1. Good afternoon! Please find the Student Info Form and complete it.
Find a notecard.
On one side make a timeline of the four most significant events in US history between 1820 and 1940.
On the other side write two statements about yourself that are true and one statement that is a lie.

2. Today’s Agenda Syllabus & Website Introductions
Unit Intro – Origins of the Civil War
Document Analysis Workshop

3. Syllabus

4. Two Truths & A Lie
Three questions

5. Most Significant Events b/n 1820 & 1940
Discuss with your group.
Try to come to a consensus & be ready to explain your reasoning.

6. Origins of the Civil War Why do we fight? Document Analysis Workshop
How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period?
Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South.

7. Example
Document A
Excerpt of the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776
…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness…
Origin Big Message? Connections? Limitations?
How does this help answer Q1 and/or Q2?

8. Document Analysis Groups
Round 1
Work with the people at your table on your assigned document.
Be prepared to share
Round 2
New groups – share your work
Edit or add to your work based on discussions with your new group

9. So what? What is the story that these documents tell?
How can we use them to address the questions?
Q1 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period?
Q2 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South.

10. Next Steps Check the website – follow it Look over syllabus
Bring notebook & supplies
Look over today’s work – what questions do you have?