Yesterday in class, we took a ton of notes on the Civil War up to 1862. It was tedious, but it is always a good thing to get all the information down on paper to study and go over when in need for a reference. The class was drawing to a close by the time we approached the subject of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was an attempt by Abraham Lincoln to really keep the "states in rebellion" in reign. Instead, it started a fire that could only be solved by war. It was strange that he only abolished slavery in the states in rebellion, while there were still some states that were part of the United States who still allowed slavery. It would make sense to abolish slavery once and for all in all parts of the nation. By the time we were done talking about the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War up to 1862, Mr. Boyle passed out a couple of sheets to read and answer questions about for homework.
Today, the objective was to create a sort of billboard that displays information about a certain battle. My group was assigned the Battle of Gettysburg. We used our notes, iPhones, and the textbook to get our various facts and organize our thoughts. Letting the boys try to do anything was a bit of a force, especially when Andrew misspelled "the" among other words of similar difficulty, but we ended up finishing a great deal of time before the other group, which, I suppose, makes us the winners. It was the last history class of 2012, and I felt like it went by relatively smoothly.
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