Unit+2+A+New+Nation

Unit 2: A New Nation

**O****verview:**

 * Building on the themes explored in unit one, students trace the movement towards revolution and the colonists’ desire to establish a new government, noting the differences in opinions between federalists and anti-federalists and how the arguments were made. Students compare the radical purpose and tone of the //Declaration of Independence// to the measured and logical tone of the Preamble to the Constitution. They will analyze the expression of conflict between colonists and the British government, between colonists and Native Americans, and between colonists and slaves. They will begin to recognize the emerging theme in American literature of “American exceptionalism.” Art works from the period will be examined for their treatment of similar themes.

**Focus Standards:**

 * **RL.11-12.4:** Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
 * **RI.11-12.5:** Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
 * **RI.11-12.8:** Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses).
 * **RI.11-12.9:** Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
 * **W.11-12.1:** Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
 * **SL.11-12.4:** Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range or formal and informal tasks.
 * **L.11-12.1:** Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.


 * Identify defining themes in American literature, such as American exceptionalism.
 * Identify and explain the historic and literary significance of America’s founding documents.
 * Analyze how tone is established in persuasive writing.
 * Analyze the use of literary elements in persuasive writing.
 * Compare and contrast points of view on related issues.
 * Analyze the qualities of an effective argument (i.e., examine the truthfulness and validity of the argument, as well as its rhetorical devices).
 * Apply knowledge of effective arguments when writing one of your own.

**Literary Texts**

Poetry "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key @http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf

"The Wild Honeysuckle" by Philip Freneau  @http://www.bartleby.com/248/5.html

"the Indian Burying Ground" by Philip Freneau  @http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/freneau.html

Thomas Jefferson's Letter to Benjamin Banneker by Thomas Jefferson  @http://www.celdf.org/downloads/Jefferson%20replies%20to%20letter%20from%20Benjamin%20Banneker.pdf

Preamble to the Constitution  @http://www.usconstitution.net/const.pdf

Preamble to the Bill of Rights  @http://www.purpleheart.org/americanism/BillOfRights.pdf

"The Way to Wealth," Poor Richard's Almanak  @http://bfranklin.edu/bfranklin/johnhibbs/WayToWealth.pdf

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Common Sense by Thomas Paine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> @http://www.calhum.org/files/uploads/program_related/TD-Thomas-Paine-Common-Sense.pdf

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Crisis by Thomas Paine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> @http://www.urbandaleschools.com/uploads/users/parrottj/TheAmericanCrisis.pdf

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Federalist No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> @http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1404/1404-h/1404-h.htm

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Federalist No. 10 by James Madison <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> @http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Complete Anti-Federalist by Herbert J. Storing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> @http://www.constitution.org/afp.htm

Letters from an American Farmer by J. Hector St. John de Crevecouer @http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4666

The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson @http://www.constitution.org/us_doi.pdf
 * Informational Texts**

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson @http://www.calhum.org/files/uploads/program_related/TD_VA_Statute_of_Religious_Freedom.pdf

Letter to John Adams by Thomas Jefferson @http://www.americandeist.com/mtxz_pages/01%20Jefferson/Jefferson%204%20John%20Adams.pdf

Benjamin Banneker's Letter to Thomas Jefferson by Benjamin Franklin @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h71t.html

Autobiography The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin @http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/franklin/a_b_benf.pdf

Equiano's Travels: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Queen by Olaudah Equiano @http://abolition.nypl.org/content/docs/text/life_of_equiano.pdf

Speeches Speech to the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry @http://www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/cms/lib5/NJ01000127/Centricity/Domain/167/virginia_convention.pdf

Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware
 * Art**

John Trumbull, Declaration ofIndependence @http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/declaration-independence-11115

John Copley, Paul Revere

Thomas Pritchard Rossiter, Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon

Gilbert Stuart, James Monroe

Gustavus Hasselius, Lapowinsa

Auguste Couder, Siege de Yorktown