Bellwrite: What are your personal frontiers?
We considered the portrayal of the American land in Gast's painting "American Progress" and in Kathy Lee Bates' poem "America, the Beautiful." We considered these arguments in light of Jefferson's belief in an "Empire of Liberty." Jefferson redefined the meaning of empire from the traditional European model--wherein the mother country governs over and profits from the colonies as a superior--to a new model, created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, wherein new territories could become full and equal partner states integrated into the United States of America. Thus the Empire of Liberty would spread from "sea to shining sea."
Homework: Read the excerpt from Frederick Jackson Turner's essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." Write a one-paragraph summary of his argument.
AP
Students worked on developing their synthesis essays (on the Wilderness Act of 1964). Please note that there are two types of questions being asked in the prompt:
1) a question of fact (How should "wilderness" be defined?)
2) a question of policy (To what extent should wilderness be protected or even restored by law?)
Homework: Write a first draft of your essay. Spend no more than 60 minutes working on it.
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