Tapestry of Grace Year 3, Week 8

Tapestry of Grace Year 3, Week 8: South America in Transition








Key Facts:

1. South American Geography
a. Peru
b. Bolivia
c. Chile
d. Argentina
e. Uruguay
f. Paraguay

2. Simon Bolivar
a. Review from last week

3. Abraham Lincoln - Early years
a. Youth/family/ upbringing
b. Abraham's military career
c. Careers before Presidency

4. Robert E. Lee - Early years
a. Youth/ family/ upbringing
b. United States Military Academy
c. Commissioned as a brevet second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers

5. Slavery in America
a. Indentured servants replaced by slaves
b. Slavery: one of the largest forced migrations in history
c. Transatlatlantic slave trade - triangle of trade


Activities: Cooking with apples


Geography: Continue map of South America - see above


Unit Projects: Add information about slavery to the unit display board


Digging Deeper:

• Adoniram Judson
• McCulloch vs. Maryland

Videos:

• Lincoln Portrait: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go&feature=related
• TeacherTube - General Robert E. Lee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1gXinIDTMM
• The History of Slavery in America (Part 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1RbUxQv4E

Reading:

• Frankenstein
• Simon Bolivar: Statesman and Liberator
• In the Land of the Jaguar: South America and It's People
• Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma
• Young Abe Lincoln