Friday, 9/16• You have ten minutes

from the start of class to write a caption or short story for the picture you received.

• Be creative: add names, etc., but keep it historically accurate.

Next . . . • Please meet up with

others who have the same picture and share your stories.

• Decide which one is the best and be prepared to share!

Union Soldiers (Pennsylvania) Playing Cards at Camp in

Petersburg, VA

Sailors aboard the USS Monitor resting and playing games on

deck

Dominoes game, Union officers near Yorktown, VA

Antietam, Md. President Lincoln with Gen. George B.

McClellan and group of officers].

Cold Harbor, Va. African Americans collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle].

Falmouth, Va. Group in front of post office tent at Army of the

Potomac headquarters].

Washington, D.C. Officers at door of Seminary Hospital

Thursday, 2/15

• Please pick-up a vocabulary sheet in

the bin.

• On the back, please write and answer:

What elements are necessary to win a

war? Explain.

Glory

• Capt. Robert Gould Shaw – white leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Dad is a wealthy and prominent abolitionist in Boston, Massachusetts

• John Rawlins – black gravedigger and father figure for troops

• Thomas Searles – educated, free black who is a long-time friend of Shaw

• Tripp – proud, escaped slave who joins troops

Wednesday9/14

• Get out the reading from yesterday

• Create a T-chart in your notes and note the Northern and Southern Advantages. Do not use sentences – this is a quick list!

North Adv. South Adv.

Closer – 9/14 – Honors Only

• You are the director for a new BLOCKBUSTER movie about the beginning of the Civil War (lead-up or first battles)!

• Create a movie title and tag-line for to get the word out!

TitanicA Woman’s heart is

a deep ocean of secrets.

Nothing on Earth could come

between them

Tuesday, 9/13• Grab a piece of scrap paper

in the bin.• Write down the eight events

we discussed yesterday w/ a brief description.

• Open your notebook to pages 26-27 to check your work!

A

B

AA

C

D

Monday, 9/12/11

• Please pick-up a reading in the bin on the student desk under the back bulletin board.

• As you read think about this question, Could this happen today?

Friday, 9/09

Please have the worksheet, Cotton, Cotton, Cotton out and ready to review.

Make sure you have completed the questions!

Thursday, 9/08/11

• Write the following question on a piece of paper in your notebook and answer it.

What kind of problems might be expected after increasing the size

of the United States?

Slavery is . . .

Wed. 9/07/11

• Find your seat! I’ll collect your cards when the bell rings.• Please pick-up a term sheet (orange) and map of US Land

Acquisitions.• On the back of the orange sheet, list EVERYTHING and

ANYTHING you can relate to the American Civil War period.

Tuesday, 9/06/11

• Please drop off your signed Parent Letter and/or Opinion Essay in the bin on Mrs. Parker’s desk.

• Please have your Textbook and the Textbook Scavenger Hunt out and readyto review.

• Put your name tag on your desk.

Personal Archive Presentations

On a blank piece of paper make two columns with the

following headings:

NameA Way to Remember