Day 4 History:
The class blog www.bloger.com/home?pli=1 will have the Bill of Rights listed. Each student will visit this blog during class and pick their favorite right, and write a paragraph explaining why. This will be graded for English class on how well written as well as the content it is and for participation points for history class.
English: begin with a discussion of the Thomas Paine reading assignment. Who was Paines intended audience? Did his writing contribute to the events that led to the American Revolution? Compare Paine's delivery and style to that of a persuasive speaker? What are the similarities?
Use this video to build on Thomas Jefferson discussion of Civil Rights from Day 3. Give students some biographical information about Frederick Douglas. Reference his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of An American Slave and discuss his importance as a voice for racial equality.
Read Douglas's "What to the Slave is the fourth of July?" aloud to the class. Compare his oration style to that of Thomas Paine. What are the qualities an effective orator has? Open the discussion to free responses from students about what they think about the reading. What feelings does Douglas invoke?
Assignment for Friday: Hand back constitution assignments from Day 1 of the unit. Instruct groups to review the suggestions made by classmates and try and incorporate their ideas into the document. Final Drafts will be due tomorrow.
History:
The class blog www.bloger.com/home?pli=1 will have the Bill of Rights listed. Each student will visit this blog during class and pick their favorite right, and write a paragraph explaining why. This will be graded for English class on how well written as well as the content it is and for participation points for history class.
English: begin with a discussion of the Thomas Paine reading assignment. Who was Paines intended audience? Did his writing contribute to the events that led to the American Revolution? Compare Paine's delivery and style to that of a persuasive speaker? What are the similarities?
After this discussion is finished introduce Frederick Douglass with a video from teacher tube about the Underground Railroad
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=19374&title=Underground_Railroad
Use this video to build on Thomas Jefferson discussion of Civil Rights from Day 3. Give students some biographical information about Frederick Douglas. Reference his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of An American Slave and discuss his importance as a voice for racial equality.
Read Douglas's "What to the Slave is the fourth of July?" aloud to the class. Compare his oration style to that of Thomas Paine. What are the qualities an effective orator has? Open the discussion to free responses from students about what they think about the reading. What feelings does Douglas invoke?
Assignment for Friday: Hand back constitution assignments from Day 1 of the unit. Instruct groups to review the suggestions made by classmates and try and incorporate their ideas into the document. Final Drafts will be due tomorrow.