8th Grade American History Assignments

Read Ch.17 S.3 p.528-531 - "The South During Reconstruction"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Tomorrow

Bring back American Journey textbook tomorrow as well

Complete Ch.17 S.2 "Radicals in Control" 3-page Packet

5 Questions and 1 Graphic Organizer

The Packet is attached

Due Tomorrow

Read Ch.17 S.2 p.522-527 - "Radicals in Control"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Tomorrow

Complete Ch.17 S.1 - "Reconstruction Plans"  - 3-page Packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The Packet is attached

Due Monday

Read Ch.17 S.1 p.518-521 - "Reconstruction Plans"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Friday

 

Read Ch.16 S.5 - "The Final Stages of War" p.506-512

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Tomorrow

Ch.16 Review is Monday and the Ch.16 Test is Tuesday (7 May)

I will hand out the Ch.16 Study Guide Tomorrow.

Complete Ch.16 S.4 "The Strain of War" 3-page Packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

p.498-505

The Packet is attached

Due Tomorrow

Read Ch.16 S.4 - "The Strain of War" p.498-505

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Due Monday

Complete Ch.16 S.3 "Life During the War" - 3-page Packet

7 questions and 1 graphic organizer

p.490-497

Due 23 April

Complete Ch.16 S.2 "Early Stages of the War"  3-page Packet

6 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The Packet is attached

Due tomorrow

Read Ch.16 S.2 p.480-487 - "The Early Stages of the War" 

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check.

Due Tomorrow

Complete Ch.16.1 - "The Two Sides" - 3-page Packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

p.474-479

The Packet is attached

Due Monday

Read Ch.16 S. 1 - "The Two Sides" p.474-479

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Tomorrow

Complete Ch.15 S.4 "Secession and War" 3-page Packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The worksheet is attached

Due Monday

Read Ch.15 S.4 - "Secession and War" p.462-466

Take notes and be ready for Open-Note Reading Check

Due Tomorrow

Complete Ch.15.3 - "Challenges to Slavery" - 3-page Packet

p.456-461

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The worksheet is attached

Due Tomorrow

Read Ch.15 S.3 - "Challenges to Slavery" p. 456-461

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Due Monday

Complete C h.15.2 "A Dividing Nation" - 3-page Packet

p.452-455

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The Packet is attached

Due Wednesday

Read Ch.15 Section 2 p.452-455 - "A Nation Dividing"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Due Monday

Complete Ch.15 Section 1 "Slavery in the West"  3-page Packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The Packet is attached

Due Tomorrow

Read Ch.15 Section 1 p.448-451 - Slavery in the West

Complete the Ch.15.1 Reading Check as you read!

Due tomorrow

Most students are finishing this assignment in class

Complete Ch.14 S.2 - "The Abolitionists" 3-page Packet

6 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The Packet is attached

Due Wednesday

Read Ch.14 Section 2 p.424-431 - "The Abolitionists"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Due Monday

Complete the Ch.13.4 Packet- 3-pages - "The South's People"

There are 4 questions, 1 graphic organizer and 1 diagram.

The Packet is attached.

It is due tomorrow

Read Ch.13.4 p.406-412 - "The South's People"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Due Tuesday

Complete Ch.13.3 - "Southern Cotton Kingdom" 3-page Packet

(4 questions and 1 graphic organizer)

p.400-403

The packet is attached

Due Tomorrow

Read Ch.13.3 p.400-403 - "Southern Cotton Kingdom"

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Tomorrow

Complete "The North's People" 3-page Packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

p.394-399

The Packet is attached

Due Thursday

Read Ch.13 Section 2 - "The North's People" - p.394-399

Take notes and be ready for the Open-Note Reading Check

Due tomorrow

Complete "The North's Economy" 3-page Packet

P.388-393

6 questions and 1 graphic organizer

Due tomorrow

The Packet is attached

 

Read Ch.13 Section 1 p.388-393 - The North's Economy

Take notes and be ready for the Reading Check - Tomorrow

Complete Ch.12.4 3-page Packet - "CA and UT"

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

Due tomorrow

The pages are attached

Read Ch.12.4 p.378-382 - CA and UT

Take notes and be ready for the Reading Check

Due Tuesday

Complete "War With Mexico" Packet

3-pages, 5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

p.373-377

The packet is attached

Due tomorrow

Read Ch.12.3 p.373-377 - War With Mexico

Take notes and be ready for the Reading Check

Due Wednesday

Complete "Independece for Texas" 3-page packet

5 questions and 1 graphic organizer

p.367-371

The packet is attached

Due Monday

Read "Independence for Texas" p.367-371

Take notes (not graded) and be ready for the Reading Check (graded)

Students may use their notes on the Reading Check

Due Thursday

Read p.359-363 - The Oregon Country

It is highly recommended that students take notes.  I am not grading the notes but they are able to use the notes on the Reading Check, which is graded.

Due Tuesday.

 

"Conflicts Over Land" Packet  - 3 pages

6 questions and 1 graphic organizer (Do not complete the writing assignment)

p. 343-347

The worksheets are attached

Due tomorrow

The students have been given most of the class period today to work on this assignment. :)

 

Read "Conflicts Over Land" p.343-347

It has been suggested that the students take notes over the 5 pages.  However, I am not taking a grade on the notes.  The grade will be taken from the Reading Check that the students will be given at the beginning of the period.  They may use the notes, if they have any, on the Check.  (Incentive for note-taking) :)

The Reading Check is tomorrow.

Read "Missouri Compromise" article

Underline vocabulary that you are not sure of when it comes to the definition.

Underline the important facts that are shared with you throughout the article.

Due Tomorrow.

 

"Westward Bound" Packet - 3 pages

6 questions and 1 timeline (graphic organizer)

p.313-317

The packet is attached

Due Tomorrow

Read p.313-317 - Westward Bound - The American Journey textbook

Take at least 3 notes per page = 15 notes total

There will be a Reading Check tomorrow

Students may use their notes

Due tomorrow

Read the McCulloch v Maryland article (5 paragraphs)

Underline the vocabulary words that you are unsure of and underline the pertinent (important) facts that are shared with you about the case and the decision.

Answer the 4 questions located at the end of the article

With question #2, students can just list a few of the things mentioned in Art I ,Section 8, that would possibly need a bank.  

The article is attached

Due Tomorrow

Economic Growth packet (Industrial Revolution)  - 3 pages

6 questions and 1 graphic organizer

The packet is attached

Due on Tuesday.

P.305-309

 

Read p.305-309 - Economic Growth (Industrial Revolution)

Take notes -  At least 3 notes per page = 15 notes

(Students were shown an example of Cornell Notes.  However, they may choose their own note-taking system)

Due Thursday

Reading check over text on Thursday as well. (may use notes)

For background information, read Ch.9 Section 4 p.294-298 - "The War of 1812"

There are actually 4 pages to read.  Take at least 3 notes from each page.  You may, however, take as many notes as you want.  Remember note-taking is not copying the section.  On Monday there will be a 5 question reading check.  We will then look at your notes and discuss Cornell note-taking.  I will show an example, using Ch.9 S.4, on the Smart Board. 

 

Read thru The Louisiana Purchase packet - 3 pages

The packet is attached

Complete 5 questions (Do not complete the persuasive writing segment)

Complete the graphic organizer (chart) on the top on p.1

Due Tomorrow

The assignment for this evening is to read p. 281-285 located in The American Journey textbook.  Over the next few days, we will be talking about the Louisiana Purchase.  The pages will give the students background information for classroom assignments and for discussions.

US Constitution Worksheet - 27 Amendments

p.236-245

The worksheet is attached

Due Friday

There is a typo in one of the answers. It should read XVIII and not, XXVIII :)

US Constitution Worksheet - Art II - Art VI

13 Questions

The worksheet is attached

Textbook p.230-235 (US Constitution)

Students were given 10 minutes in class to work on the assignment

Due tomorrow

US Constitution Worksheet - Art. I

14 questions

US Constitution p.225-230

The worksheet is attached

Due tomorrow

There are a few students that are completing the assignment in class.  Most should only have a few questions left to answer.

The US Constitution Handbook worksheet is due tomorrow.  Students were given time in class last week and today to read the Constitution Handbook, p.214-223, and complete the worksheet (24 questions) Several students are finishing the assignment before the end of class.  Attached is a copy of the worksheet.  

The students were assigned the Checks and Balances worksheet in class yesterday.  They were given an additional 15 minutes in class today to complete the assignment.  They have been told that what is not completed will be for homework.  It is due tomorrow.  I am attaching the worksheet in case it gets lost on the way home. :)  Also, a reminder to students that p.216-217 in the textbook is a great resource.

The students have a choice of making a Quizlet or flash cards (with index cards) with the attached 20 US Constitution and Government Vocabulary words list.  They had class time yesterday and will most likely receive more time tomorrow or on Monday.  If they chose to set up a Quizlet, they know to share it with me.  There is an excellent resource on Google Drive in the 8th Grade American History folder that I shared with them.  It is entitled, "Vocabulary - Civics".  It is a mini dictionary that I constructed and that Mr. Phillips contributed to last year.  This is due on Tuesday.  The graded quiz is scheduled for the week of 10 September.

Students were given the Constitution IQ worksheet yesterday.  They were given class time yesterday and today to complete the assignment.  If they do not finish, they have been informed that it is homework.  We will discuss and correct the worksheet in class on Monday.  I have attached the worksheet just in case it gets lost on the way home.  Most of the students have completed the worksheet.  There are just a few that need a little more time.