The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Read: 10 Interesting Facts about the Civil War
View: The Average Soldiers Life
Analyze: the End of the War

• Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea
• The Fall of Richmond

Read/Analyze: more Whitman poetry

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Finish: the Civil War narratives
Examine: Civil War Editorials

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

View: Civil War Map
Civil War Trust: Animated Maps of Major Battles
Civil War 150: Another cool website from History.com

Lecture/Discussion on Major Topics associated with the Civil War

Civil War

Agenda:

• Hand in Secession Speech Evaluation (if you haven't done so already)
• Finish Lecture Notes/"Tale of the Tape"
• Walt Whitman--Why is he important?
• Whitman Poetry

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Analyzing the Secession of the South
• Create: "Tale of the Tape" chart of the North vs. the South
• Begin: Walt Whitman

Unit-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Finish: Analyzing the First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
Complete: Now, you analyze the Secession of South Carolina

Unit-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

CIVIL WAR:
Evaluating Primary Documents:

• The Secession of South Carolina
• President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
• Alexander Stephens Speech to the Virginia Secession Convention

Pre-Civil War

Agenda:

• Wrap-Up Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
• Assessment
• Review Key Events
• Crafting a solid response (paragraph writing tips)

Pre-Civil War

Agenda:

• Review chapter 21 of Slave Girl
• Review Dred Scott decision
• Election of 1860
• Read chapter 23 of Slave Girl

The Presidential Election of 1860

Pre-Civil War

Agenda:

• Read: Slave Girl Chapter 15
• Dred Scott decision: How did this Supreme Court ruling affect slavery and the abolition movement
• Video
• Dred Scott Questions
• Finish Textbook Terms

Pre-Civil War America

Agenda:

• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Quiz (open note-chapters 1-2 and 5-6)
• History: Textbook work--Chapter 10 Key Terms and People
• Instructions: In small groups, create a Google Doc; split up the terms and define (as it relates to the content of the chapter). Then print a copy for each group member.

Pre-Civil War

Agenda: 

• Finish "America: The Story of Us"
• Discussion: Trends, movements, events that led us to conflict
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Chapter 5