Directions: All DCE APUSH students are required to read one of the following books in August 2010. You may pick up a copy of your book selection in the H.S. Library by June 9. There are only 80 books and 108 students. First come first serve. Otherwise you are responsible for getting a book from the public libraries or by purchasing online or at one of the bookstores in town.
1776, by David McCullough - nonfiction account that gives life to the year of our independence.
The American Revolution, by Gordon Woods -A concise 170 page summary of the events surrounding the American Revolution.
Rise to Rebellion, by Jeff Shaara - This historical fiction novel chronicles the events of the period 1770- 1776.
Glorious Cause, by Jeff Shaara - This historical fiction novel is about the Revolutionary War.
As you read your book selection you are asked to use the Reading Thoughts and Thinking Like a Historian Inquiry Categories to analyze and interpret what you read. I am asking you to post a blog entry after each of the following 3 sections.
1776
Section 1 = Part 1: The Seige
Section 2 = Part 2: Fateful Summer
Section 3 = Part 3: The Long Retreat
The American Revolution
Section 1 = Part 1 Origins and Part 2 American Resistance
Section 2 = Part 3 Revolution and Part 4 Constitution-Making and War
Section 3 = Part 5 Republicanism, Part 6 Republican Society, and Part 7The Federal Constitution
Rise to Rebellion
Section 1 = Part 1 The Right and The Power
Section 2 = Lions and Lambs
Section 3 = The Flag Unfurled
Glorious Cause
Section 1 = pages through 230
Section 2 = pages through 460
Section 3 = pages through 680
In each of your blogs you are asked to reflect on a minimum of 2 reading thoughts and 2 categories of Thinking Like a Historian. After each section blog you must also interact/reply to a specific comment by the previous blogger. For example you might question their logic/position or reasoning.
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