Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Week of Cinco de Mayo


Monday, May 5th
Tuesday, May 6th
Wednesday, May 7th
Thursday, May 8th
Friday, May 9th
 1. The Boy’s War – Reading and annotating. This article explains the excitement, plight and sufferings of child soldiers in the Civil War.
1. Discussion on student-generated questions and annotations from yesterday’s article.
2. Video Clip – Medicine on Civil War battlefields.
3. Quick Read: The Red Cross and the Civil War.
 1. We’ll get our Civil War lit. circle novels and first week’s assignments today.
2. Begin reading lit. circle novel.


1. Civil War artifact examination: Henry Clay Wells, Mr. W’s relative, marched for an Ohio infantry regiment to Vicksburg. We’ll examine several personal artifacts of his in class today.
1. Lit Circle Reading and Annotating.



 Due Tuesday -- Read and Annotate novels for our first lit. circle discussion on Tuesday. Use the lit. circle guide for page #’s and annotation focus.

Reminder – Reading and annotations due on Tuesday for our first lit. circle discussion.