1. Good morning! Today you’ll need:
Your Major Themes sheet
The article on your table
The Paper 1 document sheet and questions from last class
any work from your homework reading
GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly?
Implementing the Fugitive Slave Act

2. Read the excerpt on the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act.
What specific actions of northerners did the South try to address with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (refer to the text of the article)?
Why was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 so controversial?
Why was the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin so influential?

3. The Fugitive Slave Law http://www.pbs.org/video/2319483495/
Why was this such a big deal?
How did impact sectionalism?

4. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin inflame both the North & the South? 
Identify two ways the documents are similar. 
Identify two ways they are different.
Discuss with your table. Be ready to share.
Venn Diagram

5. Paper 1 Part A Read the question carefully.
Read the docs – mark them up
Historical context – vocab & setting
OMCL - reliability
One paragraph on similarities
One paragraph on differences
One paragraph of your own analysis of whether the sources are similar or different and making a final judgment of how much or to what extent the sources agree – answer the question.

6. GQ#2 - Why did the Compromise of 1850 break down so quickly?
Vocab
List of reasons

7. Paper 1 Part B Read the question carefully. Mark up the documents
P1 - Contextual Knowledge: 1-3 sentences
What do you know? Vocabulary? Historical setting?
P2 - Analysis of Each Source - POVL
How far does each support…
In what ways does each support…
In what ways does each not support…
P3 - Grouping of Sources – Which support the assertion? Which don’t?
Ex – Source A & C are similar in that…
Ex – Source B & D are similar b/c…However, they
disagree that…
P4 - Make a final conclusion or argument that answers the question.
Show context & evaluation of sources - OMCL