homework for December 19

Over the weekend, finish up the map you started in class today.

On your freehand map of the United States you should have the following:

all states as of 1800
all unorganized territories as of 1800
all foreign held territories as of 1800
The Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers
The locations of all British forts prior to the war of 1812.

Use colors to differentiate between the territories, and be sure to include a legend!

Homework for December 9

Today in class we looked at the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution (a.k.a The Bill of Rights).  The powerpoint from the class is linked up here.  For your homework tonight, use your imagination to think about what it would be like if some Amendments went missing from the Constitution.  The sheet to help you with this is linked up here. Fill that out tonight, and we will discuss it tomorrow.

Homework for December 2

For tonight, you should read in the digital textbook the selection entitled Ratifying the Constitution.

You can find this by going to digitalhistory.uh.edu, select the Early National Period, then click the Textbook tab.  Scroll down the page to the section The Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and the link for Ratifying the Constitution is in that section. Or you can just click the link above and it will take you there!