Mr. Saindon
United States History
Monday, May 12
to Friday, May 16
Last Week
Wrapping up "Overview of the Civil War" packet. Will finish on Monday
This Week: Three topics:
1. Gettysburg: Fill out close activity on the Gettysburg Address (100 points)
2. Skit on the Emancipation Proclamation ((100 points based on team work and focus)
3. "Killing Lincoln"packet questions (100 points)
Battle of Gettysburg
Emancipation Proclamation
Countdown to the Civil War
Learning Objective
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Students will identify the conflicts between the North and South and explain how these led to the Civil War.
1.Students will be able to create a timeline of events leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg. Students will be able to discuss the effects of the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. After reading the Gettysburg Address, students will be able to summarize the content.
2. Students will be able to discuss the political and military conditions that led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. After reading the document, students will be able to summarize, in writing, the meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. Lincoln’s Assassination – Understand the events leading up to and following April 14, 1865.
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The Investigation and Trial – Dive into the search for John Wilkes Booth and the trial of the conspirators.
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Lincoln’s Legacy – Analyze Abraham Lincoln’s lasting impact on America today.
Fall of Richmond
Song: The Night They
Drove Old Dixie Down
Lincoln Surveys the Carnage at Petersburg, Virginia
United States of America
USA
Confederate States of America
CSA
President Abraham Lincoln
President Jefferson Davis
OBJECTIVES
1. Analyze and describe the effects of westward expansion and subsequent federal policies on the American Indian tribes in the Western states and territories.
2. Discuss the impact of colonization on American Indian tribal lands in the West, such as aboriginal and/or ceded territories, and the Treaties of 1855 and 1863.
Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce
Click the on For the Text Reading on the Nez Perce:
Students review and answer questions about a Nez Perce chief’s various speeches he gave in the mid 1800s in order to gain insight into how the United States government and white settlers were affecting American Indian lives.
Lesson summary:
Students review and answer questions about a Nez Perce chief’s various speeches he gave in the mid 1800s in order to gain insight about how the US government and white settlers were affecting American Indian lives.
This lesson examines the resources, opportunities and freedoms that lured different groups west. Emphasis will be placed on how the arrival of newcomers presented challenges to those already settled in territory.
Learning objectives:
1. Analyze and describe the effects of westward expansion and subsequent federal policies on the American Indian tribes in the Western states and territories.
2. Discuss the impact of colonization on American Indian tribal lands in the West, such as aboriginal and/or ceded territories, and the Treaties of 1855 and 1863.