1. Some students finished their chapter 4 test.

2. Q.O.D.- Why do you feel that there were individuals, in the South, that continued to support slavery. Please write 3-4 sentences.

3. Students read pages 399 to 403. We stopped at the How Did the Dred Scott Case Affect the Nation?

4. Students worked on Investigation #5

Basically, students copied the questions that were on the left hand side. On the right, they responded to the question with 2-3 sentences each.

1. How did people who didn't live in Kansas help to elect a proslavery legislature? 2. Look at the picture on 401. What law are the officials enforcing? What can you infer from the number of soldiers present in the illustration? 3. What explanation did John Brown give for his violent actions in Kansas?

1. Q.O.D.-Look at the Should the U.S. Annex Texas section on 301. If you were in charge of the U.S. gov't, would you have annexed Texas? Why or why not? Write 3-4 sentences.

2. We either started or finished our Socratic Seminar #1 on whether or not CA missions need to be preserved in light of the jaded past that they represent.

 

1. Q.O.D.-When the Spanish came to CA, what were two things that they did to Native Americans? Was this fair? Why or why not? Please write 3-4 sentences.

2. Students saw a short montage of all of the 21 CA missions

3. Students made the title Reasons For and Against Saving CA Missions title in their Table of Contents in their journal. Students made a T-chart with one side that is labeled Reason For Saving the CA Missions and the other side is Reasons Against Saving the CA missions. Each side was numbered 1 to 3.

4. Then, students engaged in a Socratic Seminar regarding this topic.

1. Teacher read most of an article about U.S. Citiizens taking the law into their own hands by detaining illegal immigrants at the border.

Freewrite#_-Obj: In a 1/3 to 1/2 of a page, tell me whether or not U.S. citizens have the right to take the law into their own hands by detaining illegal immigrants at the border.

2. Q.O.D.-The men in the painting on page 293 were skilled with horses, roping, and caring for cattle. How were they similar to the American cowboy? Please write 2-3 sentences.

3. Students, along with students, read pages 293-295.

4. Students watched a short clip on the Santa Fe Trail

5. Students watched a short clip on The Californios

1. Q.O.D.- What type of relationship existed between the U.S. and Native Americans during the Jacksonian Era?

2. Students read the American Indian Removal section on page 272 to  Southern American Indians on the Trail of Tears section on 275. With this, students were asked to answer 2 questions. 1. How did officials first plan to acquire the land from American Indians? 2 Why do you think this plan to buy land did not work?

3. Students read the Southern American Indians on the Trail of Tears on pages 275 to 276. Students were asked to summarize what the Trail of Tear was as well as the reaction that Native American tribes had to it. (4-5 sentences)

 

Note: Students that were testing were excused from these assignment.

1. Q.O.D.-See the image on 270. The U.S. army captured these Seminole chiefs in 1824. Why did White Americans oust Indians from their homes? Write 3-4 sentences on this topic.

2. Students and teacher read pages 270-272. We stopped at the American Indian Removal section.

3. Students watched a short clip on the U.S.'s attempt to change Native Americans to be similar to their white counterparts.

4. Students worked on A Conversation with an American Indian role plays

1. Students watched a short clip on Jackson and his war against the 2nd Bank of the United States

2. Teacher read and discussed The Panic of 1837 which is one pages 266-267 as well as a few items that were on the quiz.

3,. Students took 4-2 Quiz