AP Learning Objective:
Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War.

Learning Target:
I can discuss the key military and political turning points of the Civil War.

Critical Vocabulary: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Fort Sumter

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: How did Southern states respond to Lincoln's election in 1860?
2. Citizenship Question: Who signs bills to become laws? 
   A. the President 
   B. the Vice President 
   C. the Secretary of State 
   D. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
3. Guided Instruction: The Story of Us: Civil War
4. ​Reflection Question: How did changes in technology impact the course of the Civil War?

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Homework: The Civil War Reading

AP Learning Objective:
Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War.

Learning Target:
I can discuss the key military and political turning points of the Civil War.

Critical Vocabulary: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Fort Sumter

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What important document did Lincoln issue after the Battle of Antietam?
2. Citizenship Question: Who signs bills to become laws? 
   A. the President 
   B. the Vice President 
   C. the Secretary of State 
   D. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
3. Collaborative Learning: The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln
4. ​Reflection Question: What important question remained following the Emancipation Proclamation? What hints did Lincoln give regarding his views on the subject?

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Homework: The Civil War Reading

AP Learning Objective:
Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War.

Learning Target:
I can discuss the key military and political turning points of the Civil War.

Critical Vocabulary: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Fort Sumter

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What advantages did the North and South each have at the start of the Civil War?
2. Citizenship Question: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? 
   A. the Vice President 
   B. the Secretary of State 
   C. the President Pro Tempore 
   D. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
3. Guided Instruction: The Civil War
4. ​Reflection Question: What was the first major battle of the Civil War? What did both sides realize as a result?

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Homework: The Civil War Reading

AP Learning Objective:
Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War.

Learning Target:
I can discuss the key military and political turning points of the Civil War.

Critical Vocabulary: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Fort Sumter

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What advantages did the North and South each have at the start of the Civil War?
2. Citizenship Question: Who signs bills to become laws? 
   A. the President 
   B. the Vice President 
   C. the Secretary of State 
   D. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
3. Collaborative Learning: Cornerstone Speech Analysis
4. Guided Instruction: The Civil War
5. ​Reflection Question: What did Alexander Stephens claim was the "cornerstone" upon which the Confederate States of America was built?

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Homework: The Civil War Reading

AP Learning Objective:
Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War.

​Learning Target:
I can summarize the events that led to the Civil War, & I can evaluate the degree to which each contributed to the conflict.​

Critical Vocabulary: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Fort Sumter

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What position did Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party take on slavery in 1860?
2. Citizenship Question: What did the Declaration of Independence do? 
   A. declared freedom for the slaves 
   B. declared equal rights for women 
   C. declared freedom from Great Britain 
   D. declared an end to the war with Great Britain
3. Independent Instruction: On the Brink of War Sketchnotes Activity
4. ​Reflection Question: How did Southern states respond to Lincoln's election in 1860?

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Homework: On the Brink of War Reading

AP Learning Objective:
Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the events that led to the Civil War, & I can evaluate the degree to which each contributed to the conflict.​

Critical Vocabulary: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Fort Sumter
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Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
2. Citizenship Question: How many amendments does the Constitution have? 
   A. 10 
   B. 27 
   C. 36 
   D. 50
3. Individual Learning: Two Harriets, Heroines of the Civil War
4. Guided Instruction: On the Brink of War
5. ​Reflection Question: Where would men like Stephen Douglas, Roger Taney, and the "Fire-Eaters" go on our political power line? Explain.​

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Homework: On the Brink of War Reading