Website Link for 8th Graders - Slavery's Legacy

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/

Above is the link to PBS website on Slavery and the Making of America.



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Tuesday, October 1st

Social Studies 8 - Today students were to be the historian by researching in their textbooks and through 8 historical documents to find further evidence for the eight attributes of slavery.  

HW - None 

APUSH - Students wrote a FRE in class from a previous AP Exam.  Tonight's HW:

Read Chapter 9 “The Confederation and the Constitution” pages 174-181.

                  Hippocampus Activities: “The American Revolution”

                        1. International Relations

                        2. Land Ordinances in the Old Northwest

                        3. Shay’s Rebellion

Monday, September 30th

Social Studies 8 - Today we watched the History Channel's The Story of Us and its coverage on slavery.  Students took notes on evidence for their 8 attributes of slavery.

Homework - 
1. Transfer examples from History Channel to the EIGHT ATTRIBUTES of SLAVERY inventory.

2. Use textbook, chapter 16 and find evidence for assignment.

APUSH - Today we took our Unit II Test - Revolutionary Era.

Homework -    Read Chapter 9 “The Confederation and the Constitution” pages 164-173.

                                            

       Hippocampus Activities: “The American Revolution”

                   1. Forming a Confederation

                   2. Social Revolution

Friday, September 27th

Social Studies 8 - Today we started our Legacy of Slavery in America work by setting up the 8th graders as the HISTORIANS.  They will need to find evidence to support the 8 Attributes of Slavery.  They will have 6 sources to consider including Gary Paulsen's Nightjohn which they will be reading in English with Mrs. Carlisto.  Today we modeled the entire process by viewing PBS' "All Night Forever" in his documentary The Civil War.  The clip we viewed is linked below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWSf2L7QYoI

No homework for the weekend.  Students can choose to get ahead by finding evidence for from their text for the Legacy of Slavery lesson.


APUSH - Today students finished presenting on the events that built Colnial Unity and moved America toward Republicanism.  Monday will be Unit II Test.  Study!

Thursday, September 26th

Social Studies 8 - Today we continued our discussion of the 1850's and the Election of 1860.  We took a small quiz at the beginning of class.  We ended by watching some clips from Ken Burns' documentary The Civil War.

HW - None - but if have not read some of Chapter 16 you should do so.

APUSH - Today we finished our discussion on the factors that contributed to American victory in the Revolution.  Students started class by taking Key Terms Quiz for Unit II.  We watched an 8 minute clip on the end of the Revolution by PBS' Liberty (linked below).

Four APES students presented today and the rest will present tomorrow.  Unit II Test is Tuesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_2K7DBrkaM

Wednesday, September 25th

Social Studies 8 - Today we continued our discussion on the 1850's and how it was a decade where the country was tearing apart.  Students completed a quick (2-3 minute) reading quiz on section 3 of Chapter 16.

Tonight's HW - Read Section 4 of Chapter 16 "The Republican Party Emerges," page 473.

APUSH - Today we started class with a little School House Rocks on the "Shot Heard Round the World."  Students worked with partners to investigate how it was possible the 13 Colonies defeated the mighty British in the American Revolution.  After 20 minutes of investigation we reconvened as a class and discussed.  

Tomorrow the first 4 presenters will present and we will have our Unit II Key Terms Quiz.

Tuesday, September 24th

Social Studies 8 - Today we finished the presentations.  Afterwards we started our discussion on the Civil War Era unit.  Our discussion focused on the Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise of 1850.

Homework:  Read section III of Chapter 16 "The Crisis Deepens,"  page 468.

(Possible quiz on the reading)

APUSH - Today we discussed 1776 as a turning point in American History.  We focused our discussion on Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence.

We were listening to a reading (not complete) of the Declaration when the bell rang.  I have linked that reading below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKRPq2cPDQ

We have altered the syllabus slightly:

Wed - The American Revolution
Thurs -Key Terms Quiz - 4 presentations
Friday - Presentations
Monday - Unit II Test