Class Recap 12/13, 12/14

Yesterday in class we attempted to finish our discussion on Lincoln and how he dealt with the secession of the lower south. We were given a document to read and answer questions on, which was challenging, and then was followed by a discussion. Lincoln refused to allow himself to call the seceded states a Confederacy because it meant that they would now have permission to be their own country. I am not sure how I feel about this. It could be seen as though Lincoln was tragically naive, or it could be seen as a sort of tactic. Today, class was relatively easy and fun. We all met in the computer lab and opened up a Google document that we could all work on together and create a sort of study guide to use later in the week. It was cool to work on something all together as a class at once, and I hope that we get to do something like that again.