Glog Photo Links - Social Studies 8

http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/search.html

Above is University of Virginia website.

http://www.history.com/topics/slavery/photos

Above is History Channel site

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html

Above is the Library of Congress website

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

Above is PBS website

Friday, October 4th

Social Studies 8 - Today we started creating our Slavery Glogs.  Students are working individually or with a partner.  We will finish our glogs on Monday and Tuesday.

Homework:  Finish Causes of Civil War Fill-Ins & Two Short Responses (Due Monday)



APUSH - Today we watched a lecture on the formation of the Articles of Confederation from Yale Professor Joann Freeman.  We did not get to watch the lecture in its entirety so I have linked it below.  Make sure to watch the last 10 minutes of the lecture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVTlyM0-Cc8&list=PLDA2BC5E785D495AB&index=20&safe=active


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Glogster Link

Below is the link to the GLOGSTER site:

http://www.glogster.com/


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Thursday, October 3rd

Social Studies 8 - Today we explored the PBS webpage "Slavery and the Making of America."  (This website is linked on my blog)  We showed how to navigate the site in search of different pieces of evidence for the Legacy of Slavery assignment.  After today students should have completed FIVE of the SIX sources for this assignment.  Students will continue with this assignment as they read Nightjohn (the one source not completed) in English.

The Legacy of Slavery assignment will be due at a later date (TBD- based on English class reading)

Homework - Students were given an assignment on the Causes of the Civil War - Due Monday.  Students may use textbooks and notes to help with this assignment.

APUSH -  Today we discussed America's fist government the Articles of Confederation.  

Homework:

Read Ch. 9 “The Confederation and the Constitution” pages 181-187.

                     Hippocampus Activities: “The Constitution & the New Republic”

                                   1. Organizing the Convention

                                   2. States’ Rights

                                   3. Compromise Reigns

Read in Chapter 10 “Launching the New Ship,” pages 190-195.

                     Hippocampus Activities: “The Constitution & the New Republic”

                                    1. Ratification of the Constitution

                                    2. Washington is Elected President

                                    3. Bill of Rights

Yale Lecture - Professor Joann Freeman - APUSH

APUSH - Yale Lecture on the "Confederation"

http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-116/lecture-20


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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