Study Guide – Unit Seven: Northern Victory, Southern Defeat

 

Date Due

Assignment

Mon., May 4

1. 1. Read p. 735 – 743 and 756- 60 and 777 – 781

2.  Answer questions 1 - 6

Tues., May 5

1. Read p. 784 -788 and p. 811 – 825

2. Answer questions 7 - 11

Weds., May 6

Work on homework for next week and a half.  You have four assignments to work on.

1) Reading HW and questions 12 – 21 – Due 5/14

2) Read the article Lincoln: Savior or Tyrant” and be prepared for the debate – Due 5/15

3) The Best and Worst Generals Assignment – Due 5/18

4) Read your article on why the North won and prepare summary and reflection – Due 5/19

Thurs., May 7

Work on homework for next week

Fri., May 8

Work on homework for next week

Mon., May 11

Work on homework for Thursday

Tues., May 12

Bring your book and HW  to class today

Weds., May 13

Work on homework for tomorrow

Thurs., May 14

1. Read p. 831– 852

2. Answer questions 12 – 21

Fri., May 15

Read the article, “Lincoln: Savior or Tyrant” and be prepared to debate how Lincoln should be perceived today by historians.

Mon., May 18

Generals Assignment Due

Tues., May 19

Article Assignment Due

Weds., May 20

Write out ten review questions for baseball review game: three each for a single, double; and two each for a triple, homerun strength question

Thurs., May 21

Write out six descriptions of six different Civil War battles such as might show up on the Final Exam

Fri., May 22

Study for the Final

Mon., June 1

Study for the Final

Tues., June 2

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Article Assignment on Why the North Won and the South Lost

 

Due: Tuesday, May 19

 

In this unit, we will be exploring various reasons why the North won the war and the South lost.  Was such an outcome inevitable?  Were there actions that might have been taken by either side that could have changed the outcome of the war?  It would be simplistic to believe that there is one single answer to these questions.  Historians have been debating this for 140 years.  Our job is to sort through some of the arguments and come up with answers that satisfy us.  To achieve that goal, you will each be reading an article from one of two famous collections of essays examining these questions.  You will share with the rest of the class the arguments presented in your particular article and then join in class discussion of the various arguments.

 

 

Read your assigned article. 

·           Type up to turn in an outline of the points of the article as well as a statement in your own words of what the author’s main thesis is

·           Include your written reflections on how persuasive you find the article’s arguments concerning factors that led the North’s victory and the South’s defeat.

Be prepared to explain your article’s main points to the class as well as to discuss why the War turned out the way it did.  Was the outcome of the War inevitable?  What could have possibly changed the outcome?