FEBRUARY

READING

Weekly Reading 

For the month of FEBRUARY, here is a list of the weekly reading, in case you lost those handed out in class:

• 2/1  -  Jourdan Anderson's Letter - please have your questions ready by Wednesday.
• 2/8  -  Custer's Account of Washita
• 2/15 - The Great Fire of Chicago
• 2/22 - Aguinaldo vs. McKinley
• 3/1 -  The CANAL
• 3/8 - Roosevelt's Square Deal

Mini-Dissertation 

FINAL PROJECT - remember we moved the deadline until later to give you time to work on this (and created awesome projects) - April 13th.
This is a BIG ONE - worth 250 points.
This grade will be broken up into smaller chunks along the way, but the total grade is a big one.

The RUBRIC for the PROJECT can be located here, if you need another one.
YES, you must have one attached to your final project.

WEEKLY PRESENTATIONS.

Weekly Presentations for this quarter will begin on the first week of March, but to give you a heads up, here are the presentations that are scheduled:

March 2nd

• Piper - The KKK
• Ashton - The Pony Express
• Nathan - Cattle Trails of the West
• Alyssa - The Sinking of the USS Maine

March 9th

• Romy - Hawaii's Annexation
• Cami - The Manhatten Project
• Joel - Television in the 1950's

March 16th

• Trevor - Watergate
• Mia - Woodstock & the Hippy Movement
• Josh - 911

DEBATE.

Quarterly Debate 

Again, just to give you a heads up and plenty of time to prepare, here's the quarterly debate topic.
You and a team of debaters will be preparing for an argument on a related topic each quarter. You will be expected to participate and engage - and now for some political controversy - RONALD REAGAN.

Here is another copy of the rubric.

This quarter's debate topic:

RESOLVED: Ronald Reagan returned our nation to a time of prosperity as well as a respect for the Constitution and citizen's liberty.

THIRD QUARTER DEBATE - Thursday, April 6th (this date may move)

JANUARY

READING

Weekly Reading 

For the month of JANUARY, here is a list of the weekly reading, in case you lost those handed out in class:

• 1/4 - Missouri Compromise - Henry Clay - we will go over in class (but you still need to read it ahead of time; we will discuss questions in class)
• 1/12 - NO READING - Mini-D Research Paper Work Week
• 1/18 - The Declaration of Sentiments - Elizabeth Cady Stanton - POSTPONED

Mini-Dissertation 

RESEARCH PAPER - the final draft is due - January 12th.
This is a BIG ONE - worth 250 points.

The RUBRIC for this final draft can be located here, if you need another one.
YES, you must have one attached to your final research paper.

WEEKLY PRESENTATIONS.

Weekly Presentations for this quarter will begin on the first week of January, right after the break:

January 5th

• Cami - Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton...
• Piper - The Whigs, Free Soil, and Republican Party
• Nathan - John Brown & Harper's Ferry
• Justin - The Dread Scott Decision

January 12th

• Mia - Bleeding Kansas
• Trevor - The Attack on Ft. Sumter
• Joel - Gettysburg
• Romy - John Wilkes Booth

DEBATE.

Quarterly Debate 

You and a team of debaters will be preparing for an argument on a related topic each quarter. You will be expected to participate and engage - and see how the South could have reasoned their departure from the Union.

Here is another copy of the rubric.

ONE DIFFERENCE FOR THIS MONTH - you have to debate as if you were in the 1850s!

This month's debate topic:

RESOLVED: Under the Constitution, and, more precisely, the Declaration of Independence, states have the right to secede.

SECOND QUARTERLY DEBATE - Wednesday & Thursday, January 25th & 26th

DEBATE TEAMS
TEAM ONE	TEAM TWO
Alyssa Aris Ashton Cami Josh	Charis Joe Nathan Piper Romy
TEAM THREE	TEAM FOUR
Elyse Hannah Joel Mia Trevor	Jessica Justin Paige Shay

QUARTERLY TEST. 

REMEMBER you will have a test each Quarter over the SNAPSHOT dates, any material provided in class to that point, and details from Weekly Presentations.
Keep taking notes - we will review beforehand...

If you want a copy of the SNAPSHOT TIMELINE STUDY GUIDE, you can get another one here.

SECOND QUARTERLY TEST - Thursday, January 19th