Daily Assignments/Class Work
8/19 Went over Notebook organization. Took U.S. states' quiz, and looked at various regions of the U.S. Took notes with Civil War T-chart (not attached).
8/20 Read and took notes on Sherman's March to the Sea and the end of the Civil War out of the textbook. Signed up for google classroom. Defined 13th Amendment and Reconstruction and took notes over the three Reconstruction Plans (Lincoln's, Radical Republican's, Johnson's).
8/21-22 Class was divided up into 8 groups over various Reconstruction topics. Each group then created their notes from the text. Each group presented their notes.
8/23 Students defined vocabulary from Chapter 3 Sections 3 and 4. For each term, students must define, create a picture, and use the term in a sentence. The assignment is due on Tuesday, August 26th and should be submitted through google classroom. Took notes on the "End of Reconstruction"
8/26 Reviewed with a Reconstruction Vocabulary Quiz. Introduced the Reconstruction Comic Strip Project(scoring guide attached above). It will be due Friday, August 30th. Students had the remainder of the class period to work on the project.
8/27 Students worked on the 3.3/3.4 vocabulary assignment. Worked on the Reconstruction Comic Strip. Due Friday, August 30th.
8/28-29 Worked on the Reconstruction Comic Strip. We reviewed the notes previously taken in the "Plight of the Freedmen" power point, attached above. We took an open-note quiz from yesterday's notes (10 points). Students had the remainder of the class period to work on the project.
8/30 Students turned in their Reconstruction Comic Strips that were due today. They began working on their Reconstruction study guide (due Tuesday, September 4th). The Reconstruction Test will be Wednesday/Thursday September 5th/6th.
9/3 We reviewed for the test that will be on Wednesday/Thursday by going over the study guide and playing review games. The test will by on Wednesday/Thursday September 5th/6th.
9/4-5 Students took the Reconstruction Test. Students completed the Reconstruction Essay. It needs to be submitted to google classroom.
9/11 Started the Westward Expansion Unit