Tuesday, November 22, 2011

APUSH Assignment Sheet 11/22/11

For Tuesday, 11/29:
- Read p. 259-271 (skip p. 268-269) from Chapter 9, Jacksonian Democracy
- Take notes as you read! (Use Essentials Sheet)
-Read documents “A Letter to Countess de Tocqueville (1831)” by Alexis de Tocqueville, and “President Jackson on Indian Removal, 1830”
- Continue your work on “The Trial of Andrew Jackson”
- Complete Corrections for UNIT EXAM and Ch. 6 QUIZ.
 Corrections are to be done as follows:
1. Write out the question.
2. Write out ONLY the correct answer.
3. Give a 2-4 sentence explanation of the answer. For this, you should not be explaining why you got the question wrong. You should explain the background to the correct answer or explain the connection between the question and the correct answer.

For Thursday, 12/1:
- Complete The Impeachment of Andrew Jackson Web Quest from
http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/WebQuests/WQ-ImpeachJackson/WQ-ImpJackson-StudentMainPage.htm
- Be ready to make your argument and answer any challenges to your arguments! Remember, you will have a 4-minute presentation with 2 minutes of questioning from the opposition!
- Complete your “Position Outline”: a 2-3 page, double-spaced, typed paper of your argument, including quotes from appropriate primary sources, that you will use in your part of the group presentation of your position, pro or con, on the particular impeachment article to which you have been assigned.

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