We will be covering the chapters in the book out of order. We will proceed with Chapter 12, first, then 11 then 13. For this unit you must read the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. A paper on this work will be due on December 4.

DON'T FORGET! FIELD TRIP SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18 - SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19!

Thursday, November 2
read pp. 388-401 in Chapter 12 in Nash.
When reading, pay attention to:
· the "content" of Jackson's presidency (what he did) and the dynamic that existed between Jackson, Calhoun and Clay
· the new emerging "style" of American politics - campaigning and a permanent two party system
Much of the social history in this chapter will reenforce what we will be going over with Larkin's book.
Don't bother with "Recovering the Past", pp. 402-403.

Friday, November 3
primary source materials that look at Jacksonian era politics
Baileys read:  13A 1       14A 1,2,3    14B 1,2,3    14D 1,2,3,4    14E 1,2.

Monday, November 6
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too! The Election of 1840

Tuesday, November 7
finish Nash, Chapter 12, pp. 401-421
Pay attention to the emergence of various reform and utopian movements:
· notice what ties some of these movements together and how many of the same individuals are engaged in several movements
· notice the role of women and religion in these movements
Much of the social history in this chapter will reenforce what we will continue to be going over with Larkin's book.
Don't bother with "Recovering the Past", pp. 402-403.

Wednesday, November 8
Handout Package on Temperance and Reform Movements
Baileys read: 16A 1,2      16B 2,3     16C 1,2,3,4,5\
"The Trumpet Sounds" anonymous

Thursday, November 9
Nash, Chapter 11;  Slavery and the Old South

Friday, November 10
The Domestic Sphere: Hearth and Home
Diet and Foodways in the Antebellum United States

Monday, November 13
Archeology of African American Lives in the Antebellum United States

Tuesday, November 14
Doing Document Based Questions

Wednesday, November 15
Nash, Chapter 13; Moving West

Thursday, November 16
Bailey's Read: 18A 1,2,4     18B1,2,3,4,5     18C1,2     18D2,3
John L. O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny (handout)

Friday, November 17
UNIT EVALUATION, DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION:
What led so many Americans to sell most of their possessions and embark on an unknown future thousands of miles away in Oregon or California in the years before the American Civil War? Compare and contrast the different lives and tasks faced by various of these pioneers as they tried to make a living in the West.