January 15, 2009

Why do we have a big celebration when we install a new president? It costs a

lot of money. Should we instead spend the money on other things? Is a big

inaugural worth the money?

REMEMBER

Tomorrow we will be in the

library computer lab

Symbols Homework

Remember I want your symbols today

At least twoYou need to design

a coin based on these symbols

No guns no drugs no violence

Rubric for Coin design

A design front and back

A motto of your choosing

Philadelphia A date Its value Generally make it

look like a coin

Spanish American Revolutions

Spanish America is just about everything in the western hemisphere south of the United States except Brazil

The western hemisphere is North and South America

Simon Bolivar

He was a Spanish colonial

He was an aristocrat He was the first

president of Columbia, the second president of Venezuela, the first president of Bolivia and the sixth ruler of peru

Simon Bolivar

Born in Venezuela

A general and a politician

Wanted to create the united States of South America

José de San Martín

ArgentineanA general, not a

politicianLiberated

Argentina, Helped liberate Peru and Chile

Died in Europe

Bernardo O'Higgins

Liberator of ChileAristocratEducated in

EuropeWas a poor

politicianExiled to PeruDied there

South American Revolutions

Happened between 1806 and 1822

The Monroe Doctrine kept European powers from going back in

The Monroe Doctrine was Issued by the US backed by Britain

Classwork

Skillbuilder p. 685, Main idea

p. 686