Discussion of Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + Review for Quiz + Reconstruction Quiz

Today students:

• Discussed Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - Click here for interesting cartoon sequence seen above. Apparently the artists used this film version:

• Did some review for the Reconstruction Quiz
• Took the Reconstruction Quiz: Brief Summary of Reconstruction, Chapter 16 Summary, Timeline of Reconstruction

Assignment: Happy Easter! Enjoy your four-day weekend.

Eucharist + Silent Reading + Chart & Practice: 3 Reconstruction Plans + Crash Course Video

Today our young scholars:

• Attended Eucharistic Chapel
• Read silently Ch. 16/Sec. 1 on Presidential Reconstruction in Texas
• Studied & did a spot of oral practice over Chart: The 3 Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln, Johnson, Radical Republican
• Viewed a Crash Course Video on Reconstruction (See below.)

Assignment for Thursday: Quiz over Reconstruction - Be sure and study the following:

• A Brief Summary of Reconstruction
• Timeline of Reconstruction
• Ch. 16 Summary: Reconstruction (in Texas)
• Chart: The 3 Reconstruction Plans

Smiley Face Theory of Reconstruction - Andrew Johnson On the Freedmen - Good Old Rebel - Black Codes - 5 Military Districts

On this day, students deepened their knowledge of Reconstruction by doing the following:

• Applied the Smiley Face Theory of Reconstruction to hypothesize as to why it was almost impossible to solve the two major problems of Reconstruction simultaneously (Leniency to the Southern rebels leads to persecution of the freedmen; helping the freedmen causes anger and violence by Southern whites toward freedmen.)
• Read, analyzed, and listened to the song, "The Good Old Rebel."
• Briefly analyzed a Thomas Nast cartoon depicting a ex-CSA soldier
• Analyzed a passage from a biography of President Andrew Johnson showing his hateful, racist attitude toward the freedmen
• Read and analyzed a Black Code
• Learned and used mnenomic devices for remembering the 5 Military Districts under Radical Reconstruction

Assignments

For Wednesday: Read and come prepared to discuss the Ambrose Bierce short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

For Thursday: Prepare for Thursday's Quiz over Reconstruction - See details from yesterday's blog.

Pennies for Pasta - Brief Summary of Reconstruction - Reconstruction Timeline

Today students:

• Learned about the Pennies for Pasta Project
• Read, analyzed, and discussed A Brief Summary of Reconstruction
• Briefly viewed A Timeline of Reconstruction (still under construction at the time)

Assignments

For Tuesday: One-Pager from Fehrenbach's Lone Star - Post at your blog.

For Thursday: Quiz over the following:

• A Brief Summary of Reconstruction
• Timeline of Reconstruction
• Ch. 16 Summary: Reconstruction (in Texas)
• Chart: The 3 Reconstruction Plans