1. 7th Grade Social Studies, Mrs. Pitner
Agenda- Quarter 2
7th Grade Social Studies, Mrs. Pitner

2. Only write what’s in purple!
Wednesday, October 14
Learning Goal: I can understand the factors leading to the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down agenda items for today
Agenda:
Quarter 2 Procedures
Classroom Competition
Team Trivia
No Homework
Only write what’s in purple!

3. Classroom Expectations – Quarter 2
Quarter One Expectations PLUS
You will write in your agenda daily (spontaneous agenda checks for a grade!).
You will write in complete sentences (except for notes) and use proper spelling/punctuation.

4. Thursday, October 15
Learning Goal: I can understand the factors leading to the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down agenda items for today
Agenda:
John Brown DBQ Practice
No Homework

5. Friday, October 16
Learning Goal: I can understand the factors leading to the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down important dates in agenda (Mrs. Pitner will tell you!)
Agenda:
John Brown DBQ Practice
Agenda Check!
No Homework

6. Exit Ticket
Write down 3 fun facts about yourself!!

7. Monday, October 19
Learning Goal: I can understand the factors leading to the Civil War.
Warm-Up: N/A
Agenda:
John Brown DBQ Practice
Vocab
No Homework

8. Was John Brown a hero or a misguided fanatic?
Write a paragraph answering the question
Have a thesis statement
Use textual evidence (2 PIEs)
Do NOT use the word “I” or any abbreviations!
If it says “I” in a quotation, change it using [ ]
ex: John Brown says “[he] never intended…”
Thesis Statement (SEPARATE SENTENCE). PIE 1. PIE 2.
John Brown was __________. PIE 1…..
PIE 2…..

9. Vocabulary Terms Confederate States of America (502) Enlist (517)
Jefferson Davis (502)
Secede (502)
Fort Sumter ( )
Robert E. Lee (512)
Border States (512)
Anaconda Plan (513)
First Battle of Bull Run (514)
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (515)
Enlist (517)
Andersonville (519)
Monitor (521)
Merrimack (521)
George McClellan (523)
Ulysses S. Grant (524)
Battle of Shiloh (524)
William Tecumseh Sherman (525)
Battle of Antietam (527)
Plunder (527)

10. Tuesday, October 20
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Explain P.I.E. for writing using documents.
Agenda:
Introduce Baseball Cards
Civil War Vocab
Homework: Baseball Cards Slip

11. Wednesday, October 21
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Define and describe one of your vocab terms.
Agenda:
Civil War Vocab
Civil War Story Board
Homework: Baseball Cards Slip

12. Thursday, October 22
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Define and describe one of your vocab terms.
Agenda:
Civil War Vocab
Civil War Story Board
Homework: Baseball Cards Slip

13. Friday, October 23 Vocab Quiz Monday!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Primary Source Analysis: Why does the writer support secession?
Agenda:
Civil War Story Board
Baseball Cards Review
Fort Sumter/First Battle of Bull Run Notes
Homework: Baseball Cards, Study
Vocab
Vocab Quiz Monday!

14. Why does the writer support secession?
“In January next we shall take leave of the Union and shall construct with our Sister Cotton States a government for ourselves. Whether the other Slave States will join seems very uncertain at least for the present. The condition of affairs at the North since the election of an Abolitionist for President makes it necessary for us to get away as quickly as possible.” -E.B. Heyward, South Carolina, Nov. 20, 1860

15. Monday, October 26
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Study for Quiz!! (Write fun fact about yourself)
Agenda:
Civil War Vocab Quiz
Fort Sumter/First Battle of Bull Run Notes
Homework: Baseball Cards

16. Tuesday, October 27
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Describe the Anaconda Plan IN DETAIL.
Agenda:
Baseball Cards Project Research
First Battle of Bull Run Play
Homework: Baseball Cards

17. Wednesday, October 28
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down 2 facts from the video about the life of a soldier during the Civil War
Agenda:
Civil War Letters
Homework: Baseball Cards, Finish Paragraph

18. DBQ Notes Use complete sentences! Use proper spelling and grammar!!!
Sentences must have a subject and a verb
Do not capitalize random words in the middle of a sentence
Do NOT use “I believe,” “I think,” or any “I” statements at all!
Address historical figures/authors/other people by last name after introducing them.
Ex: John Brown was a hero. Brown states…
Use the text accurately – only change words in a quote if you NEED to, and if you do use brackets!
Do not use abbreviations in schoolwork!
Do not write how you talk!!

19. DBQ Notes Quotes should flow smoothly with the rest of your sentence
Help yourself by eliminating as many pronouns as possible from quotes you want to use
Only use the parts of quotes that are absolutely necessary – no super long quotes
Quotations in your sentence start with a lowercase letter
Ex: Mrs. Pitner says “never use uppercase letters at the start…”
“Doc A states…” is NOT your point for PIE!!! Points need to be something you can defend!
Use the same verb tense throughout!

20. Thursday, October 29
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Describe the Anaconda Plan IN DETAIL.
Agenda:
Baseball Cards Project Research
First Battle of Bull Run Play
Homework: Baseball Cards, Paragraph Due tomorrow!

21. Friday, October 30
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write a quiz question about something we’ve learned so far about the Civil War.
Agenda:
Grading Warm-Ups & Collect Paragraph
Civil War Video
Homework: Baseball Cards

22. Monday, November 2
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Which side – North or South –had a bigger population? How might that help them in the Civil War?
Agenda:
Civil War Map
Civil War Advantages
Homework: Baseball Cards

23. Tuesday, November 3
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Monday: Which side – North or South – had a bigger population? How might that help them in the Civil War? Tuesday: How many states were in the Union? The Confederacy?
Agenda:
Civil War Map & Civil War Advantages
Homework: Baseball Cards

24. Secession Dates South Carolina: December 20, 1860
Mississippi: January 9, 1861
Florida: January 10, 1861
Alabama: January 11, 1861
Georgia: January 19, 1861
Louisiana: January 26, 1861
Texas: February 1, 1861
Virginia: April 17, 1861
Arkansas: May 6, 1861
North Carolina: May 20, 1861
Tennessee: June 8, 1861

25. Make a T- Chart:
Northern Advantages
Southern Advantages

26. Put the following advantages onto your chart.
Better generals
More railroads
Determination
Outdoorsmen
Fought a primarily defensive war on their homeland
More Factories (Industry)
More Men to Fight (Large Population)
More naval vessels/shipyards

27. DO YOUR WEEKLY REFLECTION
Friday, November 6
Happy Friday!!!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What was the North’s biggest advantage? Why?
Agenda:
Civil War Quiz Questions
Homework: Baseball Cards
DO YOUR WEEKLY REFLECTION

28. Hints (You’re welcome!)
P. 532: Chapter 16 Assessment
Hints (You’re welcome!)
#20: p. 513
#24: p. 526
#25: p. 525
#27: p. 511
#20-28, 35, 37-39
USE COMPLETE SENTENCES
Write the question and the answer

29. BASEBALL CARDS CHECK-IN TOMORROW
Monday, November 9
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What caused the high death rates during the Civil War? (Use pgs for help!)
Agenda:
Civil War Quiz Questions
Homework: Baseball Cards
BASEBALL CARDS CHECK-IN TOMORROW

30. Progress Report Grades Due Friday – get in late work ASAP!!
Tuesday, November 10
No School Tomorrow!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: How did the South plan to win the war?
Agenda:
Civil War Stations
Homework: Baseball Cards –
DUE IN ONE WEEK!!!
Want more points on the Chp 16 Assessment? Come in during conference! Get a pass from me!
Progress Report Grades Due Friday – get in late work ASAP!!

31. Progress Report Grades Due Friday – get in late work ASAP!!
Thursday, November 12
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Complete the chart (next page)
Agenda:
Civil War Notes
Civil War Stations
Life of a Soldier
Homework: Baseball Cards –
Want more points on the Chp 16 Assessment? Come in during conference! Get a pass from me!
Progress Report Grades Due Friday – get in late work ASAP!!

32. Union Confederacy Reasons for Fighting To preserve the Union
To gain independence
Advantages (Pick 1 – use p. 514)
More factories, More soldiers (large pop), More railroads
Outdoorsmen, Better generals
Disadvantages (Pick 1 – use p. 514)
Long supply lines, Offensive war, fewer good generals
Less people, less factories (supplies), just starting country
Military Strategies
Offensive (Anaconda Plan)
Defensive
Battle Victories
Battle of Shiloh
Ft. Sumter, First Battle of Bull Run

33. Friday, November 13
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Complete the chart (next page)
Agenda:
Civil War Notes
Civil War Stations
Life of a Soldier
Homework: Baseball Cards –
Want more points on the Chp 16 Assessment? Come in during conference! Get a pass from me!

34. Union Confederacy Reasons for Fighting To preserve the Union
To gain independence
Advantages (Pick 1 – use p. 514)
More population, more railroads, industry (factories), more resources
Better generals, defensive battle on own land
Disadvantages (Pick 1 – use p. 514)
Not very good fighters, not so good generals, long supply lines
Not as many troops, fewer factories, less resources, less naval power
Military Strategies
Offensive (Anaconda Plan)
Defensive
Battle Victories
Battle of Shiloh
First Battle of Bull Run!

35. Monday, November 16
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Give one fun fact from the stations.
Agenda:
Civil War Notes
Life of a Soldier
Homework: Baseball Cards – DUE TOMORROW!!!!

36. Baseball Cards Due TODAY!!
Tuesday, November 17
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Monday: Give one fun fact from the stations. Tuesday: Describe the impact the CW had on the economy.
Agenda:
Civil War Notes
No Homework
Baseball Cards Due TODAY!!

37. Letters to Soldiers
Address the letter “Dear Hero” or “Dear Defender of Freedom”
Write them a nice note for the holidays!
Say thank you!!!
Can write a return address to Casteel:
Casteel High School
c/o (your name) (Mrs. Pitner’s class)
24901 S. Power Rd.
Queen Creek, AZ 85142

38. Wednesday, November 18 Rubric Bibliography Reflection Cards on top!!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down a question you have about what is covered on Student News
Agenda:
Baseball Cards Presentations
No Homework
Rubric
Bibliography
Reflection
Cards on top!!

39. Thursday, November 19 Rubric Bibliography Reflection Cards on top!!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down one question you have about Student News.
Agenda:
Baseball Cards Presentations
No Homework
Rubric
Bibliography
Reflection
Cards on top!!

40. Friday, November 20
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Write down one way the Civil War impacted society.
Agenda:
Civil War Notes
Introduction to Gettysburg DBQ
Homework: Read through DBQ documents TWICE. Answer the Background Essay ?s

41. Monday, November 23
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered the “turning point” of the war?
Agenda:
Gettysburg DBQ
Homework: DBQ Documents B-D
(p )

42. Tuesday, November 24
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What does it mean to “bucket” the documents when writing a DBQ?
Agenda:
Gettysburg DBQ
Homework: Finish outline,
write intro paragraph

43. Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend!!
Wednesday, November 25
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What is the thesis of your Gettysburg DBQ?
Agenda:
Grading Warmups
Gettysburg DBQ DUE!
No Homework
Reminder: Written portion of final next
Wednesday/Thursday!
Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend!!

44. To turn in your typed DBQ:
Save the file in your S drive
Save as: Your name Gettysburg DBQ
*Make sure your name is on the actual document (like a header)

45. Monday, November 30 DBQ Final Wed/Thu!!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Review (no warm-up)
Agenda:
DBQ Review
No Homework (though you may
want to review DBQ how-tos!)
Want extra credit? Come do extra
Civil War Stations! (+10 extra credit
points!!)
DBQ Final Wed/Thu!!

46. Grading Warm-Ups Each day worth a total of 3 points!
1 point: wrote down question
1 point: wrote down answer
½ point: picked a number for the learning goal
½ point: explained where they are on the learning goal
Each weekly reflection (2 things learned this week) worth 2 points, one point for each thing they learned
Total: 28 points

47. DBQ Tips/Reminders No personal pronouns (I, you, we, us)
“War” is not synonymous with “battle”
Properly cite your sources!
“This is a super awesome quote” (Document A).
Thesis must address the question being asked! Your essay should answer the question!!
Intro statement should tell what the paragraph will be about
Your “E”s in your PIE should clearly and thoroughly explain how your P and I relates to your thesis

48. When you finish, rank the response 1-10
DBQ Activity
When you finish, rank the response 1-10
1: Not very good at all
10: Super duper awesome
In your partnerships:
Read each DBQ response
On a separate sheet of paper, critique the response:
Does it have a grabber?
Does it have background info?
Does it have a thesis?
Do the body paragraphs have an intro statement?
Does it have PIEs?
Are the PIEs well explained? Do they make sense? Are they convincing?
Does the concluding paragraph restate the thesis?
Does it use proper spelling/grammar?
Does it properly cite the sources?

49. Tuesday, December 1 DBQ Final Wed/Thu!!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: If your DBQ was on the hardships of the Civil War, what could 3 potential “buckets” be?
Agenda:
Harriet Tubman Background Essay
Civil War Storyboard
No Homework (though you may
want to review DBQ how-tos!)
Want extra credit? Come do extra
Civil War Stations! (+10 extra credit
points!!)
DBQ Final Wed/Thu!!

50. Wednesday, December 2
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Clear desks except for pencil.
Agenda:
DBQ Final
No Homework
Want extra credit? Come do extra
Civil War Stations! (+10 extra credit
points!!)

51. Extra Credit Stations Raising Armies Army Camp Life Field Artillery
Horsemen
War on the Water
Black Volunteers
Secret War
Battles (Finish Chart!) #1 #2 #3 #4
Civil War
Stations 2

52. Thursday, December 3
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Clear desks except for pencil.
Agenda:
DBQ Final
No Homework
Want extra credit? Come do extra
Civil War Stations! (+10 extra credit
points!!)

53. Extra Credit Stations Raising Armies Army Camp Life Field Artillery
Horsemen
War on the Water
Black Volunteers
Secret War
Battles (Finish Chart!) #1 #2 #3 #4
Civil War
Stations 2

54. Friday, December 4 Have a great weekend!!
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up:
Agenda:
DBQ Final
No Homework
Have a great weekend!!

55. Multiple Choice Final Exam: December 16-17!! 
Monday, December 7
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up:
Agenda:
DBQ Final
No Homework
Multiple Choice Final Exam: December 16-17!! 

56. Multiple Choice Final Exam: December 16-17!! 
Tuesday, December 8
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What was the hardest part about writing your DBQ final? Why was it hard?
Agenda:
Civil War Storyboard
Chapter 18 Vocabulary
No Homework
Multiple Choice Final Exam: December 16-17!! 

57. Multiple Choice Final Exam in ONE week!!
Wednesday, December 9
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What is the significance of Appomattox Court House?
Agenda:
Civil War Storyboard
Chapter 18 Vocabulary
Civil War Film Clip
No Homework
Multiple Choice Final Exam in ONE week!!

58. Multiple Choice Final Exam in ONE week!!
Thursday, December 10
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What was Sherman’s March to the Sea?
Agenda:
Civil War Storyboard
Chapter 18 Vocabulary
Civil War Film Clip
No Homework
Multiple Choice Final Exam in ONE week!!

59. Friday, December 11
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What is the significance of Appomattox Court House?
Agenda:
Civil War Storyboard
Chapter 18 Vocabulary
Civil War Film Clip
No Homework
Multiple Choice Final Exam this Wed/Thu!!
Only one more week to bring in goods for our families!!

60. Multiple Choice in TWO days!
Monday, December 14
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Name the rights protected by the First Amendment.
Agenda:
Final Exam Review Day
Homework: Study for Exam
Multiple Choice in TWO days!

61. Multiple Choice Exam TOMORROW!
Tuesday, December 15
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: Name the 5 themes of geography
Agenda:
Final Exam Review Day
Homework: Study for Exam
Multiple Choice Exam TOMORROW!
Gifts for families due tomorrow/Thursday!!! We will be wrapping gifts in class after the exam!

62. Wednesday, December 16
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What was your favorite moment from this semester?
Agenda:
Final Exam Day
Have a FANTASTIC break!! Thank you for a great semester!! 
Gifts for families due today/tomorrow!!!

63. Thursday, December 17
Learning Goal: I can understand the key events and people of the Civil War.
Warm-Up: What was your favorite moment from this semester?
Agenda:
Final Exam Day
Have a FANTASTIC break!! Thank you for a great semester!! 
Gifts for families due TODAY!!! 