Mrs. Schmidt - 8th Grade American History

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Ms. Schmidt:  8th grade HISTORY

Monday  SEPT. 29TH – OCT. 3RD

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Workday on Lewis/clark projects

Present projects

Notes on war of 1812 and manifest destiny

Notes on Industrial revolution

Mexican War worksheet

Study guide terms for test

Expansion west notes/study guide for test

test

MONDAy OCT 20-24 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

#1 . P113 vocab words plus: John Brown, Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Bleeding Kansas, Secede, Harriet Beecher Stowe.

#2 Create a webpage using all 19 vocab terms – categorize the words and explain your ‘links’.

 

#1 Slave Auction Chart. Person, Fact #1, Fact #2, Y/N they could’ve stopped the slave auction?

#2 Answer the 12 questions for the “world of slavery’ worksheet.

#3 write your response paragraph for the worksheet.

Same as Tuesday

Same as Tuesday

Underground Railroad Questions and Reading Handout.

MONDAy OCT 27 – OCT 30TH

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Quiz on pre-civil war events

 

Civil war notes

Civil war 2 column notes

Map of the Civil War

Ken Burns video, The Civil War

No school

MONDAy NOV 3-7TH

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

How to Identify Primary/secondary sources

 

No school

Civil war primary/secondary investigation project

Civil war primary/secondary investigation project

Present investigation projects  Civil War map is due next Wed.

 

MONDAy NOV 10-14TH

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Write plan for essay

 

Write rough draft

Peer edit 4 other student’s essays

Rewrite final draft

 

Civil War Map Due Friday

Final draft of essay due beginning of class.

Turn in with essay:

Plan

Rough draft

Edited pages

Final copy

Citation page

MONDAy NOV 17-21ST

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Chapter 4 section 1 Answer the Reading Checks

Literature Reading pgs 25-28 Plessy V. Ferguson #1-5.

Ch 4.3 Answer the Reading Checks.

Literature Reading, “Jim Crow Cars” #1-5.  Complete the activity on pg 26 OR activity on pg 28.

Ch 5 scavenger hunt . Do in class.

*If absent, get the scavenger hunt questions from Ms. Schmidt

Finish scavenger hunt.  Reads Ch 5 section 1. Complete chart that lists:  Nat.American Tribe, Chief, Conflict With U.S., Result.

 

MON NOV 24-28

TUES

WED

THUR

FRI

Ch 6 section 4 populist movement vocabulary/maps

Populist movement symbolism. Watch the Wizard of OZ. Create a map of Oz and identify the populist symbols.

NO SCHOOL

THANKSGIVING

NO SCHOOL

 

MON DEC 1ST – 5TH

TUES

WED

THUR

FRI

Ch 6.1 Age

of Inventions

Pg 189 Do #1,2, 3.

Ch 6.2 Big Business

Create a line continuum to rate the following topics:

Free Enterprise, Social Darwinism, Business Leaders and Philanthropy, Sherman Antitrust Act.

Rate each topic on a scale of -5 to +5 if you agree or disagree.  State your reasons for this rating. RAP your answers.

CH 6.3 Labor Unrest.

Create a storyboard that illustrates one of the following incidents: Pullman Strike, Homestead Strike, Haymarket Riot, or Ludlow Strike/Massacre.

 

 

Monday Dec. 8-12th

 

 

 

 

         

 Monday Dec. 15-18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated    12/02/2008