Quiz - Ch. 20/21 Summaries + Reading Ch. 20 & GSotS

Once again, our students knew so much about the chapters over which they were being quizzed that taking the Quiz was all most of them had time to complete.

Assignments

For Thursday
1. Read Ch. 6 of GSotS

• Come prepared to discuss. 
• Notice the important historical references in the chapter.

2. Read Ch. 20 in your textbook to learn more details about the Progressive Era.

• Mentally compare the account of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 with what we are learning in GSotS.
• Pay close attention to Spindletop and how this first huge owl gusher began the transformation of Texas and the United States.
• Notice the details about the Progressive Era reforms.and the  discriminatory treatment of African Americans and Mexican Americans

For Friday - Complete Steps 4 & 5 for the Research Project.

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