Weekly Syllabus

Week of Monday, January 18 through Friday, January 22

Welcome to the second half of the school year! This week we will study the second half of the Civil War. We will also take some time to study an important figure in American history; Dr. Martin Luther King (whose birthday we celebrate on Monday).

Your "Who Freed The Slaves" paper is due on Wednesday at the start of class.

Your Antietam project is due on Monday.

We will have a test covering everything we have done since Thanksgiving a week from Tuesday (January 26th).

Please note that the due date for your cause of the Civil War paper is Friday, February 5th. Get busy as soon as you can.

Monday, January 18, 2010 (40 minutes)

Topic: Dr. Martin Luther King.

Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 421 (Antiwar Sentiment)-424 (1864); the Gettysburg Address.

 

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (50 minutes)

Topic: Discussion of the reading.

Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 424 (1864)-425; 427-430. Finish up your paper.

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 (40 minutes)

Topic: Discussion of the reading.

Homework: Read Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.

 

Thursday, January 21, 2010 (45 minutes)

Topic: Discussion of the reading.

Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 437-439 (The Meanings of Freedom).

 

Friday, January 22, 2010 (45 minutes)

Topic: Discussion of the reading.

Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 439-443 (Johnson's Reconstruction Plan). You and your partner should make sure to work together on finishing up your Antietam project.