Syllabus |
Links Used in Class |
Primary Source Analysis Assignment Sheet |
Primary Source Analysis Worksheets |
| Date |
Topic |
Readings & Homework |
|
Monday
12 Mar 18
|
Introduction |
|
| Wednesday 14 Mar 18 |
Creating a new national identity |
Instructions for the Virginia Colony (1606) |
| Friday 16 Mar 18 |
Thanksgiving |
First Thanksgiving Proclamation All Thanksgiving Proclamations (Pick One) |
| Monday 19 Mar 18 |
The 4th of July | The Declaration of Independence George III on Independence (Handout) What is an American? |
| Wednesday 21 Mar 18 |
Pulaski Day | Alexander Hamilton to Count Casimir Pulaski (en Français) To Colonels of the Continental Light Dragoon Regiments Pulaski Grapeshot |
| Friday 23 Mar 18 |
Review Day |
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| Monday 26 Mar 18 |
Test #1 |
Study! |
| Wednesday 28 Mar 18 |
Lincoln’s Birthday | Photos of Abraham Lincoln |
| Friday 30 Mar 18 |
No class... | Happy Easter! |
| Monday 2 Apr 18 |
No class... | Happy Easter! |
| Wednesday 4 Apr 18 |
Lincoln’s Birthday | The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation |
| Friday 6 Apr 18 |
Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday) |
Assorted primary sources from Mount Vernon (Pick One) Executive Order 11582 |
| Monday 9 Apr 18 |
Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday) |
American Experience: The Presidents (Pick One) |
| Wednesday 11 Apr 18 |
Labor Day | Lithograph of the first Labor Day Parade in 1882 An Act Making Labor Day a legal holiday |
| Friday 13 Apr 18 |
Labor Day | Video of Labor Day Parade c. 1904 |
| Monday 16 Apr 18 |
Test #2 | Study! |
| Wednesday 18 Apr 18 |
Memorial Day | General Order No. 11 (1868) Proclamation 3727 – Prayer for Peace (1966) |
| Friday 20 Apr 18 |
Memorial Day | Articles from Chronicling America
(Pick One) |
| Monday 23 Apr 18 |
Veterans Day | Smithsonian page on Cher Ami Political cartoons about Armistice Day 1918-28 (Pick One) |
| Wednesday 25 Apr 18 |
Veterans Day | Proclamation 3071 (1954) |
| Friday 27 Apr 18 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | The King Center Digital Archive (Pick One) Proclamation 5431 (1986) |
| Monday 30 Apr 18 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Video of the "I Have a Dream" Speech |
| Wednesday 2 May 18 |
Review Day |
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| Friday 4 May 18 |
Final Exam @ 6:30 p.m. |
Study! |
