Use the Study Guide that was posted on this page on June 2.
You may use a 3 x 5 card (both sides) of notes on the test Thursday.
Civil War Test on Thursday, June 5 ~ tomorrow
Use the Study Guide that was posted on this page on June 2. You may use a 3 x 5 card (both sides) of notes on the test Thursday. Civil War Test on Thursday, June 5.
Study Guide was posted on this page on June 2. You may use a 3 x 5 card (both sides) of notes on the test Thursday. Question of the Day: Who was elected as Ulysses S. Grant's Vice President in 1868 and from what state did he come? Read Chapter 17, pages 552 to 563. KTP, p. 552 and 558.
7th, 8th, and 9th hour students: If you were unable to complete the Civil War 150 assignment in class today, complete it for homework and turn it in tomorrow. 1. Open a browser and go to the website Civil War 150. 2 Click on Weapons of War and answer the following questions: 1. Why did the Minie ball cause such devastating injuries? 2. Name one advantage and one disadvantage to the telegraph as a weapon of war? 3. Who was hired to oversee the expansion of the Union railroad and telegraph into Virginia in 1861? Question of the Day: The tactics that William Tecumseh Sherman used against the Confederate armies in the South were based on what strategy? Click here for the Study Guide for the Civil War Test on Thursday. Homework due on Monday: Finish reading Chapter 16, Sections 4 and 5. KTP, pages 528 & 536. Answer questions 1b, 3(a& b), page 534 and questions 2a, 3(all), 4a, page 543. Question of the Day: List two reasons why the Battle of Gettysburg was thought to be the turning point in the Civil War? History textbooks are to be turned in on Tuesday, June 3. Complete Chapter 16. 3 homework due on Friday.
KTP p. 522, #1b, 2 (a & c), p. 522. Read pages 526 and 527. Question of the Day: What natural geographic features made Vicksburg very difficult to attack? For Thursday: Complete the Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan Viewing Guide on the back of The Gathering Storm PowerPoint outline. You can access The Presidents video at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-mqycMHBU If you cannot access the video directly by clicking on the link above, copy and paste it into your browser. The 12- minute video segment begins at the 11:45 mark and ends at 23.45. To submit your answer to the quesiton of the day: 1. Use the comment feature on this page by clicking below on Add Comment. 2. Fill in your name as required. 3. Submit your answer in the Comments box. Question of the Day: In which battle of the Civil War were more soldiers killed and wounded than Americans who died in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Mexican-American War combined? Due on Friday: Read Chapter 16.3
KTP p. 522, #1b, 2 (a & c), p. 522. Click here for the link to Civil War class competition for the next 8 days. Question of the Day: Although it was a massive Union fort in Charleston harbor, why did Fort Sumter stand little chance of withstanding the Confederate attack of April 12, 1861? Due on Wednesday: Chapter 16, Sections 1 & 2, KTP, pages 510 and 516.
Click here for the link to The Gathering Storm PowerPoint presentation.
Homework for Chapter 15 due on Tuesday, May 27. 1. Read Ch. 15.1; KTP, p. 476. 2. Read Ch. 15.2; KTP, p. 483. #1b, 2 a & 4, p. 487. 3. Read Ch. 15.3; KTP, p. 488. #1( a&b), 2b, 3, p. 492. 4. Read Ch. 15.4; KTP, p. 493. #1, 2, & 3(a& b ), p. 497. 5. Conflict Over Slavery Map Complete the Northern and Southern Economies map due on Wednesday.
Read Chapter 14.4 pages 454-460 and Chapter 15. 1, pages 476-481. CHAPTERS 12-13 QUIZ on Tuesday.
Be able to match the inventor to his innovation or invention. Study the vocabulary & PowerPoint outlines. Click here for the link to the map about Northern and Southern Economies in the 1850's Chapter 13 Homework: Due on Tuesday Ch. 13.1; KTP, p. 414. #1b, all parts of 2 & 3, p. 419. Ch. 13.2; KTP, p. 420. #1b, 2 (all), p. 423. Ch. 13.3; KTP, p. 424. #1, 2b, 3, 4a, p. 429. President and Mrs. Lincoln visited Benjamin Franklin Middle School today. Their presentation to 8th graders included anecdotes from their personal lives as well as reflections on the events of the Civil War. Click here for the link to the Agriculture in the South PowerPoint presentation.
Chapter 13 Homework: Due on Tuesday Ch. 13.1; KTP, p. 414. #1b, all parts of 2 & 3, p. 419. Ch. 13.2; KTP, p. 420. #1b, 2 (all), p. 423. Ch. 13.3; KTP, p. 424. #1, 2b, 3, 4a, p. 429. CH. 12-13 QUIZ on Tuesday.Study the vocabulary. & PowerPoint outlines! Click here for the link for the PowerPoint presentation
about Industrial Growth in the North. Chapter 12 Homework to be turned in as a packet: Thursday, May 15 for 4th hour class Friday, May 16 for classes 3, 7, 8, & 9. Chapter 12 Homework Chapter 12.1 & 12.2 KTP, pages 384 & 390. Answer #1a, 2c, 3a, p. 389 Answer #4, p. 395. Chapter 12.3 & 12.4: KTP, p. 396. Answer # 1b, 3b, 4b & 5, p. 401. KTP, p. 402. Answer#5, p. 405, keeping in mind all of the inventions & innovations considered in all of Chapter 12. May 9: Manifest Destiny MapQuest** on Friday
You must have your completed map with you AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS to use as your ONLY resource for the quiz. **Study your Tyler /Polk Viewing Guide & the Manifest Destiny PowerPoint to prepare for the quiz. There will be at least 3 questions from those two sources. Homework for Monday: Read Chapter 12, Sections 1 and 2, pages 384 –395. KTP, p. 384, #1a, 2 (a & b), 3a, p. 389. KTP, p. 390, # 4, p. 395. Manifest Destiny: click here for the PowerPoint presentation.
Chapter 11 Homework ~ all due on Thursday, May 8th: Chapter 11.1; KTP, p. 346; # 1, 2(a&b), p. 349. Chapter 11.2; KTP, p. 350; # 1, 2(a&b), & 3(all), p. 353. Chapter 11.3, KTP, p. 354; # 1 & 2 (a&b), 3(all), p. 363. Chapter 11.4, KTP, p. 364; # 1c, 2 & 3, p. 369. Manifest Destiny MapQuest on Friday, May 9th Click here for the map and directions. Homework: Chapter 11 homework will be turned in as a packet next week.
Section 1: KTP, p. 346, #1 & 2 parts a & b, p. 349. Section 2: KTP, p. 350, #1 & 2, parts a & b, 3 (all), p. 353 Assignments due on Thursday, May 1:
1. TEST: Click here for the link for the Study Guide Presidents Monroe through Harrison [Chapters 9.1-2 and 10.1-3] 2. Map: Indian Removal in the 1830's Click here for a link to the map and directions. 3. Click here for the Monroe to Harrison Jeopardy! game for review. Click here for the link to the Andrew Jackson PowerPoint presentation.
Homework Chapter 10.1: KTP, p. 322 & #1 & 2 (parts a & b). Chapter 10.2: KTP p. 326; #1-3 (a& b), 4a, 5. Read Chapter 10.3, pages 332-337. KTP, p. 332, #1-4 (all parts), p. 335. All Chapter 10 Homework will be due in one packet on Monday, April 28 for hours 3,4,7, and 8. April 29 is the due date for 9th hour. Continue working on your final Write Away question about Henry Clay.
It is due on Monday and in the correct format! Friday, April 18: John Adams: Peacefield Chapter 9.1 and 9.2 homework is due on Thursday, April 17.
Click here for the link to the Era of Good Feeling PowerPoint presentation completed today. Write Away: Henry Clay Due on Monday: If you were a member of Congress in 1820, would you have joined Henry Clay and supported the Missouri Compromise? Explain why or why not. Read Chapter 9.2, pages 302-305.
KTP, p. 302; answer questions 1 (b &c), 2 (a & b), 3 (a & b), p. 305. Answer questions 1 -4 at the end of the Henry Clay Write Away article. The Jefferson & Madison test will not be returned nor grades posted to RDS until Friday, April 18th at the earliest. Read Ch. 9.1, p. 298-301.
KTP, p. 198; answer questions 1-4 (all parts)on p. 301. Questions due Thursday as a part of Ch. 9 homework. |
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