Monday, December 2nd

Social Studies 8 --> Today we started to discuss business of the late 1800's in America.  We started by discussing Amazon and how CEO Jeff Bezos is attempting to use a drone system to deliver packages in the future (we watched a clip from 60 Minutes).  This set up our research paper we are going to write.  The Topic --> Andrew Carnegie and his Contributions to America.

We then watched a four minute clip on Carnegie and started note-taking for the paper.  This was a collaborative effort.

HW --> Read pages 578-579:
     The Growth of the Steel Industry
     Andrew Carnegie's Steel Empire
     An American Profile - Andrew Carnegie
Take notes on the reading.  It is CRUCIAL that you use your own words when taking notes and not just copy from textbook.

APUSH --> Today we continued to discuss the events leading to the Civil War.

We covered:
-Compromise of 1850
-Fugitive Slave Law
-Uncle Tom's Cabin
-Kansas/Nebraska Act
-Bleeding Kansas
(We started to discuss the Dred Scott Case.)

HW: (From Break)

Read Chapter 19 “Drifting Toward Disunion,” pages 409-416,

Hippocampus Activities – Territorial Expansion and Sectional Issues:

1.     Uncle Tom’s Cabin

2.     Ostend Manifesto

3.     Kansas-Nebraska Act

Read Chapter 19 “Drifting Toward Disunion,” pages 422-431,

Hippocampus Activities – Territorial Expansion and Sectional Issues:

1.     John Brown’s Raid

Hippocampus Activities – The Civil War

1. Election of 1860