-Brandon will complete the assigned essay as exam during class.
Assignment
Begin reading Chap. 16
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Good session. I presented the assignment as exam to replicate AP exam format. Brandon spent the time effectively but required additional time. I suggest that any exam he takes (SAT,ACT,etc) be untimed.
Review: motives,numbers,indigenous people
.Turner thesis: 2nd chance belief
.from 7 million to 17 million in 20 years
.pre-migration society
-Write thesis for essay
Assignment
Complete reading assignment (chap 15)
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Good session. Charlotte has not completed the reading as yet but we proceeded through the lesson. More work to do on thesis.
-Collect and review essay on reconstruction
-Present initial information re: Westward exapansion.
.Motives for expanding
.Society of the West before Anglo-American arrival
.Rationale for expansion
Assignment
Continue with assignment sheet
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
50
Lesson Comments
-Charlotte's essay was not as well done as her previous work.
She received a C grade. I will leave copies of each of the three completed to date. The remainder of the lesson went well.
Review and discuss chapter 26. Focus on rise of commercial agriculture and the changes in farming in the west. Begin discussing populism and the granger movement.
- Review Reconstrution:
.Problems to be solved
.Presidential Plan
.Radical Republican Plan
Which plan implemented and why?
-13th,14th,15th Amendments:
.Impact on Reconstruction
.Features of each
-Major features of each of the Reconstruction acts
.Criteria for readmission to the Union
.Freedmen and services
.Administration of Reconstruction
.results.
-Identify goals of Reconstruction
.Were they met
-Begin thesis development
Assignment
Work on essay
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Good sesson. Brandon easily understands the complexities of the problems and solutions under review.
