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Overview of Learning Module 2: History 101
The Second American Revolution: The Civil War – Its
Causes, Actions and Legacies[1]
Revised
Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate the primary cause and
related factors of the American Civil War.
- Understand why historians
consider that the American Civil War represents America’s “Second
American Revolution.”
- Explore the issues faced by
women and African Americans (Slave and Non-Slave) in Antebellum America
- Examine the impact of the Civil
War on the lives of Americans in the North, South and West.
- Realize the ways that African
Americans (slave and non-slave) and women expanded the reality of
democracy in the United States.
Textbook Reading Assignments:
- Chapter
9 – All
- Chapter
10 – 343 – End of Chapter
- Chapter
11 – 365 – 371
- Chapter
12 – All
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Chapter 13 – 439 – end of chapter
Activities:
- Activity 1: Justifying Slavery;
Justifying Freedom
- Activity 2: Women Declare Their
Right to Equality
Extra Credit: (Students can earn up to 30 points during the semester)
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Film Review: Glory
Summary of Due Dates:
·
Quiz on
Activity 1 – September 27
·
Quiz
on Activity 2 – October 4
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Extra
Credit – October 4
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Exam
– October 9
Assignments & Due Dates
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Due date
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Topic
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Assignment
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Sept. 13
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Overview of LM2;
Market Revolution
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Chapter 9
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Sept. 15
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Slavery in the
South: Cotton Is King
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Chapter 9
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Sept. 20
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Slavery in the
South: Cotton Is King
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Chapter 10;
Prepare for Quiz/Activity 1
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Sept. 22
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Slavery in the
South: Cotton Is King (cont)
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Chapter 12
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Sept. 27
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Abolitionist
Movement & Women’s Rights
Quiz/Discussion
on Act. 1
The Civil War;
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Chapter 12;
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Sept. 29
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The Civil War
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Chapter 13 - 439 – end of chapter
prepare for
Quiz/Activity 2
Complete Extra
Credit
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Oct. 4
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Quiz/Discussion
– Activity 2
Civil War /
Reconstruction, (cont)
Extra Credit Due
Distribute Study Guide – LM2 Exam
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Prepare for the
Exam
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Oct. 6
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Exam Review;
Overview of LM3
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Oct. 9
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Exam 2
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Assessment Tools: 165 pts.
- Exam: 70 pts.
- Two Activities: 40 points
- Attendance/Class
Participation: 45 pts.
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