Unit 5 The Civil War and Reconstruction

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
 
 

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