which way it will blow, I cannot tell... My fear is stronger than my hope."
3. pg. 426 of the history textbook, At Jackson's inaugural party an onlooker says "Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses, and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe... Ladies and gentlemen had only been accepted at this Levee (reception)... But it was the People's day, and the People's President, and the People would rule."
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