Week of January 30_SCHistory

Grade Level: 8th
Subject: SC History
Prepared By: Shemia Yearwood
Standard 8-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the multiple events that led to the Civil War.
Monday, January 30, 2017
8-4.2 ​Analyze how sectionalism arose from racial tension, including the Denmark Vesey plot, slave codes and
the growth of the abolitionist movement.
Essential Question: ​How did the events of Antebellum SC lead to sectionalism, and later secession? How do
the Denmark Vesey plot and race relations directly lead to secession?
Bell Ringer (5 minutes)
Quietly review for your quiz on material from last week.
Quiz (20 minutes)
Complete your quiz on 4.1 As student finish their quiz, they are to read the ​article ​on the Election of 1800 and
answer the corresponding questions.
New Material (15 minutes)
1. Nationalism/Sectionalism
2. Election of 1800
Closing/Summary (3 minutes)
What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?
Homework:​ None
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
8-4.2 ​Analyze how sectionalism arose from racial tension, including the Denmark Vesey plot, slave codes and
the growth of the abolitionist movement.
Essential Question: ​How did the events of Antebellum SC lead to sectionalism, and later secession? How do
the Denmark Vesey plot and race relations directly lead to secession?
Bell Ringer (5 minutes)
1. Who was the first European country to establish a colony in the New World? (Spain)
2. What were encomiendas, and who worked there? (Encomiendas were large plantation established by the
Spanish. At first they used Natives to work on these plantations, but soon began bringing African slaves
over to work )
Review (5 minutes)
1. Nationalism/Sectionalism
2. Election of 1800
New Material (15 minutes)
Discuss the following via a PowerPoint that includes visuals:
1. Denmark Vesey/Nat Turner
2. Abolitionists
3. Changes in the Northern economy/politics
Activity (15 minutes)
Read the ​article ​Denmark Vesey And The History Of Charleston's
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'Mother Emanuel' Church and answer the
corresponding questions.
Closing/Summary (3 minutes)
How did the abolitionists spread their antislavery message, and how did South Carolinians work to block that
message?
Homework:​ Complete the guided reading for p. 245-247 in your textbook.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
8-4.3 ​Analyze key issues that led to South Carolina’s secession from the Union, including the nullification
controversy and John C. Calhoun, the extension of slavery and the compromises over westward expansion, the
Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the election of 1860.
Grade Level: 8th
Subject: SC History
Prepared By: Shemia Yearwood
Essential Question: ​Was secession and civil war inevitable?
Bell Ringer (5 minutes)
1. What aspects of culture did the English bring to the New World? (language, Protestant religions, and
ideas about self-government)
2. What was the first English Colony and what were the initial problems the settlers faced? (Jamestown
was the first colony to be successfully established in the English Colonies. However, settlers wasted
time searching for gold instead of planting crops. Events such as this led to the “Starving Time”-winter
of 1609–1610).
Review (5 minutes)
1. Denmark Vesey/Nat Turner
2. Abolitionists
3. Changes in the Northern economy/politics
New Material (12 minutes)
Discuss the following via a PowerPoint that includes visuals:
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. Missouri Compromise
Activity (15 minutes)
Missouri Compromise Storyboard- In partners, students will create a storyboard matching the pictures and text
with “Who Got What”
Closing/Summary (3 minutes)
Why were Northerners so opposed to Missouri becoming a slave state?
Homework​: Using p. 245 in your textbook, complete the worksheet on The Missouri Compromise.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
8-4.3 ​Analyze key issues that led to South Carolina’s secession from the Union, including the nullification
controversy and John C. Calhoun, the extension of slavery and the compromises over westward expansion, the
Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the election of 1860.
Essential Question: ​Was secession and civil war inevitable?
Bell Ringer (5 minutes)
1. Who were the first tribes of Native Americans that encountered Europeans? (Eastern Woodland People)
2. Describe the people from #1 with 3 facts. (men and women had specific roles, tribal government (both
men and women), tribes featured matrilineal clans, played sports, war was mainly a way to avenge
murders of clan members)
Review (5 minutes)
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. Missouri Compromise
New Material (12 minutes)
Discuss the following via a PowerPoint that includes visuals:
1. Tariffs/Nullification
2. California/Compromise of 1850
Activity (15 minutes)
In small groups, students will answer 3 discussion questions based on p. 136-137 and p. 144 of in class textbook
(Why was the Tariff of 1828 called the “Tariff of Abominations”? What was the difference between the Nullies
and the Unionists? List three conditions of the Compromise of 1850.)
Closing/Summary (3 minutes)
Discuss groups’ answers to questions.
Homework​: Complete the guided reading for p. 247-249 in your textbook.
Friday, February 3, 2017
Grade Level: 8th
Subject: SC History
Prepared By: Shemia Yearwood
8-4.2 ​Analyze how sectionalism arose from racial tension, including the Denmark Vesey plot, slave codes and
the growth of the abolitionist movement.
8-4.3 ​Analyze key issues that led to South Carolina’s secession from the Union, including the nullification
controversy and John C. Calhoun, the extension of slavery and the compromises over westward expansion, the
Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the election of 1860.
Bell Ringer (5 minutes)
Start copying down notes.
Fun Friday (Review)
If classes have earned the necessary Class Dojo Points, students will play Jeopardy reviewing the material
learned this week. If not, students will complete a short review worksheet.
Homework​: Complete the reading worksheet on Uncle Tom’s Cabin.