Writing is due Friday. We began our Civil War era unit in class today by editing our "Who Are We, America?" list of student/class answers, recorded a mystery quote from the board and took our best guess on paper as to who said it and in what context (on what topic), and we set up our new EQ. At-home reading for this unit won't be assigned until Friday so that you can focus on your writing. I went through the overview of the unit -- big picture pieces versus in-depth analysis activities and then we began with our unit anchor pieces -- revisiting the "Simplified Timeline of U.S. Slavery and Racial Issues," color-coding a map together via Smart Board, and highlighting key points on a timeline of the era. See a reliable classmate for the notes and highlighting; you can print the handouts from Google Classroom or pick them up from my actual classroom. ; ) The "12 Years a Slave" note page and helper doc of human rights was distributed -- to be used in class tomorrow as we view clips from the film.
