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

--John Adams

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Week 16: Dec 3-7, 2k18

Happy Chanukah #Davis8!  Three weeks to go until Winter Break, but we've still got a lot to do!


Day 1
In Class: Work Day -- You may work on your Andrew Jackson Pres. Project, Andrew Jackson paper, or FINISH reading the Manifest Destiny Document about the 49ers, slavery moving westward, and how Native Americans were affected...Enjoy!
HW:  Andrew Jackson Pres. project due Friday, Dec. 7

Day 2
In Class: Introduce  Era of Reform -- Why do we reform things?  What was reformed in the mid-19th century?
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-Slavery
-Education
-Temperance
-Prison
-Treatment of the mentally ill
-Women's rights
HW:  Andrew Jackson Pres. project due Friday, Dec. 7

Day 3
In Class:  Finish the Era of Reform and Enter a "Mini-Industrial Revolution of the 1830s-1840s" -- Railroads -- Morse Code -- Farming -- Photography -- Sewing Machine!
HW:  Andrew Jackson Pres. project due Friday, Dec. 7

Day 4
In Class: Andrew Jackson Pres. Project due! -- The Road to Civil War continues -- 1850-1860!
HW:  Andrew Jackson paper due next Friday, Dec. 14.