Here is the main edit-I have moved sessions 2 and 3 to Tuesday and Thursday of next week. This is particularly important to Elena Musz. If anyone has her contact information, could you please let her know. I would also encourage you to get through as much of day 2 as possible prior to Mr. Wheeler's visit. Thanks.
Welcome to the extra credit blog discussion thread. If you have any questions or are confused by anything in the book, please ask. Be sure to include the chapter within your question, as we have different editions of the book. I am including the schedule below.
Session 1 (7:15-8:10 Tuesday morning on 11/30)-Questions 1-3 must be completed. You should also have read up to the 2nd day. This will take you halfway through the book.
Session 2 (12:50-2:20 Wednesday morning on 12/1) You will be school sponsored for late lunch and 6th period to hold a discussion with Scott Wheeler who is a military historian who has taught at West Point.
Session 3 (7:15-8:10 Tuesday morning on 12/7) Questions 4-6 must be completed. You should have read up to the 3rd day.
Session 4 (7:15-8:10 Thursday morning on 12/9) Questions 7-9 must be completed. You will need to finish the book
Questions
1. Do you believe that Shaara has a deterministic view towards history or does he believe in a Great Man philosophy (Boorstin/Plutarch)?
2. What is the role of the cavalry and how does it affect the conflict?
3. What advantages and disadvantages does each army face as they enter the conflict at Gettysburg?
4. How do the experiences and attitudes of the leaders affect their decision making? (Chamberlain, Buford, Longstreet, others?)
5. Chamberlain is the only main character who is not a General. Why, on the Union side, did Shaara choose to use him as the main Union voice.
6. What is Longstreet’s military theory and what are the advantages and disadvantages of his philosophy?
7. One of the main conflicts in the book in the book was between Longstreet and Lee, which man do you agree with? Should Longstreet have done more to make his stand?
8. Why did the Confederates lose the battle?
9. Did you like the book? Why or why not?
16 comments:
when you say have the questions done, do you want something written or just be able to discuss the question?
Michaella,
Be ready to discuss the questions. You don't have to have them written out. However, it might be helpful to have a few notes.
could you help me with the main characters i'm confused as to which person is on what side, and how everyone is connected, which men are together and which spies go with each man. thank you.
The first step is to read the forward. Under roman numeral II, Shaara lists all of the major figures. If you need to, you could type out a one sentence cheat sheet for each man that you could keep next to you.
how close to the historical event is this novel. Are some of the relationships between the officers exagerated?
Zach,
Some of that depends on who you are talking about. The Longstreet/Lee relationship comes largely from recollections of Longstreet. These people were great at keeping journals which gives us some insight. However, the scout's personality is completely made up. Chamberlain seems to be relatively accurate.
ok one more question and then i'll stop bothering you, lee is for slavery or against? i can't tell and i have no idea.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/leepierce.htm
This explains Lee's position on slavery. Basically, he is against slavery, but he thinks that the South will have to evolve out of it.
Thanks for the edit Mr. O!
so do we meet tomorrow morning or is it only the thing we are school sponcerd for?
Ashley,
We are not meeting tomorrow morning. We will be meeting from 12:50-2:20 in the SSRC.
Hey Mr. O'Donnell,
This is Zach Doe from class of '05. The coolest class.
I have a US History question. Well, it's sort of a myth busters opportunity for you.
I recently received a forwarded email containing this treasured bit o' history.
Is it accurate? It's at about 7:25 that I started wondering... Wasn't the song written to the tune of an English pub song while Francis Scott Key was held aboard the British ship?
I could be totally wrong about this. But as random as I am, I thought I might as well just ask right here on this blog of yours.
mr. o
seeing as how its after christmas i am now turning some of my attention to my homework and i was wondering if you had posted the study guide for chapter 22? i really would like to get it done before we go back to school. thank you.
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