U.S. History

H5$H - HW#14

Read Lesson 12 (pp. 65-67) and Lesson 13 (pp. 68-70).

Identify:  1.  federal system     2.  proportional representation

3.  equal representation     4.  The Great Compromise

H5$C - HW#14

Read Article II of the Constitution (pp. 975-978).  Write an ad for President for the Help Wanted Column.  Be sure to include:  job requirements and duties.

H5$C - HW#13

Read Article I, Sections 8, 9, & 10 of the Constitution (pp. 972-975).
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, list and briefly explain:

A.  5 powers of Congress.
B.  2 things that Congress may NOT do.
C.  3 things that the states may NOT do.

H5$H - HW#13

Read Lesson 11 (pp. 60-63).  1.  What was the ORIGINAL purpose of the Philadelphia Convention?
2.  What was The Federalist; who wrote it; why was it written?

H5$C - HW#12

Complete the Constitutional worksheet.

H5$H - HW#12

Read Purpose of Unit Two (p. 53) and Lesson 10 (pp. 54-59).

Answer Q2 on p. 59.

H5$C - HW#11

Read pp. 115-121.  Answer Q2 & 3 on p. 121.

H5$C - HW#10

Read pp. 108-112.

Answer Q1 and 3 on p. 115.

H5$H - HW#11

Read Lesson 9 (pp. 47-52).

A.  What is legislative supremacy?

B.  Answer Q3 on p. 52 (bottom).

H5$C - Study for EXAM

H5$H - HW#10

Read pp. 135-139 in the History textbook.

If you were living in America in 1776, would you have supported or opposed independence?  Explain your reasoning using speciffic facts.

H5$C - HW#9

Read pp. 135-139.

If you were living in America in 1776, would you have supported or opposed independence?  Explain your reasoning using speciffic facts.

H5$H - HW#9

Read Lesson 8 (pp. 42-46).

Answer Q1 and 2 (Reviewing and using the lesson) and Q1 and 2 (What do you think?) on p. 46.

EXAM, Wednesday, September 27, on Unit I:  Formation of a Nation (Lesons 1 to 9, plus the Declaration of Independence, pp. 223-224).

H5$H - HW#8

Read Lesson 7 (pp. 35-41).

Answer Q1 (What do you think?) and Q3 (Reviewing and using the lesson) on p. 41.

H5$C - HW#8

Read pp. 88-90.

1.  Why did the Second Continental Congress adopt a Declaration of Independence?

2.  How did the Declaration of Independence influence world history after 1776?

EXAM, Friday, September 22, on Unit I:  Formation of a Nation (Ch. 1 to 4, plus the Declaration of Independence, pp. 959-964).

H5$C - HW#7

Read pp. 76-79 and 82-85.

A.  Identify in 1 or 2 complete sentences:

1.  Proclamation Line of 1763

2.  Sugar Act of 1764

3.  Stamp Act, 1765

B.  Why did the British pass the Coercive Acts?

C.  What did the Coercive Acts do?

H5$H - HW#7

Read Lessons 5 and 6 (pp. 26-34).

Identify in 1 or 2 complete sentences:

1.  Parliament

2.  Magna Carta

3.  Petition of Right

4.  Writ of habeas corpus

5.  English Bill of Rights

H5$C - HW#6

Read pp. 66-70.

Answer Q3 and 4 on p. 70.

H5$H - HW#6

Read Lesson 4 (pp. 19-25).

Answer Q2 and 4 on p. 25.

H5$C - HW#5

Read pp. 62 (top) - 66.

Answer Q3 and 4 on p. 66.

H5$H - HW#5

Read Lesson 3 (pp. 13-18).

I.  Identify in 1 or 2 complete sentences:

A.  classical republicanism

B.  civic virtue

C.  Montesquieu

II.  Answer Q3 and 7 on p. 18 (Reviewing and using the lesson).

H5$H - HW#4

Read Lesson 2 (pp. 7-12).

Answer Q1 and 4 on p. 12 (Reviewing and using the lesson).

H5$C - HW#4

Read pp. 38-43, plus p. 61 (right side).

Identify in 1 or 2 complete sentences:

1.  Mayflower Compact

2.  Roger Williams

3.  Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

4.  William and Mary

H5$C - HW#3

Read pp. 30-32.  Answer Q4 on p. 33 and Q3 on p. 38.

H5$H - HW#3

Bring Constitution book to class every day.  Leave History book at home.

Read Preface (p. vii), Purpose of Unit One (p. 1), and What is the natural rights philosophy? (pp. 2-3).

1.  Why should we study the U.S. Constitution?

2.  What did Locke mean by a "state of nature?"

H5$C/H5$H - HW#2

Fill in the names of the states on the outline map of the U.S.

H5$C/H5$H - HW#1

A.  Return one copy of the class contract, signed by you and your parent or guardian.

B.  Bring to class every day:  1 - two pens

2 - a section of an 8 1/2 "" x 11" looseleaf notebook for U.S. History and Govt.