"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Friday, January 8, 2010

Week of January 11-15

Welcome Back from the Blizzard of 2010! -- 1" of snow...

Monday, January 11
In Class: Turn in Chapter 12,13,& 15 Worksheets and Presidential Projects: Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler. Watching The Presidents DVD: Zach Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan
Homework: Note Cards & Presidential Projects: J.K. Polk & Z. Taylor
Notes: Note Cards due Wednesday, Jan. 13 and Pres. Projects due Friday

Tuesday, January 12
In Class: Research Paper work -- Note cards. Note cards due Tomorrow! 20-25
Homework: Note Cards & Presidential Projects: J.K. Polk & Z. Taylor
Notes: Note Cards due Wednesday, Jan. 13 and Pres. Projects due Friday

Wednesday, January 13
In Class: Note cards due today!!! Homework: Presidential Projects: J.K. Polk & Z. Taylor
Notes: Pres. Projects due Friday, Outline for Research Paper due next Wednesday, January 20!

Thursday, January 14
In Class: The Impending Crisis - Uncle Tom's Cabin, Election of 1852 (Franklin Pierce) & Bleeding Kansas -- John Brown was crazy in the Summer of '54!
Homework: Presidential Projects due tomorrow: Polk & Taylor
Notes: Outline for Research Paper due next Wednesday, January 20!

Friday, January 15
In Class: Turn in Presidential Projects!!! Out with Pierce and in with Buchanan -- The WORST President ever. Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Case, Slavery, & the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858. Would the good people like a reply? - A. Lincoln
Homework: Outline for Research Paper due Wednesday, January 20!
Notes: None, Shabbat Shalom and Be Good!