U.S. History - Grade 8 (Period 5) Assignments
- Instructor
- Miss Martine Laplante
- Term
- 2014-2015 School Year
- Department
- Social Studies
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Past Assignments
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Students are working in groups on creating a presentation arguing which woman should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Final products are due Thursday, June 4th.
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If you have not already returned your textbook, bring it Thursday.
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Complete the Civil War map with the following:
Label and color:
Union States (blue)
Confederate States (gray)
Border States (your choice of color)
Territories (your choice of color)
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There is no specific homework assignment tonight. Students are expected to be finished with questions for documents A - G by the end of the class period tomorrow (Friday, 5/8/15). If you are not close enough to finish those sections by the end of class tomorrow, then you need to work tonight to get yourself closer to reaching the expected document.
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Causes of the Civil War DBQ packet:
Finish documents A and B- due Tuesday, 5/5/15.
Questions for each document are attached.
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Finish your Cornell notes for page 20 of your interactive notebook. The following are the sections that must be completed:
Fugitive Slave Act, p. 462
Kansas-Nebraska Act, p. 463
Bleeding Kansas, p. 464
Republican Party Forms, p. 466
Case of Dred Scott, p. 467
Lincoln and Douglas Debate, p. 468
John Brown Attacks Harper's Ferry, p. 469
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Don't forget! We are re-taking the Mexican-American War quiz tomorrow!!!! Study, and that's an order!
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Quiz on the Mexican-American War on Friday, 4/17/15. Use your DBQ packet and your KWL notes from the film to study for the quiz.
Last day for the Battle of San Gabriel extra-credit pictures is Monday, 4/20/15.
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DON'T FORGET!!! QUIZ TOMORROW on the MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR. Study your DBQ packet "Background Essay," your KWL notes from the video, and the article "War Fever and Antiwar Protest."
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Finish the thinking notes annotations and question portions for documents A - D of the DBQ packet, "Was the United States Justified in Going to War with Mexico?"
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Students should be finished with Cornell notes for page 18 of the interactive notebook, chapter 13, section 2, Texas Independence.
By Tuesday, students should be finished with the map of the Republic of Texas, page 405. This goes on page 17 of the interactive notebook.
* Draw Texas (the outline of the state, the way it looks today, and label as the Republic of Texas
* Label both borders, the one claimed by Texas and the one claimed by Mexico
* Label rivers
* Color and label the disputed area
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Finish the ABC chart about the Donner Party. Use the internet when necessary.
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Finish the Lewis and Clark DBQ packet, including 3 examples of respectful treatment of Native Americans and 3 examples of disrespectful treatment of Native Americans. Each example should list: the document letter, a quote, and an explanation for each quote.
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Most students have finished, but if you haven't, share your Presidential Foreign Policy essays with me through Google Docs. You must share your essay with me by Friday.
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Students must finish the Lewis and Clark DBQ, documents A - E including thinking note annotations and questions.
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I apologize for making so many changes this week. The past couple of weeks have come together to create the "perfect storm" of deadline issues. I was in a workshop for 3 days, and on a school visitation for one more. 8th graders have been to a play, to visit ERHS, and to Hawaii. Now that all Lancers are back safe and sound, we are now getting back onto the same page. That being said...
Hawaii trip students have nothing due this week. All other students have RSG workbook pages 101-106 due tomorrow.
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Due to the band trip, and due to the fact that I was in a workshop this past week, the due date for the presidential policy essay has been changed. Now, rough drafts are due Friday. If your essay is ready to go, you are awesome, and you have nothing to worry about. If not, you are still awesome, but you do need to write a rough draft by Friday.
Homework for students NOT on the trip: Reading Study Guide Workbook pages 101-106, due Thursday, 2/26.
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Band students attending the Hawaii trip, your essays are due the day you return to class. For all other students, essays are due on February 25th.
DBQ Essay: Early Presidents and their Foreign Policies
Students are currently working on the DBQ packet in class. All evidence needed for the essay is located within the packet.
The final part of the assignment is to write a 5 paragraph essay responding to the prompt:
The first few Presidents of the United States influenced the future of American foreign policy to become an isolated country that focused on its own issues. Although their goal and aim was to keep the U.S. isolated and neutral, foreign events made this often times impossible. Using the information from the documents (at least 3) and from you knowledge of history, identify 3 actions these presidents took and explain how these actions helped keep America isolated from European nations. In which ways did their actions have unintended consequences?
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Answer the DBQ: Is President Obama's executive order on immigration Constitutional?
On a lined sheet of paper:
*Write your thesis statement (the answer to the DBQ)
*Quote at least 5 pieces of the best evidence you can find from the documents
*Explain each quote in your own words
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President Obama's Executive Order on Immigration: Was this action Constitutional?
By tomorrow, Wednesday, students should have all 4 articles read, highlighted and explained. We will discuss each article in class Wednesday and debate (Philosophical Chairs) on Thursday.
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Was President Obama's executive order on immigration Constitutional or not?
Of the 4 articles you received today, complete 2. For each article:
1) Decide whether the article represents the "PRO" or the "CON" of the argument,
and write either "PRO" or "CON" at the top.
2) Highlight evidence the author of each article uses to prove his/her point.
3) Explain each highlighted evidence in you own words.
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Interactive Notebooks are due Tuesday, January 20th. Students have their table of contents to follow, and should be working to finish all required pages before next Tuesday.
8th graders have 14 pages to complete, and 7th graders have 16 pages to complete.
Students: be sure to take advantage of open stamping days to have your work reviewed and stamped before turning-in your notebooks.
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8th Grade – US History - Extra Credit Opportunities for Christmas Break
A - As always, you can read a US history based AR book and take the quiz. If you pass the quiz with a 70% or better, you will receive 10 times the points earned in extra credit.
B - State of Pennsylvania Proclamation: primary source document– respond to the following on a separate sheet of paper (25 points):
1) Summarize the document (4-5 sentences)
2) Opinion: Do you think one state should become involved in trying to arrest citizens of other states? Why or why not?
3) What is Benjamin Franklin’s “title?” Why is this interesting?
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On Monday, 12/8/14, students were given the following list of assignments which must be completed by Friday, December 19th. There will be NO LATE days available for any assignments on the list. Students are to work on these assignments in class and at home as homework.
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Friendly Reminder!
Your workbook and Interactive Notebook assignments are due Friday. If you plan to be absent on Friday, it is your responsibility to hand-in assignments BEFORE your absence. What you don't complete in class is homework. Make good choices and make good use of your time, people!
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Thinking Notes - Articles of Confederation
Make annotated thinking notes on the History Channel article about the Articles of Confederation.
There will be NO late day for this assignment as we will be discussing the article in class on Thursday.
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Finish the timeline (page 192 of textbook) for interactive notebook page 9. I will be stamping completed work on Friday.
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Tomorrow, Thursday, November 13th, we will be using personal technology in class. If you have a phone or tablet that your parents allow you to bring to school, tomorrow would be the day to bring it.
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Finish the "John Adams" ABC graphic organizer, and remember to focus on the causes of the American Revolution and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
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If you did not complete your outline of the Valley Forge essay for today's homework check, you may show it to me for 1/2 homework credit tomorrow.
Remember to bring your READING STUDY GUIDE WORKBOOK to class tomorrow for corrections.
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If you have not finished your 13 Original Colonies map, be sure to do so. Remember to glue it on page 2 of your Interactive Notebook.
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Reading Study Guide workbook, pages 53 - 58: including the graphic organizers.
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Read "The Boston Massacre Trials" article from the John Adams Historical Society, and use Thinking Notes to mark your paper.
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Remember, your foldable of "Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die?" is due Friday.
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In class, students are working on "foldables" for their interactive notebooks. The document based question students are addressing is: "Jamestown - why did so many colonists die?" Students are ranking their reasons and providing evidence supporting these reasons by quoting and explaining primary and secondary source documents.
Students will work on this in class, Monday and Tuesday. If they do not finish, it will become homework, due Wednesday.
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No homework tonight.
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HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW. No late assignments will be accepted on this one.
Jamestown Mini-DBQ - Document A
***Do only the first document. We will work with the other documents in class.
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NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT! :)
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Reading Study Guide Workbook
Pages 45 - 51
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DON'T FORGET!!!
READING STUDY GUIDE HOMEWORK IS DUE TOMORROW! THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS ASSIGNED THIS PAST TUESDAY.
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Finish-
"The Most Dangerous Place in the World," page 13 and Analyze the Photograph
See the attached files for a copy if you lost the original.
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No homework tonight!
Hope to see all of you at Back-to-School!
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Expectations Reflection
In a paragraph, answer the following questions:
"What are Miss Laplante's class expectations regarding academics and citizenship? What are my personal academic and citizenship goals? What is my plan to achieve these goals?
Due Wednesday!
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Remember!!! Your homework is due tomorrow! By now, you should have your interactive notebook and supplies. You should have already turned-in your parent/guardian signed syllabus, and your work for the MEME DBQ paragraph that we did in class.
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REMEMBER! You need to bring a spiral notebook (with at least 70 pages) to class on Monday. This is will be used as an interactive notebook. Also, don't forget to bring your materials every day:
notebook
scissors
glue sticks
pens
pencils
highlighters
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PARENTS AND GUARDIANS:
Please review my class syllabus with your child. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 562-801-5137 or email me at: [email protected]. Please return the signed and dated syllabus with your child by Friday, August 22, 2014.
Thank you!