Hey Baby Birds! Welcome to 2014...It's hard to believe we are in the second half of the year! So far we've colonized, learned why and how people settled the new world, revolted against a tyrant and kingdom, created a government, and seen 11 men preside over a nation rapidly changing and slowly creeping toward civil war. We begin our journey with the Era of Reform. What is reform? We change things, but why? The changes ahead include slavery, education, women's rights, religion, and the treatment of the imprisoned and mentally ill. We will look at how the 1840s--1850s proved to be a revolutionary (meaning change) era while the nation also heads toward an impending crisis -- a Civil War.
Day 1
In Class: Welcome back! Welcome to the Era of Reform...Chapter reading of Era of Reform: Slavery, women's rights, education, and the treatment of the imprisoned and mentally ill...Questions given in a packet about the Era of reform and we will go over them in class on Day 2.
-Seneca Falls Women's Convention: History Channel Seneca Falls Women's Convention Article
-Dorothea Dix: History Channel Dorothea Dix Article
HW: James K. Polk due Monday, Jan. 13....Zach Taylor due Jan. 17...Though it is not required, you might want to listen to the audio podcasts on the Era of Reform. MUCH more detail in there!
Era of Reform Questions Click Here!
Notes: Research Paper work begins this quarter but the Research Paper will be due in Third Trimester! 20 note cards due Jan. 31.
Day 2
In Class: Go over Era of Reform handout and look at the Nation at 1850....Compromise of 1850: http://www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850
1840s, Era of Reform, Road to Civil War 1840--1860 and The Nation at 1850 handouts for class and studying...
HW: James K. Polk due Monday, Jan. 13....Zach Taylor due Jan. 17
Notes: Research Paper work begins this quarter but the Research Paper will be due in Third Trimester! 20 note cards due Jan. 31.
Day 3
In Class: The Road to Civil War Begins in 1850! -- Road to Civil War PDF -- The nation in 1850 reading and then research and understanding the Road to the Civil War....We begin reading and researching: Compromise of 1850, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Franklin Pierce, Slavery in America: 1800--1860, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Bleeding Kansas, a Congressional BEATDOWN (Preston Brooks vs. Charles Sumner), James Buchanan, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry, and the Election of 1860...Secession!
--Slavery in America Packet: Slavery in America Packet
HW: James K. Polk due Monday, Jan. 13....Zach Taylor due Jan. 17
Notes: Research Paper work begins this quarter but the Research Paper will be due in Third Trimester! 20 note cards due Jan. 31.
Day 4
In Class: Introduce the President Research Paper Assignment -- Get #Excited!
HW: James K. Polk due Monday, Jan. 13....Zach Taylor due Jan. 17
Notes: Research Paper work begins this quarter but the Research Paper will be due in Third Trimester! 20 note cards due Jan. 31.