8TH GRADE:  PRE-CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT

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*CH. 24 TEST WED. 4/13*

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

Students may complete one of these assignments per chapter
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Thursday, April 7:  The United States in World War 1

In Class:
  • Notes:  The U.S. enters WW1
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Wednesday, April 6:  Neutrality v. War

In Class:
  • Completed the assignment "Analyzing Songs"

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  • Listened to some music from World War 1 (See pictures and propaganda too)
Homework:  Complete the assignment "From Neutrality to War" using the textbook and/or notes
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Tuesday, April 5:  The War Effort

In Class:
  • Completed the assignment : Should the U.S. Declare War on Germany?
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  • Notes:  The War Effort
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Monday, April 4:  America Enters the War

In Class:
  • Notes:  America Enters the War
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Friday, April 1:  Catch Up/Get Ahead Day

In Class:
Opportunity to...
  • Make up tests/quizzes
  • Work on Extra Credit
  • Organize binder

Thursday, March 31:  America's Neutrality

In Class:
  • Went over the homework
  • Notes:  American Neutrality
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Wednesday, March 30:  War Breaks Out

In Class:
  • Pop quiz on the causes of World War 1
  • Notes:  War Breaks Out
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Homework:
Complete War in Europe (Per. 1 & 8--skip #5, Per. 6--skip #4 and #5)
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Tuesday, March 29:  Causes of World War I

In Class:
  • Notes: Causes of World War I
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Homework: (started in class)
  • Europe 1914 map
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Monday, March 28:   Motivational Monday!

In Class:
  • Watched a video clip about NCAA wrestling champion Anthony Robles, and discussed how we can exceed people's expectations by rising above the obstacles in our life instead of letting them hold us back.
  • Read about the conflict in Europe, leading up to World War I

Friday, March 25:  Chapter 23 Test

Thursday, March 24:  Test Review

In Class: 
  • Played "Eggspert" to review for tomorrow's Chapter 23 Test

Homework:
Study for the test--review questions from class can be printed
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Wednesday, March 23:  America and Mexico

In Class:
  • Went over homework (diagram)
  • Notes:  American involvement in Mexico
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Homework:
Using Chapter 23, Section 3 complete the sheet "The United States in Latin America"
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Tuesday, March 22:  American Involvement in Latin America

In Class:
  • Notes:  U.S. Policies regarding involvement in Latin America
  • Started homework (Compare and Contrast diagram)

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Monday, March 21:  American Involvement in Latin America

In Class:
  • Organized binders
  • Notes:  U.S. in Latin America
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Friday, March 18:  Spanish-American War Quiz

In Class:
  • Discussed Thursday's college visit to Castleton State
  • Completed the Spanish American War quiz using their packets

Tuesday 3/15-Thursday 3/17:  The Spanish-American War

Work on "The Spanish-American War" packet
Due Friday

*The packet is too large to post as one document, so I split it
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Monday, March 14:  The Spanish-American War

In Class:
  • Read Ch. 23, Section 2
  • Started homework

Homework:
  • Complete "War with Spain" sheet
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Friday, March 11:  Document Analysis

In Class:
  • Read and analyze the three documents on pg. 667
  • Answer the questions on the "Identifying Historical Trends" sheet
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Thursday, March 10:  Pacific Empire

In Class
  • Notes on America expanding its territories
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Wednesday, March 9:  Pacific Empire

In Class:
  • Discussed the China article
  • Read Ch. 23, Section 1:  A Pacific Empire

Homework:
Complete the sheet "A Pacific Empire" using Ch. 23, Sect. 1
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Tuesday, March 8:  Snow Day

Monday, March 7:  Snow Day

Friday, March 4:  China and the U.S.

In Class:
  • Read the article "The China Challenge"
  • Started answering article discussion questions

Homework:
Finish "The China Challenge"
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Thursday, March 3:  Chapter 22 Test

Test all period

Wednesday, March 2:  Notes Review

In Class:
  • Reviewed notes that were outlined on Monday
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Tuesday, March 1:  Review

In Class:
  • Using the blank flashcard pages, make flashcards that review the key terms and facts from Chapter 22
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Monday, February 28:  Other Americans Seek Justice

In Class:
  • Read and outline Chapter 22, Section 5

*February 21-25--No School*

Friday, February 18:  Reforms for Women

In Class:
  • Organized Binders
  • Notes:  Reforms for Women
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Thursday, February 17:  President Wilson

In Class:
  • Political Cartoon Analysis

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  • Notes:  Woodrow Wilson
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Homework:
  • Use Ch. 22, Sect. 3 to complete the sheet "Progressives in the White House"
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Wednesday, February 16:  Roosevelt and Taft

In Class:
  • Worked on Theodore Roosevelt project:  Glue papers with at least 8 facts about Roosevelt onto a sheet of construction paper.  Use the textbook, class notes and the article "A Young President Faces a Changing Nation."  (See yesterday's post for a copy of the article).
  • Notes:  President Taft and the Election of 1912
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Homework:  
Finish Roosevelt paper if needed

EXTRA CREDIT!!!!
Complete the crossword puzzle that goes with the article "A Progressive Era?" Due tomorrow, 2/17
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Tuesday, February 15:  Theodore Roosevelt

In Class:
  • Notes:  Theodore Roosevelt
  • Read article about Roosevelt's presidency "A Young President Faces a Changing Nation"

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Monday, February 14:  Progressive Political Reforms

In Class:
  • Notes:  Progressive Political Reforms
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Homework:
Complete the sheet "The Progressives"
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Friday, February 11:  The Progressives

In Class:
  • Homework checked
  • Notes:  The Progressives
  • Read excerpts from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (about the meatpacking industry)
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Thursday, February 10:  Gilded Age Reforms

In Class:
  • Notes:  Gilded Age Reforms
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Homework:
Use Ch. 22, Sect. 1 to complete the sheet "Gilded Age Reforms"
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Wednesday, February 9:  Chapter 21 Test

*6th Period:  If you did not take your test because your review was incomplete, you must finish the assignment and turn it in for approval before scheduling a time during 9th period to take the test

Tuesday, February 8:  Test Review

Played Review Baseball

Monday, February 7:  Education and Culture

In Class:
  • Notes:  Improvements in education lead to a growth in American literature and art
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Homework:
  • Use Ch. 21, Sect. 5 to complete the sheet "An Age of Cities"
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Friday, February 4:  

In Class:
  • Notes: Changes in cities
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  • Listened to music from the time period:  
                Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag
                John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever
Homework:
  • Complete an advertisement for this time period
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Thursday, February 3:  Reforms in the Cities

In Class:
  • Notes:  Reforms by religious organizations, settlement house movement
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Homework:
  • Complete the sheet "An Age of Cities"
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Wednesday, February 2:  SNOW DAY

Tuesday, February 1:  American Cities

In Class:
  • Notes on conditions in the cities
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  • Watched a video segment from America: The Story of Us

Monday, January 31:  Americans' Response to Immigrants

In Class:
  • Notes:  Americans' Response
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Homework:
  • Outline Ch. 21, Section 2

Friday, January 28:  Immigrants

In Class:
  • Notes on Immigrants

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Homework:
"Journal of an Immigrant" assignment
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Thursday, January 27:  The Wealthy and the Immigrants

In Class:
  • Binders collected and graded
  • Worked on a packet about the lives of the very wealthy and the lives of immigrants
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Wednesday, January 26:  Chapter 20 Test

  • Test all period
  • If absent, this test MUST be made up by Friday, or an incomplete will be given

Tuesday, January 25:  Test Review

In Class:
  • Finished notes on the labor movement
labor_movement_cycles.pdf
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  • Played the "Flyswatter Game" to help review names and vocabulary

Homework:
  • STUDY!!!  
  • A flashcard packet has been provided, which also says what and how to study for the test
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Monday, January 24:  Labor Unions

In Class:
  • Organized binders
  • Watched a segment from the America: The Story of Us series--the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  • Notes:  AFL and the labor movement
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Friday, January 21:  Labor Unions

In Class:
  • Read an article, "The Rise of American Labor Unions"
  • Copied Key Terms and definitions (p.590)
  • Notes: Labor Unions
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Thursday, January 20:  Inventions, Organized Labor

In Class:
  • Pop quiz using Ch.20, Sect. 3 outline
  • Reviewed some information about inventions
  • Notes:  Organized labor
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Tuesday, January 18/Wednesday, January 19

**DUE TO THE EARLY DISMISSAL ON TUESDAY, THIS INFORMATION APPLIES TO 1ST PERIOD FOR TUESDAY AND 6th AND 8th PERIOD FOR WEDNESDAY

In Class:
  • Pop Quiz using review guide that was homework on Friday
  • Outline Sect. 3 of Ch. 20

Homework:
  • Finish outline if necessary
  • Complete the sheet "Great Inventions"

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Monday, January 17:  NO SCHOOL

Friday, January 14:  Trusts

In Class:
  • Writing assignment:  Write a "letter to the editor" that states your personal opinion about trusts and monopolies, giving specific examples to support the opinion.
  • Make a tab chart to review the main points of each of the four industries studied:  Railroads, Steel, Banking, Oil

Thursday, January 13:  Oil Industry and Trusts

In Class:
  • Notes on the oil industry
  • Started to complete chart (in notes) containing arguments for and against trusts

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Homework:
  • Finish the "Trusts" chart (in notes)
  • Complete question #6 from Tuesday's assignment "The Rise of Big Business"

Wednesday, January 12:  SNOW DAY

Tuesday, January 11:  Big Business

In Class:
  • Notes: Steel Industry, Corporations, Banking Industry
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Homework:
  • do #1 through #5 only
  • Use Ch. 20, Section 2
  • Due tomorrow
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Monday, January 10:  Big Business

1st Period:
  • Homework checked and gone over
  • Copied key terms listed on p.578
  • Notes
6th and 8th Periods:
  • 2nd half of last night's homework handed out--completed in class
  • Rest of class time--see 1st Period (did not get as far in the notes)

Friday, January 7:  The Railroad and Industry

In Class:
Notes on the effects of the railroad boom

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Homework:
Complete the sheet "Cause and Effect: Railroads"
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Thursday, January 6:  Chapter 19 Test

Wednesday, January 5:  Populist Party, Test Review

In Class:
  • Finished notes on the Populist Party
populist_party.pdf
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  • Played Review Jeopardy
ch._19_jeopardy.ppt
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Tuesday, January 4:  Farmers in the West

In Class:
  • Pop quiz--using outline notes from yesterday
  • Class notes (add to outline notes as necessary)
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Monday, January 3:  Farmers in the West

In Class:
Complete an outline of Section 5 of Chapter 19
Due tomorrow
Homework:
Read the "Exodusters" article and answer the questions that go with it
Due tomorrow
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Wednesday, December 22:  Talent Show/Holiday Party

Tuesday, December 21:

Worked on Buffalo Robe History

Monday, December 20:  Native Americans in Retreat

In Class:
Notes on Native American conflicts

Homework:
Use Ch. 19, Sect. 4 to complete the sheet "Indian Peoples in Retreat
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Friday, December 17:  Native Americans in Retreat

In Class:
  • Notes on Custer's last stand
  • Worked on a "Buffalo Robe" History

Thursday, December 16:  The Cattle Kingdom

In Class:
  • Watched a segment of America:  The Story of Us--Cowboys
  • started on homework

Homework:
  • The Cattle Kingdom--due tomorrow
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Wednesday, December 15:  Mining and the Railroads

In Class:  Notes on Mining and Railroads in the West
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Tuesday, December 14:  The Plains Indians

In Class:  Complete the sheet "Indian Peoples of the Great Plains" and finish for homework
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Monday, December 13:  Chapter Preview

Watched the "Heartland" segment of the PBS series "America:  The Story of Us"

Friday, December 10:  Chapter 18 Test

Thursday, December 9:  Test Review

In Class:  Review Baseball

Wednesday, December 8:  End of Reconstruction

In Class:
Notes on the end of the Reconstruction time period.
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Tuesday, December 7: Reconstruction

In Class:
  • Review quiz question
  • Notes:  Struggles for freedmen

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Homework: (started in class)
Use the article "Reconstruction and the Five Civilized Tribes" to complete the question sheet.
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Monday, December 6:  Reconstruction Begins

In Class:
Notes on the South under Reconstruction

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Friday, December 3:  The Radical Reconstruction Plan

In Class:  Read and discussed the section on Radical Reconstruction
Homework:  Finish Radical Reconstruction sheet
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Thursday, December 2:  Pop Quiz

SHORT PERIODS
In Class:  Pop quiz using the outlines done for homework last night

Wednesday, December 1:  Postwar Problems, Reconstruction Ideas

In Class:  In the notes section, start outlining Section 1 of Chapter 18
Homework:  Finish outline

Monday, November 8:  Battle of Antietam

In Class:  Notes and article about the battle
               *6th period only--questions with article
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Homework:  "Wanted: Good Maps"
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*EXTRA CREDIT!!!  Due Monday 11/8*

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Friday, November 5:  Sea Battles, Battle of Antietam

In Class:
  • Went over homework
  • Notes on the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack and the Battle of Antietam

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Thursday, November 4:  Hardships of War

In Class:  
  • Complete the assignment "The Hardships of War" using Chapter 17, Section 4.
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  • Begin working on the extra credit assignment (see above)

Wednesday, November 3:  1861

In Class:
Finished going over Manassas Documents
Notes:  1861, early 1862

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Tuesday, November 2:  Binder Organization, Manassas

In Class:
  • Organized binders
  • Went over Manassas Documents assignment from last week

Monday, November 1:  How the telegraph, photography, and the embalming process affected the Civil War

In Class:
  • Displays and works cited note cards handed in
  • Video segment from "America the Story of Us" documentary:  The telegraph, photography, medical care, and the embalming process all had significant effects on the way this war was fought
  • Read the article "Civil War dolls get X-rayed for signs of smuggling"

Monday 10/25-Friday 10/29:  Civil War Project

*Final Product due Monday 11/1:  Display with complete documentation. 
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These are the grade sheets that will be used to grade the projects.  Use  as a checklist and guide!
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Friday, October 22:  Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

In Class:
  • Homework checked
  • Notes on the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

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Homework:  (started in class)  Read and answer the questions about the 3 primary sources from Manassas.  Answers must be in complete sentences.  Due Monday.
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Thursday, October 21:  Leaders and Strategies

In Class: Notes/Discussion about leadership in the North and South, and the military strategies for both sides
leaders_and_strategies.pdf
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Homework:  Use Ch. 17 Sect.1 and the beginning of Sect. 2 to complete the sheet "
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Wednesday, October 20:  Strengths and Weaknesses

In Class:  Take notes on the strengths and weaknesses of both the Union and the Confederacy
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Video segment from "America, the Story of Us"--How the Minie Ball changed warfare during the Civil War

Tuesday, October 19:  Civil War--Taking Sides

In Class:  
  • Test grades given out
  • Notes:  Taking Sides
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Homework: (Started in Class)  Civil War Map
Due tomorrow.
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Monday, October 18:  NO SCHOOL (Parent Conferences)

Friday, October 15:  Chapter 16 Test

Thursday, October 14:  The Nation Divides

In Class:  Notes on the division of the Union and the Confederacy
nation_divides_notes.pdf
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Wednesday, October 13:  John Brown

In Class:
  • Notes/Discussion on John Brown's raid
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  • Assignment:  pg. 477--Look at the two documents and on a separate sheet of paper, copy the "Practicing the Skill" questions and write down the answers (not complete sentences).  Finish for homework if not done by end of class.
Homework:  Use Chapter 16, Section 4 to complete "The Republican Party Emerges."  Due tomorrow.
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Tuesday, October 12:  Republican Party Emerges

In Class:  Notes on Republican party beginnings, Election of 1856, Lincoln-Douglas debates
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Friday, October 8:  8th Grade Field Trip

Thursday, October 7:  "Bleeding Kansas" and Dred Scott

In Class:  Discussed notes that were taken yesterday

Wednesday, October 6:  The Crisis Deepens

In Class:  Outline Chapter 16, Section 3:  The Crisis Deepens
Homework:  Complete the sheet "The Crisis Deepens"
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Tuesday, October 5:  Antislavery

Read the article "The Robinsons of Vermont" about their home, Rokeby, being used as an Underground Railroad station
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I read a passage to the students from "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Monday, October 4:  The Compromise of 1850

In Class:  
  • Review Quiz 
  • Notes on the Compromise of 1850 (only need to write them if you didn't do your notes for homework)
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Friday, October 1:  The Missouri Compromise

In Class:  Notes on the significance of the Missouri Compromise
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Homework:  Outline Chapter 16, Section 2.  Look at the style of today's notes for help on how to format and summarize

Thursday, September 30:  Chapter 15 Quiz

Wednesday, September 29:  American Art and Literature

In Class:  Notes on changes in American art and literature
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Homework: (Started in class)
Make flashcards--one for each reform movement studied in this chapter.  Include the issue and how it was changed, and also the names of leaders we discussed in class
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Tuesday, September 28:  Women's Rights

In Class:
  • Listened to some students read their news articles
  • Went over Chapter 14 Test
  • Notes:  Women's Rights
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Homework:  "A Call for Women's Rights" sheet.  You will need your textbook pages (packet).  Answers do not need to be in complete sentences
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Monday, September 27:  Slavery News Article

In Class:  Write a newspaper style article about the pro-slavery movement or the anti-slavery movement.  See Ms. Wright if you need to be assigned a position.
  • Use information from the textbook, notes, video clips from class or other sources to include factual information about that side of the slavery issue
  • Include anecdotes, quotes or eyewitness information (this will be fictional--you may create names, stories, quotes, etc.)
  • Be convincing and thorough in your coverage of your side of the issue
Homework:  Finish the article

Friday, September 24:  Abolition Movement

In Class: 
  • Video clip:  Harriet Tubman (America:  The Story of Us)
  • Notes:  Abolition Movement, Pro-Slavery arguments
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