Thurs, Jan 31

In class, students viewed a film on Industrialization and Urbanization. There is no homework due on Monday. Yee-haw!

Tues, Jan 29

http://www.cprr.org/Game/Interactive_Railroad_Project/indexy.htm

HW for Thursday: read + notes pgs 540-556.

Monday, January 28th

HW due Tues: Read + notes on pgs 530-540 no "Supremacy of Steel"
Class will meet in library on Tues. Bring laptops if you own them.

On Tues, I will check notes for page selections from 502-528, 5 main ideas from your assigned section, and notes on pgs 530-540.

Sick or traveling students are only responsible for keeping up with the reading.

'Loaf-bound Speed Freakers

Pack your text book and read + notes on pgs 530-556. We will be working on an essay on those pages the week you return, so read carefully!

Thursday, January 24

Completed viewing of Glory in class

HW for Monday: Read + notes on text pages 502-503, 508, 512-515 (top), 516-517, 523 (Drumbeat)-528.

Tuesday, Jan 22nd

In class, we continued to watch the film Glory. No homework.

NEW POLICY 2nd Semester

NEW POLICY for 2nd Semester
Beginning 1/22/08, any student traveling when text reading is assigned MUST present notes on that reading upon return for course credit.

Thursday, January 17

In class, students viewed the film Glory. No class on Monday (Feef @ J3 race). On Tuesday, groups will perform skits (including Corinne!) and we will continue watching Glory.

Tuesday, January 15th

In class on Tuesday, students completed outlines and organized skits on the lives of freedmen during Reconstruction and the battles between Pres. Johnson and Congress. Skits will be performed in class on Thursday.

HW for Thursday: Rehearse skits; read + NOTES on text pgs 490-499.

Monday, January 14

In class on Monday, students worked on pictorial time lines covering 8-10 events from the First Battle of Bull Run to the surrender at Appomattox Court House. Five images must be drawn.

HW for Tues: Complete time line, read + notes on text 479-490.

For Athletes Missing 1/14-1/18

Read + notes on test pgs 479-499 to keep up on assignments through 1/18.

Thursday, Jan 10

In class on Thursday, we reviewed the major battles of the Civil War from 1861-1863. The Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address were also discussed. Students received and read aloud a copy of the Gettysburg Addrress.

HW for Mon: read + NOTES on text pgs 466-477.

Tuesday, Jan 8th

In class on Tuesday, we discussed:
strengths and weaknesses of the North and South entering the Civil War
first shots fired at Ft Sumter
Lincoln's suspension of liberties
Jefferson Davis' struggle to unite the Confederacy

HW for Thursday: read + notes on pgs 453-466. We will be reviewing individual battle strategies.

UPDATE!!

U.S. History will not meet as a class on Monday, Jan 7th. Please use class time to catch up on reading or any late assignments. Class will meet on Tues as scheduled.

Thurs, Jan 3

HW for Monday: read + notes on text pages 442-452; compose a 1 paragraph response comparing BMA to West Point; complete posters if not yet submitted.