1. End Four Minutes Good afternoon!
Sit with your group.
Get out your notes & your History Frame.
In your notes make 2 lists…
List several causes of the Mexican-American War
List several outcomes of the Mexican-American War
Four Minutes
To change the timings of this timer, you need to enter the animation settings, and change the timings for the Isosceles Triangles. There will be 2 that need changing (to the same amount) – one animates the top triangle emptying, whilst the other animates the bottom triangle filling.
When you change the timings these have to entered as a number of seconds.
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2. I See… I think… I wonder…

3. Unit 1 Intro: Why do we fight?
Think of a time when you had to decide whether or not to fight (or argue) over something significant. For what reasons are we willing to fight? Write your response in your notes.
Major Themes Sheet - Origins of the US Civil War.
What do we already know?

4. Group Presentations
How and why did the outcomes of the war with Mexico 1846–48 add to sectional difficulties?
History Frames & Articles
Group Project
Short skit, cartoon, chart, drawing, video, etc.
Why/how is the war dividing the US?
How did different groups or sections of the country view the war & its outcomes?
See the assignment sheet, rubric, and Major Themes sheet!

5. Group Presentations
You have 8 ½ minutes to work with your group to finalize your presentation.
Short skit, cartoon, chart, drawing, video, etc.
Why/how is the war dividing the US?
See the assignment sheet, rubric, and Major Themes sheet !
Your presentation doesn’t need to be more than 2-3 minutes. Just make sure you present good information that answers the question!

6. Texas & The Mexican Cession

7. Mexican-American War 1846-1848 What were the causes & outcomes?

8. Big Vocab Wilmot Proviso Spot Resolution Treaty of G-H Mexican Cession
Whigs
Democrats

9. Writing Workshop
GQ#1 - How and why did the outcomes of the war with Mexico 1846–48 add to sectional difficulties? Origin – author, date, type, context Message – what is the point? The big message Connections – associations, vocab Limitations – what must we consider instead of taking it at face value?

10. 1.1 Mini-Assessment Thursday
Vocabulary –
Statements of significance
What is it & how/why is it significant?
Documents –
OMCL
Compare & Contrast