Washington's Farewell Address

Identify the main ideas of Washington's farewell address, pick one of the issues he discusses and argue whether or not you think he was correct.

Washington's farewell address.

Political Compass

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A City on a Hill?

John Winthrop wrote these famous words in 1630 on the expected example that the colony would be for the world.

Read Winthrop's City on a Hill and comment below on why you think that people throughout United States history have seen it as document to study and commemorate.

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As oppossed to the two approaches that we have read about Columbus our text takes a different approach. The approach is primarily influenced by the work of Alfred Crosby who wrote Columbian Exchange: Bilogical and Cultural Consequences of 1492.

Read "When Worlds Collide" in your text (pages 14-17), "Admiral of the Sea" by Samuel Eliot Morison, The American Indian Movement statement and Crosby above and write below which perspective, in your opinion, you think is the most accurate.

Progressivism

Here are the four primary goals of progressivism. Describe each of the goals and give a specific accomplishment of each.

Check out this photo gallery of child labor during the late 1800's early 1900's.

Do you think these ideas are still relevant today?

The Triangle Factory fire. What happened?

History Day

Student Resources

History Day Handbook