Day 23 - October 30, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered Ch. 14 Key Terms and PPT (1-7);
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Heartland (0 - 15:00);
(3) Saw the Railroad spike artifact; and
(4) Did the Logo sheet and discussed it.

Day 22 - October 28, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished the book work for Ch. 13 Reconstruction and questions.

Day 21 - October 24, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked out of Ch. 13 in the book and answered questions from the chapter about Reconstruction.

Day 20 - October 22, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered Civil War Section 4 PPT;
(2) Did a reading about the Lincoln Assassination; and
(3) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Civil War.'

Day 19 - October 20, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered Civil War Sections 2 & 3 PPTs; and
(2) Did the reading about Johnny Clem and the Civil War.

Day 18 - October 14, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the movie 'Glory' and finished the movie questions; and
(2) Discussed the movie and the questions.

Day 17 - October 10, 2014

Today we:
(1) Talked about the first part of the Civil War; and
(2) Started watching 'Glory' (0 - 40:00).

Day 16 - October 7, 2014

Today we:
(1) Discussed events leading to the Civil War and viewed the Ch. 11 PPT; and
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Division' and did video ?s.

Day 15 - October 3, 2014

Today we:
(1) Divided into groups and each group took a few terms from Ch. 10 (#s 22 - 40). The group defined their terms, and then presented them to the class; and
(2) Watched America: The Story of Us - Westward (31:40 - 37:10).

Day 14 - October 1, 2014

Today we:
(1) Had a class discussion;
(2) Completed Ch. 10 Key Terms and PPT (9-21);
(3) Watched 'The West - Disk 2, Episode 2 - Tejas' (15:47 - 27:57); and
(4) Watched 'The West - Disk 2, Episode 2 - In The Midst of Savage Darkness' (35:50-42:00).