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.