Weekly
Syllabus
Week
of Monday, January 11 through Friday, January 15
This
week we will spend all of our time studying the people, places
and events of the Civil War.
Also,
by now you should know the Presidents of the United States--you
will be tested on them on Thursday! You will need to know the first
and last names (with proper spelling) as well as the year they
became President.
Finally,
you should plan to have the timeline on page 396 of A People
and A Nation memorized, or at least be able to remember when
the events mentioned took place.
Monday, January
11, 2010 (40 minutes)
Topic:
Life for soldiers in the Civil War. Information about Civil War
casualties.
Homework:
Read AP&AN pp. 406-411 (The Advent of Emancipation).
Tuesday,
January 12, 2010 (50 minutes)
Topic:
Discussion of the reading. Civil War Who's Who.
Homework:
Read AP&AN pp. 411-415 (The Soldier's War).
Wednesday,
January 13, 2010 (45 minutes)
Topic:
Discussion of the reading.
Homework:
Learn the POTUSes!
Thursday,
January 14, 2010 (50 minutes)
TEST: Presidents
of the United States.
Topic:
Homework:
Read the description of the Antietam
project.
Friday, January
15, 2010 (45 minutes)
Topic:
Introduction
to the Antietam project. Mrs. Miller will give you valuable instruction
today about the use of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database.
Homework:
Read Barbara Fields essay "Who Freed the Slaves?" and James McPherson
essay "Who Freed the Slaves"? (handed out in class).
Due
at the start of class on Wednesday: a 2-3 page TYPED essay
(which will count as a 20 point quiz) as follows:
In
her essay "Who Freed the Slaves?" historian Barbara
Fields writes:
"The
slaves had decided at the time of Lincoln's election that their
hour had come. By the time Lincoln issued his Emancipation
Proclamation, no human being alive could have held back the
tide that swept toward freedom....The government discovered
that it could not accomplish its narrow goal --union--without
adopting the slaves' nobler one--universal emancipation."
In
his essay "Who Freed the Slaves?" historian James McPherson
writes:
"By
pronouncing slavery a moral evil that must come to an end,
by winning the Presidency in 1860, by refusing to compromise
on the issue of slavery's expansion, by knitting together a
Unionist coalition and by prosecuting the Civil War to unconditional
victory as Commander-in-Chief of an army of liberation, Abraham
Lincoln freed the slaves."
Do
you agree with Fields or with McPherson? Write a coherent essay
saying why. In your answer, please consider
- Lincoln's
First Inaugural Address
- the
actions of the slaves once the war started
- Frederick
Douglass' opinion that slaves must fight for their freedom
- Northern
sentiment that the war was about "the union"
- Southern
sentiment that the war was about "liberty" and "a
way of life"
Here
is the rubric for the assignment. Do your best to earn the
maximum points!
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