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8th Grade United States History Syllabus 8th Grade U.S. History Week of May 27, 2013 Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day - No School Tuesday, May 28 - Second Semester Final Wednesday, May 29 - The Anti-Suffragists iBook Thursday, May 30 - Iron Jawed Angels Friday, May 31 - Iron Jawed Angels Week of May 20, 2013 Monday, May 20 - The Industrial Revolution iBook Tuesday, May 21 - The Industrial Revolution iBook Wednesday, May 22 - Susan B. Anthony Arrested for Voting iBook Thursday, May 23 - The Anti-Suffragists iBook Friday, May 24 - The Anti-Suffragists iBook Week of May 13, 2013 Monday, May 13 - Industrial America Notes iBook Tuesday, May 14 - Industrial America Notes iBook Wednesday, May 15 - Industrial America Scatter Thursday, May 16 - Industrialization in America Test Friday, May 17 - Last day to turn in late work! Week of May 6, 2013 Monday,May 6 - Reconstruction Keynote Review Tuesday, May 7 - Reconstruction Test Wednesday, May 8 - Freedmen iBook Thursday, May 9 - Irish Immigration iBook Friday, May 10 - Industrial America Presentation Week of April 29, 2013 Monday, April 29 - Discrimination and Civil Rights iBook Tuesday, April 30 - Discrimination and Civil Rights iBook Wednesday, May 1 - Was Reconstruction a Success or a Failure iBook Thursday, May 2 - Was Reconstruction a Success or a Failure iBook Friday, May 3 - Reconstruction Scatter and Reconstruction Practice Test Week of April 22, 2013 Monday, April 22 - Roots 3 Tuesday, April 23 - Roots 3 Wednesday, April 24 - Makeup day Thursday, April 25 - Roots 3 Friday, April 26 - Roots 3 Week of April 15, 2013 Monday, April 15 - Ancient History Review Scatter, Practice Test and crossword puzzle Tuesday, April 16 - World History Review Keynote Wednesday, April 17 - World History Review 1 Scatter, Practice Test Thursday, April 18 - U.S. History Review Keynote Friday, April 19 - U.S. History Review 1 Scatter, Practice Test Week of April 8, 2013 Monday, April 8 - Reconstruction DBQ iBook Tuesday, April 9 - Reconstruction Ends iBook Wednesday, April 10 - Reconstruction Ends iBook Thursday, April 11 - Periodic Assessment 3 Scatter and Practice Test Friday, April 12 - Periodic Assessment 3 Week of April 1, 2013 Monday, April 1 - School is closed for Cesar Chavez Day Tuesday, April 2 - Reconstruction Keynote with vocabulary Wednesday, April 3 - Reconstruction Begins iBook Thursday, April 4 - Reconstruction Begins iBook Friday, April 5 - Reconstruction: The Story of Us Video and Quiz Period 5 - Reconstruction DBQ iBook Week of March 25 Spring Break - Have a great week off. Grades have been updated. Feel free to make up any missing work during your week off. 8th graders, this would be a good week to start reviewing for the CST in May. My review tests should help get you prepared. The entire CST Review site is found here. Week of March 18, 2013 Monday, March 18 - Civil War Review Scatter 1 Tuesday, March 19 - Civil War Review Game Wednesday, March 20 - Civil War Test Thursday, March 21 - Roots 2 Friday, March 22 - Roots 2 Week of March 11, 2013 Monday, March 11 - Civil War Ends Vocabuluary Tuesday, March 12 - The Civil War Ends iBook Wednesday, March 13 - The Civil War Ends iBook Thursday, March 14 - Important People from the Civil War Friday, March 15 - Important People from the Civil War Week of March 4, 2013 Monday, March 4 - Civil War Battles iBook Tuesday, March 5 - Civil War Battles Scatter Wednesday, March 6 - Civil War DBQ iBook Thursday, March 7 - Civil War DBQ iBook Friday, March 8 - Civil War Video: The Story of Us Week of February 25, 2013 Monday, February 25 - No End in Sight iBook Tuesday, February 26 - Gettysburg Address Vocabulary Wednesday, February 27 - The Gettysburg Address iBook Thursday, February 28 - Civil War Songs iBook Friday, March 1 - The Battle of Gettysburg iBook Week of February 18, 2013 Monday, February 18 - President's Day. School is closed. Tuesday, February 19 - Glory Wednesday, February 20 - Life in the Army iBook Thursday, February 21 - Civil War Begins scatter, practice test and quiz Friday, February 22 - Minimum Day. Make up any missing assignments. Week of February 11, 2013 Monday, February 11 - Civil War Begins Vocabulary Tuesday, February 12 - The Civil War Begins iBook Wednesday, Feburary 13 - The Battle of Antietam and the 54th Regiment Keynote Thursday, Feburary 14 - The Emancipation Proclamation iBook The Emancipation Proclamation (Periods 5 and 7) Friday, Feburary 15 - Glory Week of February 4, 2013 Monday, February 4 - Roots 1 Tuesday, February 5 - The Underground Railroad iBook Wednesday, February 6 - Slavery Dominates Politics iBook Thursday, February 7 - Slavery Dominates Politics Presentation and video Friday, February 8 - Lincoln's Election and Southern Secession fill-in Week of January 28, 2013 Monday, January 28 - North, South, Abolition, Women's Rights 1 Scatter Tuesday, January 29 - North, South, Abolition, Women's Rights Test Wednesday, January 30 - Periodic Assessment 2 Review and Crossword Thursday, January 31 - Periodic Assessment 2 Friday, February 1 - Roots I Week of January 21, 2013 Monday, January 21 - Martin Luther King Day. School is closed. Tuesday, January 22 - South Notes fill-in Wednesday, January 23 - Plantations and the Spread of Slavery iBook Thursday, January 24 - The Abolition Movement iBook Friday, January 25 – The Abolition Movement iBook Week of January 14, 2013 Monday, January 14 - Hopes of Immigrants ibook Tuesday, January 15 - Hopes of Immigrants ibook Wednesday, Janurary 16 - The Women's Rights Movement iBook Thursday, January 17 - The Women's Rights Movement iBook Friday, January 18 - South Notes fill-in Week of January 7, 2013 Monday, January 7 - The North Presentation Tuesday, January 8 - The North iBook Wedesday, January 9 - Nationalism and Sectionalism pop up Thursday, January 10 - The Erie Canal iBook Friday, January 11 - The Erie Canal iBook Week of December 10, 2012 Monday, December 10 - Trails West iBook Tuesday December 11 - Westward Expansion Review Presentation Wednesday, December 12 - Westward Expansion Scatter 1 Thursday, December 13 - Westward Expansion Test Friday, December 14 - Last day of the first semester. Turn anything in you would like to get credit for. Week of December 3, 2012 Monday, December 3 - Texas Revolution ibook Tuesday, December 4 - Texas Revolution ibook Wednesday, December 5 - Trouble with Mexico Presentation Homeroom - Lucky British Students Get To Test Super Cool Interactive Desks! plus a quiz. Thursday, December 6 - War with Mexico ibook Friday, December 7 - War with Mexico ibook Homeroom - For dropouts, a way to drop back in Week of November 26, 2012 Monday, November 26 - Important American Writers presentation Tuesday, November 27 - Problems wth Foreign Powers fill in Wednesday, November 28 - Manifest Destiny, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark notes Thursday, November 29 - Andrew Jackson fill-in Friday, November 30 - Jackson's Policy Towards the Native Americans iBook Week of November 19 - No school for Thanksgiving holiday Week of November 12, 2012 Monday, November 12 - Veteran's Day. School is closed. Tuesday, November 13 - The Creation of Political Parties iBook Wednesday, November 14 - The Creation of Political Parties iBook Thursday, November 15 - The Creation of Political Parties iBook Friday, November 16 - The Creation of Political Parties iBook Week of November 5, 2012 Monday, November 5 - Challenges to the New Government fill-in Tuesday, November 6 - Challenges to the new government scatter, practice test, and Challenges to the new government quiz Wednesday, November 7 - Washinton Retires iBook Thursday, November 8 - Jefferson Takes Office iBook Friday, November 9 - Challenges to the New Government Quiz Week of October 29 Monday, October 29 - Bill of Rights in Life Tuesday, October 30 - Constitution Document-Based Questions iBook Wednesday, October 31 - Constitution Review Thursday, November 1 - Constitution 1 Scatter Friday, November 2 - Constitution Test Week of October 22 Monday, October 22 - Ratifying the Constitution iBook Tuesday, October 23 - Ratifying the Constitution Scatter Wednesday, October 24 - Three Branches of Government Thursday, October 25 - Bill of Rights Notes Friday, October 26 - Due Process in Schools Week of October 15, 2012 Monday, October 15 - Constitution Scatter, Constitution Practice Test How did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny iBook Tuesday, October 16 - How did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny iBook Wednesday, October 17 - How did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny iBook Thursday, October 18 - Ratification of the Constitution Vocabulary Friday, October 19 - Ratifying the Constitution Pop Up Week of October 8, 2012 Monday, October 8 - Creating the Constitution vocabulary Tuesday, October 9 - Creating the Constitution pop up. Wednesday, October 10 - Creating the Constitution iBook Thursday, October 11 - The Preamble Friday, October 12 - Constitution Pop Up Week of October 1, 2012 Monday, October 1 - Why do we have rules and laws? Period 6 and 7 - American Independence Test Tuesday, October 2 - Confederation Keynote Wednesday, October 3 - The Articles of Confederation iBook Period 5 - American Independence Test Thursday, October 4 - Wanted: Just Right Government pop up Friday, October 5 - Makeup day Week of September 24, 2012 Monday, September 24 - American Revolution Notes Tuesday, September 25 - War for Indepdnence History Detective Wednesday, September 26 - No school Thursday, September 27 - American Independence Scatter 1 Friday, September 28 - American Independence Test Week of September 17, 2012 Monday, September 17 - School is closed Tuesday, September 18 - Independence: A History of Us video Wednesday, September 19 - Declaration of Independence Vocabulary Thursday, September 20 - Declaration of Independence Pro or Con iBook Friday, September 21 - Declaration of Independence Pro or Con iBook Week of September 10, 2012 Monday, September 10 - English Colonies Presentation Tuesday, September 11 - 9/11 Remembrance Wednesday, September 12 - Trouble in the Colonies iBook Thursday, September 13 - American Revolution Presentation Friday, September 14 - American Revolution iBook Week of September 3, 2012 Monday, September 3 - Labor Day. No School. Tuesday, September 4 - Great Awakening Vocabulary Wednesday, September 5 - Great Awakening iBook Thursday, September 6 - Roots of American Government pop up (for using during presentation) Friday, September 7 - Trouble in the Colonies Week of August 27, 2012 Monday, August 27 - The History of Slavery Presentation Tuesday, August 28 - Beginnings of Slavery Vocabulary Wednesday, August 29 - Beginnings of Slavery iBook Thursday, August 30 - Beginnings of Slavery Quiz Friday, August 31 - No school for Admissions Day Week of August 20, 2012 Monday, August 20 - The Spanish in America Prezi, America is Settled DBQ Tuesday, August 21 - America is Settled DBQ iBook Wednesday, August 22 - Colonies in America Prezi Thursday, August 23 - Colonies in America iBook Friday, August 24 - American Colonies Quiz Week of August 13, 2012 Monday, August 13 - Pupil Free Day Tuesday, August 14 - First Day of Instruction - Class rules, teach okay, scoreboard Wednesday, August 15 - Review class rules, teach okay, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Thursday, August 16 - Introduce iPads, What is the world is wrong with this map? Friday, August 17 - Map Skills Period 3 - My Name is Osama
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7th Grade Ancient History Syllabus 7th Grade Medieval World History Week of May 27, 2013 Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day - No School Tuesday, May 28 - Pirates - Pirates iBook Wednesday, May 29 - Pirates - Pirates iBook Thursday, May 30 - Pirates iBook Friday, May 31 - Pirates - Pirates iBook Week of May 20, 2013 Monday, May 20 - Scientific Revolution Test Tuesday, May 21 - The First Crusades iBook Wednesday, May 22 - The First Crusades iBook Thursday, May 23 - The First Crusades iBook Friday, May 24 - The First Crusades iBook Week of May 13, 2013 Monday, May 13 - Scientific Revolution iBook Tuesday, May 14 - Scientific Revolution DBQ iBook Wednesday, May 15 - Scientific Revolution DBQ iBook Thursday, May 16 - Scientific Revolution DBQ iBook Friday, May 17 - Scientific Revolution Scatter Week of May 6, 2013 Monday,May 6 - Important People from the Age of Exploration Tuesday, May 7 - Age of Exploration Review Wednesday, May 8 - Age of Exploration Test Thursday, May 9 - Scientific Revolution Vocabulary Friday, May 10 - Scientific Revolution iBook Week of April 29, 2013 Monday, April 29 - The Age of Exploration iBook Tuesday, April 30 - No period 2 today. Wednesday, May 1 - The Age of Exploration iBook Thursday, May 2 - European Exploration DBQ iBook Friday, May 3 - European Exploration DBQ iBook Week of April 22, 2013 Monday, April 22 - Period 2 not meeting today Tuesday, April 23 - Age of Exploration Keynote Quiz Wednesday, April 24 - Makeup day Thursday, April 25 - Period 2 is not meeting today Friday, April 26 - Age of Exploration Video Week of April 15, 2013 Monday, April 15 - Reformation DBQ iBook Tuesday, April 16 - Reformation DBQ iBook Wednesday, April 17 - Protestant Reformation Review Thursday, April 18 - Assembly Friday, April 19 - Protestant Reformation Scatter Week of April 8, 2013 Monday, April 8 - Martin Luther iBook Tuesday, April 9 - The Reformation iBook Wednesday, April 10 - The Reformation iBook Thursday, April 11 - Periodic Assessment 3 Scatter Friday, April 12 - Periodic Assessment 3 Week of April 1, 2013 Monday, April 1 - School is closed for Cesar Chavez Day Tuesday, April 2 - Catholic Church Troubles vocabulary Keynote Wednesday, April 3 - Trouble for the Catholic Church iBook Thursday, April 4 - Trouble for the Catholic Church iBook Friday, April 5 - Catholic Church Troubles Scatter Week of March 25 Spring Break - Have a great week off. Grades have been updated. Feel free to make up any missing work during your week off. Week of March 18, 2013 Monday, March 18 - Renaissance Scatter Tuesday, March 19 - Renaissance Review Game Wednesday, March 20 - Renaissance Test Thursday, March 21 - Shakespeare movie Friday, March 22 - Shakespeare movie Week of March 11, 2013 Monday, March 11 - Renaissance Spreads Vocabulary Tuesday, March 12 - The Renaissance Spreads iBook Wednesday, March 13 - The Renaissance Spreads iBook Thursday, March 14 - The Renaissance Spreads iBook Friday, March 15 - Renaissance Review Week of March 4, 2013 Monday, March 4 - The Italian Renaissance ibook Tuesday, March 5 - Renaissance DBQ iBook Wednesday, Marach 6 - Renaissance DBQ iBook Thursday, Marach 7 - Leonardo's Notebooks iBook Friday, March 8 - Leonardo's Notebooks iBook Week of February 25, 2013 Monday, February 25 - Catholic Church and Crusades crossword puzzle. Create your own test with answers from the crossword puzzle. Tuesday, February 26 - Catholic Church and Crusades Review Wednesday, February 27 - Catholic Church scatter, Catholic Church practice test Thursday, February 28 - Renaissance Vocabulary Friday, March 1 - The Italian Renaissance ibook Week of February 18, 2013 Monday, February 18 - President's Day. School is closed. Tuesday, February 19 - Crusades introduction and vocabulary Wednesday, February 20 - The Crusades iBook Thursday, February 21 - Crusades DBQ iBook Friday, February 22 - Crusades DBQ iBook Week of February 11, 2013 Monday, February 11 - Role of the Catholic Church Vocabulary Tuesday, February 12 - The Role of the Catholic Church iBook Wednesday, Feburary 13 - The Role of the Catholic Church iBook Thursday, Feburary 14 - Catholic Church scatter, practice test and quiz Friday, Feburary 15 - First Knight Week of February 4, 2013 Monday, February 4 - Daily Life in Medieval Europe iBook Tuesday, February 5 - The Black Death iBook Wednesday, February 6 - Medieval Europe Scatter 1 Thursday, February 7 - The Black Death Presentation and video Friday, February 8 - First Knight Week of January 28, 2013 Monday, January 28 - Middle Ages Document Based Questions iBook Tuesday, January 29 - Middle Ages Document Based Questions iBook Wednesday, January 30 - Periodic Assessment 2 Review and Crossword Thursday, January 31 - Periodic Assessment 2 Friday, February 1 - First Knight Week of January 21, 2013 Monday, January 21 - Martin Luther King Day. School is closed. Tuesday, January 22 - Samurai! video Wednesday, January 23 - Japan scatter, Japan Practice Test, Japan Quiz Thursday, January 24 - Feudalism in Europe Vocabulary Friday, January 25 - The Devlopment of Feudalism iBook Week of January 14, 2013 Monday, January 14 - Japan Notes and Vocabulary Tuesday, January 15 -Samurai iBook Wednesday, Janurary 16 - Samurai iBook Thursday, January 17 - Samurai Video Friday, January 18 - Japan DBQ iBook Week of January 7, 2013 Monday, January 7 - The Spread of Buddhism in Tang China iBook Tuesday, January 8 - The Spread of Buddhism in Tang China iBook Wedesday, January 9 - The Spread of Buddhism in Tang China iBook Thursday, January 10 - Tang and Song Scatter 1 Friday, January 11 - Tang and Song Test Week of December 10, 2012 Monday, December 10 - China Presentation Tuesday December 11 - Advances Under the Tang and Song iBook Wednesday, December 12 - Advances Under the Tang and Song iBook Thursday, December 13 - Tang and Song scatter 1, Practice Test 1 Friday, December 14 - Last day of the first semester. Makeup day. Week of December 3, 2012 Monday, December 3 - Inca DBQ iBook Tuesday, December 4 - Inca DBQ iBook Wednesday, December 5 - Winter Concert Thursday, December 6 - Maya, Aztec, and Inca Scatter 1 Friday, December 7 - Maya, Aztec, and Inca Test Week of November 26, 2012 Monday, November 26 - The Story of the Aztecs and Aztecs vocabulary Tuesday, November 27 - The Aztecs iBook Wednesday, November 28 - The Aztecs iBook Thursday, November 29 - Inca fill-in 1, Inca fill-in 2 Friday, November 30 - Inca iBook Week of November 19 - No school for Thanksgiving holiday Week of November 11, 2012 Monday, November 12 - Veteran's Day. School is closed. Tuesday, November 13 - Maya fill-in Wednesday, November 14 - The Mayan Civilization iBook Thursday, November 15 -The Mayan Civilization iBook Friday, November 16 - Maya DBQ iBook Week of November 5, 2012 Monday, November 5 - Ghana and Mali iBook Tuesday, November 6 - Ghana and Mali iBook Wednesday, November 7 - West Africa Document Based Questions iBook Thursday, November 8 - Africa Scatter 1 Friday, November 9 - Ghana and Mali Test Week of October 29 Monday, October 29 - Empire of Ghana fill in Tuesday, October 30 - Mali Vocabulary Wednesday, October 31 - Empire of Mali fill-in Thursday, November 1 - Ghana and Mali iBook Friday, November 2 - Ghana and Mali iBook Week of October 22 Monday, October 22 - Africa Geography fill in Tuesday, October 23 - Stories from Africa pop up Wednesday, October 24 - Civilizations in Africa Thursday, October 25 - Africa Vocabulary Friday, October 26 - Africa iBook Week of October 15, 2012 Monday, October 15 - The Golden Age of Islam Vocabulary Tuesday, October 16 - The Golden Age of Islam iBook Wednesday, October 17 - The Golden Age of Islam iBook Thursday, October 18 - Sindbad the Sailor iBook Friday, October 19 - The Golden Age of Islam Scatter Week of October 8, 2012 Monday, October 8 - Islam After Muhammad's Death Vocabulary Tuesday, October 9 - Islam After Muhammad's Death iBook Wednesday, October 10 - Islam After Muhammad's Death iBook Thursday, October 11 - Islam Scatter 1, Islam Practice Test 1 Friday, October 12 - Islam Test Week of October 1, 2012 Monday, October 1 - What is Islam video Tuesday, October 2 - The Significance of the Qur'an and Sunnah iBook Wednesday, October 3 - The Significance of the Qur'an and Sunnah iBook Thursday, October 4 - The Significance of the Qur'an and Sunnah iBook Friday, October 5 - Makeup day Week of September 24, 2012 Monday, September 24 - Mecca and Life on the Arabian Penisula Quiz Tuesday, September 25 - The Life and Teaching of Muhammad Vocabulary Wednesday, September 26 - No school Thursday, September 27 - The Life and Teaching of Muhammad iBook Friday, September 28 - Muhammad's Life and Teachings Quiz Week of September 17, 2012 Monday, September 17 - School is closed Tuesday, September 18 - A Journey to Mecca Vocabulary Wednesday, September 19 -A Journey to Mecca iBook Thursday, September 20 - Life on the Arabian Peninsula Vocabulary Friday, September 21 - Life on the Arabian Peninsula iBook Week of September 10, 2012 Monday, September 10 - Arabs, Muslims, and Islam video Tuesday, September 11 - 9/11 Remembrance Wednesday, September 12 - My Name is Osama iBook Thursday, September 13 - Arabs, Muslims, and Islam Quiz Friday, September 14 - Deans talk assembly Week of September 3, 2012 Monday, September 3 - Labor Day. No School. Tuesday, September 4 - Fall of Rome and Byzantine Empire Vocabulary Wednesday, September 5 - Fall of Rome and Byzanitine Empire iBook Thursday, September 6 - Fall of Rome and Byzantine Empire Review Friday, September 7 - Fall of Rome Test Week of August 27, 2012 Monday, August 27 - The Fall of Rome vocabulary Tuesday, August 28 - The Fall of Rome iBook Wednesday, August 29 - The Fall of Rome iBook Thursday, August 30 - The Fall of Rome and Byzantine Empire Prezi, Ben Hur, logging into eLearning Friday, August 31 - No school for Admissions Day Week of August 20, 2012 Monday, August 20 - GRAPES Tuesday, August 21 - Life and Times of the Roman Republic Prezi Wednesday, August 22 - The Rise and Expansion of Rome iBook Thursday, August 23 - The Rise and Expansion of Rome iBook Friday, August 24 - Rome Expands Quiz Week of August 13, 2012 Monday, August 13 - Pupil Free Day Tuesday, August 14 - First Day of Instruction - Class rules, teach okay, scoreboard Wednesday, August 15 - Review class rules, teach okay, class yes, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Thursday, August 16 - Introduce iPads, What is the world is wrong with this map? Friday, August 17 - Map Skills
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