4/12/2021

 4/12 - Chapter 15, Sec. 3 ‘Slavery Dominates Politics’

Section 3 Objectives

1. To explain why the Republican Party was formed

2. To summarize the effects of the Dred Scott case

3. To analyze the Lincoln-Douglas debates

4. To evaluate the impact of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry

Terms, Vocab, Section assessment

4/13 - Work day, finish sections 1, 2 &3

4/14 - Chapter 15, Sec. 4 ‘Lincoln’s Election and Southern Secession’

Section 4 Objectives

1. To analyze why the Democratic Party split in the election of 1860

2. To identify the issues in the election of 1860

3. To describe the secession of the Southern states from the Union

4. To explain the Union’s response to secession

4/15 - Photo analysis, a presidential photograph.

4/16 - No School

Week of 4/5/2021

 4/5 - ELA SBAC AM, 

“The Presidents - Taylor to Lincoln” video

4/6 - Introduce ‘Horizontal History’ project with ELA

Chapter 15, Sec. 1 ‘Growing Tensions between North and South’

Section 1 Objectives

1. To explain how the abolitionist movement heightened tension between North and South

2. To describe the controversies over slavery in the territories

3. To evaluate how the Wilmot Proviso and potential statehood for California deepened regional divisions

4. To analyze the Compromise of 1850

4/7 - Horizontal History research/writing project with ELA

4/8 - Horizontal History research/writing project with ELA

4/9 - Chapter 15, Sec. 2 ‘The Crisis Deepens’

Section 2 Objectives

1. To explain how the Fugitive Slave Act and Uncle Tom’s Cabin affected Northerners

2. To analyze the concept of popular sovereignty

3. To describe the violence in “Bleeding Kansas”

4. To evaluate the attack on Senator Sumner in the Senate

Week of March 29, 2021

 3/29 - Chapter 13 Review

3/30 - Chapter 13 Test

3/31 - US States practice and test

4/1 - US States/Capitals practice and test

4/2 - US States/Capitals practice and test