8th Grade History Assignments

Tuesday 4 June 2013: Field Day Celebration Monday 3 June 2013: Graduation Practice Friday 31 May 2013: 8th Grade Plays Talent Show Thursday 30 May 2013 1. Lesson: Life of Bl. Pope John Paul II 2. Assignment: None Wednesday 29 May 2013: 1. Lesson: Life of Bl. Pope John Paul II 2. Assignment: None Tuesday 28 May 2013 1. Lesson: WWII Essays 2. Assignment: None Monday 27 May 2013: Memorial Day - No School Friday 24 May 2013: 1. Lesson: WWII Test 2. Assignment: None Thursday 23 May 2013: 1. Lesson: Study Guide Preparation 2. Assignment: Prepare Study Guide for Friday Wednesday 22 May 2013: 1. Lesson: Field Day! 2. Assignment: Prepare Study Guide for Friday Tuesday 21 May 2013: 1. Lesson: Ending WWII 2. Assignment: Prepare Study Guide for Friday Monday 20 May 2013: 1. Lesson: WWII in Europe 2. Assignment: Prepare Study Guide for Friday Friday 17 May 2013 1. Lesson: The European Theatre of WWII 2. Assignment: None Thursday 16 May 2013 1. Lesson: The Pacific Theatre of WWII 2. Assignment: America Goes to War Read & Response Wednesday 15 May 2013 1. Lesson: Prelude to WWII 2. Assignment: None Tuesday 14 May 2013 1. Lesson: Origins of WWII 2. Assignment: None Monday 13 May 2013 1. Lesson: Origins of WWII 2. Assignment: None Friday 10 May 2013 1. Lesson: Origins of WWII 2. Assignment: Finish Totalitarian Regimes Table Thursday 9 May 2013 1. Lesson: Great Depression Poem/Ballads 2. Assignment: Finish Great Depression Poem/Ballad Wednesday 8 May 2013: 1. Lesson: Great Depression Poem/Ballads 2. Assignment: None - Working on Great Depression poem/ballad in class Tuesday 7 May 2013: 1. Lesson: Great Depression Poem/Ballads 2. Assignment: None - Working on Great Depression poem/ballad in class Monday 6 May 2013: 1. The Dust Bowl 2. Assignment: None Friday 3 May 2013: 1. Lesson: FDR Interviews - Responses to the Great Depression 2. Assignment: Finish TVA Flow chart Thursday 2 May 2013: 1. Lesson: FDR and the Tennessee Valley Authority 2. Assignment: Working on Interviews in Class Wednesday 1 May 2013: 1. Lesson: FDR Interviews 2. Assignment: None - Working on Interviews in Class Tuesday 30 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Causes of the Great Depression 2. Assignment: Great Depression Picture Analysis - Reflection, Due Wednesday 1 May Monday 29 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Problems of 1920s economy: buying on margin 2. Assignment: Read & Response for, "The End of Prosperity," due Tuesday 30 April Friday 26 April 2013 **Grandparents Day** Thursday 25 April 2013: 1. Lesson: 1920s Essay 2. Assignment: None Wednesday 24 April 2013: 1. Lesson: 1920s Essay 2. Assignment: None Tuesday 23 April 2013: 1. Lesson: 1920s Essay Outline 2. Assignment: Complete Essay Outline to be used this week, during class, to complete your essay/assessment for the 1920s Monday 22 April 2013: Parent Teacher Conferences No School Friday 19 April 2013 1. Lesson: The Jazz Age 2. Assignment: Read & Response due Tuesday 23 April Thursday 18 April 2013: 1. Lesson: The 1920s Red Scare 2. Assignment: None Wednesday 17 April 2013: 1. Lesson: The 1920s Red Scare 2. Assignment: None Tuesday 16 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Presidents of the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge 2. Assignment: None Monday 15 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Presidents of the 1920s, Warren G. Harding 2. Assignment: "Life During the 1920s" Read & Response due Tuesday 16 April Friday 12 April 2013: 1. Lesson: WWI Unit Test 2. Assignment: Reading & Table for the section, "Boom Times," due Monday 15 April Thursday 11 April 2013: 1. Lesson: WWI Unit Test 2. Assignment: None Wednesday 10 April 2013: 1. Lesson: WWI years Unit Review for period 7, period 3 at Performance Series Testing 2. Assignment: Study Tuesday 9 April 2013: 1. Lesson: WWI Review 2. Assignment: Study for WWI Unit Test Monday 8 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Wilson's Fourteen Points Fail at Home, Treaty of Versailles 2. Assignment: Study for WWI Unit Test Friday 5 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Wilson & the XIV Points 2. Assignment: Study 3. Upcoming: Chapters 9 & 10 Unit Test scheduled for Thursday 11 April Thursday 4 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Wilson & the Treaty of Verailles 2. Assignment: Review Notes 3. Upcoming: WWI Unit Test: Thursday 11 April Wednesday 3 April 2013: 1. Lesson: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points 2. Assignment: Analyzing Wilson's points in light of the MAIN causes of WWI Tuesday 2 April 2013: 1. Lesson: US enters WWI, impact on America, impact on the front 2. Assignment: None Monday 1 April 2013 Easter Monday No School Friday 29 March 2013: Good Friday No School Thursday 28 March: Holy Thursday No School Monday 1 April 2013 Easter Monday No School Friday 29 March 2013: Good Friday No School Thursday 28 March: Holy Thursday No School Notes for Wednesday 27 March 2013: 1. Lesson: Americans in WWI 2. Assignment: Read & Response for "Americans in WWI" due Tuesday 2 April 2013 Notes for Wednesday 27 March 2013: 1. Lesson: Changes to Europe after the fall of Rome 2. Assignment: Practie Geography - Geography Test scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2013 Notes for Tuesday 26 March: 1. Lesson: Reviewing the MAIN causes of WWI 2. Assignment: Poetry describing the MAIN causes of WWI Notes for Monday 25 March: 1. Lesson: The Homefront during WWI 2. Assignment: Reading and Notes for "America Prepares for War" Notes for Friday 22 March: 1. Lesson: The Zimmermann Note (Period 3) 2. Assignment: Woodrow Wilson and WWI reflection writing due Monday 25 March (Period 3) Notes for Thursday 21 March: 1. Lesson: The Zimmermann Note (Period 7) 2. Assignment: Woodrow Wilson and WWI reflection writing due Friday 22 March (Period 7) Notes for Wednesday 20 March: 1. Lesson: Early Battles of WWI 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 19 March: **Feast of St. Joseph** 1. Lesson: Early Battles of WWI 2. Assignment: None - working on "Interviews from the Front" in class Notes for Monday 18 March 1. Lesson: Events in Austria-Hungary that led to WWI 2. Assignment: Complete Flow Chart documenting the events that led to WWI Week of Monday March 11 Happy Spring Break! Notes for Friday 8 March: 1. Lesson: The MAIN Causes of WWI 2. Assignment: None Notes for Thursday 7 March: 1. Lesson: The Four Main Causes of WWI 2. Assignment: Song/Poem explaining the Four Main Causes of WWI Notes for Wednesday 6 March: 1. Lesson: Unit Test for, "The United States Becomes a World Power" 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 5 March: Snow Day - No School! Notes for Monday 4 March: 1. Lesson: Unit Review 2. Assignment: Study for Unit Test Tuesday 5 March Notes for Friday 1 March: 1. Lesson: Unit Review 2. Assignment: Prepare for America Becomes an Empire Unit Test, Tuesday 5 March Notes for Thursday 28 February: 1. Lesson: End of the Spanish-American War 2. Assignment: Prepare for America Becomes an Empire Unit Test, Tuesday 5 March Notes for Wednesday 27 February: 1. Lesson: Panama Canal 2. Assignment: Read & Response for, "The US & Latin America," due Thursday 28 February Notes for Tuesday 26 February: 1. Lesson: Panama Canal 2. Assignment: Read & Response for, "The US & Latin America," due Thursday 28 February Notes for Monday 25 February: 1. Lesson: The Yellow Press 2. Assignment: Read & Response for, "The US & Latin America," due Thursday 28 February Notes for Friday 22 February: 1. Lesson: Imperial v. Anti-Imperial Arguments 2. Assignment: None Notes for Thursday 21 February: 1. Lesson: The Road to the Spanish-American War 2. Assignment: None Notes for Wednesday 20 February: 1. Lesson: The Road to the Spanish-American War 2. Assignment: Read & Resonse for, "The Spanish-American War," due Thursday 21 February Notes for Tuesday 19 February: 1. Lesson: Theodore Roosevelt Documentary - TR as interventionist president 2. Assignment: Read & Resonse for, "The Spanish-American War," due Thursday 21 February Notes for Monday 8 February: President's Day Observed No Classes Notes for the week of Monday 11 February: 1. Lesson: Field Trip! 2. Assignments: None Notes for Friday 8 February: 1. Lesson: Theodore Roosevelt Documentary - TR as interventionist president 2. Assignment: None Notes for Thursday 7 February: 1. Alfred Thayer Mahan's argument for sea power 2. Assignment: Reflection Paragraph (10 sentences) identify the benefits/drawbacks of the increasingly interventionist U.S. foreign policy using specific examples from the notes. Due: Friday 8 February Notes for Wednesday 6 February: 1. Lesson: The United States Gains Overseas Territories 2. Assignment: Finish U.S. Territories Table Notes for Tuesday 5 February 1. Lesson: Continue Progressive Era Project - Instructions attached at menu on Right 2. Project Due - The Conclusion of Class Tuesday 5 February Notes for Monday 4 February 1. Lesson: Continue Progressive Era Project - Instructions attached at menu on Right 2. Project Due - The Conclusion of Class Tuesday 5 February Notes for Friday 1 Februray **Student Appreciation Day** Notes for Thursday 31 January: **Faith Rally** Notes for Wednesday 30 January: 1. Lesson: Begin Progressive Era Project - Instructions attached at menu on Right 2. Assignment: Project due Tuesday 5 February at the end of class **Note time during CSW to work on the project. Also, class time Monday and Tuesday to work on project Notes for Tuesday 29 January: **Field Day** Notes for Monday 28 January: 1. Lesson/Assignment: Time to work on Progressive Era Project due Tuesday 5 February Notes for Friday 25 January: 1. Lesson: Temperance, Suffrage, and Civil Rights Reforms in the Progressive Era 2. Assignment: Read "The Progressive Presidents" and complete the notes table, pp. 670-4, due Monday 28 January Notes for Thursday 24 January: 1. Lesson: Work Place Reforms during the Progressive Era 2. Assignment: Finish New Story with key vocabulary Notes for Wednesday 23 January: 1. Lesson: Muckrakers and City Bosses collide over the graft 2. Assignment #1 on the Steffens and Plunkitt debate Notes for Tuesday 22 January: 1. Lesson: Muckrakers as critics of political machines and monopolies 2. Assignment: None Notes for Thursday 17 January: 1. Lesson: Ballot Reforms of the Progressive Era --Direct Primaries, Recall, Initiative, Referendum, 17th Amendment 2. Assignment: None Notes for Wednesday 16 January: 1. Lesson: Gilded Age Political Bosses v. Progressive Reformers 2. Assignment: Read & Response for the "Gilded Age," due Thursday 17 January Notes for Tuesday 15 January: 1. Lesson: Defining the Gilded Age 2. Assignment: Finish the Progressive Reforms Web Notes for Monday 14 January: 1. Lesson: Early Urban Reforms Unit Assessment --Essay, Narrative, or Series of Short Stories 2. Assignment: None Notes for Friday 11 January: 1. Lesson: Early Urban Reforms --Riis, Addams, Kelley 2. Assignment: Prepare for Unit Assessment - Instructions attached on right side menu Notes for Thursday 10 January: 1. Lesson: Urbanization --Construction of New York Skyscrapers - 1906-1930 2. Assignment: Finish Read & Response for "City Life" due Friday 11 January 3. Upcoming: Unit Assessment: In Class Writing, Open Notes on Monday 14 January Notes for Wednesday 9 January: 1. Lesson: Industrial growth transforms the layout and uses of the city --Postcard Activity 2. Assignment: Read & Response for "City Life" due Friday 11 January Notes for Tuesday 8 January: 1. Lesson: Industrial growth transforms the layout and uses of the city --Postcard Activity 2. Assignment: None Notes for Monday 7 January: 1. Lesson: Growth of U.S. Cities --Industry, Agriculture, Immigration, Migration --The U.S shifts from an agricultural to an industrial nation 2. Assignment: Read & Response for "Growth of Cities," due Tuesday 8 January Notes for Friday 4 January: 1. Lesson: Ellis Island and Immigrant Life in New York 2. Assignment: Immigrant Reflectio - write the story of an immigrant - due Monday 7 January Notes for Thursday 3 January: 1. Lesson: Benefits and Challenges of Immigration 2. Assignment: Read and Response for "A New Wave of Immigration" due Friday 4 January Notes for Wednesday 2 January: 1. Lesson: Push and Pull Factors of Immigration 2. Assignment: Read and Response for "A New Wave of Immigration" due Friday 4 January Notes for Friday 21 December: 1. Lesson: Make up Geography Bee and/or Civil War Bingo Review 2. Assignment: None Notes for Thursday 20 December: 1. Lesson: Geography Bee 2. Assignment: None Notes for Wednesday 19 December: 1. Lesson: Geography Bee 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 18 December: 1. Lesson: Second Industrial Age Unit Test 2. Assignment: None Notes for Monday 17 December: 1. Lesson: Unit Review 2. Assignment: Study for the Unit Test on the Second Industrial Revolution scheduled for Tuesday 18 December Notes for Friday 14 December: 1. Lesson: Homestead Strike 2. 2. Assignment: Study for the Unit Test on the Second Industrial Revolution scheduled for Tuesday 18 December Notes for Thursday 13 December: 1. Lesson: The Origins of Labor Unions 2. Assignment: Study for the Unit Test on the Second Industrial Revolution scheduled for Tuesday 18 December Notes for Wednesday 12 December: 1. Lesson: Captains of Industry and Robber Barons 2. Assignment: Read & Reflection: Captains of Industry v. Robber Barons 3. Upcoming: 3. Upcoming: Unit Test on the Second Industrial Revolution scheduled for Tuesday 18 December 4. Upcoming: Geography Bee scheduled for Wednesday 19 December Notes for Tuesday 11 December: 1. Lesson: Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons . Assignment: None 3. Upcoming: Unit Test on the Sedond Industrial Revolution scheduled for Tuesday 18 December 4. Upcoming: Geography Bee scheduled for Wednesday 19 December Notes for Monday 10 December 1. Lesson: Inventors 2. Assignment: None Notes for Friday 7 December: 1. Lesson: Inventors 2. Assignment: Read & Response, The Second Industrial Revolution due Monday 10 December 2012 Notes for Thursday 6 December: 1. Lesson: The Making of Steel and the Second Industrial Revolution 2. Assignment: Read & Response - The Second Industrial Revolution due Monday 10 December 2012 Notes for Wednesday 5 December: No School - Broken Water Main Notes for Tuesday 4 December: 1. Lesson: American West Essay 2. Assignment: None Notes for Monday 3 December: 1. Lesson: Outline for The American West Unit Essay 2. Assignment: Finish Outline for Essay - attached on right Notes for Friday 30 November: 1. Lesson: Rise of Populism in the West 2. Assignment: None Notes for Thursday 29 November: 1. Lesson: Exodusters & Immigrants move West --opportunities: Homestead & Morrill Acts 2. Assignment: Read, "Farmers' Political Groups," pp. 602-604 & summarize the conflict between farmers and business - Due Friday 30 November Notes for Wednesday 28 November: 1. Lesson: Origins of the Conflict between the Plains Indians & American Settlers 2. Assignment: Complete the Plains Indians/American Settlers Timeline Notes for Tuesday 27 November: 1. Lesson: The Gold Rush - Documentary 2. Assignment: None Notes for Monday 26 November: 1. Lesson: Economic Opportunities and Effects of Mining and Ranching 2. Assignment: Table - Economic Opportunities and Effects of building the Railroad in the West HAPPY THANKSGIVING Notes for Wednesday 21 November: 1. Lesson: Cattle Kingdom Comic Books 2. Assignment: Finish Comic Books Notes for Tuesday 20 November: 1. Lesson: Cattle Kingdom Comic Books 2. Assignment: None Notes for Monday 19 November: 1. Lesson: The Cattle Kingdom 2. Assignment: Completing in class: Comic Book - the Cattle Drive Notes for Friday 16 Novemver: 1. Lesson: Americans Move West 2. Assignment: Moving West Map Notes for Thursday 15 November 1. Lesson: Reconstruction Unit Test 2. Assignment: None Notes for Wednesday 14 November 1. Lesson: Reconstruction Unit Review 2. Assignment: prepare for Reconstruction Unit Test, Thursday 15 November Notes for Tuesday 13 November 1. Lesson: The origins of segregation and Jim Crow in the South 2. Assignment: prepare for Reconstruction Unit Test, Thursday 15 November Notes for Monday 12 November 1. Lesson: The end of Reconstruction in the South 2. Assignment: prepare for Reconstruction Unit Test, Thursday 15 November Notes for Friday 9 November ** No School ** Notes for Thursday 8 November: 1. Lesson: Conduct Impeachment Simulation 2. Assignment: Johnson Opinion Reflection: Was Congress right to impeach the president? Notes for Wednesday 7 November: 1. Lesson: Impeachment of President Johnson Simulation 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 6 November 1. Lesson: Simulation, Impeachment Process 2. Assignment: Read & Response, "Reconstruction in the South," due Wednesday 7 November Notes for Monday 5 November 1. Lesson: Radical Republicans v. President Andrew Johnson, Continued 2. Assignment: Read & Response, "Reconstruction in the South," due Wednesday 7 November Notes for Friday 2 November 1. Lesson: Radical Republicans v. President Andrew Johnson --XIII & XIV Amendments, Freedmen's Bureau 2. Assignment: None Tonight Notes for the Feast of All Saints 1 November 2012 1. Lesson: Reconstruction Skits 2. Assingment: Finish read & response Notes for Wednesday 31 October: **Happy Halloween** 1. Lesson: Continued, Comparing & Contrasting Plans for Reconstruction 2. Assignment: Read & Response, "The Fight over Reconstruction," due Friday 2 November Notes for Tuesday 30 October: 1. Lesson: Comparing & Constrasting the Plans for Reconstruction 2. Assignment: Finish Read & Response for "Rebuilding the South" Notes for Monday 29 October: 1. Lesson: Congressional Plan for Reconstruction, President Johnson's plan for Reconstuction 2. Assignment: Read & Response for "Rebuilding the South," due Wednesday 31 October Notes for Friday 26 October: 1. Lesson: Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction 2. Assignment: None due to afternoon class out for Rake-A-Difference Notes for Thursday 25 October: 1. Lesson: Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship 2. Assignment: None Notes for Wednesday 24 October: 1. Lesson: Civil War Unit Test 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 23 October: 1. Lesson: Civil War Unit Review 2. Assignment: Prepare for Wednesday's Civil War Unit Test Notes for Monday 22 October: 1. Lesson: Sherman's March to the Sea --Total War 2. Assignment: Study for Unit Test - Wednesday 24 October Notes for Thursday 18 & Friday 19 October --No School-- Notes for Wednesday 17 October: 1. Lesson: Finish Civil War News Articles & Maps 2. Assignment - Finish Antything remaining on the newspaper project & begin studying for the Civil War Unit Test Notes for Tuesday 16 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Turning the Tide of the War --Gettysburg 2. Assignment: In class - working on final newspaper article 3. Upcoming: Civil War Unit Test slated for Wednesday 24 October Notes for Monday 15 October 2012: 1. Lesson: The homefront during the U.S. Civil War --African Americans, Women, the draft, and the economy 2. Assignment: Notes grid for "The Tide of the War Turns," due Tuesday 16 October Notes for Friday 12 October 2012: 1. Lesson: None - Parent-Teacher Conferences 2. Assignment: Fifteen-Twenty minutes review of notes on the Civil War material covered thus far Notes for Thursday 11 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Civil War Review: Causes, Strenghts & Weaknesses of the Union and Confderacy, early outcomes of the war in the East & West 2.Assignment: Fifteen-Twenty minutes review of notes on the Civil War material covered thus far Notes for Wednesday 10 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Review of the Civil War Timeline 2. Assignment: None - time to attend the All in God's Plan event Notes for Tuesday 9 October 2012: 1. Lesson: General Grant's strategy at Vicksburg 2. Assignment: Finish Civil War Newspaper Article & Map #2 Notes for Monday 8 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Grant's Strategy in the West --Forts Henry & Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, the taking of the Mississippi 2. Assignments: Western strategy article and map for Civil War Newspaper, due Wednesday 10 October 2012 Notes for Friday 5 October 2012: 1. Lesson: None, Leadership Retreat 2. Assignment: Finish Antietam Reflection Question from Thursday if not complete. Notes for Thursday 4 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Antietam & the Emancipation Proclamation DVD 2. Assignment: Finish Antietam reflection question. 3. Enjoy the Leadership Retreat! Notes for Wednesday 3 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Battles Review, Antietem/Emancipation Proclamation DVD 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 2 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Antietam, Ironclads --America's worst day at war, the industrial turn of naval warfare 2. Assignment: Read and note in the graphic organizer provided in class section 16.3 "The War in the West" pp. 522-525 Notes for Monday 1 October 2012: 1. Lesson: Early defeats of the Union --Seven Days' Battles, Second Battle of Bull Run 2. Assignment: Civil War Newspaper--Article 1, Map 1 due Tuesday 2 October Notes for Friday 28 September 2012: 1. Lesson - None - Teacher Workshop 2. Assignment: Play Outside! Notes for Thursday 27 September 2012: 1. Lesson: Civil War Newspapers --Begin Construction of a Civil War newspaper from the perspective of North or South --Student choice of perspective 2. Assignment: First news article and first map for the paper due Tuesday 2 October Notes for Wednesday 26 September 2012: 1. Lesson: First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) & The Seven Days' Battles --The Union fails to achieve a quick victory by capturing Richmond 2. Assignment: None Notes for Tuesday 25 September 2012 1. Lesson: Lincoln & Ft. Sumpter -Why the South fired the first shots of the U.S. Civil War 2. Homework: Read and note in the graphic organizer provided in class section 16.2 "The War in the East" pp. 516-521 -Notes will be used for an in-class newspaper project Notes for Monday 24 September 2012: 1. Lesson: Comparing and contrasting resources of the North and South -Understanding how and why the North and South developed strategies to win the Civil War 2. Homework: Final Draft of Read and Response for 16.1, "The War Begins" -pp. 510-515, paragraph response due Tuesday 25 September --Attached under assignments Notes for Friday 21 September 2012: 1. Lesson: Predicting Strategies of the North & South 2. Comparing/Contrasting natural, industrial, and agricultural resources 3. Homework: Rough draft of 16.1 Read and Response due Monday, Final draft due Tuesday Notes for Thursday 20 September 2012: 1.Lesson: Chapter 15 Test: "A Divided Nation" 2. Homework: None