CLASS SESSION EIGHT: Founding Documents - 1 week add one week of Presidential letters?

Lecture:

· Al8a.mp3 from AmerSess8a.WAV (2005-6)

· Al8b.mp3 from AmerSess8b.WAV (2005-6)

November 9

LECTURE: Finish From Puritan to Yankee lecture, with structured notes for students. Samples of student work: Theme Study and Char Study. How to prepare Theme Study and Char Study handouts, plus grading guidelines for both assignments.

READING:

· Syllabus pages 100 - 143 (Signing The Declaration letter, Hamilton, In Defense of The Constitution, Independence Timetable, War for Independence, Writing the Constitution, Constitution Vocabulary, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Appraisal of Washington letter, Jefferson’s rationalist Bible)

· Read Declaration

· Read Constitution

· Bring Emerson text next week

WRITING:

History of Declaration and Constitution (dates and events) due in two weeks, Session # 10

Grades 7/8 minimum 250 words (excludes quotes)

Grades 9/10 minimum 400 words (excludes quotes)

Grades 11/12 minimum 550 words (excludes quotes)