Civil War at 3 Key Points - Animated Maps of the Civil War - Chapter 15 Summary

Today students:

• Analyzed The Civil War at 3 Key Points
• Viewed and analyzed a 4-minute animated timeline map of the Civil War (See this compilation for list of some animated maps found at YouTube and elsewhere.)

• Viewed an animation of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Received the Chapter 15 Summary: The Civil War

Assignments

For Wednesday

1. Finish & post at your blog The Civil War at 3 Key Points.
2. Do your One-Pager assignment from Fehrenbach's Lone Star and post it at your blog.

For Thursday: Quiz over Ch. 15 Summary: The Civil War

Summaries of Summaries - Choosing Topics to Teach - Animated Maps of Spanish & French Exploration

Animated Map: Spanish & French Exploration of Texas

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Students:

• Wrote 15-minute summaries of the Chapter Summaries of the Spanish Period they read yesterday
• Chose the learning activity they would lead the class in while we study Spanish Texas
• Opened an animated PowerPoint of Spanish & French Exploration of Texas and were supposed to follow these instructions to learn how to make an animated slides of their own

Assignment Due Monday

1. Finish the animated PowerPoints as described in the instructions.
2. This assignment is due when you arrive to class on Monday, and no late credit will be given.
3. You wasted most of the class time given you to work on this, so I expect you to put in that time and more during the weekend, finishing and polishing your slides by 8 A.M. Monday. 
4. Save it to Slideboom and embed it in a blog post before you arrive in class. (Slideboom works better with animation than Slideshare.)