Week of January 17-20

Welcome back from a long weekend after the national holiday dedicated to Civil Rights's activist and Atlanta native, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!  No other man in the 20th century did more for African-Americans than King while peacefully fighting to erase racism, racial inequality, and to promote equal civil liberties and rights for all African-Americans. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929--April 4,1968)

Day 1:   The nation heads towards reform.  Age of Reform (1830--1850) -- Education, prison, women's rights, temperance, and abolitionism
HW:  Current Events on 2012 Election due Tuesday, January 17.  Presidential Projects due Friday, Jan 20. (all classes) on J.Q. Adams & Andrew Jackson! -- Listen to Era of Reform Podcast I & II and write down three facts per podcast due Thursday (all classes)

Day 2:  Era of Reform continued...Life for African-Americans in the mid 1800s and the Road toward Civil War...an Impending Crisis...A nation falling apart...The Nation at 1850
HW:  Presidential Projects due Friday, Jan. 20 (all classes) on J.Q. Adams & Andrew Jackson!  Listen to Era of Reform Podcast I & II and write down three facts per podcast due Thursday (all classes)

Day 3:  A nation slowly dividing and heading toward Civil War -- The 1850s
HW:  Presidential Projects due Friday, Jan 20. (all classes) on J.Q. Adams & Andrew Jackson...Study for test on Monday/Tuesday next week

**Test on Jan. 23/24 on James Monroe's presidency through Road to Civil War***

-J. Monroe
-J.Q.Adams 
-A. Jackson
-MVB, Tippecanoe & Tyler Too!
-J. K. Polk & Manifest Destiny! -- Westward expansion!
-Era of Reform