History 7: Term Two Syllabus
Mr. Losch
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“Civil War & Civil Rights”
Essential Questions
How does the Civil War still affect us today?
Did Lincoln free the slaves or did they free themselves?
Was Lincoln a racist?
Why was the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction considered radical?
How did Northern attitudes towards freed African-Americans change during Reconstruction?
How accurate is our textbook description of sharecropping?
Were African-Americans free during Reconstruction?
What does it mean to have a “seat at the table?”
Why did Montgomery Bus Boycott succeed?
Was JFK a strong supporter of civil rights?
Was the Great Society successful?
Assessment
Primary Source Activities (school)
= 35%
National History Day (school/home) = 25%
Homework from in class activities = 20%
(school)
Individual Textbook work (school/home) = 20%
What to Expect
Our routines will change a little bit
this term. This is by design. The focus
1st term was around the Presidential
Election. The focus this term will be
around National History Day (NHD)
projects. We’ll be partnering often with
Ms. Blemke in Language Arts as we seek
to master the skills needed to find and
understand (research and analyze) the
sources you will use for your individual
National History Day project. When we
aren’t working on NHD, our class
activities will center around the large
topics of the Civil War and the Civil Rights
Movement. While these eras are almost
a 100 years apart in our textbook, we’re
going to make some creative connections
in looking at them together this term.