THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES! IT WAS A GREAT CEREMONY.

TO THE REST OF YOU NOT CONTINUING IN OUR PROGRAM, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.

FOR THOSE STAYING WITH US FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM, SEE YOU JULY 3RD AT THE SCHOOL.

THANKS FROM LIGIA AND ME FOR A GREAT YEAR!!!!!

COMPARE GEORGE WASHINGTON AS A LEADER AND AS A PRESIDENT

WRITE A PARAGRAPH COMPARING GEORGE WASHINGTON AS A LEADER AND AS A PRESIDENT.

WHAT IS A LEADER?

WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER?  DESCRIBE THOSE QUALITIES.  WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS THOSE QUALITIES?  DID GEORGE WASHINGTON HAVE THOSE QUALITIES?

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PART 2

CONTINUE LEARNING THE DEFINITIONS OF THE WORDS ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR:  FOUNDING FATHERS, MILITIA, IMPOSE, ETC.  DISCUSS WHAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT TWO OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR ON MONDAY, 6/16

WE WERE INTRODUCED TO NEW VOCABULARY WORDS IN THE FILM ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.  WE WROTE THE DEFINITIONS OF MANY OF THEM.  WRITE A SENTENCE USING TWO OF THE WORDS WE LEARNED.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S VIEWS ON FOREIGN ALLIANCES

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW TWO GROUPS FIGHTING?  WOULD YOU GET INTO THE FIGHT OR STAY OUT OF IT?  GIVE YOUR REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER. 

HOW DOES THIS RELATED TO WHAT GEORGE WASHINGTON SAID TO AMERICANS IN HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY GETTING INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S FIGHTS?

CODE OF BEHAVIOR DURING WASHINGTON'S TIME

WE DISCUSSED CODES OF BEHAVIOR DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.  WHAT CODES OF BEHAVIOR DO YOU SHARE IN YOUR FAMILY?  WHAT CODES ARE RELEVANT TODAY?  WHAT ARE NOT?  TELL WHY.

WASHINGTON'S STATEMENT ON LIBERTY

WASHINGTON TALKED ABOUT LIBERTY AS A COMMON DESIRE FOR ALL AMERICANS.  WHAT DOES LIBERTY MEAN TO YOU?  HOW MIGHT LIBERTY ATTRACT PEOPLE TO AMERICA?

WASHINGTON IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS

WASHINGTON STARTED BY SAYING IT'S TIME FOR SOMEONE NEW TO BE ELECTED. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IN A FAREWELL TO THE PEOPLE AT NYU IF YOU WERE LEAVING. WRITE A FIRST DRAFT.

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND AMBITION

WE WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON WHERE HE WAS DESCRIBED AS MORE AMBITIOUS THAN THE MYTHS ABOUT HIM.  WHAT AMBITIONS DO YOU HAVE?  BE SPECIFIC ABOUT ONE OF YOUR AMBITIONS.

RELFECTION ON WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE WORLD OF WORK AT NYU.  HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED BY WORKING HERE?

WHAT DOES A PRESIDENT DO?

MAKE A LIST OF WHAT A PRESIDENT DOES?  WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OR HEARD PRESIDENT OBAMA DO?

PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON

NAMEALL THE PRESIDENTS YOU KNOW   OR
NAME ALL THE THINGS IN NYC THAT ARE NAMED AFTER GEORGE WASHINGTON