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Any questions? Call me @ 538 – 2310 ext 296 or e-mail at mkermen@ouhsd.org
ARNTG Definition: Active Reading and Note Taking Guide GRA Definition: Guided Reading Activity US History Standards - Standards that align to my lessons. School to Home Connection - Good link to US History at home. US History Quotes:
My great concern is not whether
you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be
the philosophy of government in the next.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do
for you; ask what you can do for your country.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by
preparing for war.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the
discomfort of thought.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their
choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy,
therefore, is education.
I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American
people.
It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself
what you are going to do to get the things you want.
Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to
fear is fear itself.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent
we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the
right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can
do is nothing.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to
succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good
conscience to remain silent.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
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