FRIDAY--FEBRUARY 20--THREE DAY WEEKEND!

Honors US History
EQ:
What were the social, political, and economic impacts of the growth of American slavery?

CW:
finish video clips about Priscilla Ball's experiences as a slave in South Carolina
discuss slave work reading/The Slave South
discuss: slavery fact sheet
small group activity:
New perspectives on slavery
video clips from Many Rivers DVD:
growth of the cotton kingdom in the South; implements of control

HW:
A Troublesome Property reading
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to a Northern/Union victory in the Civil War?

CW:
Nov. 1863--Gettysburg Address
Stephen Colbert giving the Gettysburg Address
1864:
Siege of Petersburg, VA
The Crater; clip from Cold Mountain
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11:4 RG
Sherman's March to the Sea
Presidential Election of 1864
April 9, 1865--the South surrenders
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11:5 RG:
1865
legacy of the Civil War and the plot to murder President Lincoln
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small group discussion: Memorializing slavery activity

HW:
12:1 RG