USHC-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the establishment of the United States as a new nation.
USHC-2.4 Summarize the creation of a new national government, including the new state constitutions, the country’s economic crisis, the Founding Fathers and their debates at the Constitutional Convention, the impact of the Federalist Papers, and the subsequent ratification of the Constitution.
In order to bring the Federalists and Anti-Federalists into the 21st century we will be creating blogs for them. Through our blog creations the founding fathers will be able to express their opinions about the constitution and hear the opinions of their peers. Each student will be assigned one important figure from the federalist versus anti-federalist debate. The student will then research their Founding Father in order to understand their viewpoint. Students will then follow the directions below to join Blogspot.com and create a blog expressing the views of their author. Students will then go to their classmates blogs and comment on them as they imagine their Founding Father might.
Directions:
1. Get your Founding Father assignment in Class. You will be assigned either a Federalist (Alexander Hamilton , John Jay, James Madison) or an Anti-Federalist ("Farmer", James Wilson, Patrick Henry)
2. Research your assigned Founding Father. Below are links that will help you. I have divided these links by the founding fathers. You should also refer to your classroom notes and textbook to help you better understand your Founding Father.
"Farmer" http://www.wepin.com/articles/afp/afp10.html
James Wilson http://www.constitution.org/afp/jwilson0.htm
Patrick Henry http://www.constitution.org/afp/phenry00.htm
Alexander Hamilton http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/hamilton.htm
James Madison http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/madison.htm
John Jay http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/jay.htm
3. Create your blog. Go to https://www.blogger.com/start and click on the orange arrow to develop your own blog. Your email address, blog name and blog post titles must be school appropriate. Further your blog title should relate to your Founding Father in some way.
4. Email Ms. Lee the link to your blog Spot so she can grade your blog and give the links out in class for your fellow students to comment on your site.
TO INCLUDE IN YOUR POST:
- introduce your Founding Father. Give as much of the following information as you can find (name, age, state).
- State if your Founding Father is a federalist or Anti-federalist
- after your introduction you must have a minimum of two paragraphs. The first paragraph should explain the main argument of your founding father. This paragraph can be more general and include information form lectures about the ideas of the federalists and anti-federalists
- The second paragraph should use specific examples and arguments found in your research but be careful of plagiarism. Be creative and use your own words.
WARNING:
You must you school appropriate language. No foul language or inappropriate content. Look in your school handbook and contact Ms. Lee if you are questioning some content.
DO NOT PLAGIARISE from the founding fathers. Use your own words and use modern language.
