10/31/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2) Finish "The Cause" video
--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


American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1970s Oral History Assignment

2) 1970s TV (Day 2)
("MASH") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide

10/28/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2) Video: "The Civil War" ("The Cause")
--Begin 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

10/27/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2) John Brown
a) Reading: 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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1970s Oral History Assignment (due Tuesday, 11/29)
3) 1970s TV (Day 1) ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide

10/26/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2) Group Presentations on Historians
--I.B. students take notes on historians' views on causes of the Civil War

**Discuss the last presidential debate

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

10/25/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out I.B. Unit 3 topics
1) Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2) 6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (In lab)
--Follow directions on Guidelines Packet
--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)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

10/24/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Collect Presidential Debates Extra Credit

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

10/19/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2) Test 2 info/essay questions:

1) Discuss how Andrew Jackson used his power as president on each of the following issues:
a) The role of the Second Bank of the United States
b) The tariff and nullification crisis
c) The status of Native Americans in the eastern states

2) Analyze the impact of 3 things in this unit that influenced the "sectional crisis" between the North and South.

3) Finish work on the Compromise of 1850 assignment and groups present
--Audience takes class notes

4) In-class study time for test

5) Homework: Study for Test 2

**LAST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT) IS TONIGHT FROM 6:00-7:30. DUE MONDAY.



American Pop Culture:


1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder that it is due next class, Tuesday, October 25.

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