History September 2018

History September 2018

APPRENTICE:

Study/Learn

1- Read A History of Us, War, Terrible War (the entire book)

2- Print off this map of USA in 1860. Then look at this site: colored map of the united states. Color and mark your printed map. Color the Union states blue and the Confederate states gray. Color the territories too, in a different color. Put the border line in red. Notice that some SLAVE STATES are in the NORTH. Mark the capital of the Confederacy (Richmond, VA).  Glue your map into your CPB. You might have to cut it down to size in order to fit. 

3- Read Lincoln, A  Photo biography. We will be discussing it in class.

4- Define these terms from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.  Put them on 3x5 notecards and bring them to class each week.  We will be using these every week this year. The first 11 were notecards from last year. If you have them, you will not need to rewrite them, just put them in this years stack.

• Abolitionism
• John Brown
• Missouri Compromise
• Secession
• Nat Turner
• Underground Railroad
• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick W. Douglass
• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850
• Civil War
• Bull Run, battle of
• Gettysburg, Battle of
• Gettysburg Address
• Sumter, Fort

5. Add 5 things from your reading to your time line.

6. OPTIONAL:  Mack said I needed to have the option to learn from the amazing genius Mr. Betts because Mack says he needs to be part of your education. 

Here are some Mr. Betts videos to help you understand your note card definitions. (If you don't understand something go research it! It will help everything else make sense.)  

Watch these ones to understand:

Compromise of 1850: Mr. Betts Compromise of 1850

Missouri Compromise: Mr. Betts Missouri Compromise

Dred Scott Decision: Mr. Betts Dred Scott

John Brown: Mr. Betts John Brown

Secession: Mr. betts Secession

North vs. South: mr.betts North vs. South

Mack says you're welcome. 

Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO DO:

• Choose a Civil War battle (Gettysburg, Antietam, Vicksburg, Bull Run, etc.) and create a 3-D map of the battlefield. Be able to describe to the class the details of the battle, like why did it happen? What generals were involved? Explain the movement of the troops, and how many wounded and dead. Who won? Pretend you are the losing general. Evaluate the battle; what would you have done differently? What would it feel like to know you hold the lives of thousands of men in your hands with every decision you make? If you were Lincoln or Davis, what qualities would you look for in a general?

• With words and pictures, create 2 posters to present to the class—one that depicts the political and economic climate in the Northern states and one that shows that of the Southern states. How do you think the south felt having their way of life threatened with the abolition of slavery? The northern states believed in a strong, united federal government, while the south believed their states had the right to leave the union to prevent their way of life from changing. Who do you believe was right? Why? Do you think that since the Civil War, states’ rights have continued to diminish? Is this a good thing or bad thing?

• Think about Lincoln’s statement below and write an essay that answers the questions that follow.

    “A house divided against itself can not stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently       half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to   

      fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.”

Do you agree with this? Could the nation have carried on with some slave states and some free states? The leaders of the North and South both believed that they were right. They believed it so much, that  they were willing to die for their cause. In our day, there is much confusion and conflicting beliefs on all kinds of issues. How do we keep our differences of opinion from dividing us? Is there a way that you and I can know what is right? How can we know if we are following the course that God would have us follow? Look for some scriptures that answer this question and come prepared to share what you have learned. Email me a copy sarafontano@gmail.com and also your writing mentor.

• Make a timeline of the events leading up to the Civil War, the major battles, and other significant events during the war. Write a few sentences describing the significance of each event. Be creative with this! I would love to see a unique way of displaying this information!

• Write a short story or play set in the Civil War. Make your story as rich in detail as possible and show how the war affects your characters.

• Make a Prezi or do a skit on what life was like for a Civil War soldier. Teach the class what they wore, ate, where they slept, what they did all day? What were battles like? What artillery did they use? What happened if they were wounded or got sick?

• Create a work of art or a slide show depicting the life of a slave. Try to capture the emotions that slaves would have felt in your work. Please bring it to class to share it with us!  

Become/Serve 

(If you are doing more than 1 level of class this week, just choose ONE Become/serve for the whole week.)

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO DO:

• Have there been times in your life when you have felt like you are following the course that God would have you go, only to be met by opposition from people who are close to you? Write about your experience. What did you decide to do about it? How could Lincoln’s words and decisions be a guide for you in those situations?

• Write a journal entry exploring the following questions. Do you believe that we are all sent to the earth to accomplish a specific purpose or mission? There are dramatic examples of this in Joseph Smith restoring the church, George Washington winning the Revolutionary War, Abraham Lincoln preserving the Union. But, I believe there are also quiet and less recognized ways that people go about doing God’s work and making a difference in ways that only they can. What are some gifts and talents that the Lord has blessed you with? When you use those gifts, do you feel closer to God? What are some things you can do now to prepare yourself for your life’s mission? Do you already have an idea of what your mission is?

JOURNEYMAN:

TBA

MASTER:

Study/Learn

1- Read a biography on one of the people below, or choose your own.

2- Optional: Watch Gettysburg (1993 version) Rated PG, 4 hrs. 15 min.

    You can rent it for $2.99 on Amazon Prime

Know/Understand

We are having a Living Museum day! Choose a biography to read about a significant person from the Civil War. See the list below. Come to class dressed as your chosen person and prepared with a 2-3 minute dramatization of who you are and explain of your life and accomplishments.

Sign up here.

• Abraham Lincoln                                   • Harriet Beecher Stowe 

• Mary Todd Lincoln​​                                 ​​​​​​​​• Ulysses S. Grant 

• Clara Barton                                          • Joshua Chamberlain

​• Frederick Douglass                               • Robert E. Lee 

​• Stonewall Jackson                                • Harriet Tubman

​• George Pickett                                      • Booker T. Washington 

• William Lloyd Garrison                          • Jefferson Davis 

• Mary Edwards Walker 

Become/Serve

(If you are doing more than 1 level of class this week, just choose ONE Become/serve for the whole week.)

Write a journal entry about the person you read about. What do you admire in them? Are there things about them that you would like to emulate in your own life? If so, what? Choose one thing and make an effort to work on that this week.