The South Wins

Hi Everyone!

I hope y'all had a great time on Saturday at the big battle.  The South managed to win every engagement.  Congratulations!  Also, make sure you stop on Thursday to thank Jennifer Poyer for letting us use her home for the battle.

In our last class we covered the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, and Antietam.  We also covered some of the Unconstitutional Acts.  Our document study was on the Emancipation Proclamation where we discovered that not all of the slaves were freed by the proclamation.

Haley, form the North, gave a fun and fabulous presentation on the Underground Railroad and is now the highest ranking officer in the class at the rank of Sergeant.  You should all remember to Salute her in class on Thursday.  :-)

Assignments:

Opinion Paper:  Is it ever wrong to follow the law and if so when and why?

Book:  Across Five Aprils  --  We're discussing it this Thursday.  Make sure you get it read.  Also, write down 2 or 3 (or more) things that jumped out at you while you were reading.  Write them in your commonplace book.  Did you look up any words?  Record those in your commonplace book as well.  Think about what you want to talk about in our discussion on Thursday.

Memory Work:  Pick something and memorize it!

Hero Report:  How's it coming?  Have you picked out your hero yet?

Presentations:

10/23 -- This Thursday -- John -- The Army (Origination, Drills, Manpower)
10/30 -- Alison -- Uniforms and clothing of the times
11/6 -- Joshua -- Life as a slave
11/20 -- Noah -- Prisons

See you all on Thursday!
~General Lisa