OBJECTIVE:    Analyze the effect of the Amistad Trial on 19th century attitudes towards slavery

Problem: How did the different participants in the Amistad Trial define liberty and freedom?  How did these definitions lead to conflict?

Tuesday, January 20:  Read and discussion setting of Amistad court case.  Watch expurgated version of movie.  Complete study guide on a day-to-day basis

Wednesday, January 21:  Continue analysis of Amistad Trial

Thursday, January 22:  Continue analysis of Amistad Trial

Friday, January 23:  Conclude analysis of Amistad Trial

Accelerated US History Assignments Jan 26 ~ Jan 30

OBJECTIVE:  Analyze events leading to the War of 1812.  Determine effect of Industrial Revolution on slavery and the growth of the U.S.  Select a novel of choice related to the Intermountain West.

Problem:  How did differing ideas of personal freedom lead to conflict and new war with Britain?  How did the migration of people West change the environment of the Intermountain West?

Monday, January 26:  Turn in paragraph comparing Cinque and Joadson.  Finish Amistad.  Take notes on War of 1812. 

Tuesday, January 27: Finish notes on War of 1812.

Wednesday, January 28:  Begin project on Environmental History of the Intermountain West by completing a novel of choice form.  Due Thursday with novel in hand.  Introduction to Environmental History project.

Thursday, January 29:  Turn in novel of choice contract.  Research inventions of the early 1800s.  Due Friday BOP.

Friday, January 30:  Notes on inventions.  Read excerpt from Charles Dickens' travelogue regarding Lowell factory system and reflect on reading.

OBJECTIVE:  Examine the early compromises devised by Henry Clay and their effect on national politics and growth.

Monday, February 2:  Notes on Nationalism and Sectionalism, Chapter 7, sections 1 and 2.   Due tomorrow BOP.

Tuesday, February 3: Show notes.  Check results of War of 1812 open note quiz.  Notes on American System.  Prepare for Intermountain West project by identifying areas of interest through "Guiding Questions".  Due Thursday BOP.  Read and outline Chapter 7, section 3, "An Era of Nationalism".  Due Wednesday BOP.

Wednesday, February 4:  Review American System.  Notes on "Democracy and the Age of Jackson" and "Constitutional Disputes and Crises", Chapter 7, sections 4 and 5.  Guiding Questions due Thursday BOP.

Thursday, February 5: Begin Environmental History of the Intermountain West Research project.  Project due February 17th, BOP.  Initial thesis statement due Friday BOP.

Friday, February 6:  IMW.  Research thesis and gather sources.  Keep brief notes on utility of sources as you go.

OBJECTIVE:    Continue Environmental History of the Intermountain West project development.

Monday, February 9:  Library.  Continue research on individual who changed the environment of Intermountain West.  Mini-lesson on creating an annotated bibliography.

Tuesday, February 10:  Library.  Continue research on individual.  Mini-lesson on parenthetical citations.  Begin to create 10 ~ 15 slide powerpoint presentation.

Wednesday, February 11:  Library.  Continue research on individual.  Rough draft of annotated bibliography due EOP.  Continue work on powerpoint.

Thursday, February 12:  Library.  Continue creating powerpoint.  Work on parenthetical citations.  Project due Tuesday BOP on thumbdrive and as handout with separate annotated bibliography.

No School Friday due to Teachers' In-Service.