Good afternoon! Sit with your groups from last class…for now. You’ll need one sheet of paper to turn in. Find the article on your table. Take 5 minutes to read and do the OMCL exercise. 4-Minute Response – Write your reaction to and thoughts about this excerpt. What do we do with this? What do you think about it? How does this help us address anything we’ve been discussing?

Unit Question – Why do we fight? Origins of the Civil War GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly? The problem of the Mexican Cession The Compromise The fallout & problems GQ#3 - Why did the Republicans win the 1860 presidential election? Kansas-Nebraska Act Party shifts Dred Scott v. Sandford Raid on Harper’s Ferry

1850s: A Crazy Decade

Group Projects: Part 2 Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Dred Scott, Harper’s Ferry, Election of 1860 GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly? GQ#3 - Why did the Republicans win the 1860 presidential election? New Research Groups: Research your assigned topics with your group. Grey book, American Pageant, AMSCO Complete the Project Organizer – Page 3 How can your topic be used to address GQ2 and/or GQ3? Create a visual that communicates the significance of your topic to GQ2 and/or GQ3 Be prepared to share your story to the class and your findings with your project group.

Group Presentations Add to your worksheet as each group presents. What was the event? How/why was it significant? Related vocabulary?

Paper 1 Practice – Birth of the Republican Party Part B – What is the assertion? The formation of the Republican Party caused a great threat to the party system. What is the big message of each source? Which sources support the assertion? Which do not? OMCL Which are more reliable? Why?

The formation of the Republican Party caused a great threat to the party system.

The formation of the Republican Party caused a great threat to the party system.

The formation of the Republican Party caused a great threat to the party system.

The formation of the Republican Party caused a great threat to the party system.

Mini-Assessment 1.2 moved to Friday!!! Be thinking about which of the events of the 1850s were MOST SIGNIFICANT to bringing on the Civil War. How would you rank these events by importance or significance? Check website for homework!!!

Group Projects Part II Sutori Interactive Timelines Using the information from your research and your collective brains, your new group will create an interactive timeline of the events of the 1850s that led to the Civil War. http://trotteraice.wordpress.com Unit 1 sub-tab – 1850s Timeline Project Most importantly…How/why did these events erode the Compromise of 1850, lead to the rise of the Republican Party, and lead to the Civil War?

Paper 1 Practice – Compromise of 1850 Write a response for Part A How are sources A & D similar on how the US should address the issue of slavery? How are sources A & D different? (Use quotes as appropriate) To what extent are they similar? Read the docs for Part B Assertion: the 1850 Compromise helped only to further divide the US. What is the big message of each source? Which sources support the assertion? Which do not? OMCL Which are more reliable? Why?

Exit Ticket One relevant thing that you learned today. One relevant thing you have questions about?