Feb+2010+(8th)

__2/26/10__
Class Activities: -Review Game -Test on Civil War
 * B-4**

Homework: -None

__2/25/10__
Class Activities: -Review Game -Test on Civil War
 * A-2**

Homework: -None Class Activities: -Review Game -Test on Civil War
 * A-4**

Homework: -None

__2/24/10__
Class Activities: -Review
 * B-4**

Homework: -None

__2/23/10__
Class Activities: -Review -Notes on Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
 * A-2**

Homework: -Answer the following two questions: 1) Why would Grant allow Confederates to keep their sidearms? 2) Why would Grant allow Confederates to keep their horses/mules? -Timeline with all battles divided between Western/Eastern fronts Class Activities: -Review -Notes on Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
 * A-4**

Homework: -Answer the following two questions: 1) Why would Grant allow Confederates to keep their sidearms? 2) Why would Grant allow Confederates to keep their horses/mules? -Timeline with all battles divided between Western/Eastern fronts

__2/22/10__
Class Activities: -Notes on Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
 * B-4**

Homework: -Answer the following two questions: 1) Why would Grant allow Confederates to keep their sidearms? 2) Why would Grant allow Confederates to keep their horses/mules? -Timeline with all battles divided between Western/Eastern fronts

__2/19/10__
Class Activities: -Quiz on Gettysburg -End of the war battles
 * A-2**

Homework: -Extra Credit: 1) What was the population of the US in 1860? 2) What was the population of the US after the Civil War? 3) How many casualties were there in the Civil War? 4) Who came up with the idea of trench warfare? Class Activities: -Quiz on Gettysburg -End of the war battles
 * A-4**

Homework: -Extra Credit: 1) Who came up with the idea of tench warfare?

__2/18/10__
Class Activities: -Quiz on Gettysburg -End of the war battles
 * B-4**

Homework: -None

__2/17/10__
Class Activities: -Gettysburg Address vocabulary activity -Read Gettysburg Address
 * A-2**

Homework: -Answer the following question in 1-2 paragraphs: What did you like about the Gettysburg Address? Make sure to provide specific examples! Class Activities: -Gettysburg Address vocabulary activity -Read Gettysburg Address
 * A-4**

Homework: -Answer the following question in 1-2 paragraphs: What did you like about the Gettysburg Address? Make sure to provide specific examples!

__2/16/10__
Class Activities: -Gettysburg Address
 * B-4**

Homework: -Why do you like about the Gettysburg Address? What was so good/significant about it? (1 paragraph) -p863: Define vocabulary AND analyzing primary sources

__2/15/10__
Class Activities: -Quiz on Battle of Gettysburg -Notes on Pickett's Charge -Video on Pickett's Charge
 * A-2**

Homework: Answer both questions: 1) Why is the name “Pickett’s Charge?” appropriate OR what would a more “fair” alternative to Pickett’s charge be? -Note: You must give 2 reasons for your decision! 2) Pickett has been seriously criticized for not leading his troops and escaping the disastrous charge without any injury. Is this a fair assessment of his conduct in battle? Class Activities: -Quiz on Battle of Gettysburg -Notes on Pickett's Charge -Video on Pickett's Charge
 * A-4**

Homework: Answer both questions: 1) Why is the name “Pickett’s Charge?” appropriate OR what would a more “fair” alternative to Pickett’s charge be? -Note: You must give 2 reasons for your decision! 2) Pickett has been seriously criticized for not leading his troops and escaping the disastrous charge without any injury. Is this a fair assessment of his conduct in battle?

__2/8/10__
Class Activities: -Video on Gettysburg Day 3
 * B-4**

Homework: -None

__2/5/10__
Class Activities: -Notes on Pickett's Charge -Video on Pickett's Charge
 * A-2**

Homework: -Try and imagine what thoughts/feelings might be going through the head of a Confederate soldier prior to making the attack on July 3rd. Write these thoughts down.

Class Activities: -Notes on Pickett's Charge -Video on Pickett's Charge
 * A-4**

Homework: -Try and imagine what thoughts/feelings might be going through the head of a Confederate soldier prior to making the attack on July 3rd. Write these thoughts down.

**__2/4/10__**
** lass Activities: -Video on Little Round Top -Notes on Little Round Top
 * B-4**

Homework: -Write or respond on wiki: "Imagine that you are Col. Chamberlain's commanding officer at Gettysburg. Following the battle, you feel that he is deserving of a medal for bravery. Write a letter to Congress in which you recommend him for a medal. Your recommendation must include at least three specific actions from the battle (what you saw in the video) which you feel are brave." **

__2/3/10__
Class Activities: -Video on Little Round Top -Notes on Little Round Top
 * A-2**

Homework: -Write or respond on wiki: "Imagine that you are Col. Chamberlain's commanding officer at Gettysburg. Following the battle, you feel that he is deserving of a medal for bravery. Write a letter to Congress in which you recommend him for a medal. Your recommendation must include at least three specific actions from the battle (what you saw in the video) which you feel are brave."

Class Activities: -Video on Little Round Top -Notes on Little Round Top
 * A-4**

Homework: -Write or respond on wiki: "Imagine that you are Col. Chamberlain's commanding officer at Gettysburg. Following the battle, you feel that he is deserving of a medal for bravery. Write a letter to Congress in which you recommend him for a medal. Your recommendation must include at least three specific actions from the battle (what you saw in the video) which you feel are brave."

__2/2/10__
Class Activities: -Quiz on battles through Chancellorsville -Video of Gettysburg Day1
 * B-4**

Homework: -None

__2/1/10__
Class Activities: -Quiz on battles through Chancellorsville -Video of Gettysburg Day1
 * A-2**

Homework: -None

Class Activities: -Quiz on battles through Chancellorsville -Video of Gettysburg Day1
 * A-4**

Homework: -None