US History
Objectives:
- Analyze the impact of the War with Mexico on westward expansion and its relationship to the US economy.
- Analyze historical sources to understand the political relationship with the expansion into Mexico.
- Identify terms, dates and events significant to the War and its effects.
- Analyze the developments of the Civil War through research of primary and secondary sources.
- Identify the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas, the “Pottawatomie Massacre” and John Brown.
- Judge the issue of popular sovereignty provided by Stephen Douglas which led to the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act as well as the violence which erupted in Kansas as a result of its passing.
Bell Ringer:
Access Unit 5 Folder and Open Collaborative Folder
Activities:
- Discuss choice assign due 11/8:
- To score a 2: #6 Ch 10 Sec 1-2 VOC and #7 Ch 10 Sec 1-2 VOC Quiz
- To score a 3:Mexico and Compromise Discussion AND GR: The Union in Peril
- To score a 4: Civil War Report Flipgrid
- Check in with individual students
20th Century World
Objectives:
- Identify major ideas, people and events which played a role in the origins of independence in Vietnam in the mid 20th century.
- Analyze the visual imagery of the Buddhist monks self-immolation for its values and limitations as a historical source.
Bell Ringer:
Access the Unit 3 Vietnam Folder and Open VOC #2 Assignment
Activities:
- Work on VOC and Turn in at end of class
- Discuss Buddhist Monk Photo
- What’s Up Doc? Buddhist Monk Due Friday
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