Work on your HW for Tues.

DBQ due

Presentation on Antietam

1. Read the summary of Antonin Scalia’s speech

2. Read the article by Ronald Dworkin on the “Moral Reading of the Constitution.”

3. Outline the points in both articles. I’ve marked out key passages for you, since these articles are, admittedly, challenging concepts.

4. Write a one-two page (double-spaced, typed) response to the following question: Which approach do you think judges should use in interpreting the Constitution and why do you think so?  Support your argument with real life examples, Constitutional arguments, or history. Which article do you agree with more and why? Which arguments do you find most persuasive and why? You will be handing this in.

Presentation on Fredericksburg

Test 

1. Read p. 723 – 735

2. Questions 1 – 3

Presentation on Stones River

1. Read the handout on incorporation doctrine and take margin notes.  This is an extremely important topic and you might have to read it a couple of times to master it.  Do so.

2. Read p. 495 – 500 AND 508 – 511 (to “Crime and Due Process”)

3. Answer questions 1 – 4

1. Read p. 735 - 749

2. Read the handout on Women and the Depression

3. Answer questions 4 – 8

3. Brainstorm a list of everything you can think of relating to African-American history from 1880s to 1920s. Formulate a thesis statement in response to the question: To what extent did African Americans improve their economic, political, and social position in the period from the 1880s to the 1920s?

1. Read the handout on incorporation doctrine and take margin notes.  This is an extremely important topic and you might have to read it a couple of times to master it.  Do so.

2. Read p. 495 – 500 AND 508 – 511 (to “Crime and Due Process”)

3. Answer questions 1 – 4

Presentation on Chancellorsville

1. Read p. 546 – 567

2. Answer questions 10 – 17

3. Read the article on The Emancipation Proclamation by Allen Guelzo and make margin notes on the arguments he makes to defend Lincoln’s Proclamation.

1. Make flashcards on the cases we have gone over so far in this unit that have an asterisk by them.  Keep adding to your list.  On one side put the name of the case and the date.  On the other put a short summary of the facts involved and then describe the issues in question.  Indicate the decision and the implications of each decision.  Don’t make these on little scraps of paper, but use index cards or something sturdier than paper.  For the cases we haven’t discussed yet, you can prepare everything and leave space for the decision.

2. You should also start making flashcards for the important terms such as incorporation and preferential freedoms that have asterisks on the Study Guide.

3. Start researching which case you want to do for your paper. Check out the websites I gave you.

1. Read  p. 752 - 765

2. Answer questions 9 - 12

3. Fill in the New Deal programs chart through the Securities and Exchange Act

Review for the test

1. Read p. 500 – 508

2. Answer questions 5 and 6

1. Read p. 765 - 778

2. Answer questions 13 - 16

3. Finish the chart on programs

Test

1. Read the handout on Freedom of Speech and Press and make margin notes.  Be prepared to state where you stand on these issues.

2. Keep up with your flashcards

1. Read the historical sources evaluating the New Deal. 

2. Use all your notes and HW from this unit, the statistics I have given you, the readings plus the links on my website: to make a chart of the arguments praising and criticizing the New Deal.  You’ll be turning this in, so do it on a separate sheet of paper.

3. Be prepared for a discussion in class on this question: The New Deal was a Success.  It will be up to you to define success. 

1. Read p. 646 – 655 in the McPherson book

2. Answer the reading questions 1 – 6 on Gettysburg

Keep up with your flashcards

Read in Killer Angels, Monday, June 29 - Chapters 1 – 2; p. 3 – 32.  You should also read the Foreword on p. XV.

1. Read the handout on Due Process and make summarizing notes in the margin

2. Read p. 511 – 518

3. Answer question 7

1. Read p. 780 – 787

2. Read the speech by Charles Lindbergh

3. Answer question 1 - 5

Read in KA, Monday, June 29  – Chapter 4; p. 33 – 68

Get started on the HW for the Tuesday; there’s a lot of it

1. Read p. 787 - 794

2. Questions 6 - 10

Read in KA, The First Day – Chapter 1-3; p. 73 - 113

1. Read p. 521-537 AND 541 – 548 (skip p. 546-7)

2. Answer questions 1 – 9 from Chapter 19

1. Read p. 794 –799

2. Read the handouts on Japanese internment and note in the margins the arguments that were used in favor of the policy as well as the impact on the Japanese Americans who were interned

3. Answer question 11 - 12

Read in KA, The First Day – Chapters 4-7; p. 115 - 150

1. Short quiz on the cases we’ve discussed up to this point.

1. Read p. 799 – 810

2. Answer questions 13 – 14

3. Presidential Charts Due

Read in KA, The Second Day, Chapters 1 - 2; p. 155 – 180

1. Read p. 537 – 541, 546-7, AND 548 – 549

2. Read through the handouts on the Right to Privacy and Abortion and take margin notes about the key issues.

3. Answer questions 10 - 13

DBQ due

Read in KA, The Second Day – Chapter 3; p. 181 - 205

1. Topic due for your Supreme Court Case Paper – write the name of the case down on a piece of paper and summarize 2-3 arguments that you think you will be using to show why this case was decided improperly.  You will be turning this in.

2. Start studying for the test

1. Read the documents on dropping the atom bomb and be prepared to discuss whether Truman made the correct decision.

2. Answer question 15

1. Read in McPherson p. 655-666

2. Answer Gettysburg Questions 7 - 15

1. Finish all your flashcards for the cases and terms with asterisks in this unit.  Bring them to class to be checked.

2. Study for the test.

1. Read in KA, The Second Day – Chapter 4; p. 206 - 236

Test

1. Read p. 816 - 828

2. Answer questions 1-7

Read in KA, The Second Day – Chapter 5; p. 237 - 270

1. Read p. 829 – 835 and p. 839 - 842

2. Answer questions 8-12

Read in KA, July 3 –Chapters 1-2; p. 275 - 300

1. Read p. 835 – 839 and 842 - 845

2. Answer questions 12 - 15

Read in KA, July 3 – Chapters 3 - 4; p. 301 - 329

1. Read p. 848 – 855

2. Answer questions 1 – 3 (chapter 28)

Read in KA, July 3 – Chapters 5 - 6; p. 330 - 345

1. Read p. 855 – 862

2. Answer questions 4 - 6 for Chapter 28

3. Presidential Charts Due before school today.

Mark down four quotes from the book that you think are significant for the themes of the book or representative of a character.

Final Draft due

Test

1. Read p. 855 – 862

2. Answer questions 4 – 6

We will leave after 5^th period for the trip to Gettysburg.  You can bring your stuff to my room or ask some other nice teacher to let you store your things in their room

No HW!!

DBQ  Due

Test on the Fifties