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Welcome to American Studies! Understanding Slavery in America - Unit IV




 * Literature**


 * Date || Lesson || Objective || Homework ||
 * Mon 3/14 || 1850s Overview || Understanding slavery in America leading up to the Civil War and how literature on the topic was perceived. See course Moodle for outline. || Finish reading //Uncle Tom’s Cabin// on your Kindle tonight. ||
 * Tue 3/15 || //Uncle Tom’s Cabin// || In groups, discuss the characters in //UTC//…dissect them through your last 3 blog responses. Final character blog due by the end of the hour today. || Final blog reviews & responses from home. Read 4, comment on 2. ||
 * Wed 3/16 || //Uncle Tom’s Cabin// || Class discussion – Why was Harriet Beecher Stowe criticized for writing this novel? Why do you think it is the best-selling novel of the 19th Century? Why were Southerners so offended by the novel? Begin work on group wikis. || Journal: Summarize one of the questions regarding //UTC// from today’s discussion as post to your blog. ||
 * Thu 3/17 || Group work || Create a group wiki to use for your //UTC// presentations. Use video recorders or voice thread to load your presentations. || Collaborate online tonight to add any finishing touches. ||
 * Fri 3/18 || Group presentations || Present //UTC// group analysis. See Moodle for rubric. Be sure to create your class quiz through GoogleDocs. || Over the weekend, grade the group presentation you are assigned through Moodle. ||
 * History**


 * Mon 3/14 || 1850s Overview || Understanding slavery in America leading up to the Civil War, from Northern ideals to the Southern way of life. See course Moodle for outline. || Using Classzone.com, research the raid on Harper’s Ferry for tomorrow’s lesson. ||
 * Tue 3/15 || Raid on Harper’s Ferry || Using Google Earth, locate Harper’s Ferry in Virginia. Research why Harper’s Ferry was a target for John Brown and his fellow “Raiders”. Create a presentation using Open Office that highlights the raid. Use the Pecha Kucha format for the presentation. || Embed Google Earth locator for HF into the presentation. Begin planning your presentation and locating images. ||
 * Wed 3/16 || Raid on Harper’s Ferry || In your same groups from Lit class, organize your presentations on JB’s raid. Then begin research on the vacation portion using the website [] || For tomorrow’s portion, outline the vacation trip to Harper’s Ferry. See Moodle for rubric. ||
 * Thu 3/17 || Group work || For the second part of the presentation, plan “A Day at Harper’s Ferry” for a family of four. || Load Pecha Kucha presentation to our class wiki. ||
 * Fri 3/18 || Group presentations || Present the vacation portion to the class. Be sure to follow the class rubric on Moodle, which includes the Google Earth locator, Raid summary, and Vacation Day requirements. || Using Classzone.com, begin reading the court summary on the Dred Scott Case. ||