8th Grade History (Period 5) Assignments
- Instructors
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- School Year 2012-2013
- Department
- Special Day Program
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- H158
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Select one of the following projects to complete by Friday, March 22:
--Interview 3 diffierent people from different age groups (a friend, a parent, an older relative, for example) and ask them what they know about the civil war. Record their answers in any way that you would like. See the handout for suggested questions to ask.
--Do research on the word "abolitionism." Create a poster to show what the word means and how it can be used.
--Many countries allowed slavery for many years. Do some research to find the origins of slavery. When did it start? Why did it occur? What was the purpose of slavery? Who was involved? Present your information as a poster, an essay, a pamphlet, or a powerpoint.
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If you did not complete classwork assignment worksheet, background vocabulary of the civil war, it must be finished for homework.
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Finish Diary of Trail of Tears entry
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Andrew Jackson worksheet #2 should be completed at home if you did not finish in school today.
Test on Andrew Jackson is tomorrow.
Test on Andrew Jackson is tomorrow.
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Andrew Jackson Worksheet
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Election of 1828 worksheet
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Presidential stamp project.
Select one of the first five presidents and design a stamp that recognizes why he is remembered today. Write a paragraph on the back of your stamp explaining what you learned about your president's accomplishments.
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War of 1812 worksheet.
Keep working on presidential stamp project which is due Friday.
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Design a stamp featuring President James Monroe.. Be sure you include something that refers to this president, for example the years of his presidency or one of his accomplishments.
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Finish pages needed for Lewis and Clark Expedition brochure--if you did not take the yellow brochure paper home, just finish all the other pages and you can glue the final project in class tomorrow
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finish all worksheets handed out in class
summarize the information on Lewis, Clark, Sacajawaea, and the Louisiana Purchase
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Enrichment workbook pgs 97-98
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Enrichment workbook pages 93 to 96
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Date to turn in your poster project on the 3 branches of government has been extended to this Friday.
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Poster project on powers, responsibilities and qualifications for the offices of each branch of the government. You have been given a detailed handout of what should be included. Examples are in our classroom.
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You should be working on your Branches of Government poster project. You can find the information that you need for this project in your yellow textbook, as follows:
Legislative Branch pages 249-251-describe the House of Representative and the Senate
Executive Branch pages 256-259-describe the president, vice-president, and the cabinet
Judicial Branch page 260-dexcribe the supreme court
Remember to include major responsibilities, qualifications for the office, powers and duties, length of term.
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finish electoral college map if you did not finish in class.
I hope you have started working on your poster project for the 3 branches of government, which is due next Tuesday, November 13.
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Complete the historical roots of Congress packet, pages 1-5.
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Federal government worksheet (duties of each branch of government)
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Constitution packet and worksheet
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Bill of Rights worksheet is to be completed using the yellow textbook pages 266-268
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Enrichment workbook pages 73-74
Complete "A Compromise is Reached"
Complete reading green book pages 87-93; answer questions 1-4 on page 93
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Enrichment workbook pages 71-72
Complete questions 1-3 from page 87 of the green book, if you did not finish in class today
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Hav the Enrichment Workbook completed through page 70.
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Midterm up to the revolutionary war is Thursday
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Final day to work on finishing the revolutionary war booklet project. It should be completed and turned in tomorrow.
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You have been given all the remaining pages for your revolutionary war booklet project. You have a few days left to work on this during class time. If you are behind and cannot complete this assignment by Tuesday, you need to be working at home. This is a big assignment worth a lot of points, so make sure that you keep working at home as well as during class.
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Finish the 13 colonies map--you will find the information on page 102 of the yellow history textbook
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Finish title page for American Revolution booklet project
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Enrichment workbook pages 61-62
Boston Tea Party worksheet
Boston Tea Party worksheet
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Enrichment workbook pages 59-60
Boston Massacre worksheet
Boston Massacre worksheet
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Enrichment workbook pages 57-58
Colonists Protest worksheet
Colonists Protest worksheet
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French and Indian war worksheet to be completed by reading the yellow book, pages 146-151
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Enrichment workbook pages 49-50
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Enrichment workbook pages 47-48
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Enrichment workbook pages 45-46 if you have not already done this from last week
Enlightenment worksheet to be completed from reading page 140 in the yellow book
Enlightenment worksheet to be completed from reading page 140 in the yellow book
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Enrichment workbook pages 45-46
American Identity Quiz tomorrow
Complete the worksheet-ten laws for your colony
American Identity Quiz tomorrow
Complete the worksheet-ten laws for your colony
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Enrichment workbook pages 41-42 and 43-44