St. John's College Advantage Assignment # 2

St. John’s College Advantage Assignment # 2

Slavery

Click on the link below and read the following four documents:

1. William Lloyd Garrison, “On the Constitution and the Union” (1832)

2. John C. Calhoun, “Slavery a Positive Good” (1837)

3. George Fitzhugh, “The Universal Law of Slavery” (1857)

4. Abraham Lincoln, “Annual Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society” (1859)

Documents 

Using the documents, your text, your knowledge of history, and outside sources, create a fictional debate between a northern abolitionist and a southern plantation owner. The debate should include economic, moral, political, and social rationale. It should follow a Lincoln-Douglas debate format and consist of an opening argument by the abolitionist, a response by the plantation owner, a rebuttal by the abolitionist, and a rebuttal by the plantation owner.

The assignment should be double spaced, and it should be at least three pages. It is due by Wednesday, April 22^nd.

*** Any students in the College Advantage Program who would like to partner up and do the assignment as an iMovie should see Mr. Anselmo to discuss specifics. Partners can be from two different classes and even have two different teachers. They just both need to be part of College Advantage.

St. John's College Advantage Assignment # 1

St. John’s College Advantage Assignment # 1

Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

Using the four images below, argue either for or against Manifest Destiny and westward expansion from the perspective of three (3) of the following:

1. A southern land speculator

2. A Native American

3. A Latin American government official

4. A northern abolitionist

5. A northern industrialist

Make sure at least one of your choices is against and at least one in favor.

You should do research on the images to provide perspective and understanding.

In addition to the images, use the text, your knowledge of history, and outside sources.

The assignment should be double spaced, and it should be at least two pages. It is due by Wednesday, March 4^th.  

"The Great White Father" depicting Andrew Jackson

An available candidate, the one qualification for a Whig President" 
depicting Zachary Taylor

"Tragic Prelude" depicting John Brown

"American Progress"

Trimester One Review Sheet

The following link is to the 2014 First Trimester Review Sheet

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The Founding of the Southern Colonies

Below are links to short video clips on the founding of the Southern colonies:

Jamestown
Maryland
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia

Chapter Worksheets

The link below is to the Chapter Identification Worksheets:

Chapter Worksheets

Chapter 27 Documents

The link below is to the documents for chapter 27:

Documents

Comprehensive Exam Review Sheet

The link below is to the comprehensive review sheet:

Study Well!