Syllabus Sword 2016 - 2017

Sword of Freedom

Syllabus (2016-2017)

    Week 1 – Aug 26^th

Lecture - Choosing your Allegiance.  Learn note taking and proper lecture behavior.

Writing Assignment - Where is your allegiance and why?

Activity - Military Rules

Presentation -

Begin Reading - Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher-Stowe

Begin researching your presentation topic

  Week 2 - Sept 2^nd

Lecture - Public Virtue, Pre-Civil War history, and Compromise of 1850.

Writing Assignment - Is compromise a good thing?  Why or why not?

Activity

Presentation -

Reading - Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  Week 3 - Sept 9^th

Lecture - The cycles of History, Bleeding Kansas, and Elections of 1860.

Writing Assignment- When evil is being done is it right to react with evil? 

Document study - Dread Scott

Presentation -

Reading - Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  Week 4 - Sept 16^th

Lecture - Secession, Fort Sumter, First Manassas

Writing Assignment - Is secession constitutional?  

Book Discussion - Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher-Stowe

Presentation –

Begin Reading - Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

 Week 5 - Sept 23^rd

Lecture - Shiloh and Antietam and Unconstitutional Acts

Writing Assignment - Is it ever wrong to follow the law and if so when and why?

Document study - Emancipation Proclamation

Presentation – Sister Echeverria

Reading - Across Five Aprils

 Week 6 - Sept 30^th

Lecture - Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville

Writing Assignment - Write a poem on something that you have studied so far.

Book Discussion - Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

Presentation – Food by Jonah B

Begin Reading - Abraham Lincoln by Wilber F. Gordy

Week 7 – Oct 7^th

Lecture - Gettysburg  

Reading - Abraham Lincoln

Week 8 – Oct 14^th

Lecture - Gettysburg

Document Study:  Gettysburg Address

Presentation – Uniforms and The Army by Guest

Reading - Abraham Lincoln

       Fall Break Oct 21^st  - Enjoy!

 Week 9 – Oct 28^th

Lecture - The Battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Wilderness.

Writing Assignment - Write a letter home as if you had just fought in the Battle of Gettysburg.

Book Discussion - Abraham Lincoln by Wilber F. Gordy

Presentation – Underground by Gavin K

Begin Reading - To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Week 10 – Nov 4^th

Lecture - Cold Harbor, Spotsylvania, Raid in the South

Writing Assignment - In your opinion was Sherman’s Raid right.  Why or why not?

Activity - Who Killed the Constitution? 

Presentation – Spies by Jonah C

Reading - To Kill a Mockingbird

Week 11 – Nov 11^th

Lecture - The Last Goodbye.  The Surrender at Appomattox.

Writing Assignment - Start Writing Hero Report

Document Study - Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Presentation – Prisons by McKensey E

Reading - To Kill A Mockingbird

Week 12 – Nov 18^th

Lecture - The Death of President Lincoln.

Writing Assignment - Write a paper on how you would try to bind the nation’s wounds.

Document study - Amendments 13-15.

Presentation –  Weapons  by Gavin

Reading:  To Kill A Mockingbird

      Thanksgiving Break Nov 25^th - Gobble Gobble!

Week 13 – Dec 2^nd

Lecture:  The Reconstruction

Writing Assignment - Pay the Debt.  How do you plan to pay back your ancestors and continue to preserve freedom?

Presentation -

Book Discussion - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Week 14 – Dec 9^th

Lecture - Paying the Debt.

Writing Assignment - None

Activity - 

Presentation -

Rank Advancements –

Christmas Break will be Dec 10, 2016 to Jan 5, 2017.  If you are behind on assignments, you will have until Jan 4th to report to Sis.  Cummings.  Enjoy your Christmas Break with Family and Friends.   

Reading:

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher-Stowe

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

Abraham Lincoln by Wilber F. Gordy

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Election 1860

The election in 1860 was a four way war - race. 

Lincoln had 39.9%
Stephen A. Douglas 29.5%
John Breckinridge 18.1%
John Bell 12.5%

Who were these men? 

Abraham Lincoln

Stephen A. Douglas

John Bell

John Breckinridge

What did these men Stand For?

• Who would you vote for and Why?
• Do you think one of these men could win the next Presidential Election?
• Why do you feel passionate about the person you would vote for?
• Why or why not are they a good candidate?
• What happened after the election in 1860?

John Brown - Battle Hymn of the Republic

John Brown - Who is this abolitionist?

Bleeding Kansas 

During the Civil War, Kansas suffered the highest rate of fatal casualties of any Union state, largely because of its great internal divisions over the issue of slavery.

http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas

Hear John Brown's last speech before his excution.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxvwi-M3LTM

http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas/videos/john-browns-last-speech 

Battle hymn of the Republic

John Brown's Body version original  12-1861 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn3NddwFQ

Julia Ward How wrote her own words to the song published 2-1862
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mmFPyDK_8

Sing along with words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsNiReoCsw

 

King George Plea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fOi_1fu80


Stay with Me.  HILARIOUS!

1850 Compromise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_c_xpBaT2A

Who knew when the Founders at the Constitutional Convention made their compromise that the slavery issue would continue until 1850?

HOW MANY REALLY DIED IN WWII

The fallen in WWII animated documentary.  Puts it all in perspective.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/06/05/interactive_documentary_the_fallen_of_world_war_ii_animates_devastating.html

Journal Prompts/Homework Hero 2014-2015

Journal Prompts (JP) Homework (H)

Week One:

JP – Make a list of all your heroes that you can think of.

H – Write your own definition of a hero

Week Two:

JP – What choices do you still have when you are in bondage?

H – Make a list of kinds of bondage and their causes

Week Three:

JP – Make a short list of leaders that you admire.  Choose one and make a list of his/her most defining character traits.

H – Make a timeline of WWII

Week Four:

JP – What are the synonyms for aid?  When has someone come to your aid?

H – Interviews

Week Five:

JP – Writing: How does adversity affect me?

H – Interviews

Week Six:

JP – How do you feel about America at war today?

H – Interviews

Week Seven:

JP – When is it right to fight for the freedom of another country?

H – Write: What level of impact is possible for one person to achieve?  (good or bad?)

Week Eight:

JP – What is the difference between reading about someone and talking to them in person?

H- Write:  Should we have dropped the bomb?

Week Nine:

JP – What do you personally have in common with the people you have chosen for your hero project?

H – Write: What is my vision for my generation?

Week Ten:

JP – Who are my heroes that are alive today?  Why?

H – Meet with teams and research for the Nuremberg Simulation.

Week Eleven:

Book reports and Hero Projects

Week Twelve:

JP – How is my generation like his and how is it different?

H – Book reports and Hero projects

Week Thirteen:

Book Reports and Hero Projects

Week Fourteen:

Book Reports and HERO PROJECT – they will be presented next week!