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Mr. Mr. Saindon's
United States History Class
Happy New Year! 2026
United States History / Mr. Saindon
Monday, January 12 to Friday, January 16
Do the Following:
#1 Complete the EdPuzzle video on the Bill of Rights. Show your work to Mr. Saindon and have him record the grade. Most students should only need Monday to finish this assignment.
#2 Complete the Interactive-Notebook - answering all the questions using the text book,
Lesson 10
#3 GimKit Game: complete the 31 questions. On a separate piece of paper write down each question and the answer
#4 Watch the video: “What’s Right With America” and write a reflective summary pointing out injustices that you saw in the government enact.
Lesson Objectives: The student will...
• Identify arguments for and against the need for a bill of rights in the U.S. Constitution
• Explain why the Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution
• Describe how the Bill of Rights addresses limited government
• Relate the arguments over the need for a bill of rights to the wording of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• Compare and contrast the fears on both sides of the argument over the need for a bill of rights
Spooky Video about a world WITHOUT the Bill of Rights"What's Right with America"
Countdown to Civil War
Chapter 21: A Dividing Nation
Pages 410 to 417
Terms to know in this chapter:
compromise
slave states or free states
abolitionist
secession
Nat Turner's slave rebellion
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Toms Cabin
Fred Scott Decision
Lincoln - Douglas Debates
John Brown's Raid
Stephen Douglas: popular sovereignty
Abraham Lincoln
The Election of 1860
The South secedes
The War Begins on April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter
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