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Short MEAP Prep. Complete the three questions on the handout provided.
 * As the Bell Rings...** media type="custom" key="10442946"

Instead of repeating the "text, context, subtext" procedure, I decided that it would be more effective to practice those within the lessons they are intended to serve. In order to get us to that point faster, we'll continue with what I had intended.
 * What We Did In Class**

Download and open the [|F1.1 Definition of History - username.pages] document and do a "Quick Write" (//a "quick write" is an unprocessed flow of thought regarding a prompt with little or no organization - free flow writing//) of your personal definition of history for right now. When you're finished, we'll talk about that.

You'll be given a handout, called "[|Strategies for Doing History] which will allow us to reflect on the //process// of learning history. Then we will watch the video, "Why Historical Thinking Matters" and share our takeaways, and revise our definition of history.

After we have revised our definitions, we will take a look at two documents: With the first one, I'll model a "Think Aloud" strategy while we read, and then we'll compare the Declaration of Independence with the Declaration of Sentiments after the whole class does a "Think Aloud" with the second one. We must discuss what we are "doing" with these two documents and be very deliberate and intentional with our thinking - remember, history is not passively learned.
 * [|Declaration of Independence]
 * [|Declaration of Sentiments]

Tonight read both [|Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address] as well as [|Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address] prior to coming to class.
 * Homework**

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