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Monday – We will begin our look at life in the South. This will relate to Chapter 13 of the textbook. Also, this week we will begin our TCAP review. This will continue everyday until the TCAP Exam in April. This means that our progress through the textbook will slow for the next several weeks.

Tuesday – This will be a Library Day *Picture Timeline Due Today: “1832 – Samuel Morse Invents the Telegraph”

Wednesday – Friday – We will progress through Chapter 13 and our look at Southern Society. We will also take daily TCAP Vocabulary quizzes and review material from Chapters 1 & 2.

Monday & Tuesday – We will finish up with Chapter 12. Monday the focus will be on section 4 and a look at the new inventions of the 1800s. Tuesday will primarily be a review day and we will have our Chapter 12 test Wednesday. *A new picture timeline will be issued “1832 – Samuel Morse Invents the Telegraph.”

Wednesday – This will be test day over Chapter 12 and the Industrial Revolution.

Thursday – We will start our next Chapter, 13. This will be a look at the South pre Civil War. The primary focus will be on the Cotton Industry.

Friday – We will move on to Chapter 13 section 2 and examine life in the Antebellum South. *Also, we will begin a formal TCAP review this week. This integrated review will continue until the TCAP test is taken in April. As a result, our progress through the textbook will slow as we review all of our main objectives of the year.

This will be a short 3 day week for the students.

Wed – We will finish up Chapter 12 section 2 looking at working lifes in the factories of the Industrial Revolution.

Thurs & Fri – We will examine the Transportation Revolution brought about by the Industrial Revolution. This corresponds with Chapter 12 section 3 of the textbook. We will also review back over sections 1 & 2 before finishing the week. No Test or Timelines due this week.

Monday & Tuesday – We will finish Chapter 11. We will review both days and take the Chapter 11 Test on Tuesday.

Wed & Thur – We will begin to examine the Industrial Revolution and its impact on American life. This will correspond with Chapter 12 sections 1 & 2 of the textbook. *Picture Timelines due on Thursday. (1848 – Gold Discovered in California).

Friday – We will review Chapter 12 sections 1 & 2 and start examine the “transportation revolution” in America. This will correspond with Chapter 12 section 3 of the textbook.