Syllabus, Week 15

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: Civil War
Time: Week 15, November 19-21
Unit: The Civil War and Reconstruction
Objectives:
1. Students will list the main events and developments regarding the Civil War.
2. Students will compare the reconstruction plans of the post war Congress.
Monday
1. Civil War Lecture
2. Homework-answer questions based on the amount of the lecture that has been covered to date (questions on blog).
1. Civil War Lecture Continued.
2. Homework-answer questions based on the amount of the lecture that has been covered to date (questions on blog). All questions due Wednesday.
Wednesday
1. Opening activity-In your groups of three, devise a plan to deal with the South. Questions to consider: should certain states and/or leaders of the war be punished, what should be done with the four million freed slaves, how should states be readmitted to the Union, who should pay for the rebuilding of the South? Should uneducated, illiterate former slaves be allowed to vote immediately, or should they be educated first? If so, who will educate them and how should it be paid for? 15 minutes.
2. Chapter 13, Reconstruction and the New South-Lecture
Thursday
Holiday
Friday
Holiday