4/11/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Finish "The Cause"; discuss notes
b) Begin "Valley of the Shadow of Death" and continue note guide

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Vicksburg/General Ulysses S. Grant  c) Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg


American Pop Culture:

Test 1

4/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2) Continue Civil War video series: Finish "The Cause"
--Continue note guide

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

4/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2) Videos: "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 (Manasses)  f) Antietam


American Pop Culture:

1) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and notecard
--Discuss test format and expectations

2) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1

4/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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 on screen
c) Graded 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

4/5/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2) Group presentations on historians
--I.B. History test-takers should take notes on historians' views on the causes of the Civil War

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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment due
2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

4/4/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2) 6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (Mobile Lab)
--Follow directions on the sheet
--Historian's viewpoint on causes; background info/praise/criticism that can help with Values and Limitations

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)

4/3/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder (due next class on Wednesday)

2) Finish 1960s Movie ("Easy Rider")
--With note guide