OBJECTIVES:  Examine the expansion of the United States following the Civil War and the nation's unequal development.

Monday, April 21:  Notes on Racism and Sharecropping in the South.  Complete study guide.  HW:  Complete chart on Reconstruction Legislation.  Due Tuesday BOP.

Tuesday, April 22:  Turn in study guide and Reconstruction Legislation.  Create map of railroad routes west and cattle trails north.  Due Thursday, BOP.  HW:  Read and take notes on Chapter 19, section 1.  Due Wednesday BOP.

Wednesday, April 23:  Show notes.  Consider Homestead Act, Railroad Act and Mining Act.  Take notes.  Answer essay question.  Map due Thursday.

Thursday, April 24:  Turn in map and essay.  Work on novel project related to Civil War novel.  Due Monday, May 5th.

Friday, April 25:  Speaker on Mining Act of 1872.  Novel due Monday with journal response.

OBJECTIVES:  Conclude examination of four perspectives of the development of the transcontinental railroad.  Evaluate the waves of wars against the Native Americans.

Monday, April 28:  Group up with Civil War novel groups.  Work on novel project, due Monday, May 5.

Tuesday, April 29:  Notes from Charles Schulz's perspective of the transcontinental railroad.  Due EOP.

Wednesday, April 30:  Notes on the various Indian Wars of the late 1800s.

Thursday, May 1: Continue notes.

Friday, May 2: Smoke Signals.  Pep assembly and early release at noon.  Novel project due Monday, May 5.