Miscellaneous Projects
 Jefferson
and Hamilton did not agree on the issue of a National Bank.
Outline their differences in a chart like the one below.
Image: Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, 1800
Courtesy Rare Book Department, The Free Library of Philadelphia |
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Hamilton
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President
George Washington thought the new nation should keep out of European quarrels.
He issued several Proclamations to that effect.
Read the Proclamations and make notes as to
Washington's view.
Do the same views hold true today? Explain
your answer.
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Aaron
Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel.
Have
students define the concept of a duel and examine the rules that govern a duel.
What was the Burr/Hamilton argument that led to this duel?
Have students look for other historical duels.
Discuss with the students dueling as an old fashioned means of conflict
resolution. Discuss with students
the civil methods of ending an argument. Have
students role play the disagreement between Burr and Hamilton and resolve the
disagreement with nonviolent solutions.
Click
here for a related current event.
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Rapid
Response: What is it?
April 29, 2004
from the Boston
Globe:
The
Boston
Globe sums up the presidential campaign thus far: "Although there is
nothing unusual about distortions in politics, the current race is now witness
to nonstop disputes over statements by both sides -- in a campaign that is
already more intense than any other at this early stage and has taken a sharp
turn toward the negative, according to political analysts and advisers to both
the Bush and Kerry campaigns."
"In daily e-mails, phone calls, and postings on their websites, the two
campaigns are issuing an unprecedented, constant flood of charges and
countercharges... Virtually no item has gone undisputed."
To learn about the Rapid
Response Centers for the Bush and Kerry campaigns, click here for a report
from National Public Radio commentator Juan Williams.
Have students visit both
candidates' response centers at:
Senator John Kerry:
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/
President George W. Bush:
http://www.georgewbush.com/KerryMediaCenter/
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