APUSH

Remember–primary (1st)–a quote from the Declaration of Independence is a primary source. Your textbooks written paragraph about the Declaration of Independence is a secondary source. You want PRIMARY SOURCES only!

Also, review old DBQs you have taken–your documents (primary sources) should look just like those do. When you give the source information you are giving the author/speaker/creator, book/magazine/newspaper/speech/etc, date. (You are NOT giving any website information–websites did NOT exist in your time periods to be used as primary source material!!!!)

Search words to try: APUSH primary sources; APUSH dbq documents; APUS history primary sources; 1776 independence primary source (this works for any time period/topic).

Here are some websites to help in the search:

 http://www.historyteacher.net/APUSH-Course/APUSH_Weblinks-MainPage.htm

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/primary.html

http://www.tdhah.com/site_files/Teacher_Resources/teacher_resources.php

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/tblibrary.htm

http://sun.menloschool.org/~chanson/apush/docs_dox/index.html

Read handout titled–Definitions of Democracy.

Be prepared to answer the following questions in a CLASS DISCUSSION:

1. Define democracy. What are the elements of a democracy? What are examples and non-examples?
2. During the mid- to late-eighteenth century, were the American colonies democratic? If so, how? If not, why not?
3. How were the colonies becoming less equal?

Remember–for a CLASS DISCUSSION to be productive, you must:

• PARTICIPATE,
• Participation must be meaningful–it is not good enough to say “Yeah, that’s right” or “Good comment”–Your comments must add meaning to the conversation,
• RESPECT–everyone deserves to have their say and say it in a safe place–no put downs, no laughter, no side conversations, and
• Listen with an open mind and respond with a respectful attitude.