Assignments

April 14, 2010 (due by July 6, 2010)
__**Reading assignments, to be read by July 6, 2010**__
 * Dred Scott, by Paul Finleman, pp. 1-52, 127-182
 * American Slavery, by Peter Kolchin, pp. 93-249
 * Battle Cry of Freedom, by James McPherson, pp. 1-170
 * What Hath God Wrought, by Daniel Walker Howe, Chapter 16 & Finale
 * Narrative, by Frederick Douglass
 * "Douglass, Slavery and the Constitution" (handout)


 * __Paper:__** Based on Douglass' Narrative and the Douglass handout, in a 4 to 5 page paper, describe what we learn about slavery from the Narrative and how and why Douglass' views on the Constitution shift.

January 13 (due April 14, 2010 )

 * __Paper:__** The purpose of this first paper is to be able to explain to yourself and to your students two complex crises that foreshadowed the Civil War. In addition to the background reading above, please pay attention to several important primary sources: [|Jackson's Proclamation], [|Calhoun's Exposition] , [|Jefferson's Letter on the Missouri Compromise] , and [|John Quincy Adams' diary entry on the MIssouri Compromise] . Please address the content questions (below) in two sections of your paper and add a one page appendix addressing pedagogical strategies you would use to teach this content to your students.

The application in 1819 of the territory of Missouri for admission as a state precipitated the first national debate about slavery-a debate that involved the Constitution, politics, and economics and one that prefigured the controversy that would lead to the Civil War. In the first part of your paper, discuss the issues debated and explain why they aroused such intense passions. What did the Missouri Compromise solve and what did it leave undone?

The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 was, according to Daniel Walker Howe, "the most serious constitutional crisis faced by the American republic between the adoption of the Constitution and the Civil War." The Nullification Crisis revolved around economic issues, constitutional issues, and slavery. In the second part of your paper, briefly discuss each of these three issues. How was the Crisis resolved?

__**Guidelines:**__ > > Here are some web links to help you develop a thesis statement:
 * Please develop a **thesis statement** for this paper assignment. Simply put, a thesis statement is a single declarative statement that lets readers know what they will understand, learn and know after reading your paper. A thesis statement reflects all that you have researched, analyzed, and presented in your paper.
 * //**Forming a Thesis Statement for Dummies**//
 * @http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/forming-a-thesis-statement.html
 * //**From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill**// -- //p.s. Julie loves this one!//
 * http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html>>
 * //**Purdue Writing Lab: Writing a thesis**//
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 * //**Writing Tutorial Service, from indiana University**//
 * @http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml


 * Cite or reference from the assigned readings (listed below) and primary sources (see links above).
 * What Hath God Wrought, pp. 1-410
 * America's Constitution, Chapter 7
 * American Slavery, pp. 1-16

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 * Use MLA citation. For more information about MLA citation, [|click here].


 * __Rubric (Scoring Guide):__**
 * [|TAH-Rubric01.pdf]