American History Honors
Schedule: Civil War and Reconstruction Unit

Review Assignment: Take good notes, pay attention, get an A!!!

Wednesday, November 17
Topic: Early War Strategies and Battles (to Shiloh)
Readings: Chapter 11, Section 1

Thursday, November 18
Topic: Stalemate and Politics of War
Readings: Chapter 11, Sections 1 & 2; Documents 3.10 A and 3.10 B (pages 85-87)
Handout due

Friday, November 19 (F) / Monday, November 20 (A)
Topic: Effects of War, Turning Points for the North
Presidents DVD: Lincoln
Readings: Chapter 11, Sections 3 & 4
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation

Tuesday, November 23
Topic: Gettysburg, Vicksburg and the Fruits of Hard War
Readings: Chapter 11, Section 4

**THANKSGIVING BREAK**

Monday, November 29 (A) / Tuesday, November 30 (F)
Topic: End of the War and Fall of the Captain
Readings: Chapter 11, Sections 4 & 5
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain!

Tuesday, November 30 (A) / Wednesday, December 1 (F)
QUIZ POSSIBLE – to be announced
Topic: The Reconstruction Ordeal
Readings: Chapter 12, Sections 1 & 2; Documents 4.1 and 4.2 (pages 94-99)

Wednesday, December 1 (A) / Thursday, December 2 (F)
Topic: The Reconstruction Ordeal (and Review)
Readings: Chapter 12, Section 3

Civil War/Reconstruction Test (Ch. 11/12):
Thursday, December 2, 2010 – A MOD
Friday, December 3, 2010 – F MOD

Unit Homework: Document Questions (due on test day)

·         Document 3.10 – Page 87 – Questions 2, 7

·         Document 4.1 – Page 96 – Questions 1, 3, 4, 6

·         Document 4.2 – Page 99 – Questions 5, 6