Lincoln's View on Slavery Essay

"You can't defend Abraham Lincoln without defending slavery." - Lerone Bennett

"Remembering is always about some degree of forgetting...The task is to keep reminding ourselves what is worth remembering." - David Blight

Write an essay using one of the above quotes supporting a position on how Lincoln's views on slavery should be remembered today. (5 Paragraphs)
**Talk about his changing and conflicting views, at least 3 examples supporting your position (quotes, events, facts about Lincoln)**

Due Thursday, May 1st

Gettysburg Address Questions due Monday, April 28, 2014

1. Read the Gettysburg Address:

Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address during the dedication of the cemetery for Union soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Gettysburg. In the address, Lincoln expressed the great need for Americans to remember the sacrifice made by these soldiers.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

 It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

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Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Why do you think Lincoln started out talking about the past and our fathers?

2. For what cause(s) did President Lincoln believe the United States soldiers were fighting during the Civil War?

3. According to Lincoln, how does a nation make sure that free governments (democracies) "shall not perish from the earth"?

4. According to Lincoln, what do the American people have to do to make sure that the U.S. soldiers who were killed at Gettysburg (and other battlefields) had not died "in vain"?

5. What do you think Lincoln meant by the phrase "...government of the people, by the people, for the people..."?

6. What happened to the United States after its success at Gettysburg and Vicksburg? What happened to the Confederacy?

7. What do you think will happen next? Do you think the Union will continue to win important battles, or do you think Lee will rally a viable force? Do you think the West will recover?

8. Why do you think Americans feel as though The Gettysburg Address still speaks to them today? Do you think this is an eternal document? Why?

The Union in Peril Timeline Project

The project "Union in Peril Timeline" is due April 3rd. 

I have attached a rubric with directions so that you may help your student complete the assignment. 

Click here for the PDF for instructions and rubric

Honors: HW due Wednesday, February 26

Periods 2, 4, and 6

Aloha y'all,

I know we haven't had reading homework in awhile but let's dust off those books and notebooks and get reading again!

Please take notes on each section and answer the questions assigned at the end of each section.

Chapter 9
Section 2, questions #1-3

Section 3, questions #1-2

Section 4, questions #1-3

Honors: Homework after watching Economics clips on 12/2

Homework:
1.       Do a survey of twelve different items that you own or are in your home. Then list the country in which they were made.
2.       Make a list of the jobs that your parents, friends or family friends have.
3.       Do they specialize in just one type of job or career?
4.       How long did they have to train to develop the skills that they need and use?
a.      Discuss with one or two of them the reasons why they do that particular job. 

Honors - History Day Revised Essay & Reminders

Thank you to all who have turned in their revised essays and actually revised them.
To those who just turned in a reprint of your first rough draft, please try again and please take note of the comments on the papers you turned in originally and do the revisions suggested.
If you still haven't turned in an essay, step to it. 

Please double check your spelling and grammar. Please redo your in-text citations in MLA format.

For example, if the following quote was taken from a book I wrote, "I would simply put the author's last name of the source I got the quote from into parentheses as well as the page number." (Yuen 7)

If you are still unsure of how to cite your source, there are resources in your History Day folder. If you would like further help, please feel free to come see me to make an appointment to receive assistance on your History Day paper.

If you still haven't turned anything in, I suggest you come in to see me as soon as possible so you can get the help you need to bring your grade up. (History Day assignments are worth more than chapter notes or classwork so if you really need to bring your grade up from an F to a C, I suggest spending time on History Day assignments that you still need to turn in.) 

Please let me know if you have any questions whatsoever. Click above on the "Contact" tab for contact information :)

Honors: Bring your HD essay on Wednesday, November 20th

Please bring your History Day essay to class in our classroom on Wednesday, even if you're not done with it. Just bring what you have.

We will be going over it and doing a peer edit session that day with the substitute.

Honors: Invention Project Reminder

The 5 paragraph essay about your invention should be emailed to me by Monday morning.

The essay should include background information about the inventor and invention and how it worked.

Most importantly, your essay should also include how it impacted the lives of the people in America when it was first invented.

If you are able to, please "share" your Google Document with me via Google Drive, if not, an attachment in an email will work just as well.

Once you've sent me the email, check your email again for your score/grade or look out for comments on ways to improve your grade.

If you have any questions, email me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

P.S. We will work on the poster on Monday so do not fret about it.

Honors: History Day Essay reminder for Wednesday, November 13th

History Day Research Essay due Wednesday, November 13th

Please email me if you have any questions. I will do my best to respond in a timely manner. 

Have a great 3 day weekend!

Honors HW - due Friday, November 8th

Read, take notes and answer questions 1, 2, 4 & 5 for Chapter 7 Sections 1 & 2.

You will have a reading quiz on Friday.

Period 5 & 7 - Visual Map

Election of 1800 Visual Map

1. Draw an outline of the United States during the Election of 1800. 
2. Draw the economies that were prominent in the North and in the South. 
3. Label the political parties that were mostly in the North and in the South as well as who the party leaders were. 

Honors - History Day Homework due Wednesday 11/6

The 3 body paragraphs that was due on Halloween was pushed to Friday, November 1st.

NEW due date for the 3 body paragraphs is THIS WEDNESDAY, November 6th.

The essay will be due THIS FRIDAY, November 8th.

If you need help, PLEASE come see me ASAP!!

Honors - HW due Friday, Oct 25th

Read and take notes on Chapter 6, Section 2 and answer questions #1-4.

P.S. - Check your history day packet for due dates!

P.P.S. - Thesis and a list of 15 facts or quotes that support your 3 points that you plan to include in your project are due by Monday, October 28th.

P.P.P.S. - A LOT of you haven't turned in your thesis yet, please turn that in BEFORE you turn in your quotes.

P.P.P.P.S. - If you have turned in your thesis and I've handed it back to you to revise, please turn that revision in along with the old thesis so I can see what has been changed.

Thank you!!

Period 5 & 7 - October 17th

We read and took notes on Chapter 6, Section 1 in The Americans textbook.

• George Washington and his creation of his cabinet.
• The opposing views of Hamilton and Jefferson. 

The exit pass or ending assignment was to write a short answer (at least 5 sentences) to show your support for either Hamilton or Jefferson.

If you were unable to finish, bring your response on Monday.

Honors: Homework due 10/21

Email me your response to the following prompt.

Hamilton or Jefferson? 

Write 4 -5 reasons why you support either Hamilton or Jefferson.

Pick only one side, not both.

Honors - HW due Fri 10/18

Read and take notes on Chapter 6, Section 1.

Answer questions 1-5 at the end of the section.

Honors - Homework due Thursday, Oct 3rd.

Classwork:

Three Branches of Government graphic organizer - click here to download a copy
Checks and Balances of Government graphic organizer (filled out) - click here to download a copy

Essay Prompt for a five paragraph essay: (homework if not done in class)

Explain and describe the purpose and structure of the three branches of government. How do they check and balance each other? Why is it important to have checks and balances?

Homework:

Bill of Rights Poster/Brochure Assignment - click here for directions and rubric - due Thursday October 3rd.

Periods 5 & 7 - homework due Thursday 10/3

Three Branches of Government graphic organizer - click here to download a copy
Checks and Balances of Government graphic organizer (filled out) - click here to download a copy

Essay Prompt for a five paragraph essay:

Explain and describe the purpose and structure of the three branches of government. How do they check and balance each other? Why is it important to have checks and balances?

Bill of Rights Poster/Brochure Assignment - click here for directions and rubric - due Thursday October 3rd.

All Classes: HW - 3 Branches of Gov't due Mon Sept 30th

Create a 3 column chart of the 3 branches of government - Legislative, Executive & Judicial.

Use the reading, "Anatomy of the Constitution" to help you with the answers.
If you've lost your copy, click here for another reading packet. 

Each column should have the following:

• Name of branch
• Purpose
• Who is in that branch
• Responsibilities and Powers

Honors: Using a triangle as your graphic, explain how the three branches of government check and balance each other's powers. 

Periods 2, 4, 6 - History Day homework due!!

History Day notes due Thursday, September 26th. 

10 primary source notes/facts due

10 secondary source notes/facts due 

Remember to check your history day packets for the due dates!