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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Week of Sept. 12th - 16th



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Advanced American Studies

Monday -- After reviewing the decade preceding the Civil War, we took our first quiz.  If you were absent for this quiz, you have 3 days to make it up.

Assignment:  Read 72-79.  Complete "Assault in the Senate" reading for Thursday.

Tuesday --  Today's focus was on the election of 1860.  The splintering of national parties left Abraham Lincoln as the winner of the 1860 election, and his ascendancy will set off a wave of secession across the south.

Wednesday -- Student Services presentation in presentation lab

Thursday/Friday --  Introduction of Turning Points project and work time in the writing lab.


American History



Monday-- We are continuing our look at the decade that led to Civil War, from the Compromise of 1850 to the publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852 and the subsequent events that divide north and south like the Kansas Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott case, and John Brown's raid.

Tuesday -- After reviewing the decade preceding the Civil War, we took our first quiz.  If you were absent for this quiz, you have 3 days to make it up.

Wednesday -- Student Services presentation in presentation lab

Thursday --  Today's focus was on the election of 1860.  The splintering of national parties left Abraham Lincoln as the winner of the 1860 election, and his ascendancy will set off a wave of secession across the south.


Friday --  Introduction of Turning Points project and work time in the lab.  Project will be due Tuesday.

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