Assignments

=Civil War and Reconstruction Unit=

Week of May 7th: Secession, War 1860-1862, Fort Sumter through Antietam and the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
//**There is a NEW Extra Credit Discussion Topic- The Boy Scouts are Now Allowing Girls to Join. What do you think about that?**//

__**Monday, May 7- HW: Explore Kids Discover and ABC-CLIO and choose your project topic by Wednesday.**__ Guiding Questions and ID's provided Login Set Up for Kids Discover Online Civil War Photography Project Launch- Instructions and Samples Election of 1860 Results Timeline of Secession Dec 1860- April 1861 Lincoln First Inaugural

__**Tuesday, May 8-HW: Decide on your Top 3 Civil War Photography Topic Choices to submit tomorrow.**__ First Shots at Fort Sumter Civil War Trust-Fort Sumter Animated Map Was War Inevitable?

__**Wednesday, May 9-HW: Work on your Civil War Photography Project**__ Course of the War April 1861- September 1862 Strengths and Weaknesses of North and South Civil War Geography and Strategy (Anaconda Plan vs. Defense)

__**Thursday, May 10-HW: Work on your Civil War Photography Project**__ Begin viewing of film Glory about the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment

__**Friday, May 11- HW: (Those going to Cedar Point need to complete the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address activities for Monday. See handouts provided on Thursday)**__ Just War and Justifying War- The Lieber Code and Civil War Medicine Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

__**Monday, May 14th-HW: Work on Photography Project. Complete Class Activities as needed. Essay Self Evaluation due by Friday. Bring chrome-book and ear-buds to class.**__ Emancipation Proclamation/ Gettysburg Address Answers due. Glory Discussion- Viewing Continues... ABC-CLIO- War on the Homefront

__**Tuesday, May 15th- HW: Work on Photography Project. Complete Class Activities as needed. Essay Self Evaluation due by Friday. Bring chrome-book and ear-buds to class.**__ Glory Discussion- Viewing Continues... ABC-CLIO- A Soldier's Life

__**Wednesday, May 16th-HW: Work on Photography Project. Complete Class Activities as needed. Essay Self Evaluation due by Friday. Bring chrome-book and ear-buds to class.**__ Glory Discussion- Viewing Continues... Reflection Paper/ Debriefing ABC-CLIO-Major Events of the War

__**Thursday, May 17th-HW: Work on Photography Project. Complete Class Activities as needed. Essay Self Evaluation due tomorrow. Bring chrome-book and ear-buds to class.**__ The Civil War End-Game 1863-65... From Fort Wagner to Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Nystrom American History Atlas Activities

__**Friday, May 18th-HW: Finish your Photography Project for Monday. Post to the NEW National Parks Discussion.**__ Civil War End Game and Reconstruction Presentation Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Reconstruction Task List

=Week of May 21- Last Week of School=

__**Monday, May 21st- HW: Check your PIV- make sure of all your assignments. Post to the Discussions for Extra Credit**__ Student Council Elections Pride Day / Assembly Schedule Civil War Photography Projects due for Group Sharing Lincoln Assassination Plans for Reconstruction Steps Forward/ Back Packet

__**Tuesday, May 22nd- HW: Last chance to post to the Discussions for Extra Credit**__ 8th Grade Locker Clean Out Civil War Photography Project- Further explorations Radical Reconstruction

Chrome Book Turn-in Day. Chromebooks will be turned into Social Studies teachers. End of Reconstruction
 * Wednesday, May 23rd- HW: Last chance to find and turn in any missing assignments.**

__**Thursday, May 24th-HW: Have a great summer, and good luck at AHS!**__ Last Day of School Turn in Steps Forward- Back Packet... Reconstruction Exit Slip Immigrant Citizenship Test (Time Permitting)

__**Friday, May 25th- Teacher Records Day**__ We are available from 8am to 3pm if you need to see us or email us about anything. Grades are final as of 3pm.

//**Causes of the Civil War Assignments including Links and Resources remain posted below.**//

=Causes of the Civil War Unit=

Current Extra-Credit Discussions through Sunday, April 15th- __**Spring Break Post-Cards from America + Political Cartoons**__

=__**Mission U.S. 2- Flight to Freedom**__=


 * Thursday, April 12- HW: Complete Mission U.S. Flight to Freedom Prologue and Part 2 for tomorrow.**
 * Compromise of 1850 in more detail...intended and unintended consquences
 * Mission U.S. 2 Launch- Underground RR "Flight to Freedom"
 * Life in the North back East- Industrialization, Immigration and the Growth of Cities


 * Friday, April 13- HW: Complete Mission U.S. Flight to Freedom Part 2 for Tuesday**
 * Life in the South back East- King Cotton, Slavery
 * Slavery Realities and Slave Resistance
 * Politics of Slavery

//**New Extra Credit Discussion- Do you support the weekend's missile strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities?**//

__**Monday, April 16- HW: Complete Mission U.S. Part 2 for Tuesday**__
 * Conclude Life in the South activities
 * Abolitionist Movement
 * Manifesto of the American Anti-Slavery Society

__**Tuesday, April 17- HW: Complete Mission U.S. Part 3 for Wednesday**__ ELA Air Test Day 1 //No SS class for 5th, 6th, and 7th periods. Plans for 1st, 3rd, and 8th periods TBA.//

__**Wednesday, April 18- HW: Complete Mission U.S. Part 4 for Thursday**__
 * Discuss Mission U.S. Parts 2 and 3
 * Women's Rights Movement
 * News Coverage of the Seneca Falls Convention
 * Suffrage and the Abolition Movements
 * Suffrage and the Seneca Falls Convention
 * Key Figures PowerPoint


 * Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments

__**Thursday, April 19- HW: Complete Mission U.S. Part 5 for Friday.**__ ELA Air Test Day 2 //No SS class for 5th, 6th, and 7th periods. Plans for 1st, 3rd, and 8th periods TBA.//

__**Friday, April 20-HW:Complete Mission U.S. Epilogue for Monday. (Whole packet due Monday, April 23)**__ Career Day. Discuss Mission US Parts 4 and 5 Peer Nominations for Citizenship Award Return / Review Territorial Growth Summative

__**Monday, April 23- HW: Complete your Essay Self Evaluation if you haven't already. Follow up on today's topics in ABC-CLIO- See Prelude to Civil War (Abolition, Compromises and Decisions, and Sectionalism Topics) Check out the Extra Credit Discussions.**__ Turn in Essay Self Evaluation Causes of the Civil War Timeline 1848-1852 Free-Soil Party, 1850 Compromise and Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom's Cabin Check out ABC-CLIO Analyze Feature on Uncle Tom's Cabin

__**Tuesday, April 24- HW: Follow up on class activites- Check out ABC-CLIO Analyze Feature on Huck Finn.**__ //Science Testing// 5th,6th, 7th,8th Periods only- begin viewing Huck Finn

__**Wednesday, April 25- HW: Follow up on class activities-**____**Check out ABC-CLIO Analyze Feature on Huck Finn.**__ //Math Testing Part I// 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Periods only- continue viewing Huck Finn

__**Thursday, April 26- HW: Follow up on class activities-**____**Check out ABC-CLIO Analyze Feature on Huck Finn.**__ //Math Testing Part II// 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Periods only- finish viewing Huck Finn.

Historic Context in Huckleberry Finn

__**Friday, April 27- HW:**__ __**Follow up on today's topics in ABC-CLIO.**__ __**See Prelude to Civil War (Abolition, Compromises and Decisions, and Sectionalism Topics)**__ __**Check out the Extra Credit Discussions.**__
 * Causes of the Civil War Timeline 1852-56
 * Kansas Nebraska Act and Popular Sovereignty
 * Bleeding __//**Kansas**//__
 * Formation of Republican Party and Election of 1856

__//**Monday, April 30th-HW:**// //**Finish Class Activities. Organize and Review for the Summative.**//__ __**Resources:**__
 * Dred Scott Case & Oberlin Wellington Template
 * Dred Scott Decision
 * History Alive! pg. 296-297 (Dred Scott)
 * American Nation pg. 471-472 (Dred Scott)
 * Oberlin Wellington Case (Case Western Source)
 * Oberlin Wellington Case
 * Oberlin Evangelist Newspaper
 * Site Sources

__//**Tuesday, May 1st-HW: Finish Class Activities and Study for the Summative**//__ Notebook Check Index provided (Frankmann-Saucier) Lincoln-Douglas Debates John Brown- Hero or Villain? Election of 1860

__//**Wednesday, May 2nd-HW: Finish Class Activities and Study for the Summative.**//__ Review- America, the Story of U.S- "Division" Nystrom Atlas of U.S. History Activities

__//**Thursday May, 3rd-HW: Reflect on the Essay Question and be ready to write tomorrow.**//__

Causes of the Civil War Summative Part I- Document Work: Reading,Annotating, Planning Notebook Check (Frankmann-Saucier)

__//**Friday, May 4th- HW: Reorganized your Notebook for the Civil War and Reconstruction Unit**//__ Causes of the Civil War Summative Part II- Essay Writing


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 * Civil War and Reconstruction Unit**
 * Civil War Photography Project**
 * "Glory"**