Soc. Studies Gr. 8

A collection of cartoons on Lincoln some making fun of him others supporting him. The site also provides an explanation of the cartoons.

Just in case you were wondering what the Republican Platform was here it is. Oh do you like daily mail service...well thank the GOP

The whole article by Horace Greeley, opponent to the Mexican-American War

Teaching Glory during Civil War

Based on a conversation with Rich, this clarifies the slaves as contraband during the Civil War....passed the year before Emancipation. 

Interesting article about Lincoln and Matthew Brady.

A decent set of questions as we watch Glory.

Lesson Plan which looks at two different versions of "Battle Cry of Freedom" and "Dixie"

Key Video Clips: Bleeding Kansas, Harper's Ferry, John Brown's Trial 

REferenced today in class, movie from Sundance about obedience. She made the connection to Milgram.

10 days, 2 of which fall under our timeframe: January 24, 1848 The beginning of the California Gold Rush also a time where people were moving from east to west September 17, 1862 The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War

Not on DVD, only VHS... 9 Master Race 1933 The Third Reich brings barbarity to the modern era. Germany is rebuilt through huge public works program, winning Hitler adulation from a once humiliated, impoverished and unemployed German people. Radio and mass rallies become important tools for propaganda, to eulogise the Germans as a 'master race'. The Nazis also use ancient jealousies to demonise the Jews, who had a strong presence in the professions and arts. Roma, the mentally handicapped and other groups are also targeted. The Nuremburg Laws and other measures are used to progressively discriminate against and dehumanise Jews. Persecution of the Jews intensifies after Anschluss and Kristallnacht, and after the commencement of war, the Final Solution is implemented. The mass murder of Jews and other people is carried out at first by mobile killing groups (Einsatzgruppen) in occupied territories, and then on an industrialised scale through extermination camps. The introductory scene shows the celebratory march by the Sturmabteilung when Hitler wins power in Germany.

A new book that collects a huge number of antislavery writings, from the first antislavery statements in the late 1600s from quakers up through the Civil War. I'll see if I can get a copy and it could be used in both grade 7 and 8.

I think this video could work in a couple of ways, it definitely ties in with Chew on This but also could spark a discussion on the role of government in day to day lives.

Full length video of History Channel's Donner Party doc.

Short clips from various professors about Western Expansion. all 3 min or less, really interesting specific clips about various issues related to the US expansion...

3 minute clip on Harriet Beecher Stowe from The Abolitionists, to be used w/lesson Uncle Tom's Cabin

Tons of background info on the Compromise, collection of quotes, and Primary Sources for the Compromise.

15 minute video about KS-NB Act, Bleeding Kansas