By November 30, please make sure you have read the following articles and watched the following videos. You need to take notes on what you learn and be prepared for a Socratic Seminar on Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2015. Please bring any notes that you take to class in order to fuel our discussion. Coming to class unprepared will severely limit your understanding of the content for this unit. Textbook Reading: Chapter 13-14 Blog Assignment: After reading through the posted websites, text chapters and watching the videos, post a Blog Comment putting in order the most important 10 causes of the Civil War from Most Significant (#1) to Least Significant (#10). Then, briefly describe why you ordered them in the way that you did.
Explore the Mexican-American War Here: http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects06/magsylje/ READ THOREAU'S "CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE" in response to the Mexican American War: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper2/thoreau/civil.html Explore Sectional Conflict Here: http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/history-1994/sectional-conflict/slavery-and-sectionalism.php The Caning of Charles Sumner: http://www.senate.gov/vtour/sumner.htm Analyze this picture of "Southern Chivalry" TRIGGER EVENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR - DESCRIPTIONS: http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/triggerevents.html
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