Civil War Assessments

Agenda:

• Civil War Exam!
• Once everyone is done, we will go over a graphic organizer for some writing about the Civil War. This will be the end of the unit!

Lee Surrenders to Grant
1865

Civil War Wrap-Up

Agenda:

• Finish Reconstruction textbook work
• Review for Civil War exam (tomorrow)

Reconstruction Ends

Agenda:

• Quiz on Huck Finn

• Moral development, internal conflict, and dramatic irony
• "Stuck in a fog"--Literal (actual) vs. Figurative (deeper meaning)
• How is Huck figuratively stuck in a fog?
• Why does Huck trick Jim?
• How does Jim react?
• What is Twain showing us about Jim?
• How does Huck feel after?
• Dramatic irony--When the reader knows something the character does not
• What is ironic about this chapter?
• Conflict--Internal vs. External
• Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society/Ideas
• What is Huck's internal conflict?
• What does Huck do? Why?
• Wrap-up Reconstruction

Reconstruction

Agenda:

• Huck Finn--Need to Know: chapters 7-14
• Chapters 15 & 16: Huck's Moral Development
• What shapes a person's morals and beliefs?
• When have your morals or beliefs been in question?
• Reconstruction Continued...Black Codes, Tenure of Office Act
• 
• HOMEWORK: Finish Huck chapters and questions! Quiz tomorrow!

Reconstruction

Agenda:

• Hand back projects, discuss
• Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan/Assassination of Lincoln
• Recap Huck Finn chapters 5-6

Mark Twain

Agenda:

• Finish Whitman activity
• Intro Mark Twain! Why is this guy important?
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Need to Know, chapters 1-4
• Read chapters 5 & 6
• HOMEWORK: finish those Huck Finn chapters & questions!

The Civil War

Agenda:

• Hand back Slavery paragraphs and discuss:
• Sticking to and explaining a thesis (ideas)
• Topic sentences that lead back to theses (organization)
• Integration of quotes (fluency)
• Academic language (voice)
• Wrap-up Walt Whitman Activity; discussion
• The Civil War: Need to Know!

The 8th NY State Militia

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Civil War Surrender Speeches
1861 Map Quiz
Geography and War Strategy
Poetry of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Continue/Finish Civil War Presentations
Finish the Civil War maps
Civil War Trust: Animated Maps of Major Battles
Civil War 150: Another cool website from History.com

Any Extra Time: Lecture/Discussion on Major topics associated with the Civil War

First battle of Bull Run
1861

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Continue Civil War presentations:

• Maps
• Newspaper Editorials
• Personal Narratives

Finish the North vs. South Comparisons: Strengths and Weaknesses

Map Activity: Recreate the U.S. map on page 359 in the American Anthem

Ft. Sumter
1861

Unit 2-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Civil War Project Presentations:

• President's speeches on secession
• Political/Military Leaders
• Newspaper Editorials
• Personal Narratives

Lecture/Chart: Comparing the North and South in 1861

Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

Research!

For the next three days (Thursday, Friday, Monday), we will be doing research for our massive Civil War project. What should you be searching for?

• Use our databases! Check out the libguide created by Ms. Hopkins
• What responsibility you have within the project will determine what you search for...
• Speeches should research the men themselves, what their opinions were, events that were happening at the time of secession/surrender...
• Maps & Battles should research geographical advantages, life of soldiers during the time, primary accounts of battles...
• Editorials should research actual newspapers from the time as well as lives of individuals and how they felt about events of the time
• Personal Letters should research various events/trends that affected people (like battles, riots, laws, elections, food shortages, blockades, family crises, etc.), as well as actual letters from the time period
• It is required you have at least three sources (books, databases) with a filled out Research Source Organizer for each source
• You may notice there is a new tab at the header. This is our "Resources" tab that we will periodically be throwing helpful tools, websites, articles, and materials for general classroom/studying use.

We understand that there is a ton of important information on the blog today but we would be remiss if we did not mention the anniversary of 9/11, so here is a link to 6 documentaries that cover the terrorist attacks.

Civil War Begins

Agenda:

• Today we wrap-up Slavery with our unit assessment
• We then kick off the Civil War with a Group Project!
• Ms. Hopkins will join us to talk about resources available to us

2014 NH primary Election Results

Election of 1860

Agenda:

• Go over Lincoln-Douglas debate questions
• Election of 1860
• Electoral vs. Popular
• The last straw?
• Slavery Unit Summative Assessment--Explanation & Expectations

The Presidential Election of 1860

John Brown's Raid

Agenda:

• John Brown: Radical Abolitionist
• Background in Kansas
• The Plan
• The Execution
• Death
• Slave Girl Quote Search
• Reflection of attitudes towards slavery
• Context/Explanation
• HOMEWORK: Finish quote search

John Brown

The Rise of Lincoln

Agenda:

• Recap chapter 30 of Slave Girl
• What can we take away from this book?
• How does it show the growing divide in the nation at that time?
• Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas: The most famous political debates in American history
• Comparing and contrasting opposing views on slavery

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Dred Scott

Agenda:

• Open-note quiz on chapters 21 & 23; discuss
• Literary focus: Imagery and figurative language
• Start chapter 29
• Dred Scott decision: How did this Supreme Court ruling affect slavery and the abolition movement?
• Dred Scott Questions
• HOMEWORK: Finish 29 and 30

Dred Scott 1857

Bleeding Kansas

Agenda:

• Kansas-Nebraska Act: How did what happened in Kansas serve as foreshadowing for the Civil War?
• Here is a short video
• Slave Girl: collect chapters 5 & 6 questions; read chapter 15; QUIZ
• HOMEWORK: Read chapters 21 & 23 and do questions-open note quiz tomorrow

Bleeding Kansas

Compromise of 1850

Agenda:

• Quiz on map of 1850 America
• Discussion: What was the impact of the Compromise of 1850?
• Remember the Mexican-American War and California?
• Read chapter 5 of Slave Girl
• HOMEWORK: Read chapter 6, answer questions

Reminder: Bujolicoeur needs the course expectation sign off sheets from anyone who did not turn one in ASAP!

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