This week in Law Related Education students will be finishing up our last chapter of this nine weeks, Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War (1820 - 1860) and preparing for a unit test on Friday, Feb 27, 2026. Students will also be given their Nine Weeks Test Project this week to begin working on! Homework and assignments for the week are as follows:
Monday: Bell Ringer #89: Students will answer the following question: Identify ways in which enslaved African Americans resisted slavery. Students will write a one paragraph response to the prompt and be ready to discuss with the class. Classwork: We will continue today on Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War (1820 - 1860) Lesson 4: Abolitionism on page 443 of our textbook. Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will cover sections in Lesson 4 today: What Form Did Early Opposition to Slavery Take?, How Did Abolitionism Gain Momentum?, Who Opposed the Abolitionists?. (slides 29 - 34). After completing the lecture for today the students will complete the Lesson Check for Lesson 4 on page 449 of the textbook. Students will write the question and an answer for questions 1-5 and write a paragraph response for question 6. Here the students will identify your point of view, what tense you will use, and whether you will include dialogue as described in this lesson. Homework: If they do not finish the questions in class, they will need to finish them for homework.
Tuesday: Bell Ringer #90: Students will answer the following question: What steps did northern states take to end slavery? How effective were these efforts? Explain your reasoning. Students will write a one paragraph response to the prompt and be ready to discuss with the class. Classwork: We will continue today on Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War (1820 - 1860) Lesson 5: Reform and Women’s Rights on page 452 of our textbook. Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will cover sections in Lesson 5 today: The Era of Reform, Social Reform Movements, What Impact Did Reformers Have on Education?, Early Calls for Women’s Rights, How Did the Women’s Movement Start?, and Women Gain New Opportunities. (slides 35 - 43). After completing the lecture for today the students will complete the Lesson Check for Lesson 5 on page 463 of the textbook. Students will write the question and an answer for questions 1-5 and write a paragraph response for question 6. Here the students will write a few sentences that describe the sensations around you using descriptive words and sensory language as described in this lesson. Homework: If they do not finish the questions in class they will need to finish them for homework.
Wednesday: Bell Ringer #91: Students will answer the following question: Evaluate the impact of the early women’s rights movement. Students will write a one paragraph response to the prompt and be ready to discuss with the class. Classwork: We will continue today on Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War (1820 - 1860) Lesson 6: Arts and Literature on page 465 of our textbook. Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will cover sections in Lesson 6 today:
A New American Art Style, New Forms of Literature and Music, and Transcendentalism Develops. (slides 44 - 50) After completing the lecture for today the students will complete the Lesson Check for Lesson 6 on page 471 of the textbook. Students will write the question and an answer for questions 1-5 and write a paragraph response for question 6. Here the students will prepare to create their final draft as described in this lesson. Homework: If they do not finish the questions in class they will need to finish them for homework. Topic 7 List 2 Vocabulary is also due tomorrow!
Thursday: Bell Ringer: No bellringer today! Classwork: Students will continue to work in Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War (1820-1860). We will be preparing for a unit test tomorrow. Students will be given a study guide today for Topic 7: Society and Culture Before the Civil War. They will have the entire class period to work on this study guide and get it completed. Students will use their textbook to complete the study guides. If the students did not complete the study guide in the class period, they will need to complete it for homework tonight. Homework: Study, study, study!! Topic 7 test is tomorrow!!
Friday: Bell Ringer: No bellringer today! Classwork: Students will be given a few minutes to look over their study guides before the test today. Students will take a unit test on Topic 7 today! After completing the unit test today, students will be given a Nine Week Test Project to complete. This project is due Thursday, March 5th. Homework: Work on the Nine Weeks Test Project that is due Thursday, March 5th.
