The Cause: Documentary...

It's Thursday,

      The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.  The documentary you will see today does a fabulous job connecting to the articles we have read together.  Listen for "Bleeding Kansas".  Listen for Dred Scot.  Listen for dates, people, turning points, and events our articles may have mentioned. 

      Below, you will see two questions.  Your task, at the end of class today, is to comment on this blog by answering these questions.  You ARE NOT using the blackboard blogs!!  You are commenting on this blog.  I will receive your post in my personal email account and approve or disapprove your responses. 

1. What did you see or hear in the documentary that we read about in the articles? 

2. At this point in all of our reading, writing, talking, sharing, and studying, what do YOU think could be considered a cause of the Civil War? 

      “Slavery is like holding a wolf by the ears.  You don’t like it, but you dare not let it go.”

-Thomas Jefferson

      “For me, the picture of the Civil War, as a historic phenomenon, is not on the battlefield.  It’s not about weapons.  It’s not about soldiers except to the extent that weapons and soldiers at that crucial moment joined the discussion about something higher about humanity, about human dignity, about human FREEDOM”   

-Barbara Fields (Historian 9:10)

      “If there was a single event that caused the war it was the establishment of the United States in independence from Great Britain with slavery still a part of its heritage.”

-Barbara Fields (Historian 17:00)

Today's learning targets:
I can identify main ideas, analyze supporting details, and evaluate inferences within discipline specific media.  

I can apply content in order to evaluate relationships of people and ideas and to draw conclusions. 

From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy

The Dred Scott Decision

Happy Camel Day,

      We are nearing the last few articles that explain some of the causes of the Civil War.  Continue to remember your inquiry and reading skills. Conceptual annotation and critically thinking about relevant information are vital when constructing meaning from text.  What do you know based on what you read?  How do you know it?  And, more importantly, why is it relevant?   

      The article today, which will open us up to our activity later, is The Approaching War: The Dred Scott Decision.  Please do a few things before we begin reading today...

1.  Log onto Hippocampus.org (History & Gov. - U.S. History)
2.  Watch the presentations that accompany our articles
3.  Review, read, or reread the Kansas-Nebraska Act and/or The Dred Scott Decision
4.  Prepare for the Slip Game

Sincerely,
C

From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy

Happy Tuesday Y'all,

      Please click on the links below and watch before you begin reading and annotating text. 


Media to Text 1

Media to Text 2

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School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy

The Missouri Compromise & the Compromise of 1850 Continued...

Happy Monday Gang,

      Please watch the media provided below and get your articles out from last week.  Many of you and your table groups are in different areas of the reading.  Some are conceptually annotating.  Some are attacking text for relevant information.  Some are continuing to read.  Some may be finished and are ready for the next article. 
The Missouri Compromise

The Compromise of 1850

     The next two articles we will read things really start to heat up.  The country continues to fight over SECTIONAL ISSUES and continues to draw the lines between north and south.  The next two articles will be in the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dredd Scott Decision.  If you would like a head start, see what you can find on these subjects. 

From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy