O.K., so this is your first opportunity to grab some extra credit points because you are reading the blog. Here is how it works. Read the article from the link below and make a comment. The comment that I find to be the most insightful will receive five points of extra credit. If you comment is chosen, don't worry, you will have a number of opportunities throughout the year. Please remember to leave your full name with your post, especially if your parents chose to name you Hannah.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/22/texas-board-education-readies-textbook-resolution-vote/?test=latestnews

American Revolution Essay Topics

Here are some essay topics to consider prior to the test.

1) Considering the early history of the colonies (1607-1750), was revolution inevitable?
2) Evaluate Charles Beard's assessment of the cause of the American Revolution?
3) To what extent was British mismanagement responsible for the American Revolution?
4) Identify the three parts of the Declaration of Independence and the significance of each section.
5) Why is George Washington considered the indispensable figure of the American Revolution?
6) How did Saratoga change the outcome of the American Revolution?
7) In what manner did Ben Franklin help America gain its independence?
8) How did the Revolution change the social conditions for African Americans and women?

Historiography Test

We aren't quite to the point where it is time to post simple essay topics, but I do want you to have a solid idea of what you need to know for the historiography test.

1. Know your definition of history. This should reflect your reading in the historiography packet and the internet paragraphs.

2. Be prepared to name the five schools of history along with their distinguishing traits. You will need to be able to apply this knowledge to a series of sources that will be given to you.

3. Know the evolution of the approaches to history. This will come from your historians in history packet (Marx, Plutarch, Radicals, Turner).

4. Know the major fields of study and what type of historical evidence would fit under each one of them.

5. Be able to distinguish between a primary and secondary source.

6. Explain what issues like the Texas curriculum debate, the Hiroshima Smithsonian controversy, and the fight over the National History Standards mean to the study of history.

7. Be able to explain the challenges of learning/teaching history as explained in your historiography packet.


Link for Vale to history paragraphs website

http://www.open2.net/historyandthearts/history/natureofhistory/index.html