Tuesday, April 28, 2015

April 29-30, 2015

Learning Targets:
I can list at least 1 important event that has happened during the past four presidencies (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama)
I can demonstrate my ability to remember AP US History topics by working on my review packet


Daily Question:
"If, then education be of admitted importance to the people, under all forms of government, and of unquestioned necessity when they govern themselves, it follows, of course, that its cultivation and diffusion is a matter of public concern and a duty which every government owes to its people...
"Many complain of this tax, not so much on account of its amount as because it is for the benefit of others and not themselves. This is a mistake; it is for their own benefit, inasmuch as it perpetuates the government..."
"He would oppose it, either through inability to comprehend the advantages of general education, or from unwillingness to bestow them on all his fellow citizens, even to the lowest and poorest, or from dread of popular vengeance, seems to me to want either the head of the philosopher, the heart of the philanthropist, or the nerve of the hero."
                         -Representative Thaddeus Stevens, Speech to the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1835

Stevens disagrees with those who oppose free public education because:
A. It is an example of government control
B. It will result in increased taxes
C. Schools lack qualified teachers
D. Schools are under Protestant influences

Agenda:
Daily Question
Quiz #4 Pages 5-8 Blue Packet
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama Presidents Video notes
Lecture Notes
Work on Blue Packet

***You should have pages 1-8 blue packet done by today!
This website has some helpful chapter reviews, which also happens to include a lot of your vocabulary terms from your packets:  https://mrssciorilli.wikispaces.com/file/view/AP+US+Study+Guide+and+Review.pdf  

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