1. IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, YOU NEED TO: 1) DO THE DC FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE DAILY QUOTE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE SONGS 2) YOU ARE TO COPY THE NOTES (I GET MY COPY BACK). 3) PIC 4 PICTURES TO DO ANALYSIS OF WITH THE WORKSHEET 4) DEFINE THE TERMS ON THE CHART & LIST WHICH PICTURES REPESENT EACH IDEA 5) DEFINE TEL & WRITE AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH FOR AN ESSAY ANSWERING THE QUESTION (USING ONE OF THE 5 IDEAS) 5 themes of American History ON THE BOARD: 1. DC (do cards) 2. 5 THEMES 3. PRIMARY SOURCES 4. TEL

2. “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” –Alexis de Tocqueville “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” –Alexis de Tocqueville SONGS FOR THE DAY: LIVING IN AMERICA Daily Comment & Card TOCQUEVILLE’S FIVE VALUES CRUCIAL TO AMERICA’S SUCCESS AS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC -LIBERTY -EGALITARIANISM -INDIVIDUALISM -POPULISM -LAISSEZ-FAIRE

3. WHAT FIVE IDEAS DO YOU THINK MAKE AMERICA GREAT?

4. ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA - TRAVELED THROUGH AMERICA IN THE EARLY 1830s. HE OBSERVED THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE AND GOVENRMENT IN ACTION -HE WROTE A BOOK CALLED Democracy in America ABOUT THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT -HE SAID THERE WERE 5 VALUES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICAN SUCCESS

5. FIVE VALUES CRITICAL TO AMERIC’AS SUCCESS AS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC -LIBERTY -EGALITARIANISM -INDIVIDUALISM -POPULISM -LAISSEZ-FAIRE FREEDOM FROM ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT CONTROL BELIEF IN EQUALITY; NO PERMANENT CLASS STRUCTURE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO PURSUE INDIVIDUAL GOALS APPEAL TO ORDINARY PEOPLE GOVERNMENT IS “HANDS OFF”

7. -LIBERTY -EQUALITY -OPPORTUNITY -DEMOCRACY -RIGHTS HERE ARE THE 5 AMERICAN IDEALS WE ARE GOING TO EXAMINE THIS YEAR…

8. WHAT DO EACH OF THE IDEAS MEAN? WITH YOUR PARTNER, COME UP WITH A DEFINITION /SYNONYM… (PUT THESE ON YOUR PAPER) NOW, TURN THE PAPER OVER, FILL IN THE FIRST BOX FOR THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE… TRADE FOR ANOTHER AND ANOTHER… LAST ONE

9. TURN YOUR PAPER BACK OVER--AS WE GO THROUGH, WRITE THE LETTER FOR THE DOCUMENT IN THE SPACE NEXT TO ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS (WHERE YOU THINK IT WOULD COULD BE USED)… A GETTING ORIENTED

10. B A NATION AND ITS IDEALS EMERGE

11. C THE GROWTH OF AND CHALLENGES TO AMERICAN IDEALS

12. D GROWING PAINS AND GAINS

13. E THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

14. F BUILDING AN EMPIRE

15. G WORLD WAR I

16. H THE TWENTIES

17. I THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL

18. J WORLD WAR II

19. K THE EARLY COLD WAR

20. L THE FIFTIES

21. M THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

22. N THE SIXTIES

23. O THE VIETNAM WAR

24. P THE SEVENTIES

25. Q THE REAGAN REVOLUTION

26. CHOOSE ONE OF THE 5 IDEAS. THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION: HAS AMERICAN LIVED UP TO THE IDEA OF ___________________________ SINCE OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED?

27. Examples (FROM DOCUMENTS): 1. 2. 3. WRITE THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR PAGE…

28. TELTEL THESIS STATEMENT Has America lived up to the idea of _________________? EXPLANATION SENTENCE What does that idea mean? ISTING SENTENCE If you were writing an essay, what would your major paragraphs be?