Please answer the first 10 questions responding with your opinion, only, NOT what you think is legally allowed. Why is the very 1st amendment of the Constitution the First Amendment? Meaning, why place these rights in the topmost position?

If you miss class or any answers, please watch the film here.

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The in-class assessment:

Please read and annotate the first packet THEN read and annotate Captain Preston's testimony in the second packet below.

Please complete this worksheet using the slides below.

If you need to view the slides full-screen, check out the presentation below:

Can your notes "beat the Teach'?"

Due next class:

Pre-writing chart. Make a copy in Google docs here.

Essay prompt and rubric. Make a copy here.

The study guide is here. It will make a copy and then you can fill it out and print it.

You can access the film here. Or below:

Once you are done with the worksheet, click here to add to the NEW TRIER Primer.

The original:

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By the end of this unit you should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What were the important differences and similarities between the New England (MA, CT, RI) and Chesapeake Bay (VA, MD) colonies?
2. How did these two regions help shape American society today? 

Class notes 9.17.2021

>>Click here to contribute<<. Please stay on your own slide and feel free to create a new slide, if necessary. Be prepared to present your slide in class. DUE ???

Then please complete the second part of this assessment: the writing (see below).

Need to review the notes? Look below!

https://padlet.com/boloss/questions-about-9-11-u32g24w5tbvyhy50

Remember why asking questions is one of our classroom norms:

Please fill out this debriefing document. Feel free to use your interpretation of the "Letter to my Father" video to inform your responses.

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Here is a link to the study guide as a Google Doc.

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Last year I was able to meet Jess at a book-signing and share student interpretations with them. This year, I plan to connect again at a different photography event and share what you wrote.

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Various images and videos I found in his place. Click image below:

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Is America an empire? To help answer that unit question, we will analyze the following work of art:

The following source may help you in describing what life was like inside of Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP), also known as Parchman Farm.

And/or watch an 18-minute excerpt from American Experience: Freedom Riders by clicking the image below: