John+Brown

=John Brown=

Due--Monday, April 26
 * John Brown Trial Reflection**

**Jurors Write a 4 paragraph essay detailing your vote on the 2 counts in the John Brown trial.

Para 1--Introductory paragraph that briefly states how you voted in each count and gives an overview of John Brown's actions and trial.** Para 3--Detail reasons why you voted the way you did for count 2--Violence was unnecessary to end slavery. Be sure to use details from the trial //and// from your research. Para 4--Sum up your reasons for voting the way you did and provide your general thoughts about John Brown.** from your research.
 * Para 2--Detail reasons why you voted the way you did for Count 1--John Brown was insane. Be sure to use details from the trial //and// from your research.
 * Complete essay on Google Docs: JBReflection.//Period// (Ex-JBReflection.1)**

Attorney's and Witnesses Write a paragraph reflection on what you learned about John Brown. Do you believe he was justified in his actions in Kansas and Harper's Ferry. Write about your opinion not the opinion of the person you played!

Complete Reflection on Google Docs: JBRflection.//Period// (Ex-JBReflection.2)

Resources for Trial: http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/32066666/A-Womans-Place-Defiance-and-ObedienceNewspaper-Stories-about-Women-during-the-Trial-of-John-Brown http://www.wvculture.org/history/jbexhibit/housecommittee.html http://ja-jp.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=146974708184 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/filmmore/reference/primary/index.html http://sesquicentennialmadness.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/mahala-doyle-and-john-brown/ John Brown--The American Experience [|John Brown Wikipedia] [|The Life and Trial of John Brown]


 * Monday April 19 2010

Attorney's and Witnesses continue to prepare for trial**
 * This is the last class before the trial so be sure to be prepared to begin trial on Wednesday (no class on Tuesday)
 * All notes and questions will be collected at the end of the trial

**Jurors complete the following:** [|John Brown Timeline] [|Pottawattomie massacre] Wikipedia [|Harper's Ferry Raid] Wikipedia Use the timeline and the wikipedia articles to take notes on John Brown and his involvement at Pottawattomie and Harper's Ferry. The notes should be taken on a new Google Doc entitled: JBnotes.//period// (ex- JBnotes.1, or JBnotes.2, or JBnotes.3, or JBnotes.5). Be sure to share the notes with Mr. Titzel.


 * The notes should have 2 headings--**Pottawattomie Massacre** and **Harper's Ferry Raid**
 * In the notes under each heading include subheadings-**-causes**, **details of event**, and **aftermath**
 * **Shared with Mr. Titzel by Tuesday at Noon**

John Brown Trial
 * Tuesday April 13 2010

Monday April 12 2010

Agenda** 1 Review Expanding Slavery Quiz 2 View JB video ---Harper's Ferry & Execution 3 Type 1 (See prompt on Study Hall wiki)


 * Finish viewing video--Harper's Ferry and Execution**

Frederick Douglass said of John Brown, "I could live for the slave, but he could die for him…" Why might someone devote his or her life to a cause? What causes, if any, do you believe are worth devoting one's life to? What causes, if any, are worth risking one's life or the lives of others for?

1-Recap yesterdays discussion 2-John Brown video
 * Friday April 9 2010**
 * Agenda**


 * Thursday April 8 2010**

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 * 1) Historian Michael Eric Dyson once noted of the American Revolution, "America was founded on breaking the law." **Do you believe that it's ever right to break the law? If so, when? If not, why not?** Respond to this question in the discussion forum below. Take time and comment on others opinion. //Remember to be civil and if you disagree be sure to disagree with the idea and not the person and to explain why you disagree.//
 * 2) After commenting on the discussion forum watch the embedded video about John Brown (use headsets). Now go back to the discussion forum and answer the following question that was posed at the end of the video: Which John Brown should we remember--the crusader for the abolition of slavery or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Can we separate them? **Should we consider John Brown a hero, or a terrorist?**

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**Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe** ||= **Thomas Wentworth Higginson** ||
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**Theodore Parker** || **Franklin Sanborn** ||= ** Gerrit Smith** ||= **George Luther Stearns** ||
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