Tuesday, September 1, 2015

US History Week of August 31 through September 4

Monday: After doing a crossword puzzle about slavery and the Underground Railroad, we finished the notes on US Expansion and began a mini-DBQ on the Louisiana Purchase.

Tuesday: After the warm up questions, we finished the Louisiana Purchase DBQ and discussed the strengths and  weaknesses of the arguments the Federalists had against the deal. We watched America: The Story of Us episode called Westward and filled in cloze notes as we watched. We discussed westward settlement.

Wednesday: We finished the episode of America: The Story of Us and did a quick write on Andrew Jackson depicted as a king. We watched a Brainpop about Westward Expansion and completed the activities for it. We took notes from a short PPT about the War of 1812.

Thursday: We watched America: The Story of Us episode called Division about the growing sectionalism in the country. We answered the accompanying questions. We began working on a Manifest Destiny mini-Q

Friday: We finished the Manifest Destiny mini-Q and watched a Brainpop episode about the Mexican-American War and completed the activities. Finally we spent a few minutes reviewing for the quiz on Tuesday.

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