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Warm Ups & Short Answer Responses (SAs). Civil War & Reconstruction (Review). Short Answer (SA) Government, School & Community. In AS2, students will examine the role of government, school and the community in their lives.
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Warm Ups &Short Answer Responses (SAs) Civil War & Reconstruction (Review)
Short Answer (SA)Government, School & Community In AS2, students will examine the role of government, school and the community in their lives. • Identify what you believe to be the type of government in the U.S. today. • Describe what you believe is the purpose of government. • Describe what you believe is the purpose of school. • Identify what you believe are TWO responsibilities of citizens of the U.S. today. • Be sure to include specific details and examples in your response.
SA: Failure Directions: Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the tasks below. Then write a Brief Constructed Response (BCR: 3-5 sentences) in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. “The principle is this: each failure leads us closer to deeper knowledge, to greater creativity in understanding old data, to new lines of inquiry. Thomas Edison experienced 10,000 failures before he succeeded in perfecting the lightbulb. When a friend of his remarked that 10,000 failures was a lot, Edison replied, "I didn't fail 10,000 times, I successfully eliminated 10,000 materials and combinations that didn't work." —Myles Brand, "Taking the Measure of Your Success" • Explain the opinion of “failure” expressed in the passage above. • Describe a time in your life when one (or more) failure(s) on your part help(ed) you to achieve success. • Include details and examples to support your response. • Be prepared to share your response with the class.
SA: Civil War – Election of 1860 Look at the chart below. • Identify which party received the most popular votes in the election of 1860. • Identify which candidate received a majority of the electoral votes. • Explain why the results of this election led to southern secession from the Union. • Include historical details and examples to support your response.
SA: Reconstruction - Amendments Following the Civil War, Reconstruction-era amendments altered the lives of African-Americans. • List the rights guaranteed to African Americans in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. • If you were granted the passage of one and only one of the three Reconstruction Amendments, in your opinion, which is the most important amendment and why? • Include examples and cases that apply to your lives in today’s world.
SA: Jim Crow Laws • Describe Jim Crow laws and how they worked. • List TWO ways that the “Jim Crow” laws affected the lives of the freedmen in the South following the Civil War. • Include details and examples to support your answer. Following the Civil War, many governments in the South passed Jim Crow laws to lesson the impact of Reconstruction.
SA: Civil War — Winston Churchill Read the quote below. Winston Churchill concluded the chapter in his book on the Civil War with above statement. • Explain what Winston Churchill meant by the quote. • Based on your knowledge of the events leading up to the war and the actual war itself, ASSESS the validity of Churchill’s statement. • Include historical details and examples to support your answer.
SA: Reconstruction Legislation Look at the chart. • Based on the chart, identify TWO rights that were given to African Americans during Reconstruction. • Explain the historical significance of TWO acts of legislation from the chart above. • Include historical details and examples to support your answer.
