Mr. Saindon
United States History
Monday, April 21
to
Friday, April 25
Last Week
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EdPuzzle:
PART 1: Slavery Divides North & South (America: The Story of Us)
2. EdPuzzle:
PART 2: Slavery Divides North & South (America: The Story of Us)
This Week: WE WILL FINISH
1. Watching the Movie Harriet. Throughout the movie we will be filling out a Movie Guide and conducting class discussions
child has permission to watch the history movies that are PG and PG-13.
Slavery and the Anti-Slavery Movement
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to...
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Explain the impact of slavery on the U.S.
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Identify modes of resisting slavery through the actions of Nat Turner and Dred Scott
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Describe the methods of the abolitionist movement
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Identify the inconsistencies in the founding documents regarding the legal existence of slavery
As we make our way through history, a major topic of study is slavery.The institution of Slavery spans from colonial times with the first slaves arriving at Jamestown in 1619 and culminating in the bloody Civil War and the ratification of the XIII Amendment in 1865.
One of the great stories found in this tragic episode of history is the triumph of those who operated the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman (a former slave) and thousands of others both black and white /enslaved and free kept hope alive by saving and inspiring untold thousands.
The movie we will start on Monday is the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of enslaved people and changed the course of history.
The movie has strong language and violence - students will be expected to approach this movie with maturity and respect.
Battle of Gettysburg
From July 1 to July 3, 1863, the invading forces of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army clashed with the Army of the Potomac (under its newly appointed leader, General George G. Meade) at Gettysburg, some 35 miles southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Casualties were high on both sides: Out of roughly 170,000 Union and Confederate soldiers, there were 23,000 Union casualties (more than one-quarter of the army’s effective forces) and 28,000 Confederates killed, wounded or missing (more than a third of Lee’s army). After three days of battle, Lee retreated towards Virginia on the night of July 4. It was a crushing defeat for the Confederacy, and a month later the great general would offer Confederate President Jefferson Davis his resignation; Davis refused to accept it.usiness Title
Abraham Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863
In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. Though he was not the featured orator that day, Lincoln’s 273-word address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history. In it, he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom,” as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its ideal of self-government.