Weekly Syllabus
Week of Monday, January 2 through
Friday, January 6
Welcome back! I hope that 2012
is a wonderful year for you, and I will do my best to
fill it with history goodness. This week will continue
our march toward the Civil War. Starting this
week we will begin adding new sources which you will
be able to use when writing your "Cause of the Civil
War" paper.
Monday,
January 2, 2012 -NO SCHOOL TODAY
Topic:
Homework:
Tuesday,
January 3, 2012 (45 minutes)
Topic: Welcome
back. Review.
Homework:
Read AP&AN pp. 373
(Slavery
Expansion...)-378 (Slavery and the Nation's Future).
Wednesday,
January 4, 2012 (40 minutes)
Topic:
Discussion of the reading.
Homework: Read McPherson, Battle Cry of
Freedom, Ch. 5, pp. 145-153. When doing the
reading, please be
prepared to answer some questions.
Thursday,
January 5, 2012 (50 minutes)
Topic:Discussion of the
reading. Intro to Dred Scott case.
Homework:
Read AP&AN, pp. 378 (Slavery
and the Nation's Future)-380 (Disunion).
Also, read this about
Dred Scott
case.
Friday,
January 6, 2012 (45 minutes)
Topic: Discussion of the
reading.
Homework Read
handout--transcript
of
John Brown documentary. Come to class with a 1 paragraph answer to
the question "was John Brown insane--why or why
not?"
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