Week 3: A Nation Divided

On Wednesday we reviewed a bit from last week and talked about Westward Expansion and the contention on if the new states would be free or slave states.  We had a great discussion on Huck Finn.  We divided into North and South and introduced the Lincoln Douglass document study.  They need to mark it up at home.  Please watch this 8-minute documentary: Inside The Lincoln Douglas Debates – Documentary.  

Inside the Lincoln Douglas Debates-Documentary

We assigned a debate topic of:  The military draft is a good thing.  The North is Affirmative and the South is Negative.  

North Side (Blue): Bella, Zeke, and Makayla

South Side (Grey): Ava and Elise

Make sure you’ve added these dates to your timeline.

Timeline Dates:

1765-1825 – Eli Whitney 

1793 – Cotton gin invented 

1858 – Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Timeline Dates from Last Week:

1619 – First African slaves in America 

1807 – Britain bans slavery 

1824 – Britain and US negotiate a treaty recognizing the slave trade as piracy 

1837 – Britain invites the US and France to create patrol to stop slaving, US declines 

1835 – 1910 – Mark Twain 

1818 – 1895 – Frederick Douglas 

1885 – ​Huckleberry Finn ​ published 

1753 – 1784 – Phillis Wheatley

Scholar Challenges: 

1. Start researching for your debate.  Fill out debate worksheet.  Write your debate introduction.  

2. Complete timeline assignment.

3. Continue reading ​Uncle Tom’s Cabin ​ by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

4. Continue your memorization work.

5. Read over the “Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln

Hero Insight Instructions​: ​(Should be about Five Minutes)

-Introduce your hero in an interesting way.

-Give background of your hero

-What did he/she do?  Did this make him/her a hero?

-Explain and present accompanying topic in an interesting way.

-Use pictures, props, etc!

Hero Insight Assignments

Week 4, October 2nd: Eli Whitney/The Cotton Gin

Elise

Week 5, October 9^th: John Brown/Harper’s Ferry

Ava

Week 2: New Country, Unfinished Business

Week 2: New Country, Unfinished Business

The Antebellum Period:

Here is a link to a summary of what was learned.  If you missed class please read the whole thing.  For everyone else, you can read it as a review.

https://www.historynet.com/antebellum-period

Vocabulary Covered today:

Abolition: Abolition is the act of getting rid of something, like the abolition of slavery.

Polarization: Division into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs.

Turnpike: an expressway, especially one on which a toll is charged.

Revival: The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement.

To the Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth a poem by Phillis Wheatley (you can find this on page 41 in your binder) If you missed class please read the whole thing.

William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth

Vocabulary words from poem:

Genial: friendly and cheerful

Faction: a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

Mournful: feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.

Refulgent: shining brightly

Fane: a temple or shrine

Ethereal: extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world: heavenly





We learned about Phillis Wheatley.  Here is a link to a summary of what was learned.  If you missed class please read the whole thing.  For everyone else, you can read it as a review.

https://npg.si.edu/blog/phillis-wheatley-her-life-poetry-and-legacy

Phillis Wheatley

We talked about Mark Twain and how most of his works are satire. 

Satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Mark Twain

Timeline Dates:

If you were not in class, please write these dates in your timeline on page 24 in your binder.

Timeline Dates:

1619 – First African slaves in America 

1807 – Britain bans slavery 

1824 – Britain and US negotiate a treaty recognizing the slave trade as piracy 

1837 – Britain invites the US and France to create patrol to stop slaving, US declines 

1835 – 1910 – Mark Twain 

1818 – 1895 – Frederick Douglas 

1885 – ​Huckleberry Finn ​ published 

1753 – 1784 – Phillis Wheatley

Scholar Challenges to be Completed by September 25th (Page 5 in your binder):

1. Primary source study preparation for the Lincoln/Douglas debates

2. Complete timeline assignment.

3. Begin reading ​Uncle Tom’s Cabin ​ by Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Plan carefully.  This book is 18 hours on an audiobook.   Don’t wait until the last minute to get started. 

4. Continue your memorization work.

5. Read over the “Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln.

6. Journal:  Why is slavery wrong?

Hero Insight Instructions​: ​(Should be about Five Minutes)

-Introduce your hero in an interesting way.

-Give background of your hero

-What did he/she do?  Did this make him/her a hero?

-Explain and present accompanying topic in an interesting way.

-Use pictures, props, etc!

Hero Insight Assignments

Week 3, September 25th: Frederick Douglas/Life if a Slave

Ava B.

Week 4, October 2nd: Eli Whitney/The Cotton Gin

Elise

Mission: Hero

We had a wonderful 1^st day. Today we covered the Hero Journey. We talked about having a mission(s) in life.   Most of you have finished or almost finished Huckleberry Finn.  Thank you for being prepared for class!  It’s going to be an amazing year!!!  Below is your homework:

Scholar Challenges to be Completed by September 18^th (Page 5 in your binder):

1. Finish reading ​Huckleberry Finn ​by Mark Twain.  Prepare for next week’s book discussion.

2.  Complete book dossier for Huckleberry Finn. (Page 74 in your binder)

3. Vocabulary review – Read over the vocabulary words in your binder. Be prepared for any pop-quiz questions regarding the words. (Page 15-23 in your binder)

4. Choose your first quote for memorization and start memorizing. (Page 14 in your binder)

5. Read over the “Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln.  You will be memorizing this short   speech. (Page 39 in your binder) You can read along while you listen to it too.  The Gettysburg   Address by Abraham Lincoln: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvA0J_2ZpIQ

6. Journal:  What is your mission?  If you are unsure, write about what you would like your mission to be.

Hero Insight Instructions​: ​(Should be about Five Minutes)

-Introduce your hero in an interesting way.

-Give background of your hero

-What did he/she do?  Did this make him/her a hero?

-Explain and present accompanying topic in an interesting way.

-Use pictures, props, etc!

Hero Insight Assignments

Week 2, September 18th: Frederick Douglas/Life if a Slave

Ava B.

Week 3, September 25th: Eli Whitney/The Cotton Gin

Elise