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Friday, May 22, 2015

Review for the Final!

Below are slides you can use to answer questions in the Final Study Guide.

Civil War - Intro and 1861  - Questions #16 & 17
Civil War - 1862 - Questions #20 a & 18
Civil War - 1863 - #20b &18
Civil War - 1864 - #19
Civil War - Slides 15-45 - #21-24

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Week of 5-18

Monday 5/18
Every day there will be homework to study for the final on 5/28
Final Study Guide:

Tuesday
Final Study Guide:
Structured Academic Controversy: Is Lincoln racist? - Read through Documents A-D and answer questions, p.5.

Wednesday
Final Study Guide:
Structured Academic Controversy: Is Lincoln racist? - Students are assigned a position and locate 4 pieces of evidence from documents to support position.  Planning with teams ("Organizing the Evidence," p. 7)

Thursday
Final Study Guide:
Structured Academic Controversy: Is Lincoln racist? - Share positions with opposite side and groups build consensus (p.6-7).

Friday
Final Study Guide:
Civil War: Notes
Civil War: Division Clip

Friday, May 15, 2015

Week of 5/11

Monday 5/11
Last class day to work on "Life as a Slave" journal entries  (three)

Tuesday
Causes of the Civil War slides and events
Students create an entry for each event leading to the Civil War.

Wednesday
Continue work on Events leading to the Civil War.

Thursday
Complete work on Events leading to the Civil War.

Friday
Which event is the most significant leading to the Civil War.  Individual response and group discussion.
History of Us: Division video clip

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Week of 5/4

Monday 5/4
Notes: What was life like in the South in the early 1800s?

Tuesday
2 forms of escape; "Box Brown" and coded messages

Wednesday


Thursday
Life as a Slave Stations

Friday
Write three slave journal entries

Friday, May 1, 2015

Week of 4/28

Monday 4/28
Analyze an image to understand what Americans believed about Westward Expansion in the late 1800s.
Click here for the image and questions.

Tuesday
What were some of the factors that contributed to Sectionalism in the North?
Take notes from slides.

Wednesday
What social reformers were active in the North.  Explore their dossiers and make a claim about who med the most gains for their cause.
Reformer Dossiers
Collection Form

Thursday
Industrialization simulation
Student Sheet

Friday
Finish simulation
Finish North notes
Retakes on Jackson Quiz

Westward Expansion


Westward Expansion

(1) Analyze an image to understand what Americans believed about Westward Expansion in the late 1800s.
Click here for the image and questions.