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March 28, 2007

Here are your assignments for the week (sorry these are a little late!!)

Monday:
1. Go over "Road to War"
2. Read pages 173, 176-178 and answer questions page 178 (#1-5)

Tuesday:
1. React to slavery activities with primary sources
2. Start chapter 12 review

Wednesday:
1. Share letters from yesterday
2. Vocabulary activity - quiz with partner
3. Chapter review worksheet w/partner
4. Read pages 178-182 (answer questions pages 180 and 182)

Thursday:
1. Go over review worksheet
2. Review game

Friday:
1. Chapter 12 test

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March 19, 2007

Here are the items that should be glued in to your notebook:
1. Cloze/outline - pages 122-131
2. Outline - pages 131-136
3. Chapter 9 test
4. Ch. 10 illustration
5. Agree/Disagree - Trail of Tears
6. ?'s pages 140 & 142
7. War of 1812 notes
8. Trail of Tears - acrostic - either you or your partner will have this
9. ?'s pages 147 & 152
10. Ch. 11 picture analysis and graphic organizer
11. Ch. 11 graph
12. Outline pages 164-166
13. Ch. 11 review
14. Ch. 11 test
15. Ch. 12 paragraph about issues of the war
16. 2 worksheets on North and South before the war

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March 16, 2007

Lesson Plans – 3/19-3/23/07

Monday:

1. Return test
2. Share some of the causes of the war
3. Discuss economic differences between the North and the South prior to the war.
4. Complete worksheets – The South: Old Times Were Not Forgotten and The North Before the War: Expanding Territories

Tuesday:

1. Framed paragraph to start chapter 12 – have students work with a partner to try to finish the paragraph. Then go over as a class and compare their answers vs. the real answers.
2. Have students create a t-chart comparing Utica, NY vs. Rome, Ga. – pages 169 and 170. Discuss as a class independent vs. interdependent
3. Complete “Growing Economic and Regional Differences” – finish for homework is not completed in class.

Wednesday:

1. Go over “Growing Economic and Regional Differences” worksheet – have students correct their answers. (bring in idea of tariffs)
2. Read on own pages 168-173 and answer questions on page 169 (#1-3) and page 173 (#1-4)

Thursday:

1. Go over questions pages 168 and 173 – add in any needed information about tariffs, states’ rights, sovereign, nullification, secede, secession, and territory.
2. Have students complete map activity free vs. slave states – discuss the importance of equal number of each for representation in Congress (why would people feel representation in Congress was so important)
3. Start Civil War packet (“Road to Civil War) – students cut out pictures and note taking sections, glue picture with correct event, and take notes on the event. (all gets glued into notebook)

Friday:

1. Finish “Road to Civil War” packet

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March 12, 2007

Monday: 1. Notes on Structure
2. Graph on slave population

3. Finish graphic organizer pages 156-163

Tuesday: 1. Quiz on pages 156-163

2. Outline pages 164-166

3. Chapter review sheet - due Thursday

Wednesday: 1. Ga. Stories - Georgia's Westward Movement w/questions

2. Finish chapter review sheet - due tomorrow

Thursday: 1. Go over chapter review sheet

2. Review game

Friday: 1. Chapter 11 test (**this test will be put on next quarter's grading period)
2. Writing assignment: write one paragraph about what you think are the causes of the Civil War - and why you think this
(justify your answers). This will count as a daily "Write to Learn" grade.

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March 05, 2007

Here are the assignments for the first part of this week - I will post the last part of the week after I get it planned out today:-)

Monday:
1. Finish War of 1812 notes
2. ACROSTIC - Trail of Tears with a partner - this will count as a quiz grade
3. Homework - read pages 147-152 - answer questions page 152 #1-5

Tuesday:
1. Go over questions from last night
2. Graphic organizer on Trail of Tears with an expanded sentence - this will be completed in groups - will count as a test grade for this chapter.

Wednesday: Early Release
1. Finish and turn in graphic organizers

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