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