Weekly Syllabus
Week of Monday, December
8 through Friday, December 12
This week we will dig deeper into the
issues that occupied Americans north, south, east
and west in the years leading up to the Civil War.
Monday,
December 8, 2014 (40 minutes)
Topic: In class
writing assignment.
Homework: Read AP&AN
pp. 348 (Texas
Empresarios)-350 (Cultural Frontiers...);
354-357 (to Summary).
Tuesday,
December 9, 2014 (50 minutes 30
minutes)
Quiz: on last night's reading.
Topic: Discussion
of the reading.
Homework: Read
AP&AN pp. 363 (The War with Mexico
and its Consequences)-368
(1850: Compromise or Armistice?)
Wednesday,
December 10, 2014 (45 minutes)
Topic: Discussion
of the reading.
Homework: Read AP&AN
pp. 368-373 (Slavery Expansion and
Collapse of the Two-Party System).
Thursday,
December 11, 2014 (50 minutes)
Topic: Discussion
of the reading.
Homework: You will
play the video game tonight, and we'll
talk about it tomorrow. Please email me a
screenshot proving that you made it to the end
of the game. Proof of completing the
game will be worth 5 points. Finishing the game
should take right around an hour or so. In
this one you will play a slave who tries to
escape via the "Underground Railroad.
Friday,
December 12, 2014 (45 minutes)
Topic: Discussion
of the reading and the game.
Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 373- 378 (Slavery and the Nation's
Future)
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