due Friday 6/2

Work from Old Hall on Tuesday, if you did not do it, is due by Friday.

classwork for Wednesday 5/24 and homework due Friday 5/26

Open this link in class when directed.  In the last five minutes of the class (or for homework) NEATLY write or type (and print) a one paragraph response to your experience on the (virtual) trail.  What decisions did you have to make?  What challenges did you face?  Did everyone in your wagon train make it to Oregon?  Why/why not?  For our purposes, paragraphs are 5-8 sentences in length.

homework due Wednesday 5/24

On the outline map given out in class (which you can find here), write 3-5 ideas for images that you might include to represent the economic or social features of each region:  North, South and the Old Northwest.* (See below for definitions of each region).   Focus on what America was like in the 1840's and 1850's.   You do not need to actually find or create the images, but you do need to be able to thoughtfully list ideas of what you *might* include later.

You can use the following sections of the textbook to help you with ideas:
chapter 7 section 2:  "Early Industry"
chapter 7 section 3:  "The Land of Cotton"
chapter 8 section 2: "A Changing Culture"
chapter 8 section 3:  "Reforming Society"
chapter 8 section 4:  "The Abolitionist Movement"

*Definitions of each region:
The North was made up of the current day states on the east coast between Maine and Pennsylvania.

The South are the states on the east coast between Maryland and Florida, as well as the states of the Deep South along the Gulf Coast (Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi), and the more inland states like Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas.

The "Old Northwest" is basically the current-day Midwest:  modern-day states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan.

homework for 5/15-19 and classwork from last week

Due Friday 5/19:  read pages 251-256 and complete this organizer (the first page only!) given out in class.  It's up to you what you find surprising, interesting or troubling, but just make sure you include at least 3 facts from the reading in each category.

If you missed class last Friday, complete this organizer based on the stations in these documents (industry in the U.S., the Erie Canal and these stations about immigration (you can skip documents A, G, J and L).  This is worth 10 points for quarter 4, so be sure to make it up in a timely manner.  (Turn in by next Monday at the latest - talk to me individually if you think you won't be able to make that deadline).

If you were absent today (Monday), please read and complete this guided reading for the section of the textbook covered in class. This also counts for points, so be sure to make it up if you missed it.

Jackson Stations

Hey everyone! Because I didn't give every person a copy of all of the short stories about Jackson, I uploaded a copy of them to Google Drive. You can access them here.