We discussed and edited our notes and thesis from the Crash Course #7 video. Set up a new subheading under EQ #1 "The Declaration" and add "yes" and "no" notes from the 4-minute video from the History Channel. (One caveat -- Gingrich's assertion that even today the U.S. is the only gov system like ours is a nice feeling of patriotism, but in our era, not factually precise...there are clearly others. Otherwise accurate historical info in the video!) We also read The Declaration itself, highlighting the thesis in the intro and conclusion and marking the evidence section -- see a reliable classmate for these marks. I then played Lin-Manuel Miranda's poetry jam performance at the White House as a fun intro into "Hamilton," which we'll begin analyzing tomorrow.
