Weekly SyllabusWeek of Monday, November 28 through Friday, December 2 Welcome back! Congratulations on your
successes in the Fall Trimester. This Trimester is an
odd one, as we have 15 days of class before you go
away for 17 days of vacation. We will spend the time
leading up to the vacation on the events and
circumstances leading up to and surrounding the Civil
War, which occurred in the United States from
1861-1865. We will be spending a lot of time learning
about the role of slavery in the Civil War. Beginning
Nov. 29th, and ending sometime in February you will be
required to learn all you can to be able to write a 5
page essay in which you prove (or disprove) the
following thesis: "Slavery was the cause of the Civil
War". More instructions will follow in class. Now that the beginning part of the year is done, I will be challenging you more with the reading, writing and research assignments. Please feel free to conference with me whenever you feel the need. I suggest that those of you who earned Fall grades of C or below make an appointment with me this week. If you scored a D or an F on the Fall term exam, you are required to see me this week. I will try to give you ample time to read
the material, but you should expect more homework from
me in the Winter. With one major paper (described
above) and other shorter assignments you should plan
to read the syllabus every weekend and plan out your
history studying in advance. Finally, you will need to acquire a copy of
Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass. It should
be available at the school bookstore. Please
make this happen by the end of this week. Monday, November 28, 2011 (40 minutes)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 (45 minutes)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 (40 minutes)
Thursday, December 1, 2011 (50 minutes)
Friday, December 2, 2011 (45 minutes)
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