Assignment:
- Choose one idea from the Declaration of Independence. Describe how you have seen this idea demonstrated in American culture (about 50 words).
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript Paragraphs 1, 2, and the final paragraph of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
- Choose one idea from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Describe how you have seen this idea demonstrated in American culture. (about 50 words each)
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript (September 17, 1787)
- Respond to another person’s entry for each document. (about 25 words)
4. Just for fun: Here’s a song from the Broadway show “Hamilton,” titled “I am not giving away my shot.” Alexander Hamilton and friends sing about the coming revolution and joining George Washington’s army.
– The setting is in a tavern just as the Revolutionary War is getting started. Four young men are going to join George Washington’s army. The characters are Alexander Hamilton, a 19-year-old who would go on to set up the U.S. Treasury Department, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French aristocrat who fought with the colonists, John Laurens, who fought with the colonists, especially to free the black slaves, and Hercules Mulligan, who became a spy for George Washington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1izVfVpBwE
Hope you enjoy the video.