8th--Topic 5 Society and Culture Before the Civil War, Lesson 3: King Cotton and Life in the South with Reading Support (finish--if necessary), Lesson 4: Abolitionism with Reading Support (begin), Slavery Primary Sources activity.
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "describe how kinship and caste shaped African society," they will "compare and contrast African religions," and they will "summarize the importance of written and oral traditions in African culture."
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "describe how the invention of the cotton gin affected the southern economy," they will "analyze the impact of slavery on the United States," they will "summarize how enslaved people lived during this time," and they will "describe how enslaved African Americans resisted their enslavement."
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "describe how people worked to end slavery," they will "discuss what opposition those people faced," they will "explain how the Underground Railroad functioned," and they will "describe the different points of view of interest groups on abolition."
Homework for Tuesday Night: 7th--Active Journal page 171 Practice Vocabulary due Friday, 8th--Active Journal page 135 Practice Vocabulary due Friday.