Syllabus Week 13

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: Abolition, Manifest Destiny, and Expansion
Time: Week 13, November 5-7
Unit: Westward Expansion and Conflict with the South
Objectives:
1. Students will analyze the ethics of the Manifest Destiny mindset.
2. Students will analyze the value of the Mexican-American War to the U.S. and evaluate whether the war was just.
3. Students will summarize the main events and people leading up to the Civil War.
4. Students will learn how the abolitionist movement intensified and the events that made war virtually inevitable.
Monday
1. Go over test.
2. Opener: When is war justified?
3. Write down a list of 10 observations of the Manifest Destiny photograph.
4. Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War
5. Homework-Chapter 10, Section 4, numbers 3 and 4-a, b, and c.
1. Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War Continued.
2. Homework: Read section 1. Pop quiz over section 1. (checking to see if the syllabus is ever checked) over the material tomorrow.
Wednesday
Quiz
Section 2. How far is too far when fighting evil?
Homework-read section 3 and complete #3-a, b, and c.
Thursday
Deepavali.
Friday
Teacher in-service.