US Constitution Lesson 1 March 31 & April 1 2014

Introduction & Overview
Background & Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• Read Ch 6, Section 1 and complete worksheet
• Study for Ch 6/Sec 1 Quiz 

Online Review & Practice Activities

Declaration of Independence fill-in Declaration of Independence http://www.quia.com/cz/468043.html https://www.constitutionfacts.com/?page=declarationQuiz.cfm   CSM Quiz And For Fun Tough Quiz The American Revolution Battleship American Revolution Review Questions (Challenge Board) http://www.quia.com/cb/835309.html  Also, in the next week create an iCivics student account.   Read and watch more at History.com 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence

History Fair 2014 Phase II

1) Fill out the Historian's Apprentice review worksheet (white). 

And freshen up on your primary and secondary sources by retaking the quiz.  Didn't get a good score?  Take it again.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz http://www.quia.com/quiz/4327394.html

2) Fill out the Phase II worksheet (green).  Still need topic ideas?  Click here. Need help with your thesis?  Try the Thesis Generator.  (Slow on chrome for some reason)

3) Find your sources and make you bibliography.  See below and the classroom presentation for ideas.

Doing Research/Finding Sources  

There's a great place to start (hosted by the high school)

Primary Sources – What are they?  How do you find them?  What do you do with them? http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#
National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored) http://www.archives.gov/research/
University of Chicago – Special Collectionshttp://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/
The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection) http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

Help with Annotated Bibliographies (like a Works Cited page)

Once you've found your sources and are ready for your bibliography, use this site:  http://www.bibme.org.

Use MLA format:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Examples here (use the left for navigation). 

Then annotate the sources with a brief one-sentence summary.  Examples are here.

Submitting Your Topic and Annotated Bibliography

You can submit hard copies or share them with me on google docs.  When turning these in,  don't forget to include your full name and block in the document title.

Here's the bibliography template.

Use the example on the back of the gold rubric or green thesis sheet as your example.

March On Washington, 1963

We will be reenacting the 1963 March on Washington.  Every group will be assigned a part of the march.  Before we can choose parts, you will need to read more about the march online and choose two or three parts of the march that you'd like to reenact with your group.  (See links below)

We’ll divide up the parts and each group will create a short video (between 6 and 16 seconds!) of their segment.  These are serous reenactments and must be respectful to the participants. Videos should have no student names or laughing. 

You may use a camera I have in class or you can film after school with your Smartphone.  You can use apps like Vine or Instagram, the native video app on your phone, or a camera that can shoot video.  You can always use apps to edit like these (choose the free ones), but it's not necessary.  

These are not to be posted online by you but rather emailed to me at school.  Emails with the videos as attachments must have your block and a topic!

• History Channel's March on Washington site
• Wikipedia's site
• Or simply Google March on Washington