1.  Time will pass; will you? 12 days remain in the fall semester.  “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”  Today’s Goal:  To discuss and analyze various aspects of Reconstruction after the Civil War.

2.  The AP Registration link is WRONG—it should be AP/ 030062, not AP/030068  Movie: Glory, this Friday at 2:30, Room C-205. 25 optional credit points for full attendance and cell phone check in.  The Course Calendar is up-to-date.Course Calendar  Essay Contests are posted on the class website on the “course calendar” tab; 12/19 is the last deadline  Are you monitoring your grades? Alert us immediately to any discrepancies.  The Class WebsiteClass Website

3.  Tomorrow:  Writing in APUSH – Talking and thinking and reviewing  APUSH CLUB meeting after school – try to attend to discuss a proposed activity.  Thursday:  Chapter 23 Reading Due – Moved up so test can be delayed.  Friday:  Vocab log #8—bring in all seven logs  Monday:  Multiple Choice and short answer test. No DBQ. We will do a number of DBQs and essays 2 nd semester. Concerns or questions on calendar changes? You have the right to express your thoughts.

4.  Quick test review and discussion of short answer. On short answer, keep it logical and “tight”, make sure you are connecting the dots of events, skills, themes, analysis as directly as possible.

5.  Chapter 22: “The Ordeal of Reconstruction”  Questions on guiding questions?

6.  Thaddeus Stevens and the so-called “Radical Republicans’ land redistribution plan” Excerpts from 1865 speech.

7.  Jaylyn’s birthday is Sunday!