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

--John Adams

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Week of January 18--21

Monday, January 17 -- No School -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 18
In Class: Turn in Jefferson & Madison Presidential Projects....Review the podcast and video of 1840s...discussion of James K. Polk -- Manifest Destiny!
Homework: None
Notes: Presidential Projects due January 26 -- JQA, Andrew Jackson, M. Van Buren -- Civil War Contributing Factors paper due February 14

Wednesday, January 19
In Class: The Gold Rush! Manifest Destiny (Westward Expansion), Compromise of 1850 -- Slavery and the Impending Crisis to Civil War -- We are covering A LOT of contributing factors to the Civil War...
Homework: None
Notes: Presidential Projects due January 26 -- JQA, Andrew Jackson, M. Van Buren -- Civil War Contributing Factors paper due February 14

Thursday, January 20
In Class: The Impending Crisis discussion -- Road to Civil War -- 1850s discussion
Homework: Presidential Projects and Contributing Factors paper...
Notes: Presidential Projects due January 26 -- JQA, Andrew Jackson, M. Van Buren -- Civil War Contributing Factors paper due February 14

Friday, January 21
In Class: The 1850s: Road to Civil War...oh yikes!
Homework: Presidential Projects and Contributing Factors paper...
Notes: Presidential Projects due January 26 -- JQA, Andrew Jackson, M. Van Buren -- Civil War Contributing Factors paper due February 14. Shabbat Shalom and Be Good!