Agenda for 4/1

1. How should the United States government pay for slavery?

2. Reconstruction Quiz

3. KKK today video

Agenda for 3/30

1. Apple and the FBI

2. KKK Article Questions

3. Reconstruction Questions

• review questions

HW - Reconstruction Quiz Next Class

Agenda for 3/28

Hello Everyone,

I will be presenting at the school meeting today. Please complete the following assignment during class. 

1. Read the article about the history of the KKK here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html

Answer these questions:

1. Where and when did the KKK begin?

2. What words did the group use to create its name?

3. Who was the first Grand Wizard (top leader) of the KKK?

4. What were the other names of leaders in the KKK?

5. What things did the KKK do between 1869 and 1871?

6. In what year did the federal (national) government stop the KKK with the Force Bill.

7. When and where did the KKK start again in 1915?

8. Which groups was KKK against?

9. How many people were in the KKK by the mid-1920s?

10. How many Americans are in the KKK today?

Agenda for 3/24

1. The attack in Brussels

2. Major attacks since the Paris attack in Nov.

3. How many people have died from terrorism world wide since 2001? Which countries are in the top 5 deadliest?

4. Finish Reconstruction Questions

• And review answers

HW - study for reconstruction quiz next class

Agenda for 3/22

1. Lynching in the American South - video

lynching - when a large group of people kills someone (often by hanging), without a trial in court.

2. The History of Lynching in the South after the Civil War

3. Finish Reconstruction Vocab Quiz

4. Reconstruction Article and Questions

Agenda for 3/18

1. Donald Trump cancels speech when hundreds come to protest

2. Video of the Fighting and Protests at the Trump Rally

3. National Republican Party Polls

4. National Democratic Party Polls

5. Reconstruction Vocab Quiz

6. Reconstruction Article and Reading Questions

Agenda for 3/16

1. The Government Wants Apple to help unlock an iPhone. Apple says no!

2. A video about the argument between Apple and the FBI

What is your opinion?

3. Turn in Civil War Adobe Voice Projects

4. Reconstruction - article and reading questions

Agenda for 3/14

1. The Constitution

The Constitution is the American document that explains the rules of the government and rights of the people.

It was written in 1787 when America first became a country, by the men who were first in charge of the American government.

A. Rules of the government - these are what the government is allowed to do. All of the laws in America must follow the rules in the Constitution.

For example: the Constitution explains the rules for what the President can do.

and

B. Rights of the people - these are the freedoms that all Americans are born with. It is illegal for the government to take away any of these rights.

For example: the Constitution says that Americans have the freedom to own a gun.

2. The Preamble to the Constitution

The Preamble was the introduction (first paragraph) of the Constitution. Here's what it said:

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

What does this mean?

The people of the United States join together to form a better country that will make sure that all states follow the same rules, people live with each other peacefully, people are treated fairly, people have freedom, and that the country is well defended.

2. Changes to the Constitution

• The Constitution can be changed. Any change to the Constitution is called and amendment.

• The Constitution has been changed 27 times, so it has 27 amendments.

3. Changes to the Constitution After the Civil War

• 13th Amendment - made slavery illegal everywhere in America
• 14th Amendment - said that slaves were citizens and they were equal to all other citizens
• 15th Amendment - said that all men (white and black) had the right to vote

4. Civil War Projects

You need to add the information below to your project:

14. What did the 13th Amendment change in America about slavery?

15. What did the 14th Amendment change about freed slaves in America?

16. What right did the 15h Amendment give black men who used to be slaves?

5. Audio for Civil War Projects

You also need to record your voice reading all of your Civil War Adobe Voice slides.

6. Civil War Project Due at the end of class TODAY!

Agenda for 3/10

1. Work on Civil War Projects - Adobe Voice

A. Your projects will be showing what you have learned about the Civil War.

B. Your project must answer the questions below:

Civil War Questions

1. When did the Civil War begin and end?

2. What were the names of the two sides that were fighting in the Civil War?

3. Which states were part of the Union, and which states were part of the Confederacy.

4. What was the caused the war? Why did the states in the Confederacy want to leave the Unites States and make a new country?

5. What advantages did the Union have before the war?

6. What advantages did the Confederacy before the war?

7. Who was the President of the United States during the war? Who was the president of the Confederacy during the war?

8. Who was the top general of the Union army? Who was the top general of the Confederacy army?

9. Where did most of the battles take place in the Union or Confederacy?

10. What were two important battles during the war? How many soldiers died in each battle?

11. Which side won the war? 

12. What happened to Lincoln after the war ended in April 1865? Who was the killer?

13. How many Americans died in the war (from both the North and South)?

C. You need to answer each question on a separate slide (one slide for each question). Each question should be answered in a complete sentence.

D. You need at least one picture on each slide to go with the information. You can have more than one picture if you would like.

Agenda for 3/8

1. Vocab Quiz 

2. Go to this website: The Advantages of the North and South

A. Click on the "Advantages" button at the top of the page

 - Advantage: when something that you have that is better or stronger than what somebody else has

B. On a piece of paper, answer the following questions. When complete pass into the substitute teacher.

1. What advantages did the Union have before the Civil War started? Write 1-2 sentences explaining each advantage the Union had before the war started.

2. What advantages did the Confederacy have before the Civil War started? Write 1-2 sentences explaining each advantage of the Confederacy had before the war started.

3. Civil War Article 

A. Read the article that was passed out in class and answer the questions as you read. When complete pass the complete questions into the substitute teacher.

Both assignments need to be completed and passed in by the end of class!

Agenda for 3/4

1. Short Reading: Online Civil War Reading and Questions

2. Civil War Review Video - and answer the questions/notes

3. Clip from "Gettysburg"

4. Why did the Union win? What advantages did they have?

HW - study for vocal quiz next class (10 words from the Civil War Video Notes)

Agenda for 3/2

1. Civil War Introduction Video

2. Civil War Questions

1. When did the Civil War begin and end?

2. Who was fighting in the Civil War (what were the two sides)?

3. Which states were part of the Union, and which states were part of the Confederacy.

4. What was the cause of the war? (why did Southern states want to leave the United States and form a new country?)

5. Who was the President of the United States during the war?

6. Which side won the war?

7. What happened to Lincoln after the war ended in 1865?

8. How many Americans died in the war (from both the North and South)?

9. What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do to slavery after the war ended in 1865?

10. Which constitutional amendment (passed in 1868) said that people born in the United States were equal citizens?

11. What did the 15th Amendment give black men the right to do?