Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Final Exam Review

Final Exam Review

Assignment #1: Unit 1 Colonization (Words on Slide 5)
Assignment #2: Unit 1 Part II (Words and Key Concepts on Slide 7)
Assignment #3: Unit 2 The Constitution & Early Republic (Words/Big Ideas on Slide 9)
Assignment #4: Unit 3 Age of Jackson (Slide 11)
Assignment #5: Unit 4 Expansion and Reform (Slide 13)
Assignment #6: Unit 5 Decade of Crisis (Slide 14)

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

1A and 4B Civil War Notes

4B: Notes (#4-12) due Thursday,  4/28. Practice Test is due Monday, 5/2.
1A: Notes #1,2,4-12, due Friday, 4/29. Practice Test is due Tuesday, 5/3. 


Directions:
  1. Label your sheet of paper by PART and number accordingly. 
  2. Weight: 39 points

Civil War Open Notes Practice Test


Textbook Sections:

Chapter 11 Section 1

Chapter 11 Section 2

Chapter 11 Section 3

Chapter 11 Section 4

Chapter 11 Section 5



Thursday, April 14, 2016

4A and 3B: Civil War Episode Guide and other resources

Civil War Simulation

Content Focused Study Guide (chapter 11 in Textbook)

Ken Burns' "The Civil War" is available on Netflix OR ncwiseowl

To access NCWiseOwl:

  • www.ncwiseowl.org
  • Home Access Password: wiseowl15 (that is "owl" and the number "15")
    • select "high school" 
    • select "PBS videos"
    • select "ken burns"
    • scroll down until you find "The Civil War" and select the episode you wish to view

Episode Guide:

Episode 1: 
  • 00:00-19:12 (America in 1861, Slavery and the South)
  • 32:44-1:34 (1860 Election, Lower South, Fort Sumter, 75K, Personal, Bull Run, McClellan, Personal)

Episode 2: 
  • 04:46-19:05 (Personal, Lincoln's Cabinet, Ironclads)
  • 27:35-1:03:36 (Personal, Shiloh, military technology, Southern Draft, McClellan and Richmond)

Episode 3: 
  • 00:00-10:55 (Stonewall Jackson, European Intervention)
  • 24:17-32:09 (Emancipation Pressure mounts)
  • 44:40-1:11 (Antietam)
Episode 4:  (Homework)
  • 01:44-5:00 (Union Supremacy)
  • 21:33-42:11 (Personal)
  • 51:23-57:21 (Intro to Vicksburg, Lee on the Move) 
Episode 5:
  • All of it (Gettysburg)
Episode 6:  (homework)
  • Grant (08:38-15:17)
  • Lee (15:18-20:47)
Episode 8
  • 00:00-18:07 (Sherman)
  • 24:04-34:45 (March 4, 1865)
  • 49:12-1:04 (Appomattox
Episode 9
  • all of it

Thursday, February 25, 2016

A Wreath for Emmett Till Optional Assignment - 40 points

Task: to create a crown of sonnets focused around the theme/question, "where do we go from here?"

Due Date: March 21st - for 3rd Quarter.  By June 1st for it to count on 4th Quarter

Instructions