Assignments

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26	27	28 Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part One 8 AM	29 Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part Two 8 AM	30 Journey to Freedom: Underground Railroad 8 AM	1 The Message in the Music 8 AM	2
3	4	5 Imagine you live in a crowded neighborhood in New York City in 1854. Your apartment building is home to a variety of people—long-time residents, Irish immigrants, free African Americans. One day federal marshals knock on your door. They claim that one of your neighbors is a fugitive slave. The marshals say you must help them find her. If you don’t, you will be fined or even sent to jail. What would you tell the federal marshals? 8 AM	6 What do you think was the goal of the image? Do you think that it accomplished that goal? 8 AM	7 According to the maps in the attached photo, which of the following is true? 8 AM	8 If YOU were there... You work for the weekly newspaper in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. You strongly oppose (are against) slavery, but you think the issue should be dealt with by laws, not violence. Now your newspaper has sent you to interview the famous abolitionist John Brown in prison. His raids in “Bleeding Kansas” killed several people. Now he is in jail for attacking a federal arsenal and taking weapons. What questions would you ask John Brown? 8 AM	9
10	11 Causes of the Civil War Research Project 8 AM	12 Dispute over slavery (Day 1) 8 AM	13 Dispute over slavery (Day 2) 8 AM	14 Causes of the Civil War 8 AM	15 Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee 8 AM	16
17	18 List 3 facts you learned about Abraham Lincoln from the video. 8 AM	19 Do you think the North or the South could get more supplies to their troops? Explain. 8 AM	20 Battles of the Civil War 8 AM If YOU were there... You live in Maryland in 1864. Your father and brothers are in the Union army, and you want to do your part in the war. You hear that a woman in Washington, D.C., is supplying medicines and caring for wounded soldiers on the battlefield. She is looking for volunteers. You know the work will be dangerous, for you’ll be in the line of fire. You might be shot or even killed. Would you join the nurses on the battlefield? 8 AM	21 List 2 facts that you learned from the video. 8 AM	22 Do you think Gettysburg is haunted? Would that make you more or less likely to visit? Explain your response. 8 AM	23
24	25	26	27 Gettysburg Virtual Tour 8 AM How did the invention of the minie ball bullet shape the Civil War? 8 AM	28 List 2 facts from the video. 8 AM	29 The Gettysburg Address 8 AM What role did the railroad play in the Civil War? Give specific examples. 8 AM	30
31	1	2 The Emancipation Proclamation 8 AM	3 Current Event- Protests 8 AM	4 African American Soldiers in the Civil War 8 AM	5 Black Soldiers in the Civil War 8 AM	6