The Civil War
For extra credit, watch the film 12 Years a Slave or Harriet, and write a paragraph about what you learned. Up to 10 points of extra credit may be earned. This must be completed before spring break begins. You can only do one of the films.
Friday, 1/31 : Assign Poem #2: Due 2/20: can be a narrative, an ode, apostrophe, a cut up, surrealism, a response to another poem; 1. Must be 15 lines (or be multiple poems); 2. Must incorporate 5 different devices. 3. Must do 3 drafts. 4. Must be best written thus far.
Watch two brief videos on Frederick Douglass: This one Frederick Douglass. and this one. List 10 things total you learned from watching the two films; assignment on schoology.
Monday, 2/3: Assigned first 7 Frederick Douglass excerpts by tomorrow.
Tuesday: Took a quiz on first 7 excerpts. Kids who missed the quiz should complete the alternate assignment on schoology. Then, we continued reading and summarizing FD excerpts. Be through 14 by Wednesday.
Wednesday: continued reading and summarizing FD. Completed by tomorrow.
Thursday: Assigned Frederick Douglass study questions. Then, informal discussion after lunch. Then, begin taking 20 Cornell Notes on 4 Films. Video #1: Cite as CBS: Harriet Tubman's road to freedom
Friday: Click here for a Cornell Notes template.
Watch 3 underground railroad films. Take notes on schoology. Must have 20 by the next class: Video #2: Cite as Hughes: The Underground Railroad Explained: US History Review
Video #3: Cite as "Smithsonian." What You Never Knew About Harriet Tubman
Video #4: Cite as K-State: Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad - YouTube
Monday, 2/10: Brief, informal discussion of Hariet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Then, Listen to 3 spirituals: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Go Down, Moses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljup8cIRzIk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mZgvLVwbI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jBP4YXwo
Tuesday: Read Abraham Lincoln's and Robert E. Lee's words Click here. Then, click here for Chief Joseph's surrender speech. Then, write 500 words answering the following question, what do you want to say about the people we studied in this unit?
Wednesday: Brief discussion of FW, then switch unit.
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