RECITATION The Founding Era & the Idea of America.
NOTE-TAKING Recreate the Founding Era Timeline as accurately as you can. Watch for terms/concepts such as Judicial Review, precedent, stare decisis, sedition, certiorari, positive vs. negative rights, prior restraints vs. subsequent punishments, public accommodation, etc.
BLOG About the history and workings of the U.S. Supreme Court using this 20-minute video as a jumping off point — Part I and Part II.
OR BLOG Take a position. The is call Reacting To The Past, or RTTP. Take the side of a Loyalist who want to remain tethered to the Motherland. Take the side of a Revolutionary who wants to start a whole new world. Use research you find online about these opposing views. Better yet, use the Proquest archive of historic newspapers to hear what the people at the time actually said.
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