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 16: Select Novel of Choice related to Civil War. Study for EOC tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 17: Write EOC. Turn in EOC study sheet.
Wednesday, March 18: Read article of Lincoln.
Thursday, March 19: Turn in novel contract. Choose character for journal writes. Read and write Journal Entry #1.
Friday, March 21: Ken Burns' documentary on opening of Civil War. Notes on Fort Sumter.
OBJECTIVES: Examine opening years of Civil War and consider personal responses to the cause of the war.
Monday, March 30: Share novel journal write, turn it in.
Tuesday, March 31: Read and take notes on 1861, advantages and disadvantages of North and South. Battle Notes 1861, Battle of Bull Run/Manassas. Journal write #2 due Monday, BOP.
Wednesday, April 1: Read and outline Chapter 11, sections 1 and 2.
Thursday, April 2: Battle Notes 1862, Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg.
Friday, April 3: Segment of Glory, the story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
Accelerated 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 outline Chapter 11, section 3. 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 Monday, BOP.
Wednesday, April 8: Timeline notes for 1864. Battle Notes 1864, Sherman's March to the Sea.
Thursday, April 9: Segment from Gettysburg.
Friday, April 10: Read and outline Chapter 11, section 4 on the turning points of the war. Battle Notes 1865, Surrender at Appomattox. Journals #3 and 4 due Monday, BOP.
Accelerated US History Assignments Apr 14 ~ 18
OBJECTIVES: Determine how the Civil War ended and the failures of reconstructing the South.
Monday, April 13: Journal #4 due Monday, BOP. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Test on Civil War Wednesday. "Authentic" Civil War journal due Wednesday BOP.
Tuesday, April 14: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Read and take notes on Chapter 11, section 5. Test Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 15: Civil War test.
Thursday, April 16: Lincoln's Assassination. Take notes.
Friday, April 17: Finish documentary on Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Begin notes on Reconstruction.
Accelerated US History April 20 ~ 24
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 12, section 1. Due Tuesday BOP.
Tuesday, April 21: Notes on Sharecropping and Agribusiness in the Plains. Read and outline Chapter 12, 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. Period 2: read NYT article and respond to questions. Period 5: Guest Speaker John Robison.
Friday, April 24: Railroads and the West. Read and outline Chapter 15, section 3. Due Monday BOP. Create RR perspective writing piece. Due Tuesday BOP.