Monthly Archives: January 2011

I will not be here tomorrow – my grading day. You will have a substitute.  I expect that everyone is on task and using your partner work time well.

Due Wed:

1. Second full draft of your story. You must complete it at this point.  Beginning to end.  Printed and ready by class time for peer editor.

Due Thursday:

1. Reconstruction Era Remix – copy for me – ready to present.  Please sign up your group on the schedule in our class.  First group to present will receive extra credit.
2. Bios for the SJ Project  uploaded to the cloud by Thursday morning (put into your folder, the one with your name on it). SJ bio example
3. Karamu collage complete by Advisory Class.

Thursday we will begin our Recon Remix presentations at 8:30 in Core All. You group must sign up for a slot – sign up is on the blog.)

Reconstruction Remix:

This is a creative assignment and can included humor (when appropriate), but must be historically accurate and academically sound.

Please choose a partner to work with.  This person could be in either split. Please read the assignment here – Recon Remix 2010

If you have any questions, please email me: smroberts@lrei.org

Due Wed:

Full second draft of your fiction story for peer edits.

Homework:

Due Friday 1-7

1. Any missing or late work is due tomorrow (it is the last day of 2nd quarter)

2. Prepare your book talk: Odelia, Jayson, Lola, and Roger are Friday

3. Read pp. 385-393 in ‘America Is’ and answer questions in margins

1. Who were some important black leaders in the South during Reconstruction?

2. What did most southern whites want for blacks?

3. Who were carpetbaggers?

4. Who were scalawags?

5. Why did people think there was corruption in the Reconstruction governments?

6. Why was there large-scale spending in the South?

7. What position did each party take in the election of 1868?

8. What was occurring in the northern attitude toward Reconstruction in the 1870’s?

9. What did Gould and Fisk attempt to do?

10. Who was involved in the Credit Mobilier scandal?

11. What southern states were under Republican control in 1876?

12. Who were the candidates in the Election of 1876?

13. How was the Election of 1876 decided?

14. Why was it so hard for blacks to prevent the loss of their rights?

Due Wed 1-12: First full draft of short story for peer editing (keep all short story materials in your manila folder)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Due Thursday:
1. America Is Chapter 17 – Read pages 377-384 and answer all of the questions in the margins. Also look at the map on page 384 and answer #3-5. There are some color issues, if you can’t read the map entirely, figure out what you can and we will clarify with texts in class.
2. Prepare for your booktalk and be prepared for your day.

Due Fri:
Complete ch. 17 in America Is pg 386-393 and answer the questions in the margins.