APUSH Causes of Civil War Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byk1UY4JP2E

Henry Clay - Compromise of 1850


http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act/videos#harriet-tubman-and-the-underground-railroad

Harriet Tubman - Underground Railroad


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbuEDROTIic

Fugitive Slave Law - James Horton, George Washington University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFy4RjYGbQ

Harriet Beecher Stowe - PBS The Abolitionists


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDtrJwc45HA

The Dred Scott Decision


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK4YTY9DL4I

Lincoln/Douglass Debate - C-Span

Friday, 11/22

Social Studies 8 - Today students read chapter 20 section II in the text.  They finished the guiding the question regarding big business in the late 1800's.  If you did not finish section II you need to hand it in on Monday or Tuesday.

APUSH - Today we reviewed the Mexican War, the Wilmot Proviso and started a discussion on the Compromise of 1850.  HW - follow syllabus, see everybody Tuesday.

Thursday 11/21

Social Studies 8 - Today we modeled a reading activity where students need to answer a guiding question for one of the sections within a chapter.  We did not finish the entire activity so the homework is to finish it.

APUSH - Today we discussed the background on the Mexican War and students worked through some historical documents surrounding the war.  We will review them in class tomorrow and continue our discussion on the Causes of the Civil War.

Follow your syllabus for HW.

Wed. 11/120

Social Studies 8 - Test today.  No homework.

APUSH -              IC-       Manifest Destiny – Enlarging the USA

                              HW-    Read Chapter 17 “Manifest Destiny & its    Legacy,” pages 371-376,

Hippocampus Activities – Territorial Expansion & Sectional Issues:

1.     The Oregon Country

Tuesday, 11/19:

Social Studies 8 -  Today we reviewed for the Wednesday test.  For those that view this blog here are two of the tougher questions on tomorrow's test:

36. Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by farmers in the late 1800’s?
1. Farmers incurred debts they could not pay back
2. Farmers had no means to transfer their goods to market
3. Farmers often did not get fair prices for their products
4. Farmers had difficulty buying needed equipment because it was expensive 
36. Cooperatives were:
1. Indians coming together to fight white encroachment
2. Democrats coming together to support the Populists
3. Farmers coming together to buy seed and tools together to lower costs
4. White settlers coming together to force Indians onto reservations

APUSH -   Homework:

Read Chapter 16, “The South and the Slavery Controversy”, pages 359-369

Hippocampus Activities – Nationalism & Economic Expansion:

1.     Slave Resistance

Hippocampus Activities – American Culture & Reform:

            1. Abolitionism

Monday, 11/18

Social Studies 8 - Today we discussed the transcontinental railroad in America.  We the finished our discussion of the Indians in retreat.  

Students took an in-class quiz on Chapter 19.

Test on Chapters 18 & 19 on Wednesday.


APUSH - Today students took the test on Unit IV.  

Tonight's HW:

Read Chapter 16, The South and the Slavery Controversy, pages 350-359.

Thursday, 11/14

Social Studies 8 - Today we discussed Pains Indians and how they were forced from their land after the Civil War.  We focused on:

* Battle of Little Big Horn
* Massacre at Wounded Knee

HW -      1) Ch. 19, section 5 (Read)  
               2) Reconstruction Terms Quiz