Thursday, Sep. 8- Read Chapter 1 in "Reconstructing America"
Friday, Sep. 9- Read Chapter 4 in "Reconstructing America"
Tuesday, Sep. 13- Crossword Puzzle Review
Thursday, Sep. 15- QUIZ on Reconstruction. Study Guides due, too.
Wednesday, Oct. 5- Study Guides due at beginning of period.
Wednesday, Oct. 5- TEST: Reconstruction and Civil Rights.
Thursday, Oct. 6- DBQ on Civil Rights. You'll do the documents IN class.
Tuesday, Oct. 11- Receive new study guide on "The Old West". This will be due
the day of the test, at the beginning of class.
Monday, Oct. 17- Read Chapter 13, "Rails Across the Country", pgs. 58-63
Tuesday, Oct. 18- Read Chapter 14, "Taking the Train", pgs. 64-67
Thursday, Oct. 20- Read Chapter 17- "The Trail Ends on a Reservation"
Monday, Oct. 24- Worksheet from Sears Catalog research should be handed in by
the end of class on Monday.
Friday, Oct, 28- TEST on "The Old West". Study Guides due that day, also.
Tuesday, Nov. 15- TEST on Immigration/Urban Patterns
Wednesday, Nov. 16- Receive instructions/examples for project on Vertical
Integration. This project will
be done in class (as much as possible). Students will be asked to find an
item in the kitchen (with
permission) that they can use for the project. It should be a simple product
(not too many
ingredients/pieces) that they can use to explain the concept of vertical
integration. I don't want anyone
to bring in an appliance! Simple products like cans of soup, boxes of
pudding, etc. have been used in
the past. By the way, these products won't be opened or used, so they can be
returned home. Many
students have simply used an empty box of a product that was already used. If
there are any problems,
please contact me. I'll try to supply everything else (it's a good time to
empty some cupboards,
anyways!).
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Vertical Integtration Projects are due NO LATER THAN Tuesday, Nov. 22 at
3:00 p.m. Have it done early? No problem. I'll be happy to take it earlier
than Tuesday.
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Industry Unit:
Study guides will be due on Friday, Dec. 9 at the beginning of class.
The essay potion of the Industry will be done in class on Monday, Dec. 12.
Expect daily S.P.A.M.s of political cartoons from 12/12 until 12/23.
1. Study Guides handed out on Wednesday, Nov. 30th
2. Study Guides due on Friday, December 9th at the beginning of class.
3. Use the following chapters to look up the information on the Study
Guides:
-Red Book, use Chapter 20
-Green Book, use Chapter 6
4. Test on Friday, December 9th.
Homework during the Industry Unit:
1. Wed. Nov. 30th- Read Chapter 5 in "A History of US"
2. Thu. Dec. 1st- Read Chapter 16 in "A History of US"
3. Mon. Dec. 5th- Read Chapter 17 in "A History of US"
Homework during the Reform Unit:
1. Friday, Jan. 6th- Worksheet #94: Reading a Cartoon
2. Keep up with the foldable (mostly done in class).
3. Review your notes on "Our Representatives"
4. DBQ with Essay is a take-home portion of our exam. It is due on
Tuesday, Jan. 17th at the beginning of class. Use outside information, let me
know which documents you're using in the essay. You may type it (it's not a
demand, but people have asked).
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Imperialism Unit (Jan. 17-27)
1. The bulk of this unit is to be group work. Each group will be
assigned a different part of the
world
where the United States expanded into during the late 19th/early 20th
Century.
2. Students will have to keep a chart of the Who, What, When, Where,
How, and Why of US
Imperialism.
3. Students will also have to maintain a map of all of these places
(this will appear on their Feb.
27th
test, as well as their Midterm Examination).
On test day (FRIDAY, Jan. 27th), I will be collecting the charts (which
should be complete with
items on our 8 places, as well as other vocabulary words and definitions on
the back) at the end of
the test.
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You won't be seeing as much homework. Not that I don't think it's valuable.
But, over the past few weeks I saw less and less homework being handed in. I
feel strongly that homework should only be assigned if it has meaning. I
don't like to assign "busy work".
So, my plan (for the time being) is that we'll do 99% of the work IN class.
Maybe I'll see the quantity of work increase, as well as the quality of the
work increase.
For example, during the World War I unit, we'll be creating an A to Z type of
foldable concerning the First World War. I want to do much of the work
corresponding to this foldable during the 40 minutes of class.
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World War I Classwork: A-Z Dictionary (Although we're doing much of this IN
class, please do as much as you can OUTSIDE of class, too). Use the following
sources to find most of the terms/places/people/events:
1. Your class notes
2. Your textbooks
3. This website: www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web11/index.html (you can
also get to this site from my LINKS section on the Home Page).
TERMS FOR A-Z DICTIONARY:
A- AEF, Alliances, American Involvement
B- Baron von Richtofen, "Buy Bonds!"
C- Czar Nicholas II, Central Powers, Chemical Warfare, Convoy System
D- draft dodger, Daylight Savings Time, doughboys, dog fight
E- Eddie Rickenbacker, Triple Entente, Eighteenth Amendment
F- Franz Ferdinand, flame thrower, Fourteen Points
G- Great Migration, Gavrilo Princip, goldbrick
H- Henry Cabot Lodge, hand grenade, "He kept us out of war!"
I- isolationists, influenza epidemic, imperialism, immediate cause
J- John J. Pershing, Jeannette Rankin
K- khaki, Kaiser Wilhelm II
L- Lusitania, League of Nations, Liberty Loans
M- militarism, MAIN causes, "Meatless Mondays"
N- No man's land, nationalism
O- "Over There!", Ottoman Empire
P- "Powderkeg of the Balkans", propaganda
Q- Q-Ships
R- Russian Revolutions, reparations, rationing, Red Scare
S- stalemate, Schenk vs. United States, shell shock, Selective Service Act
T- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, tank, trench warfare
U- U-Boats
V- "Victory Gardens", Versailles Treaty
W- Woodrow Wilson, "Wheatless Tuesdays", Women's Suffrage
X- x-ray
Y- Sgt. Alvin York
Z- Zimmerman Telegram (or Zimmerman Note)
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Thursday, March 1- Friday, March 23: 1920's and 30's
1. Some of the information in this unit will come from group work.
2. Students are in groups of 3-4 and have been assigned ten (10) topics.
3. Students will be given class time to research these topics, using
textbooks and the internet. Some additional reading may be assigned
throughout the unit.
4. Students grades during the unit will be based upon some of the following:
a. cooperation within the group (behavior)
b. division of labor within the group (everyone should pitch in to help
get all ten topics researched and ready for presentation).
c. finding all pertinent information on the ten topics.
d. presenting the findings to the class on time, without plagiarism, and
correctly.
5. Some of the information in this unit will come from class notes from me,
as well as from DVD, video, internet sources, and additional readings.
Refer to your group's list for your topics (dark pink sheets handed out to
you on Friday, March 2).
Although there's no TEST for this chapter, there will be group quizzes and a
DBQ.
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March 23- Homework: Finish the three worksheets we began in class (purple).
That's due on Monday, March 26th.
March 23- Homework: Finish the DBQ on the New Deal for Monday's class.
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Week of April 23rd-
1. We'll finish World War II this week.
2. On Thursday, you'll receive a list of 5 topics on World War II. These are
major topics we've covered
in class.
3. Friday, your class will pick two from a hat. You'll write a two-paragraph
response to each question.
You'll also receive a DBQ for Homework on Friday. It will be due on Monday,
April 30th at the
beginning of class. We'll be writing the essay to that IN class.
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Week of April 30th-
1. Start Cold War Unit
2. Receive "Pink Packet" (Cold War Reading Topics and Follow-Up Questions)
3. Information for this unit will come from the "Pink Packet", DVD's, notes,
and other printed materials.
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From May 22- end of year...
...In an attempt to prepare our 8th graders for some of the topics they'll be
studying in grades 9 & 10, I've put together a geography review session. This
review will consist of map quizzes given every 4-5 days.
...The first quiz will be given on Wednesday, May 30th. The topic will be a
blank map of North America.
...You can print out your own blank map for practice by going to
eduplace.com. Within that site is a page dedicated to blank political maps.
