Sept. 14 - 18 Go West!!!

US History Assignments for Sept. 14 - 18 

Sept. 14/15   This week’s topic is Reconstruction.

Objectives:

·         Assess the influences of people on Reconstruction.

·         Describe the importance of the 13, 114, and 15 Amendments.

·         Describe and assess the effects of Black codes on freed people.

·         Analyze the sharecropping system as applied in the post-war South.

Activities: 

After the assessment to review last week’s notes, we will do a S.H.E.G. assignment using Reconstruction documents.  The EQ is:  “Were African-Americans free during Reconstruction?”

Read the documents and answer the guided questions.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/97722614/Reconstruction-SAC

You will be assigned a side in the discussion…yes, they were free or; no, they were not free.

You will use the information to convince the opposing side that you are correct. 

Finally, you will complete a paragraph stating your side of the argument and support your opinion using evidence from the documents.

Sept. 16/17

Objective:  Examine the reasons for moving Westward.
Discuss and examine the treatment of Native Americans.

1.  BW:  Definitions
2.  Using graphic organizer and Cornell notes; Examine the "Go West" experience.
3.  Using "concept ladders" describe the events and/or characteristics of westward movement.

Assessment:

Students will write summary for each concept ladder...using information gathered to describe the "westward movement.

Announcement:  Unit Test on Monday/Tuesday (9/20-21)

Sept. 18

Review assessment for Westward movement.

Review terms for Unit Test.

HW for “Industrialism” section.