November 27, Monday
Nash, Chapter 14 pp. 460-471
November 28, Tuesday
Return and go over DBQs
Larkin papers due
November 29 , Wednesday
Return Lowell Mill Girl Assignment
Set up Frederick Douglass Assignment
Handout: "The Peculiar Institution; Slaves Tell Their Own Story"
November 30, Thursday
Bailey, 17B 1,2,3,4 17C 1,2,4
17D 2 20A 1,2,3,4
December 1, Friday
Bailey 19A 19B 1,2,3
19C 1,3
Classroom Debate "Should the Territories Acquired From Mexico in the
Most Recent War Be Slave or Free?" - Roles to be preassigned by the instructor
December 4, Monday
Nash, Chapter 14 pp. 471-487
December 5, Tuesday
Bailey, 19D 1,2,3,4 20B 1,2
20C 1,2,3 20D 1,2
December 6, Wednesday
Nash, Chapter 14 pp. 487-490; Chapter 15 pp.492-499
December 7, Thursday
The Soldier's War:
Nash, Chapter 15 pp. 499-508 - no quiz - just read this for the highlights
Garraty, "Soldiering in the Civil War" by Bruce Catton, pp. 388-401
Handout of Primary Source Documents from Vermont Soldiers
Civil War Period Recipes - Any volunteers?
December 8, Friday
"The Price for Victory: The Decision to Use African American
Troops" Handout
Make sure you have read the package a materials and be prepared
to use them in class
December 11, Monday
The Emancipation Proclamation and Freeing the Slaves
Garraty, "How Lincoln Freed the Slaves" by Stephen B. Oates,
pp. 402-419
Bailey, 22C 1
Handout, "Did Lincoln Free the Slaves?"
Warning: First Half of this class will be a "pressure cooker!"
December 12, Tuesday
Nash, Chapter 15, pp. 508-524 - skip "Recovering the Past" section
on Photography
December 13, Wednesday
Frederick Douglas Papers Due!
Nash, Chapter 16 pp. 526-540
December 14, Thursday
Nash, Chapter 16 pp. 540-556 including "Recovering the Past;
Novels"
December 18, Monday
"Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Political Cartoonist and
the National Mood" handout
December 19, Tuesday
Unit 5 Assessment, Part 1 "Identifies"
December 20, Wednesday
Unit 5 Assessment, Part 2 - Document Based Question on Reconstruction