12/19/14

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War")
2)  Video: Ken Burns' "Civil War" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Gettysburg's significance

12/18/14

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62")
2)  Finish Test 5 (DBQ)--Part 2 (Essay)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 407-413 ("Toward Total War")
Focus your reading on:  a) How the Union prepared for war  b) How the Confederacy prepared for war

12/17/14

**Reiterate essay expectations for tomorrow's test (see "An Empire for Slavery" in Blue Reader, pages 78-103).  You'll need at least 2 specific examples of how the North reacted to the Fugitive Slave Act.
1)  Test 5 (DBQ)-Part 1

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 398-407 ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fort Sumter  b) Jefferson Davis  c) Antietam

12/16/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
**Ungraded Unit 5 Quiz and DBQ Test information
2)  Finish Frederick Douglass video
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Do a general overview of the famous figures in your notes (and their views on slavery  and the preservation of the union) for tomorrow's Test 5 (DBQ)

12/15/14

**Political cartoon practice
1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2)  Video: "Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 390-394 ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
Focus your reading on:  a) Dred Scott  b) Lincoln-Douglas Debates  c) Election of 1860

12/12/14

**turnitin.com submission of Research Paper due today.
1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  John Brown assignment
a)  Read in books provided, pages 232-235
b)  Answer questions at the top of page 236 and on the screen
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2 [Pages  153-169]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1856 (Buchanan vs. Fremont)  b) Lecompton Constitution

12/11/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 2
2)  "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate" presentations
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1 [Pages 145-153]
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)

12/10/14

**Part E and Title Page of Research Paper due
**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 1
2)  "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate" (Prep Day in lab)
--Each person needs at least 1/2 page of typed bullet-point information and a visual
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 2 [Pages 130-144]
Focus your reading on:  American ("Know-Nothing") Party

12/9/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2)  turnitin.com information:

Class name:  Advanced US History
Password:  Unis
Class ID #:  9158843
Assignment name:  IA Research Paper 2014

3)  4 groups: Compromise of 1850
--Skim assigned documents
--Prepare a sheet for group presentation
--Audience takes class notes

4)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 1  [Pages 117-130]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act  c) Stephen A. Douglas and popular sovereignty  d) Republican Party created

**Part E and Title Page of Research Paper due tomorrow.  turnitin.com submission of paper due on Friday.

12/8/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1
2)  Part E (Conclusion) of Research Paper and Title Page (in lab)
--Due Wednesday
--Register for PCC credit in lab if you haven't done so already

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2  [Pages 103-116]
Focus your reading on:  a) Role of Cuba  b) Role of Nicaragua/William Walker

12/5/14

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1 [Pages 78-103]
Focus your reading on:  Specific Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act (you are strongly encouraged to take some reading notes on this in preparation for the DBQ Test).

FOR MONDAY:  You'll be working on Part E of the Research Paper:
Bring your Sample Paper and your laptops/flashdrives (if necessary).

REMEMBER TO REGISTER FOR THE PCC CREDIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU DID NOT DO IT WITH US IN CLASS THIS WEEK!!  ASK ME FOR HELP IF NEEDED.

12/4/14

1)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes on the following topics:  a) Manifest Destiny  b) Mexican-American War  c) Oregon Trail  d) Texas  e) Whitmans  f) Mormons

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2 [Pages 64-77]
Focus your reading on:  a)  California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850  c) Fugitive Slave Act  d) Henry Clay  e) Daniel Webster

12/3/14

1)  Test 4

2)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1  [Pages 3-5; 47-64]
Focus your reading on:  a) Mexican-American War  b) Wilmot Proviso  c) Free-Soil Movement  d) Election of 1848  e) Popular sovereignty

12/2/14

1)  Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Discuss/hand in Documentary Evidence of Slavery
3)  Go to lab to register for PCC credit for Winter Term 2015
--Hand out booklets and cards first
--If you're trying this on your own follow the directions very carefully on pages 5-8 in the booklet.  The CRN for this course is 16785.  Come in and get help from me outside of class if necessary.  We can do it together on my computer.

4)  Homework: Study for tomorrow's Test 4