Friday, September 30, 2016

MONDAY

EQ:


CW:
UNIT 1 EXAM


HW:
Read pp. 447-450 (stop at Labor Unions Emerge)
Andrew Carnegie
vertical integration
horizontal integration
Social Darwinism
John D. Rockefeller 

Thursday, September 29, 2016

FRIDAY

EQ:
To what extent was Reconstruction successful in helping ex-slaves achieve social, political, and economic rights post-Civil War?

CW:
Reconstruction: 1872--77:
Amnesty Act of 1872
Financial Panic of 1873 and its impact on Northern support for Reconstruction
(video clip from Reconstruction DVD)
Election of 1876
Hamburg Massacre in South Carolina
Compromise of 1877 and home rule for the South
Supreme Court rules against Reconstruction
Redeemers and "the Lost Cause"
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ESSAY PREP AND TEST REVIEW

HW:
STUDY FOR THE UNIT EXAM

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

THURSDAY

EQ:
To what extent was Reconstruction successful in helping ex-slaves achieve social, political, and economic rights post-Civil War?

CW:
primary source analysis: Radical Reconstruction vs. Presidential Reconstruction
Congressional/Radical Reconstruction (1866-73)
Freedmen's Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Act of 1867
1867--President Johnson impeached
1868:
14th Amendment ratified--1868
U.S. Grant wins the presidency
sharecropping contract--"slavery without the whip
Klan Enforcement Acts
1870--15th Amendment ratified
small group activity: analysis of the Reconstruction Amendments
video clip from Many Rivers on the impact on the 15th Amendment

HW:
Read pp. 397-401
Panic of 1873--impact on Reconstruction?
Supreme Court rules against Reconstruction
Northern support
Election of 1876
home rule
Compromise of 1877 
REVIEW NOTES!

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
What was Reconstruction and to what extent was Reconstruction a success in giving ex-slaves full American citizenship?

CW:
Southerners discuss the meaning of the Confederate flag
Larry Wilmore clip from June 22--For the Record (begin 44 seconds in)

removal of the flag from the Statehouse grounds
small group discussion: 
Should Confederate monuments be removed?
Renaming schools?
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video clip: the significance of Reconstruction
video clip: meeting between Garrison Frazier, Gen. Sherman, and Sec. of War Stanton
notes: Presidential Reconstruction under Lincoln and Johnson(1865-66):
Dec. 1863: Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction--10 Percent Plan
video clips: Presidential Reconstruction; black codes
Dec. 1865--13th Amendment ratified
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HW:
Read pp. 387--92
New won freedoms
Education
Sharecropping

Friday, September 23, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
How do we deal with the legacy of the Civil War today? 


CW:
Confronting the legacy of the Civil War:
Chris Rock clip
Images of Dylann Roof
Southerners discuss the meaning of the Confederate flag
Larry Wilmore clip from June 22--For the Record (begin 44 seconds in)

removal of the flag from the Statehouse grounds
clip from Chelsea Handler Does.. Netflix on race and the Civil War
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small group discussion: 
Should Confederate monuments be removed?
Renaming schools? 
Georgetown admission for ancestors of slaves
remembering slavery in US History
Why America Needs a Slavery Museum


HW:
Read pp. 376-82
Lincoln's 10 % Plan
President Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction
Freedmen's Bureau
black codes
Reconstruction Act of 1867
President Johnson impeached 

Thursday, September 22, 2016

FRIDAY

EQ:
What factors/events led to Union victory in the Civil War?

CW:
Nov. 1863: Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/television/100000002546687/colbert-recites-the-gettysburg-address.html
1864:
Andersonville Prison; clip from The Civil War
Ft. Pillow Massacre
video clip: Battle of Petersburg
The Crater from "Cold Mountain"
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1864--
Nov-Dec. Sherman's March to the Sea
Presidential Election of 1864
April 9, 1865--Lee surrenders to Grant
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1865:
the plot to assassinate President Lincoln
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HW:
REVIEW YOUR NOTES

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

THURSDAY

EQ:
What factors/events led to Union victory in the Civil War?
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the goal of the war?

CW:
Civil War slang
food (CIVIL WAR BAKE OFF!)
battlefield medicine/healthcare 
Under the Knife reading
video clips:
Dances With Wolves (surgery scene)
CASH unit in Iraq
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clips from Many Rivers:
Robert Smalls' daring escape from slavery
contrabands arrive at Ft. Monroe in Virginia at the start of the war
Emancipation Proclamation--1863
impact of African American soldiers
scenes from "Glory"
1863:
July 1-3: Battle of Gettysburg
May--July 4: Vicksburg
July 13-16: NYC Draft Riots; controversy over the draft
Nov. 1863: Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/television/100000002546687/colbert-recites-the-gettysburg-address.html
1864:
Andersonville Prison; clip from The Civil War
Ft. Pillow Massacre
video clip: Battle of Petersburg
The Crater from "Cold Mountain"

HW:
Read pp. 362-64
Focus points
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman's March
Election of 1864
Surrender at Appomattox

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
What factors/events lead to Union victory in the Civil War?


CW:
video clip from Many Rivers--contraband slaves at Ft. Monroe
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military tech; +/- of the North and the South; WHY DID IT TAKE THE NORTH FOUR YEAR TO WIN THE WAR?
 battle map--1861-62
First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas   
video clips/notes: Battle of Antietam--Sept. 17, 1862
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Life during Wartime for civilians and soldiers
Lincoln and civil liberties
read Sullivan Ballou's letter to his wife
video clip from Death and the Civil War--"Burying"
Civil War slang
food (CIVIL WAR BAKE OFF!)
battlefield medicine/healthcare 
Under the Knife reading
video clips:
Dances With Wolves (surgery scene)
CASH unit in Iraq

HW:
READ pp. 358-61
Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and the Gettysburg Address

Monday, September 19, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
What factors/events lead to Union victory in the Civil War?


CW:
CIVIL WAR BAKE OFF RECIPES --scroll down to the recipes
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small groups--causes of the Civil War
handout: antebellum America: Was Sectionalism real or fictional (documents from class)
 compromise or conflict
primary source analysis: What This Cruel Was Over 
Lincoln's dilemma at Ft. Sumter
video clip: shots fired at Ft. Sumter--Civil War
map of the Confederacy; border states
military technology of the Civil War and fighting tactics
Anaconda Plan
video clip from Many Rivers--contraband slaves at Ft. Monroe

HW:
CIVIL WAR BAKE OFF FOOD MUST BE BROUGHT TO CLASS TOMORROW!
Read pp. 344-45--Antietam
Read p. 347-Emancipation Proclamation


Friday, September 16, 2016

MONDAY

EQ:
How did political and philosophical disagreements over slavery lead to the Civil War?


CW:
review notes
Margaret Garner's fateful decision
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John Brown--class discussion on violent civil disobedience
1857--Dred Scott decision
video clip from The Abolitionists and handout
1858:
Lincoln-Douglas debates for Illinois Senate seat
1859:
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, VA
video clip from The Abolitionists
1860: Lincoln elected president


HW:
Read pp. 338-42
Ft. Sumter
Union/Confederate strategies
Battle of Bull Run
REVIEW NOTES!

Thursday, September 15, 2016

FRIDAY!!!

US History
EQ:
How did the economic, political, and social impacts of slavery led to the Civil War?

CW:
discussion: 
abolitionists fight against slavery
William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Anti-Slavery Society
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Mexican-American War of 1846 and the Compromise of 1850
discuss 10:1 RG
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video clips from Many Rivers:
Underground RR
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discuss 10:2  the social and political impacts of the Fugitive Slave Act--1850
video clips from "The Abolitionists":
Uncle Tom's Cabin and its social/political impacts
video clip: Anthony Burns returned to slavery

HW:
Read 10:4
Dred Scott decision
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, VA
Abe Lincoln elected president

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

THURSDAY

EQ:
What were the political, economic, and social impacts of American slavery?


CW:
finish 12 Years... and compare with realities of slavery
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
video clip: Implements of control--Many Rivers
Nat Turners's Rebellion--1831--reading/video clip from Many Rivers

HW:
SKIM 10-1
READ 10-2

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
What were the economic, social, and cultural effects of slavery?

CW:
notes quiz #1
primary source analysis: slave narratives
read excerpt from Know Alabama--"Plantation Life"
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GET BOOKS
begin 12 Years a Slave

HW:
REVIEW NOTES
SKIM section 10:1 of your textbook
READ section 10:2 of your textbook--DUE ON WEDNESDAY!
10:2:
Fugitive Slave Act; personal liberty laws; Underground RR; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Kansas-Nebraska Act; John Brown; violence in Kansas

Monday, September 12, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
What were the economic, social, and cultural effects of slavery?


CW:
finish discussion of slavery fact sheet
historical investigation:
Why did the US Constitution allow slavery if the Dec. of Independence claimed that "all men are created equal"?
slavery and the US Constitution:
three-fifths compromise, fugitive slave law, ending the importation of slaves in 1808
growth of slavery to the Deep South:
video clip from Many Rivers: "Rise of the Cotton Kingdom" 
document analysis: "the happy slave"
video clip from The Abolitionists--Frederick Douglass' introduction into slavery
primary source analysis: slave narratives
video clip: Implements of control--Many Rivers
violence/rape against slaves: 18:08--26:18
slave life: 32:06--35:21
reading: Plantation Life from Alabama textbook
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Missouri Compromise--1820
handout and video clip: Nat Turner's Rebellion--1831

HW:
review notes
NOTES QUIZ TOMORROW!

Friday, September 09, 2016

MONDAY--US HISTORY

EQ:
What were the economic, social, and cultural effects of slavery?


CW:
Cornell notes refresher
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video clip from Many Rivers: African slave trade; Middle Passage
discuss slave work discussion questions
slavery fact sheet and discussion
historical investigation: Why did the US Constitution allow slavery if the Dec. of Independence claimed that "all men are created equal"?
Missouri Compromise--1820
video clip from Many Rivers: "Rise of the Cotton Kingdom"
document analysis: "the happy slave"
video clip: Implements of control
handout and video clip: Nat Turner's Rebellion--1831 
life of free blacks and dehumanization of African Americans

HW:
review notes

Thursday, September 08, 2016

FRIDAY--US HISTORY

EQ:


CW:
pre-assessment exam
top ten events in US History
handout: primary vs. secondary sources--Stanford website; IB primary document questions


HW:
Slave work reading--answers are due on MONDAY

Wednesday, September 07, 2016

THURSDAY--SEPT 8

EQ:
How does one think like a historian?


CW:
collect signed forms
seating chart
class discussion on the national anthem protest by Colin Kaepernick
discuss the following quote: "History is not the past. History is an argument of the past."
five minute history of the United States
video clip:
Pocahantas and John Smith  
John Smith investigation
video clip from The New World

HW:
Nothing (last night for a long time)

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