HOMEWORK -due Sept. 28th
Goal sheet
If you haven’t filled out and turned in your goal sheet PLEASE fill it out and bring it to class next week. This lets us know which books everyone picked to read and also if you want to participate in the bonus level. To view the awards for the different goal options go to THIS link.
Presentations
Make sure to go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Start working on your presentations. Remember they need to be at least 15 minutes long.
Andrew Bruening and Zoe Stanfill will be our first presentations this coming week.
Required Reading Book
Books need to be finished by October 5th.
We recommend reading each week:
– 60 pages a week in I Am a Man
OR
-50 pages a week in Sacagawea
Make sure to pick two more books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of US:
- The New Nation
- History’s Paradox
- War, Terrible War
- A Divided Nation
- Liberty For All chapter
- Coast-to-Coast Destiny
- The New Nation
- Watch the following video clips:
- Manifest Destiny
- Abolition/ History of Slavery:
- Read the below article and watch the three videos about slavery and abolition in it:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/abolitionist-movement
- Questions to Ponder:
- Each of these reading and videos wrestles with events and big ideas that shaped our country. Some of these ideas include:
- Manifest Destiny
- Abolition
- Might makes Right
- Each of these reading and videos wrestles with events and big ideas that shaped our country. Some of these ideas include:
Coversheet
Don’t forget to fill out your coversheet.