Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Day 22 (October 30 & 31)

Today we:
(1) Finished Civil War Section 1 Notes and PPT;
(2) Started Civil War Section 2 Notes and PPT; and
(3) Watched America: The Story of US - Civil War - Beginning - 15:00.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Day 21 (October 26 & 29)

Today we:
(1) Did the Civil War section 1 Notes and PPT; and
(2) Covered a little bit of the Battles of the Civil War worksheet.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Day 20 (October 24 & 25)

Today we:
(1) Finished 'America: The Story Of Us - Division' segment;
(2) Finished Ch. 11 Notes and PPT; and
(3) Introduced the Civil War.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Day 19 (October 22 & 23)

Today we:
(1) Took a quiz on Chapter 10;
(2) Started Chapter 11 Notes;
(3) Read the Mary Reynolds slave account; and
(4) Watched the first half of 'America: The Story of Us' - Division

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Day 18 (October 16 & 17)

Today we:
(1) Finished Chapter 10 Key Terms and PPT;
(2) Watched a clip about Mountain Men from 'The West' series; and
(3) Watched clips about the California Gold Rush from 'The West' series.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Day 17 (October 12 & 15)

Today we:
(1) Continued with Ch. 10 Key Terms (#s 17 - 21); and
(2) Watched a video clip about Sam Houston, Texas Independence, and Santa Anna from the video series "The West."

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Day 16 (October 10 & 11)

Today we:
(1) Did Chapter 10 Key Terms (#s 5 - 16) and PPT; and
(2) Watched a clip from 'The West' series (Tejas).

Monday, October 8, 2012

Day 15 (October 8 & 9)

Today we:
(1) Took a quiz on Chapter 8;
(2) Watched the rest of "America: The Story Of Us - Westward"; and
(3) Started Chapter 10 Notes and PPT.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Day 14 (October 4 & 5)

Today we:
(1) Read an account of Lucy Larcom and Harriet Hanson and their experiences in the mills in the 1830s;
(2) Took a quiz on the reading;
(3) Finished Chapter 8 Notes;
(4) Watched the Presidents video on Andrew Jackson; and
(5) Discussed the Trail of Tears and read a modern-day comparison of what the situation must have been like.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Day 13 (October 1 & 2)

Today we:
(1) Took a quiz on Chapter 6;
(2) Watched a clip from "America: The Story Of Us - Westward";
(3) Started Chapter 8 Key Terms; and
(4) Saw the cotton artifact and discussed cotton's importance in the pre-Civil War South.