Monday, March 19, 2012

Alexander Hamilton: Statesman & Scandal...

Happy Monday,

      The video you will be watching today is one that forced me to think long and hard whether to show it to you at all.  There are a few events discussed in the video that will require a certain level of maturity from all of you as 8th graders.  Suffice it to say, your guest teacher will be letting me know if any of you cannot handle it and she is more than welcome to kick any of you out of the classroom.  Those removed from the learning will have to make it up with me on their own time.  Good luck.  I know you can all do it.

      Alexander Hamilton was never a president.  He was never a vice-president.  However, he was a genius.  We would not have the country we have today without him.  Please answer the questions below in the blog on Bb9.

Bb9 - A New Nation Expands - Immerse - The New Nation

ALEXANDER HAMILTON
1.  What influenced Hamilton as a young man?  Do you think these influences made him into the man he was later in life?
2.  What signs did he see during the Revolutionary War that made him think the federal government was too weak?
3.  Why do you think Hamilton was a Federalist and why did he wanted a TRUE REPUBLIC?
4.  What did Hamilton see going on with the states after the war? 

Media in History
I can identify main ideas, analyze supporting details, and evaluate inferences within discipline specific readings

Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy

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