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First Days of Classes.

Welcome to 8th grade Social Studies!

Getting to Know You

All Classes Homework: Return the completed Parent Information and Class Syllabus sheet and purchase all the necessary supplies on the supply list. Due Friday 9/11

9B
First Days of Classes.

Welcome to 8th grade Social Studies!

Getting to Know You

10A
Aim: Remembering 9/11 8th Graders

Still Photo Video 911
News Clips Video 911
911 Museum Online
NBC Coverage from that day.
Remembering 911 Glenco Site
The NY Times 9/11/2001 PDF

Homework All Classes: Create a 911 Cinquain with an illustraion. Due Friday 9/11

11B
First Days of Classes.

Welcome to 8th grade Social Studies!

Getting to Know You

Honors Classes Homework: Read pages 500-503. Page 503 questions 1, 2, 5 due Monday 9/14
Regents Classes Homework: Read pages 516-519. Page 519 questions 1, 2, 5 due Monday 9/14

14A
Aim: Reconstruction and its Aftermath

Lincoln's Plan
The Radical Republicans
Freedmens Bureau
Lincoln Assassinated
Andrew Johnson and Impeachment
Thirteenth Amendment

Discovery Reconstuction Video

Reconstuction Era Website
PBS Reconstruction Website

Reconstruction PowerPoint

15B
Aim: Reconstruction and its Aftermath

The Fourteenth Amendment
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The Fifteenth Amendment
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
The rise of the KKK
Sharecropping

Honors Classes Homework: Read pages 513-520. Page 520 questions 1, 5, 6 due Wednesday 9/16
Regents Classes Homework: Read pages 530-533. Page 533 questions 1, 2, 4 due Wednesday 9/16

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Aim: Reconstruction and its Aftermath

The Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction.
The New South
The Bessemer process and Industries
Voting restirctions
Jim Crow Laws and racial segregation.
Lynching and Violence

Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson

Honors Classes Homework: Read pages 534-539. Page 539 questions 1, 5, 6 and the Interdisciplinary Activity page 539 due Thurssday 9/17
Regents Classes Homework: Read pages 547-551. Page 551 questions 1, 2 , 5 due Thurssday 9/17

17B
Aim: The Western Frontier

The Mining Boom
The Transcontinental Railroad Video
Effects of the railroad
Railroads and Cattle
The Homestead Act
New Farming Methods

18A
Constitution Day: All 7th and 8th Grade classes report to the Little Theater.

The Constitution: The Document that Gave Birth to a Nation

Constitution Game / Other Resources

Bill of Rights Game

American Symbols Game

Constitution Day Video

Interacitve Constitution

Honors Classes Homework: Read pages 542-547. Page 547 questions 1, 3, 5 and the Interdisciplinary Activity page 547 due Tuesday 9/22
Regents Classes Homework: Read pages 557-561. Page 561 questions 2, 3, 4, 5 due Tuesday 9/22

21B
U.S. Government Review

Compromises

Three Branches of Government
Seperation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Federalist vs. Antifederalist

Honors Class Homework Complete the Reconstruction, and Government Test Review Sheet Honors due Wednesday 9/23

Regents Class Homework Complete the Reconstruction, and Government Test Review Sheet Regents due Wednesday 9/23

23B
Test Review Today for test on the Civil War, Reconstruction, The Western Frontier and Government

24A
Test Today all Classes on the Civil War, Reconstruction The Western Frontier and Government.

Honors Homework: Read Pages 556-559 Page 559 answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5 Due Friday 9/25
Regents Homework: Read 574-577 page 577 Questions 1, 2, 4, 5 Due Friday 9/25

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Aim: Industrialization Project

Changes in Communication
George Eastman
The Wright Brothers
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
The Model T & the Assembly Line
Mass Production

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Aim: Industrialization Project

NY Times Interactive: The Wealthiest Americans

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Aim: Industrialization Project

Honors Homework: Work to complete your project.
Regents Homework: Work to complete your project.

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Aim: Industrialization Project

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Aim: Industrialization Project presentaions.

Group 1&5 go first (Railroads)

Group 2&6 go next (Inventions).

Railroads PowerPoint

Inventions PowerPoint

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Aim: Industrialization Project presentaions.

Group 3&7 go next (Big Business).

Honors Homework: Outline Chapter 19 section 3 (pages 567-571) Due Wednesday 10/7
Regents Homework: Read pages 590-594 page 594 questions 1,2,3,5 Due Wednesday 10/7

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Aim: Industrialization Project presentaions.

Group 4&8 go next (Industrial Workers).

Honors Homework: Outline Chapter 19 section 4 (pages 572-575) Due Friday 10/9

Industrial Workers PowerPoint

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Ellis Island Field Trip Today.

Arrive at school by 5:20

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Aim: A New Urban Culture develops in the U.S.

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No School

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