Scriptorium – U.S. History
1-2.
Wednesday, June 10
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
Introduction
Ideas That Birthed America
John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government - Chapter XIX Of the Dissolution of
Government and Mayflower Compact and Olive Branch Petition
3-4.
Friday, June 12
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
Causes of The American Revolution
Reading: Common Sense and “Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress at
Philadelphia in a Letter to a Noble Lord” by Thomas Hutchinson, Declaration of
Independence
The Creation of The Federal Government
Reading Due: Federalist Papers and American Constitution, and Speeches of George
Washington
5-6
Monday, June 15
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
Industrialization and The American Transcendentalists
Reading Due: Various articles on American Transcendentalism
Slavery
Reading Due: Civil Disobedience and Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas
7-8.
Wednesday, June 17
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
The Civil War
Reading Due: Select Letters of Robert E. Lee to his children, and Select Speeches of
Lincoln
9-10. Friday, June 19
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
The Gilded Age and Theodore Roosevelt
Reading Due: Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
11-12. Monday, June 22
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
World War I
Reading Due: Documents of World War I
The Great Depression
Reading Due: Select documents
13-14. Wednesday, June 24
Scriptorium-U.S. History 1:00-4:00
World War II
Reading Due: FDR Speeches, Hitler Speeches, Truman on dropping the bomb
15.
July Date TBA
Scriptorium-U.S. History
Meet at Library and discuss Essays.
Terms To Know
Introduction
Ideas That Birthed America
Reading Due: The Magna Carta and John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government Chapter XIX Of the Dissolution of Government and Mayflower Compact; Montesquieu
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2.
3.
4.
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10.
Enlightenment
Law of Nature
Compact
Tyranny
Monarchy
Rebublic
Democracy
Divine Right of Kings
State of Nature
Causes of The American Revolution
Reading: Common Sense and Declaration of Independence
1.
2.
Liberty
The Creation of The Federal Government
Reading Due: Federalist Papers and American Constitution, and Speeches of George
Washington
Industrialization and The American Transcendentalists
Reading Due: American Transcendentalism
Slavery
Reading Due: Civil Disobedience and Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas
The Civil War
Reading Due: Select Letters of Robert E. Lee to his children, and Select Speeches of
Lincoln,
The Gilded Age and Theodore Roosevelt
Reading Due: Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
World War I
Reading Due: Documents of World War I
The Great Depression
Reading Due: The Grapes of Wrath
World War II
Reading Due: FDR Speeches, Hitler Speeches, Truman on dropping the bomb
Research