This Week:

EMBATTLED! - The Civl War [1861-1865]

"I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other one isn't."

Ullysses S. Grant

The Storm is here...

From the 3/5 Compromise of the U.S. Constitution to Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise to the Compromise of 1850 to the disastrous Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott, the nation has been bleeding...

...bleeding from the wounds of slaves, yes....but also bleeding from the unanswered question - As a CONFEDERATION, we did not have to stay united - we could have left that confederation any time we wished. But since the Constitution, can a state secede?

And if it does...how does the rest of the nation respond?

Four years of of the most destructive war in our history was the answer - the Civil War.

...the storm is here...

Pathetic Polluted Presidential Platters  - have you learned all the Presidents yet? The final games will be this week - do you know ALL 44 Presidents...

QUIZ!
Be ready for your 44 Presidents by Wednesday! (yes...another quiz)

Here's the list of Presidents Handout, if you need another.
In case you need another President's Map, click here.

And remember - your CONSTITUTION must be in class every day!!!

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NO READING DUE NEXT WEEK

...your welcome...

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NO CURRENTS THIS WEEK

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We will hopefully finish all the presentations this week. Bring your MR. LIPS Expedition Sheets on Wednesday!

KELVIN
I have bad news folks......I'll tell you later....

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This Week:

EMBATTLED! - The Divided Nation [1830-1865] - continued

"The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel."

Jefferson Davis

A Storm is coming...

Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 continued an uneasy peace that had plagued our nation since its conception - the continual problem never seemed to go away - SLAVERY.

The Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott, the abolitionist movement, including the violence of John Brown, Bleeding Kansas...all these events continued to move us more and more toward the edge of the abyss of war...

...the storm is almost here...

Pathetic Polluted Presidential Platters  - have you learned all the Presidents yet? The game will continue until you know ALL 44 Presidents...

QUIZ!
Be ready for your 44 Presidents by Wednesday!

Here's the list of Presidents Handout, if you need another.
In case you need another President's Map, click here.

And remember - your CONSTITUTION must be in class every day!!!

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# 32 - The Civil War

READING #32
QUESTIONS - REMEMBER: read the text FIRST!!!

THIS IS IT - the final reading for this year - there is no reading to provide you for the following week....unless you're just bored and want to read some old letters I have from a few Civil War soldiers, writing their families about camping out, eating squirrel and occasionally shooting at the enemy...

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DUE this week.

TOPIC: To Be Announced

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We will continue finishing up the remainder of the states - your presentations have been EXCELLENT! Bring your MR. LIPS Expedition Sheets.

KELVIN 
We got him....congrats to NGB Agents Wyatt, Callum and Demarrco!
(tell me if I missed anyone)

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This Week:

EMBATTLED! - The Divided Nation [1830-1865]

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided."

Abraham Lincoln

A Storm is coming...

...while we were moving West, the struggle over slavery was continuing throughout the country. And while Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise of 1820 held the peace for almost thirty years, the horrible Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott reignited the debate. Henry Clay once again to the rescue with the Compromise of 1850...

...but the rift was still too deep and too wide. It was only a matter of time that our nation would completely pull apart...or battle to remain a Union.

Pathetic Polluted Presidential Platters  - have you learned all the Presidents yet? The game will continue until you know ALL 44 Presidents...

Here's the list of Presidents Handout, if you need another.
In case you need another President's Map, click here.

And remember - your CONSTITUTION must be in class every day!!!

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# 31 - The Civil War Begins

READING #31
QUESTIONS - REMEMBER: read the text FIRST!!!

THIS IS IT - the final reading for this year - next week's reading link, and next week's questions link. READ THE READING before you complete the questions.

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DUE this week.

TOPIC: To Be Announced

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We will continue finishing up the remainder of the states - your presentations have been EXCELLENT! Bring your MR. LIPS Expedition Sheets.

And remember......that naughty, naughty KELVIN is still out there....

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now it's ISATS...

Another odd week - just be flexible...

This Week:

FLEDGLING! - Westward Movement [1820-1861] - continued

"...limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions"

John O'Sullivan

A Storm is coming...

...but before it strikes, we will continue our probing of our migration into new territory - WEST! From the Oregon Territory (54 40 or Fight!), to the Texas Republic, to the California Republic - America is pushing the philosophy of MANIFEST DESTINY to its ultimate conclusion ~ from sea to shining sea.

Pathetic Polluted Presidential Platters  - we will still play the game until EVERYONE knows every one of our Presidents - know ALL 44 Presidents...it's not just a game,...it's an adventure...

....oh, it's also a quiz...

Here's the list of Presidents Handout, if you need another.
In case you need another President's Map, click here.

And remember - your CONSTITUTION must be in class every day!!!

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# 30 - Slavery

READING #30
QUESTIONS - REMEMBER: read the text FIRST!!!

If you want to work ahead click here for the next reading link, and here for the next questions link. READ THE READING before you complete the questions.

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DUE this week.

TOPIC: Texas Muslim Shooting

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Come ready to present your state this Thursday. Your maps will be ready to present on the screen. Bring your MR. LIPS Expedition Sheets.

And remember......that naughty, naughty KELVIN is still out there....

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