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11/30/2018

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Today's Agenda

11/29/2018

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Today's Agenda

11/28/2018

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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: Who were the Copperhead Democrats? What was their opinion of Lincoln?
  2. ​Citizenship Question: What is the highest court in the United States? 
  3. A. the District Court 
    B. the Superior Court 
    C. the Supreme Court 
    D. the Municipal Court
  4. Guided Instruction: The Civil War
  5. ​Reflection Question: What two battles mark the turning point of the Civil War?
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Homework: The Civil War Reading
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Today's Agenda

11/27/2018

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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: Why did Lincoln only free some of the slaves in 1863?
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Homework: The Civil War Reading
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Today's Agenda

11/26/2018

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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
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Today's Agenda

11/20/2018

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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

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Put the following events into chronological order: 1850 Compromise, Gag Rule, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise
  2. Citizenship Question: Who makes federal laws? 
    A. the Congress 
    B. the Supreme Court 
    C. the Attorney General 
    D. the Justice Department
  3. Independent Learning: On the Brink of War Sketchnotes Activity
  4. ​Reflection Question: What do all of the events listed above have in common?
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Homework: The Civil War Reading
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Today's Agenda

11/19/2018

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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

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
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Today's Agenda

11/16/2018

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earning 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: Create a Trading Card for Abraham Lincoln.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who vetoes bills? 
    A. the President 
    B. the Majority Leader 
    C. the President Pro Tempore 
    D. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
  3. Guided Instruction: On the Brink of War
  4. ​Reflection Question: 
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Homework: On the Brink of War Reading
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Snow Day!

11/15/2018

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Today's Agenda

11/14/2018

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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 Beecher Stowe and John Brown.
  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
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