Note: "CW" = Class Work
"HW" = Home Work
7th Grade Humanities Assignment Calendar
Week of October 19
Assigned Reading: Chapter 16, Section 1
Monday: Welcome back! War Has Started - Now What?
CW: Charting Strengths & Weaknesses
Tuesday: Union & Confederate Plans
CW: Goals and Strategies
Wednesday: The first major land battle: Bull Run/Manassas
CW: Video Segment & Questions
Thursday: Civil War Research Project
CW: Project Overview & Topic Discussion
HW: Topic Chosen by Monday, October 26th
Friday: "A Slice of Life" - Who were "Johnny Reb" and "Billy Yank"?
CW: Reading, Video & RAFT
Week of October 26
Assigned Reading: Chapter 16, Section 2
Monday: War at Sea
CW: The Monitor v. The Merrimack
*NOTE: TOPIC SELECTION FOR PROJECT DUE TODAY
Tuesday: Map Mastery #8
Wednesday: Civil War Project
CW: Computer Lab Research
Thursday: Patterns from major Civil War Battles
CW: Battles Chart started
Friday: The First Turning Point
CW: Antietam Video and Discussion
Week of November 2
Assigned Reading: Chapter 16, Section 3
Monday: Civil War Project
CW: Computer Lab Research
Tuesday: Map Mastery #9
NOTE: Final in-class Map Mastery will occur next week, 11/9
Wednesday: Civil War Project
CW: Computer Lab / Library Research
Thursday: The North Changes its Purpose - "The Higher Object"
CW: Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Friday: Patterns from major Civil War Battles
CW: Battles Chart - continued
Week of November 9
Assigned Reading: Work on Research Project
Monday: SURVIVOR ROWE
CW: It’s merge time!
Tuesday: FINAL MAP MASTERY (using class time)
Wednesday: VETERAN’S DAY - NO SCHOOL
Thursday: Work on Civil War Project
Friday: The 2nd Turning Point - Gettysburg
CW: Video Notes
Note: While class time is being provided for group work on the project, it is also expected that the preparation of the groups’ “product” will also occur at home. Students will be sharing phone numbers within their group to encourage ongoing dialogue and work towards this final product
Week of November 16
Assigned Reading: Work on Research Project
Monday: The 2nd Turning Point - Gettysburg Continued
CW: Video Notes
Tuesday: Gettysburg Address
Wednesday: The Beginning of the End
CW: Sherman's March to the Sea - Video
HW Due: Final call for Civil War Battle Charts - Due Today
Thursday: Fall of Richmond / Appomattox Courthouse
CW: Why the North Won
Friday: Work on Civil War Project
Week of November 23
Assigned Reading: Work on Research Project
Monday: Work on Civil War Project
CW: Grading/Group Scoring details provided
Tuesday: Taps
Wednesday: Work on Civil War Project
Note: This is final class work! Projects begin Monday after Thanksgiving!
Thursday/Friday: Happy Thanksgiving!
Week of November 30
Assigned Reading: Chapter 17, Section 1 & 2
Monday/Thursday: Civil War Group Presentations
CW: Notetaking Chart for Presentations
Friday: The War Ends - Reconstruction Begins
CW: Comparing Lincoln/Johnson/Radical Republican's Plans
Week of December 7
Assigned Reading: Chapter 17, Section 3 & 4
Monday: The Civil War Amendments
CW: Analysis of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Tuesday/Wednesday: "Rise and Fall of Jim Crow"
CW: Video Questions
Thursday: Review - Civil War & Reconstruction
CW: Review Activity
Friday: Quiz - The Civil War & Reconstruction (Part A)
HW: (Part B)
Week of December 14
Monday: Introduce Immigration Unit
CW: Where do we come from?
Tuesday:
Wednesday: "Janek - The Immigrant Experience"
CW: Video
Thursday: Family Tree Project
HW: Family Tree, 3 Family "stories"
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