Lesson 1 Discussion Read Chapters 1 & 2 of the textbook and read the paper found here regarding the Trial of T. Hall. From the paper, begin your reading on page 14 with the first full paragraph and end the reading after the completion of the first paragraph on page 17. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items: Why was T. Hall singled out for scrutiny? How did T. Hall’s neighbors respond to the gossip that this person’s sex was unclear? What authority did women claim in assessing the situation? What authority did men claim? What does the struggle to mark T. Hall’s gender identity suggest about the structure of community life and the roles of men and women in colonial America? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 2 Discussion Read Chapters 3 & 4 in the textbook and Pontiac’s Speech. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items: How does Pontiac describe the relationship between Native Americans and the British? What did Pontiac aim to accomplish by giving his speech? According to Pontiac, how has the presence of non-natives affected the lives of Native Americans? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 3 Discussion Read Chapters 5 & 6. Pay special attention to the Common Sense excerpt in the Voices of Freedom box in Chapter 5. Also, read the Declaration of Independence in the Appendix of your textbook. You may use Chapter 5 as background material on Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items: Compare the backgrounds of Jefferson and Paine; did Paine have an advantage or disadvantage by not being born in the colonies? Explain. Examine the language used in both documents; who is the audience for each writer? Why does Jefferson not discuss slavery in the Declaration? What did Paine and Jefferson say about the monarchy in their respective documents? Why does Jefferson focus more on the king than parliament? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 4 Discussion Read Chapters 7 & 8 and the information included in Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson and The Master and the Mistress. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items: Why do you think the accusations made by Callender were ignored during Jefferson’s lifetime and later by historians? Why do you think Madison Hemings’ assertions were ignored? Why do you think Callender’s claims failed to hurt Jefferson politically? Do you think a similar scandal would hurt an American president or elected leader today? Why or why not? Based Madison Hemings’ family history, how common was racial intermixing in 18th and 19th century Virginia? According to Eric Foner, how and why has the work of Annette Gordon-Reed fueled a controversy over the Hemings-Jefferson relationship? Should his relationship with Sally Hemings influence how we view Jefferson and his place in American history? If no, why not? If yes, how should they influence how we view him? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 5 Discussion Read Chapters 9 & 10 and the Monroe Doctrine. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items: The Monroe Doctrine became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the next century; what was the occasion for Monroe's articulation of this doctrine, and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption? What reasons were used by Monroe to justify this foreign policy pronouncement, and how do they relate to arguments made during the revolutionary and early republic periods? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 6 Discussion Read Chapters 11-12 and the information included in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; scroll down the document at this website and read through Chapters V, VI, and VII of the account by ex-slave Harriet Jacobs. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s): What does this account reveal about the nature of slavery and how slavery affected southern society? How did Jacobs resist the sexual predation of her master? Describe the relationship between Jacobs and her mistress. You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 7 Discussion Read Chapters 13 & 14 and the Emancipation Proclamation. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items: In early 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Why did Lincoln decide to issue the Proclamation at this particular time? What factors determined this decision? What did the President hope to gain? What were the limitations of the Proclamation, and what was its larger historical significance? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. Lesson 8 Discussion Read Chapter 15 and the information included in the Mississippi Black Codes (recommend that you view the article in Firefox). Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s): During Reconstruction, Black Codes were enacted in several former states in the Confederacy. A Republican-controlled Congress would later react to suppress these codes. What ultimately were these codes designed to do? Precisely how did the codes aim to accomplish these objectives? You are required to submit an initial posting (200 words minimum) that addresses the items above. You are also expected to respond to the posting of at least one other student (100 words minimum). Your response posting MUST provide the NAME of the classmate to whom you are responding. If you do not provide the name of the classmate, you WILL NOT CREDIT for the response posting. Your response should address why you agree/disagree with their posting, support it with new evidence to bring a new perspective to the topic. Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. 6603