No video today. Just two activities. Remember to have your notebooks ready to go by 2:40!
Activity #1: Declaration of Independence Review
Take a look at a few of the most important excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. For each of the following excerpts, discuss how well the United States is doing currently to acheive these goals.- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...
Activity #2 - Expert ASAP
Take a quick look at one of the videos below regarding the Declaration and then write a detailed ASAP of the document. This means it should be an expanded analysis that contains more than just a name and dates. Think deeply about its author(s), the circumstances, and most of all, its purpose.
Again for ASAP, write about the Author, Setting, Audience and Purpose...
