12/20/19

1) "Double Notes" ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott") and ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2) Finish "The Cause" video
--Continuing the note guide

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

12/19/19

Same as 12/18 entry.

12/18/19

1) We'll do "Double Notes" next time.
2) Video: "The Civil War" (Episode: "The Cause")
--With note guide

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 398-407 ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Secession  b) Crittenden Plan  c) Fort Sumter  d) Jefferson Davis  e) First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)  f) Antietam

12/17/19

Same as 12/16 entry.

12/16/19

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2) John Brown
a) Reading: Use pages 232-235 in books provided
b) Answer questions on top of page 236 and question on the screen
c) Graded Sharing/Discussion

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

12/13/19

Same as 12/12 entry.

12/12/19

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2) Group Presentations on Historians
--I.B. History test-takers should take notes

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 153-169 ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1856 (Buchanan vs. Fremont)  b) Lecompton Constitution

12/11/19

Same as 12/10 entry.

12/10/19

1) Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2) 6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War
-Follow directions on Google Classroom
-Split research evenly and create shared document for presentation next class
-Research: 1) Historian's viewpoint on the main cause of the Civil War.  2) Values and Limitations of the historian and his books (background info/praise/criticism/credentials as a historian)


3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 145-153 ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)

12/9/19

Same as 12/6 entry.

12/6/19

1) Test 2

2) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 117-144 ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act/Stephen A. Douglas  c) American ("Know-Nothing") Party

12/5/19

Same as 12/4 entry.

12/4/19

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2) Discuss test essay question #2
3) a) Finish work on Compromise of 1850
    b) Groups present
4) Study time for test

5) Homework: Study/prepare for Test 2

12/3/19

Same as 12/2 entry.

12/2/19

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")--Part 1
2) a) Hand out and explain "Tips for Answering Compare/Contrast Questions When Analyzing Documents"
b) 4 groups: Compromise of 1850
c) Question to answer: "Compare and contrast the views of Document A and Document B on the Compromise of 1850 and especially the Fugitive Slave Act."
d) Individually, take notes following the guidelines
e) As a group, write 2 paragraphs using the Tips sheet for a group presentation next class time (one student from group post on Google Classroom).

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 103-116 ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
Focus your reading on:  a) Gadsden Purchase  b) Role of Cuba on the slavery issue  c) Ostend Manifesto  d) Role of Nicaragua on the slavery issue/William Walker