Unit-Reconstruction and Huck Finn

Today's Agenda:

• Reconstruction under Presidents Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Need to Know, chapters 1-4
• Read chapters 5 & 6 FINISH QUESTIONS FOR HOMEWORK

Unit 3-Reconstruction and Huck Finn

• Hand in Whitman project
• Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan/Assassination of Lincoln
• Intro Mark Twain! Why is this guy important?
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Need to Know, chapters 1-4
• Read chapters 5 & 6

Whitman Activity

Agenda:
Work day to finish those Whitman projects!
Test corrections on the chapter attack quizzes...

Walt Whitman

First, some reminders about writing, concerning your Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl paragraphs...

Then...WALT WHITMAN!


The Importance of Whitman
Poetry/Photograph Activity

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

Unit 2-The Civil War

Book work quiz today! Open note.

Unit 2-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Civil War Project Presentations:

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

Unit 2-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

We have access to more technology today and tomorrow. Use your time wisely to transition from research to "final product."

Some are:

• writing speeches
• preparing presentations
• creating maps
• writing editorials
• writing historical fiction (narratives)
• preparing bio's

Unit 2-The Civil War

Agenda:

• Yesterday we wrapped up Slavery with our unit assessment
• Today, we kick off the Civil War with a Group Project!
• Here is a link to resources available to us
• Here is a research source organizer
• The Civil War Infographic
• We have scheduled technology Wednesday through Friday of this week

Unit 1 Summative Assessment

Today's Agenda:

Finish: Paragraphs on Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Complete: 1850-1860 Summative Assessment
Intro the new unit(2): The Civil War

Unit 1-Pre-Civil War America and Slavery

Agenda:

• Prep for assessment!
• Review History
• Paragraph Writing

Unit 1-PreCivil War America and Slavery

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Slave Girl Chapters 29 and 30
• Review questions for Slave Girl should be completed/Handed in
• Election of 1860
• Review Unit 1 (History and Literature)

  

  The Presidential Election of 1860

Unit 1-PreCivil War America and Slavery

Today's Agenda:

• Slave Girl Quiz
• Examine: the Rise of Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln Reenactment
• John Brown: Radical Abolitionist
• Quotes
• Read (Homework): Chapters 21 and 23 in Slave Girl

Unit 1-PreCivil War America and Slavery

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Slave Girl chapters 5 and 6
• Dred Scott decision: How did this Supreme Court ruling affect slavery and the abolition movement
• Video
• Dred Scott Questions
• Read: Slave Girl Chapter 15

Unit 1-PreCivil War America

Agenda:

• Kansas-Nebraska Act: How did what happened in Kansas serve as foreshadowing for the Civil War?
• Here is a video/lecture
• Slave Girl: Recap 1 & 2; start chapters 5 & 6 (questions) 
• HOMEWORK: Finish reading/questions

Unit 1-Pre Civil War America and Slavery

Today's Agenda:

• Compromise of 1850: What impact did it have on slavery?
• Map Activity: What did America look like in 1850? Page 326 of textbook
• Intro Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, read chapters 1 & 2
• NO HOMEWORK!