Nov. 1-2

EQ:
How did workers/labor organize to  fight against the power of big business?


CW:
income inequality today 
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notes:
the labor struggle in the Gilded Age
groups meet for labor unrest presentations
groups present
labor union simulation (if time)


HW:
LYNCHING READING

Oct. 30-31

EQ:
1. What factors led to the creation of big business in the late 1800s?
2. Why is this era known as the Gilded Age?


CW:
return old work/Unit 1 exam
Unit 2 study guide
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notes:
America becomes an industrial power:
transcontinental RR completed in 1869
Gilded Age PPT
handout: Robber Baron or Capt. of Industry
income inequality today


HW:
small group research project--MUST BE PRESENT TO GET INFORMATION

Oct. 24-25--FALL CONFERENCES/IN-SERVICE WEEK

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  

Oct. 20; 23

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

CW:
Reconstruction: 1872--77:
video clip: impacts of the 15th Amendment--Many Rivers
Amnesty Act of 1872
video clips:
claims of African American political misconduct in the South
Financial Panic of 1873 and its impact on Northern support for Reconstruction
Redeemers take back political power across the South
Election of 1876
Hamburg Massacre in South Carolina
Compromise of 1877 and home rule for the South
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ESSAY PREP/REVIEW

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 1 EXAM!! 

Oct. 18-19

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

CW:
RECONSTRUCTION PART I PPT
Reconstruction discussion activity-small groups 
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: Jan-Dec. 1865
black codes
Dec. 1865--13th Amendment ratified  
video clip from Many Rivers--land ownership on Edisto Island, SC
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primary source analysis: Radical Reconstruction vs. Presidential Reconstruction
Congressional/Radical Reconstruction (1866-73)
Freedmen's Bureau (1865-72)
1866:
Ku Klux Klan formed in Pulaski, TN-video clip from Reconstruction DVD
Civil Rights Act of 1866
1867
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!

Oct. 16-17

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

How should we deal with the legacy of the Civil War?

CW:
NOTES QUIZ #3--BIG ONE
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1864:
Andersonville Prison; clip from The Civil War
Ft. Pillow Massacre
Nov-Dec. Sherman's March to the Sea
Presidential Election of 1864
1865:
April 9, 1865--Lee surrenders to Grant
Aril 14, 1865--the plot to assassinate President Lincoln
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Remembering Slavery/Reconstruction discussion activity-small groups
Why America Needs a Slavery Museum
clip from Chelsea Handler Does.. Netflix on race and the Civil War
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video clip from Vice--removing Confederate monuments
Southerners discuss the meaning of the Confederate flag
removal of the flag from the Statehouse grounds
Mayo Mitch Landrieu's speech about NOLA
President Trump's statements about monuments 

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  

Oct 11-12--FOUR DAY WEEK DUE TO STATEWIDE IN-SERVICE

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


CW:
Cornell questions from notes
Civil War slang
Robert Smalls's daring escape from slavery
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
Colbert reciting the GA


HW:
Read this article on Confederate monuments
BIG NOTES QUIZ NEXT CLASS COVERING ALL OF UNIT EXCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION
MAKE OUTLINES FOR ESSAYS ONE AND TWO

Oct. 9-10

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

CW:
notes: Anaconda Plan
battle map--1861-62
First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas   
video clips/notes: Battle of Antietam--Sept. 17, 1862
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

October 5-6

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

 CW:
notes quiz #2
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compromise or conflict- handout
primary source analysis: What This Cruel Was Over
map of the Confederacy; border states
 Lincoln's dilemma at Ft. Sumter: Ft. Sumter simulation
video clip: shots fired at Ft. Sumter--Civil War
military technology of the Civil War and fighting tactics
video clip from Many Rivers--contraband slaves at Ft. Monroe

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

October 3-4

EQ:
What were the final causes of Disunion (1854-61)?


CW:
review notes/make questions using Cornell notes
Margaret Garner's fateful decision
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1854---Kansas-Nebraska Act and "Bleeding Kansas"-1856
video clip from The Abolitionists featuring Garrison burning Const., then John Brown's actions
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
HANDOUT: pro-con arguments on slavery (if time)
1860: Lincoln elected president


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