Mon- No school//labor day
Tues- study/review for group test
-Civil War-
*fought between North and South
*1860 Lincoln was elected- South thought Lincoln would abolish slavery
*South seceded
*North goals- Keep union together and bring South back in
*Emancipation Proclamation- made slavery a goal, gave North a reason to fight more
*If South lost- thought they couldn't have slaves- fought harder
Advantages-
*SOUTH knew the train better
*NORTH had more people
*SOUTH better with weapons and usually better hunters
*SOUTH better reason to fight
*NORTH better transportation- railroads
*NORTH better navy
*NORTH more industry materials
*NORTH more food
*NORTH better/stable government/president
*SOUTH better generals
*600,00 people killed on both sides
*NORTH general- General Grant
*General Lee
*Abe was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth
*South surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse to General Grant
-Reconstruction-
*1865-1877
*Time after Civil War where the South had to rebuild/reorganize and brought back to the Union
*Presidents Lincoln and Johnson wanted to be easy on the South
*Lincoln(republican) put Andrew Johnson(democrat) on his ticket to get democratic votes
*Hated Johnson because he was Southern
*Tried to kick Johnson out of office
*Congress wins against Johnson
Rebuilt South
- Economically- Rebuild Southern Economy to become more industrialized (What to do with African Americans)
- Social- Families broken apart had been reunited- family members killed
- Politically- Can't allow white democrats be in charge
- Physically- Cities (Roads, railroads) - had been destroyed
Wed- Today we did part 1 of the group tests and will do part 2 tomorrow.
Thurs- Today we finished up group tests with part 2- did some short answer//true false also. Tomorrow we will continue discussing out new unit.
Fri- Today is 9/11, we watch a video about what happened on 9/11. Talk about the 12 tips of a successful presentation.
1. KNOW CONTENT
*Know and understand your content; NO note cards
*Keep good eye contact
*Do not just memorize--"speak from heart"
*Do not just read to audience
*Use power point as outline, expand from that
*Good pronunciation
2. GOOD CONTENT
*Content is most important
*Find right balance between too much and too little information
3. FACE THE AUDIENCE
*Face the people not the poster//powerpoint
4. VISUALS
*Do not give the speech and THEN go over the visuals//pictures
*Show and tell
5. TALK LOUD ENOUGH
*Speak clearly
*Do not mumble
*Do not chew gum
*Speak up
6. BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE
*Be different than everyone else
*Make it memorable
*Stand out from other presenters
7. BE ENTHUSIASTIC
*Pretend like you are a salesmen selling your product
*Act bored and so will your audience
8. MOVE AROUND A LITTLE
*Don't sit or stand still
9. GET AUDIENCE INVOLVED
*Ask questions
10. HAVE SOME TYPE OF INTRO AND CONCLUSION
11. ELIMINATE DEAD AIR TIME
*Dead air time in education is not good
12. WORKS CITED PAGE
*Hit the required amount of sources
*Do not use Wiki ansers, or yahoo-use other similar sites
*Google and Bing are not sources
*Use Easybib
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