11/3/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Discuss "The Cause" notes
    b)  Begin "The Valley of the Shadow of Death"
          --With 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 Battle of Gettysburg



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 11/2/15 entry

11/2/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2)  Finish Civil War video "The Cause"
--Discuss first part of note guide

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



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1970s TV  ("M.A.S.H.") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide
--Discuss

10/30/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2)  Civil War videos: "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 (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/29 entry, except Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 12/1.

10/29/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2)  John Brown assignment
--Read pages 232-235 in books provided
--Answer questions at the top of page 236 (1-2 sentences each) and on the screen (paragraph answer).
--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 (4th period A day):

1)  1970s Intro Notes
2)  Hand out 1970s Oral History Assignment (due Monday, 11/30)
3)  1970s TV ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide
--Discuss

10/28/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War Presentations

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


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/27 entry.

10/27/15

I.B. History of Americas:

1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2)  6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (in lab)
--Follow directions on sheet and OPVL Guidelines packet
--Present tomorrow

3) Homework: James McPherson reading ("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)


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  1960s Oral History assignment due

2)  Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

10/26/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Test 2

2)  Homework: James McPherson reading ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism") [Pages 117-144]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act/Stephen A. Douglas  c) American ("Know-Nothing") Party


American Pop Culture (2nd period B Day):

Same as 10/21 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Wednesday.