HW FOR WEEK OF OCT 27

Visit the site below on the Star Spangled Banner and it's history...Look at the links and study info carefully as you click on various points mentioned. Do a good job and really go through the site...Then, click on and read the top three links on the top left of the homepage - They are titled: The Story of the Flag, Preserving the Flag, and Solve the Mysteries. Answer the 3 questions on the Mystery section - this will cause you to do some of the work of an historian.
Also, after all your reading of the site, do the Test Your Knowledge section and record your answers for extra credit! Have fun with this!!

http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html

ps For those doing the presidential election predictions, they are due next Mon Nov 3...REalClearPolitics.com and Rasmussen.com are good sites for study, but there are many good ones if you google presidential polls...

Week of Oct 20

Homework for this week is as follows:

1. Study for quiz on Oct 27 (see review sheet)
2. Continue to work on Lincoln papers due Dec 1
3. Visit the site below, read article on life in America in the 1800's and write a brief summary of the article and your impressions of life then...
4. Have fun and have a great week!!

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/america1830.htm

ps Today in class we talked about the urban battle of Fallujah in Iraq...The following is a news report showing actual combat operations there - thought you might find it interesting,,,write a paragraph in your HW books telling me your thoughts about it...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vvElPzaqEkY&feature=related

HW for week of Oct 6 and 13th

Over the next two weeks read the articles about the American Revolution and the War of 1812 listed here - they can be found at the website address below... write a brief summary of the article - focus on the facts of the article and the personal accounts given...We will discuss these in class on Oct 20 - Your next quiz will be on Oct 27 - I will have a study review guide to give out on Oct 20 to help you study for the quiz. Have a great week off!!

Here are the articles to read - they can be found by clicking on to the time period at the top of the page, then the article itself...

Click on 18th century and read:

1. The Execution of Nathan Hale
2. Washington Crossing the Delaware
3. The Continental Army at Valley Forge

Click on 19th century and read:

1. The British Burn Washington
2. The Battle of New Orleans
3. Old Ironsides Earns It's Name

The site address is:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/

Below is a youtube film showing actual footage of kamikaze attacks by the Japanese during WW II - very interesting...amazing to imagine what American sailors experienced during these moments...wow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZRFt8YBpM