What is individualism? Why is it important to American society? Answer the following question in a paragraph of 8-10 complete sentences. Give evidence to support your claim. PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME

To be productive members of society, students must be critical consumers of information they read, hear, and observe

and communicate effectively about their ideas. They need to gain knowledge from a wide array of sources and examine

and evaluate that information to develop and express an informed opinion, using information gained from the sources

and their background knowledge. Students must also make connections between what they learn about the past and

the present to understand how and why events happen and people act in certain ways.

To accomplish this, students must:

1. Use sources regularly to learn content.

2. Make connections among people, events, and ideas across time and place.

3. Express informed opinions using evidence from sources and outside knowledge.

Teachers must create instructional opportunities that delve deeply into content and guide students in developing and

supporting claims about social studies concepts.

In U.S. History, students explore the evolution of the American identity and its role in the global community as they

learn about the industrialization, consolidation, and corporatization of the United States; foreign policy from

imperialism to intervention in World War I; economic prosperity and decline between the world wars; the reassertion of American exceptionalism following World War II and during the Cold War; and the shifting role of the

United States in the increasingly intertwined modern global community. The key themes in U.S. History highlight the

connections among the GLES

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)