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Finished Video/Gilded Age Notes

1/25/2016

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Today's class was spent finishing the video from last week and continuing the Gilded Age Notes.  Remember that the chapter is to be finished by tomorrow.  
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Article Discussion/POV Work/Gilded Age Notes

1/20/2016

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Today's class was spent discussing the Reconstruction article, revisiting POV, and then we started notes on the Gilded Age, which is part of Period 6 (1865-1898).  I've included a copy of the PowerPoint we started today and a PDF of the Reconstruction DBQ below.

Also, instead of having two short answer questions tomorrow, we will have a very short (8 questions) stimulus based multiple choice quiz tomorrow over Reconstruction.

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the_gilded_age__small_.pptx
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reconstruction.pdf
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DBQ Work

1/19/2016

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Today's class was spent working on document analysis from a prior DBQ on Reconstruction.  Emphasis was placed on practicing blind analysis, and developing one of the four types of analysis (POV, historical context, purpose or audience).

Remember that the article needs to be finished by tomorrow.

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Long Essay #3/Reading Time

1/15/2016

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The majority of class time today was spend writing the third Long Essay of the year.  Remaining class time was spent on assigned Reconstruction readings.  For Monday, the assigned pages are 465-475 and the article needs to be done by next Wednesday.  For the article, you do not need to do the questions, we will have two Type 2's over the article next Wednesday.

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Test Results, Reconstruction Notes, Long Essay Work

1/14/2016

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Today in class we went over yesterday's multiple choice test, started taking notes for Reconstruction, and had some work time for tomorrow's Long Essay.

Remember, for tomorrow's essay, you need to consider the issues that were debated regarding slavery.  These include the following:
  1. Should slavery be allowed to expand into new territory?
  2. Should slavery be abolished?
  3. Should slavery be protected and preserved where it already is?
  4. Who has the political authority to address slavery?
  5. What is the overall economic impact of slavery?
The Mexican-American war led to great change in some of these issues, others did not see much change until later.  The main task of this question is to address what changed as a result of the Mexican-American War, and what issue(s) of debate regarding slavery, despite the addition of all this land, did not see much change.

I've included the PowerPoint we started working through in class today.

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the_challenge_of_reconstruction__1865-1877_.pptx
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Ch. 18-21 Test

1/13/2016

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Today's class was spend taking the Chapter 18-21 test.  We will go over the multiple choice tomorrow.  Homework for tonight is to have a draft of your thesis for Friday's Long Essay.
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Practice Short Answer Question/Gettysburg Address/Long Essay Work

1/7/2016

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Today's class was spent working on a practice Short Answer question and discussing the significance of the Gettysburg Address.  Whatever time was left was spent working on next week's Long Essay question, which is included below.  I've also included a copy of the review guide for next Tuesday's test.
chapters_18-21.pdf
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long_essay_3.pdf
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South Carolina vs. Lincoln

1/6/2016

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Today we finished our analysis of South Carolina's "Justifying Secession" and Abraham Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address.  Tomorrow, we will focus on Short Answer question practice and the Gettysburg Address.

There are no pages assigned for tonight, but make sure you have the chapter finished by Monday.

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Pass Back, Type 2's, Civil War

1/4/2016

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At the beginning of class, all graded papers were handed back.  Everything has been graded, make sure you make up needed assignments if you were gone at all the week before break.

After two Type 2's over the reading from break, students made a chart in their notes comparing the mobilization efforts of the North and South at the outset of the Civil War.  We then watched the Lincoln's segment from The Presidents video series for an overview of the time period.

Tonight's reading homework is 438-443

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