Sept. 29; Oct 2

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

CW:
discussion: 
abolitionists fight against slavery--gradualists vs. immediatists
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; video clip from The Abolitionists on the Comp of 1850
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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

Sept. 27-28

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


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




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

Sept. 22; 26

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


CW:
NOTES QUIZ
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reading: Plantation Life from Alabama textbook-(handout in the filing cabinet)
primary source analysis: slave narratives
from Unchained Memories
violence/rape against slaves: 18:08--26:18
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Begin 12 Years a Slave

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

Sept. 20-21

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


CW:
discuss:
Slave Work Reading Responses
Slavery Fact Sheet
video clips from Many Rivers:
1791: Haitian Revolution (see slavery uprising handout as well)
video clip from The Abolitionists--Frederick Douglass' introduction into slavery
growth of slavery to the Deep South:
video clip from Many Rivers: "Rise of the Cotton Kingdom; Second Middle Passage-see handout
Missouri Compromise--1820
reading: Plantation Life from Alabama textbook--show from computer
primary source analysis: slave narratives
video clip: Implements of control--Many Rivers


HW:
NOTES QUIZ ON FRIDAY AND TUESDAY

Sept. 18-19

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

CW:
Constitution Quiz; grade quiz
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video clip from Many Rivers: origins of slavery (start at the beginning of the DVD).
African slave trade; Middle Passage; life on the Ball Plantation; African American culture

 HW:
review notes
Notes quiz coming this week!

Sept. 14-15

EQ:
What is the Electoral College and how does it choose the president?
What is the Bill of Rights?

CW:
discuss responses to the Const. Scavenger Hunt
Electoral College handout
video clip from Electoral Dysfunction
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notes: Bill of Rights
video clips from Const. USA
establishment clause in Rhode Island
Westboro Baptist Church 
video clip: use of cash bail

HW:
REVIEW CONSTITUTION SCAVENGER HUNT HANDOUT, NOTES ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND BILL OF RIGHTS
FINISH SLAVE WORK READING

Sept. 12-13

EQ:
What are the origins of the U.S. Constitution?

CW:
Cornell notes refresher (show copy of student notes)
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video clip from Const. USA--origins (9:40-17:40)
Constitution Convention PPT 
CONSTITUTION LINK
Const. Scavenger Hunt--with laptops


HW:
review today's notes--Cont. Scavenger Hunt and PPT notes
complete Slave Work reading and responses 

Sept. 8; 11

EQ:
How does one think like a historian?

CW:
seating chart
turn in parent signature forms
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discuss the following quote: "History is not the past. History is an argument of the past."
five minute history of the United States
handout: primary vs. secondary sources--Stanford website; IB primary document questions
video clip:
Pocahantas and John Smith  
John Smith investigation
video clip from The New World
top ten events in US History


HW:
Slave work reading--answers are due SEPT. 18/19

FALL SEMESTER BEGINS! (SEPT. 6-7)

EQ:
How does my US History class function? 


CW:
sign up for Remind
join Google Classroom
view course outline and general course expectations on Google Classroom
intros with first day questions
school tips
class discussion
President Obama's recently released letter to President Trump---what advice would you give President Trump right now? 
class discussion on the national anthem protest by Colin Kaepernick (if time)

HW:
GET FORMS SIGNED