Final Exam Essay Question

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Unit 7-Manifest Destiny

Today's agenda:

• Review: Chapter 9 Section 3
• Read: Texas Independence from Mexico: What is the deal with the Alamo anyway?
• Video clip: the Alamo
• Video clip: Bio on Davy Crockett
• Disney's portrayal of Davy Crockett at the Alamo
• Analyze: the Battle of San Jacinto
• Legend: the Yellow Rose of Texas

Unit 7-Manifest Destiny

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Chapter 9 Section 2 
• We have access to technology. So, let's spend some time working on our Presidential Evaluations (1-14)

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Unit 7-Manifest Destiny

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Westward Expansion Map and Chapter 9 Section 1
• View: 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed the World: the Gold Rush
• Read :Upfront magazine article on Heroin
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 9 Section 2

Unit 7-Manifest Destiny

Today's agenda:

• Finish any remaining slavery presentations
• Pass in the Unit 6 Summative Assessment
• Intro: Unit 7-Manifest Destiny
• Westward Expansion Map
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 9 Section 1

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

Finish: Presenting the Slavery/Abolition project
Review: Finish the Unit 6 Summative review
Watch: Harriet Jacobs

Random and awesome!

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

Continue: Slavery/Abolition Projects
Continue: the Unit 6 Review

Unit 6 The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Begin slavery/abolitionist projects
• Review: Here is the Unit 6 Review
• Unit 6 Summative Assessment will take place when we are done our project presentations this week

60 minutes video clip on the building of the new National African American Museum

Unit 6 The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Finish your research (Library)
• Decide on your presentation model
• Work on the presentation/visual aids

If finished: Work on the Presidential Evaluations (1-7 should be done) Now focus on Presidents 8-14

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Present the Slavery Project
• Assign topics
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 8 Section 4
• Research: Library scheduled tomorrow and Friday

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's agenda:

Review: Chapter 8 Section 3
Discuss: The relationship between the abolition and women's rights movements
Chapter attack: Chapter 8 Section 4

Ted talk: Prisons vs. College

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter Attack: Chapter 8 Section 3
• Analyze: Seneca Falls Convention
• View: Great Women in American history

Womens rights issues in the U.S.

Women's Rights issues around the world

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Chapter 8 Section 2
• View: Famine to Freedom
• Contemporary Issues: President Obama on immigration today
• Evaluate: Executive Orders
• Satire: SNL spoofs Obama and Executive Acts

Extra credit: Read this article from Slate about immigration. Leave a comment here on the blog. Do you agree or disagree with the author? Be specific and incorporate a quote.

Unit 6-Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Makeup: Chapter 8 Section 1
• Transcendentalism Activity needs to be finished today
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 8 Section 2

Both were linked on the Blog yesterday

Unit 6-Reform Movements

Today's agenda:

• Review: Chapter 8 Section 1 
• Analyze:Transcendentalist Quotes
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 8 Section 2 

Unit 6-The Reform Movements

Today's Agenda:

• Intro: Unit 6 expectations/syllabus
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 8 Section1 
• Discuss: The Role of Religion (then and now)

More presidential candidates:

Carly Fiorina

Ben Carson