OBJECTIVES:  Study and prepare for EOC essay.  Select novel of choice related to Civil War.  Consider effect of Abraham Lincoln's election on the nation.  Examine different attitudes toward war.  Detail first shots of the war.

Monday, March 17:  Turn in UGRR map and letter to "your" master.  Discuss ASEH themes.  Return EOC essay and discuss.  Review compromises.

Tuesday, March 18:  Choose Civil War identity.  Read Chapter 15, section 3 (Slavery Dominates Politics) and take notes.

Wednesday, March 19:  Video and notes on John Brown and Harper's Ferry.  Take notes on effect of Lincoln's election in Chapter 15, section 4.

Thursday, March 20:  Battle notes for 1861 and the first shots at Fort Sumter.  Civil War journal entry due Friday, BOP.

Friday, March 21: Ken Burns' documentary on opening of Civil War.  Talent Show.

OBJECTIVES:  Examine opening years of Civil War and consider personal responses to the cause of the war.

Monday, March 30:  Complete Journal #1 and choose a picture of yourself to send to your "family".  Due EOP.

Tuesday, March 31:  Read and take notes on 1861, advantages and disadvantages of North and South.  Battle Notes 1861, Battle of Bull Run/Manassas.

Wednesday, April 1:  Read Chapter 16, section 3.  Take notes of timeline of events 1862.

Thursday, April 2:  Battle Notes 1862, Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg.  Journal #2 due Friday.

Friday, April 3:  Segment of Glory, the story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

US History Assignments Apr 6 ~ 10

OBJECTIVES:  Examine turning point of the Civil War and intricacies of the Emancipation Proclamation.  Determine closing strategies of the Civil War.

Monday, April 6:  Read and take notes on Chapter 17, sections 1 and 2.  Read the Emancipation Proclamation and answer related questions.  Due Tuesday, BOP.

Tuesday, April 7:  Turn in Emancipation Proclamation questions.  Battle Notes 1863, Battle of Gettysburg.  Journal #3 due Thursday, BOP.

Wednesday, April 8:  Timeline notes for 1863-5.  Battle Notes 1864, Sherman's March to the Sea.

Thursday, April 9:  Journal #3 due.  Segment from Gettysburg (Pickett’s Charge).

Friday, April 10:  Read Chapter 17, section 3 on the surrender of Lee.  Battle Notes 1865, Surrender at Appomattox.  Journal #4 due Monday, BOP. 

US History Assignments Apr 13 ~ 17

OBJECTIVES:  Determine how the Civil War ended and the failures of reconstructing the South.

Monday, April 13:  Journal #4 due BOP.  Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Test on Civil War Wednesday.  “Authentic” Civil War journals due Wednesday BOP.

Tuesday, April 14:  Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.  Read and take notes on Chapter 17, section 4.  Test Wednesday.

Wednesday, April 15:  “Authentic” journals due.  Civil War test.

Thursday, April 16:  Reconstruction notes.  Chapter 18, section 1.  Due Friday.

Friday, April 17:  Reconstruction.  Read and take notes Chapter 18, sections 2 and 3.

 OBJECTIVES:  Determine the attempts and Failures of Reconstruction and examine 3 Acts that transformed the West

 Monday, April 20:  Notes on Jim Crow South.  Read and outline Chapter 18, section 1.  Due Tuesday BOP.

 Tuesday, April 21:  Notes on Sharecropping and Agribusiness in the Plains.  Read and outline Chapter 18, sections 2 and 3.  Due Wednesday BOP.

Wednesday, April 22:  Notes on 3 Acts that transformed the West.  Write essay response.  Due Thursday BOP.

 Thursday, April 23:  Mining in America.  Read NYT article and respond to questions.

 Friday, April 24:  Railroads and the West.  Read and outline Chapter 19, section 1.  Due Monday BOP.  Create RR response from handout.  Due Tuesday BOP.