1. Crash Course - Westward Expansion
2. Study Up for Kahoot!
Kahoot Categories:
A. Corruption During the Grant Administration
B. The End of Reconstruction (the Panic of 1873, Compromise of 1877, and the Supreme Court)
C. Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Significance of the Frontier in American History
D. Western Settlement and the Economy of the West
E. The Impact of Western Migration on Native American Life
Sources:
3. Kahoot! - link to game
HW
- Period 5 DBQ (due by 11:59 on 12/24)
- Ch. 17 Reading Questions (due on Tuesday 1/5/16)
1. The legacy of broken treaties...
2. Period 6 Concept Outline
3. APUSH EXPLAINED - "Conquering the West" slideshow
HW
- Read "The Invisible Pioneers"
- Answer:
- A. What is the author's thesis (main point)
- B. What was the biological and ecological impact of Westward expansion on the lands and lives of Native Americans.
- C. What does the author mean by the phrase: "history is not merely the history of humans." (p.126)?
1. Review Period 5 Key Concepts for test
2. Work on 1996 Reconstruction DBQ - due 12/24 (eBackpack)
- questions about documents?
- meet with team - share intros/thesis statements/evidence
- Teams
- Annabelle, Edina, Katie G
- Megan, Hannah, Charlie
- Emily, Iaryna, Kaya
- Ethan, Nina, Alexandra, Eva
- Ben, Abdullah, Spencer, Katie P
- Use padlets for help with thesis statements and evidence:
HW - Prepare for test - NEXT CLASS
1. Hand back Period 4 DBQ Rubrics
2. Review Period 5 Key Concepts for test
3. Work on 1996 Reconstruction DBQ - due 12/24 (eBackpack)
- questions about documents?
- meet with team - share intros/thesis statements/evidence
- Teams
- Parker, Glen, Grace, Noah
- Colin, Katie, Kashina, Shania
- Ben, Meaghan, Katelynn,
- Richard, Dan, Danielle
- Use padlets for help with thesis statements and evidence:
HW - Prepare for test - NEXT CLASS
1. Concept Outline - Reconstruction Concepts - see handout
2. APUSH Explained - Reconstruction Slideshow
3. How REVOLUTIONARY were the constitutional, social and political developments of the Reconstruction era?
Group 1 - Constitutional - add thesis and examples here
Group 2 - Social - add thesis and examples here
Group 3 - Political - add thesis and examples here
As a group:
1. Come up with a thesis statement that addresses the question in the context in your category
2. Each person in the group must analyze
one example (historical - from concept outline) that could be used as
evidence to support the claim made in your group's thesis.
HW
- Add historical example to your group's padet
- 1996 Reconstruction DBQ
- View/Analyze documents (Audience./Purpose/Context/POV)
- Write Thesis Statement
- Write Intro paragraph
1. Concept Outline - Reconstruction Concepts - see handout
2. APUSH Explained - Reconstruction Slideshow
3. How REVOLUTIONARY were the constitutional, social and political developments of the Reconstruction era?
Group 1 - Constitutional - add thesis and examples here
Group 2 - Social - add thesis and examples here
Group 3 - Political - add thesis and examples here
As a group:
1. Come up with a thesis statement that addresses the question in the context in your category
2. Each person in the group must analyze one example (historical - from concept outline) that could be used as evidence to support the claim made in your group's thesis.
HW
- 1996 Reconstruction DBQ
- View/Analyze documents
- Write Thesis Statement
- Write Intro paragraph
- Identify 3 specific facts for each body paragraph
1. Intro video (Civil War by Ken Burns)
2. Civil War "by the numbers"
3. Overview of the lead-up to war
4. Declaration of Secession and Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
5. Important Civil War Events - APUSH Explained Civil War Slideshow
HW
A. Prepare for Civil War Quiz
1. List/describe 4 major advantages of the North at the beginning of the war.
2. List/describe 3 advantages held by the South at the beginning of the war.
3. Who were the Border states and why did Lincoln believe them to be necessary in winning the war?
4. What were Lincoln's reasons for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
5. Support, refute, or modify: Lincoln freed slaves in the United States with the Emanc. Proc.
B. Articles:
Issue 14:
1. Explain the two external causes of Southern defeat.
2. What were the internal problems that may have led to Southern defeat? (3 main
theories).
3. In what way does Albert Castel reject both the
external and internal theories?
Issue 15
1. Read both the YES and NO articles
2. Which article do you agree with the most?
3. Write a paragraph defending your choice. Provide at least
three pieces of evidence from the article to support your position (quotes with explanations).
1. Is Robert Dear Another John Brown?
2. Even Jimmy Fallon loves Westward Expansion!
3. Sectionalism and Drifting Towards Disunion
4. Most Significant Cause(s) of Civil War (except slavery) Debate
A. One paragraph describing your event(s)
B. One paragraph arguing why it is the most significant cause of the war
C. One attack against two other events (why they aren't as important as yours)
- Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion
- Compromise of 1850
- Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
- Dred Scott/Uncle Tom's Cabin/Harper's Ferry
- Lincoln/Birth of Republican Party/Election of 1860
3. Ch. 14 Reading Assignment
1. Sectionalism and Drifting Towards Disunion
2. Most Significant Cause of Civil War (except slavery) Debate
A. Opening Statement (No more than four sentences)
B. A meme: https://imgflip.com/memegenerator
- Manifest Destiny/Wesward Expansion
- Compromise of 1850
- Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
- Dred Scott/Uncle Tom's Cabin/Harper's Ferry
- Lincoln/Birth of Republican Party/Election of 1860
3. Ch. 14 Reading Assignment
