Saturday, August 30, 2008

Agenda 9/2 , 9/4, 9/8, 9/10 Test is coming!!!

For those of you who may be absent, we are focusing on post Civil War Reconstruction of the South for the next few days. Below, you will find our agenda for this week. As always, this is tentative and depends on how fast our individual classes progress as well as the behavior of the class.



9/2 Agenda
By the end of the block, students will discuss the events of reconstruction and their political, social, and economic impacts on the south
Tuesday
Journal: If you were a parent, and one of your children ran away, what would you do once the child had returned?
Would you 1) punish the child to discourage him or her from running away again or
2) accept a promise from the child that he/she would never run away again? Explain/defend
Finish Reconstruction Questions
Discuss (from Powerpoint notes)
The Presidents Grant-Hayes (if time)
Exit Slip: Design your own reconstruction plan.


9/4 Agenda
Students will analyze and discuss the events of reconstruction and their political, social, and economic impacts on the south
*Journal: Study the carpetbagger cartoon and answer the following questions:
1. Who does the woman represent?
2. What Burden is she carrying?
3/. What is the role of the two soldiers?
4. What is the cartoonist trying to convey?
* Finish Reconstruction questions
*Slide show/ note taking

9/8 Agenda
Students will review the United States Civil War and Reconstruction period in preparation for test
· Complete Study Guide
· Watch “The Presidents “Johnson and Grant”


Agenda By the end of the block, students will demonstrate an understanding of the political social and economic effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction period in American History
Formal Assessment
Complete Guided Reading Ch. 5 Pages 22 and 23

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