Welcome to the second week of the Civil War unit!
Day 1
In Class: Continue our weaponry of the Civil War: Minie Ball -- Rifled Musket -- Telegraph -- Railroad -- 1862: A very bloody affair! -- The Ironclads and Antietam
HW: Check the blog for Pres. Project Due Dates!
In Class: Antietam -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Gettysburg and Vicksburg -- THE Address!
HW: Check the blog for Pres. Project Due Dates!
Day 3
In Class: The Gettysburg Address Graphic Novel -- The book tells the story of why the 272 words were chosen based on the history of the United States using events like European colonization, John Locke’s principles of human rights, the American Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, the Whiskey Rebellion, westward expansion, Romanticism and more! The book is more than just a comic storytelling experience, it is a historical examination of how Lincoln’s words in his Gettysburg Address tell the complete story of the Civil War and America itself.
Day 4
In Class: The Gettysburg Address Graphic Novel
HW: Gettysburg Address Group I Q's due Tuesday 1/22 -- Check the blog for Pres. Project Due Dates!