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US History Survey


February 21, 2012, 1st spring class
   final exam & how we learn
    overview, US 1800 - 1877
announcements
• volunteer to post power points on Facebook
  weekly?

• volunteer to arrange to copy reading some
  weeks?

• do you have parents or other folks who speak
  English & live in Izmir?
language
    • Learning English takes a
      lot of work. I respect
      your efforts.

    • Learning Turkish is
      difficult for me, so I
      appreciate your English
      even more.
my US students living in my house:
  Irina, Jasmine, Jorina, Joanna
Whitney Houston’s funeral =
    American culture.
strategies for examinations
• Pay attention to what the question asks.
   – The causes of the Revolution are not the same as the
     results of the Revolution.
• Use logic & use what you know.
   – Cities of colonial period were
     on or near Atlantic Ocean.
• Pick out what is relevant from
  everything you know.
• What is the significance of what
   you know?
learning to learn
•   memorization of facts.
•   analysis – thinking critically.
•   context?
•   significance?
questions about fall final exam?
• What do you need to analyze to understand ?

• What can you easily look up on the internet?
past & present:
       Constitution

• Billions of $$ are spent on
  presidential campaigns.
• 2012 is presidential election year.
• 2010, Citizens United v FEC (Federal Election
  Commission), Supreme Court found a law which
  prohibited corporations & unions from paying for
  campaign ads 60 days before elections,
  unconstitutional under 1st Amendment.
• What does 1st Amendment protect?
possible Republican candidates




      Democratic candidate:
      president usually runs for 2nd term
past & present: Constitution
1868, 14th Amendment granted citizenship, due
process, equal protection to persons, regardless
of previous condition of servitude.
1886, Supreme Court interpreted corporations
as persons.
2010, Citizens United, Supreme Court gave
corporations (& unions) unlimited spending
powers to influence elections.
Us history. 21st Feb, 2012
themes for spring
   semester
US 1800 - 1877

• territorial expansion to Pacific Ocean. Almost all
  land & borders of 2012 were established by 1877.
  (Hawaii & Puerto Rico added in 1890s.)
• wars with England, Mexico, Native people, and
  itself (Civil War).
• industrialization, new
  transportation, urbanization, immigration.
• abolition of slavery; development of segregation.
• social justice, reform, & extension of democracy.
Us history. 21st Feb, 2012
announcements
• volunteer to post power points on Facebook every week?

• volunteer to arrange to copy reading some weeks?

• do you have parents or other folks who speak English & live
  in Izmir?

• reading for 28/2/2012: Crevecoeur, Letters from an
  American Farmer, Letter 3, “What is an American?” (1782),
  p. 49 – 61.
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/CREV/letter03.htm

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Us history. 21st Feb, 2012

  • 1. US History Survey February 21, 2012, 1st spring class final exam & how we learn overview, US 1800 - 1877
  • 2. announcements • volunteer to post power points on Facebook weekly? • volunteer to arrange to copy reading some weeks? • do you have parents or other folks who speak English & live in Izmir?
  • 3. language • Learning English takes a lot of work. I respect your efforts. • Learning Turkish is difficult for me, so I appreciate your English even more.
  • 4. my US students living in my house: Irina, Jasmine, Jorina, Joanna
  • 5. Whitney Houston’s funeral = American culture.
  • 6. strategies for examinations • Pay attention to what the question asks. – The causes of the Revolution are not the same as the results of the Revolution. • Use logic & use what you know. – Cities of colonial period were on or near Atlantic Ocean. • Pick out what is relevant from everything you know. • What is the significance of what you know?
  • 7. learning to learn • memorization of facts. • analysis – thinking critically. • context? • significance?
  • 8. questions about fall final exam? • What do you need to analyze to understand ? • What can you easily look up on the internet?
  • 9. past & present: Constitution • Billions of $$ are spent on presidential campaigns. • 2012 is presidential election year. • 2010, Citizens United v FEC (Federal Election Commission), Supreme Court found a law which prohibited corporations & unions from paying for campaign ads 60 days before elections, unconstitutional under 1st Amendment. • What does 1st Amendment protect?
  • 10. possible Republican candidates Democratic candidate: president usually runs for 2nd term
  • 11. past & present: Constitution 1868, 14th Amendment granted citizenship, due process, equal protection to persons, regardless of previous condition of servitude. 1886, Supreme Court interpreted corporations as persons. 2010, Citizens United, Supreme Court gave corporations (& unions) unlimited spending powers to influence elections.
  • 13. themes for spring semester
  • 14. US 1800 - 1877 • territorial expansion to Pacific Ocean. Almost all land & borders of 2012 were established by 1877. (Hawaii & Puerto Rico added in 1890s.) • wars with England, Mexico, Native people, and itself (Civil War). • industrialization, new transportation, urbanization, immigration. • abolition of slavery; development of segregation. • social justice, reform, & extension of democracy.
  • 16. announcements • volunteer to post power points on Facebook every week? • volunteer to arrange to copy reading some weeks? • do you have parents or other folks who speak English & live in Izmir? • reading for 28/2/2012: Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer, Letter 3, “What is an American?” (1782), p. 49 – 61. • http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/CREV/letter03.htm

Notas del editor

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  2. http://blog.iqmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/creative-thinking.jpg
  3. http://organicschool.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/us-presidents.jpeghttp://apa.si.edu/ongoldmountain/gallery1/1HOWTHEC_20.jpg
  4. http://4.laprogressive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Corporate-vote.gif
  5. http://images.politico.com/global/2012/01/120101_mitt_newt_rick3_ap_3.jpg
  6. http://conservationreport.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission.jpg?w=432&h=290http://www.brennancenter.org/page/-/pull%20quotes/citizensunitedpullquote.pnghttp://www.greenpartynyc.org/userfiles/image/inauguration-protest-corporations(1).jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mBqgM9-hXBo/S1zdBbwpy3I/AAAAAAAAGj0/vgTy8eRbFeo/s400/CORPORATE_SPEECH.jpghttp://lynnrockets.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/injusice.jpg
  7. http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2010/08/16/texasstaterailroad.jpeghttp://www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/images/slavery.jpghttp://www.historycentral.com/1812/Declared.GIFhttp://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/3e7af5ec737f1467f1887a28d90edb2b_1M.pnghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WgTINFLJcgs/TOG1zVzNUBI/AAAAAAAAAAk/JKeRRjbDafc/s1600/factory+workers+laid+off.jpg
  8. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/United-states-territorial-acquistions-midcentury.png/350px-United-states-territorial-acquistions-midcentury.png
  9. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/territory.jpg