Monday - 04/09/2018

What We Did Today
We watched a portion of America: The Story of Us.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
America: The Story of Us. M-Step.

Tuesday - 03/27/2018

What We Did Today
We took our assessment on Reconstruction.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How did your assessment go?

Monday - 03/26/2018

What We Did Today
We reviewed and studied for tomorrow's assessment.

Homework
Study with the study guide to get ready for the assessment.

Discussion Starters
Reconstruction.

Friday - 03/23/2018

What We Did Today
We turned in our GLCE packets, reviewed our study guide, then studied for our assessment on Tuesday.

Homework
Start studying for your assessment using your study guide.

Discussion Starters
Reconstruction; study guide.

Thursday - 03/22/2018

What We Did Today
We finished working in our GLCE packets on Reconstruction.

Homework
Complete your GLCE notetaking if you didn't finish; the packet is due tomorrow.

Discussion Starters
Reconstruction; Freedmen's Bureau; Black Codes; African Americans in government; Ku Klux Klan; 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution; withdrawal of troops from the South in 1877.

Monday - 03/19/2018

What We Did Today
We worked in Chapter 17, Section 2 ("The Fight Over Reconstruction").

Homework
All three section assessments, along with the vocabulary sheet, are due at the end of the hour tomorrow, so if you are behind schedule, you should get caught up (have sections 1 and 2 done, as well as about 10 terms and names.

Discussion Starters
Reconstruction.

Friday - 03/16/2018

What We Did Today
We began reading and answering questions about Reconstruction. Some of us also started working on our Terms and Names worksheet for the upcoming set of GLCEs.

Homework
Make sure your vocabulary sheet is done by next Tuesday, March 20th.

Discussion Starters
Reconstruction.

Thursday - 03/15/2018

What We Did Today
We took our Civil War assessment.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How did your assessment go? I heard it was difficult.

Wednesday - 03/14/2018

What We Did Today
We studied for tomorrow's assessment.

Homework
Study for tomorrow's assessment; it would help to use your study guide and added notes.

Discussion Starter
The walk out; tomorrow's assessment; study guide.

Tuesday - 03/13/2018

What We Did Today
We checked in our Ch. 16 review from yesterday, received and went over our study guide, then studied for Thursday's assessment for the remainder of the hour.

Homework
Study for Thursday's assessment using the study guide.

Discussion Starters
Study guide for the Civil War assessment.

Monday - 03/12/2018

What We Did Today
We completed a chapter (16) review (1-14 on pp. 545-6) on the Civil War.

Homework
Finish the review if you did not.

Discussion Starters
Civil War.

Friday - 03/09/2018

What We Did Today
We turned-in our GLCE packets and watched "Gettysburg."

Homework
None, unless you didn't finish your GLCE packets.

Discussion Starters
Gettysburg.

Wednesday - 03/07/2018

What We Did Today
We continued note-taking in our GLCE packets. We also started watching "Gettysburg" from the History Channel.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
The Civil War; Gettysburg; conferences tonight.

Tuesday - 03/06/2018

What We Did Today
We worked in our GLCE note-takers for the Civil War.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Civil War; reasons for secession; reasons the North won the Civil War; the role of African-Americans in the Civil War.

Monday - 03/05/2018

What We Did Today
We checked in all of our work (section assessments and vocabulary) from last week (if we didn't turn it in already).  Then we were introduced to our Civil War GLCEs. We went through the book to identify places to take notes; we also looked at the class website to use as a resource for our GLCE work.

Homework
None, unless you didn't finish your section assessments or vocabulary.

Discussion Starters
GLCE packet; class site.

Friday - 03/02/2018

What We Did Today
We studied Chapter 16, Section 5 ("The Tide of War Turns") and finished up our vocabulary.

Homework
None, unless you haven't finished your vocabulary sheet.

Discussion Starters
Battle of Gettysburg.

Tuesday - 02/27/2018

What We Did Today
We worked in our textbook on Chapter 16, Section 2 ("The War in the East").  Some of us also worked on our vocabulary.

Homework
None, though the goal is to have all section assessments completed by the end of the day on Friday, March 2.  So if you are pacing yourself, you should be done with sections 1 & 2 (and if you want to finish all the vocabulary words on the vocab worksheet, you should aim to have the first eight done on your worksheet by today.  So, if you don't want an overwhelming amount of homework later in the week, have your section 1&2 assessments done, as well as the first eight vocab words completed.

Discussion Starters
The War in the East; vocab.

Monday - 02/26/2018

What We Did Today
We started studying the Civil War in our textbooks (chapter 16, section 1). We also got our vocabulary worksheet for the upcoming set of GLCEs on the Civil War.

Homework
None, though the goal is to have all section assessments completed by the end of the day on Friday, March 2.  So if you are pacing yourself, you should be done with section 1 (and if you want to finish all the vocabulary words on the vocab worksheet, you should aim to have the first four done on your worksheet by today.  So, if you don't want an overwhelming amount of homework later in the week, have your section 1 assessment done, as well as the first four vocab words completed.

Discussion Starters
Civil War; vocabulary worksheet.

Friday - 02/23/2018

What We Did Today
We continued watching "The Civil War." Some classes watched CNN10.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
The Civil War.

Thursday - 02/22/2018

What We Did Today
We continued watching "The Civil War."

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
The Civil War.