Permission Slip for "Glory" movie- due by Wed, June 5th Click here if you lost it
Tuesday, May 7th - Exhibition Practice check - Students will need to prove that they have practiced outside of school. They must show a signed sheet (at home practice rubric) with comments about what needs to be improved.
Monday, April 8th: Final Andrew Jackson posters and paragraphs are due. 50% of this grade is the poster, 50% is the paragraph. Rubric and directions are on Mr. Dolan's Google Classroom page.
Andrew Jackson - due Monday, April 1st Watch any or all of the video's listed below and use the information to complete the graphic organizer. You will be taking a short quiz in class on Monday using the information. YOU MUST BRING THE SHEET IN WITH YOU ON MONDAY. DO NOT SHARE ON GOOGLE!!
Test on Wednesday, March 27th. Study guide will be given out in class on Friday, March 22nd. Click here if you need a copy. Content will cover all topics after Washington - (Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Westward Expansion, Lewis and Clark, and War of 1812). NOT an open notes test, so you need to study. (See extra credit assignment below if you are inadequately prepared!)
If you did NOT finish your Lewis and Clark webquest in class, it is due Monday by 8 a.m. Code is: isdw3n
Alexander Hamilton - due Friday, March 8th. Assignment is posted on google classroom. Code: 3xuapjw Respond to 2 out of the 3 constructed response questions. Follow all directions for full credit!
Open Notes Quiz - Thursday, February 28th Vocabulary and questions from the short video clips about George Washington.
_________________________________________________ ANOTHER EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!! Enter the Law Day School Art and Essay Contest. Due Date is April 3rd. Art projects must be brought to school and essays should be sent via googledocs to Mrs. Vodola.
Click here for the details. __________________________________________________ State of the Union Recap - Due Thursday, Feb. 7th. You must watch the actual State of the Union address on Tuesday night, or on the internet on Wednesday. Please complete the following worksheet. Submit your answers to google classroom. Code: vu8fn4
If you have trouble signing in, here is the document. __________________________________________________
Extra Credit Opportunity for 3rd Quarter Attend the following meeting from 6-7 at the Government Center on Thursday, Feb 7th and write a one paragraph summary of what you saw. Details here
Mid-term: Friday, January 18th You should be working through the study guide you received in class at home. Please see me with specific questions. Click here if you left it in your locker and need it!
Friday, January 11th - Open Notes quiz using your Matrix for Constitution Answer Sheet.
DBQ - will be written and typed in class. Finish up at home. Due Friday 8 a.m. via googledocs.
Test Friday, December 14th Click here for the study guide. Do NOT wait until Thursday night to study!!!
Due Friday, November 30th. Read the one page article and answer the questions (attached below). You will need to research some of the questions on your own. Treaty of Paris, 1783
Permission slip - Please return it by Monday Nov 19th. Movie will be shown on Wed, Nov 21st.
Choosing Independence - due Monday, Nov.5th Click hereand complete the questions. You may print and bring to class or share them in google.
Test on Tuesday, October 30th Students should be using their Road to Revolution active listening sheets from class to study. Study guide given out in advisory on Wednesday, October 24th. THIS IS NOT AN OPEN NOTES TEST!!!!
Fire Safety Week assignment - due Friday, October 12th Complete the attached assignment. Must be printed out because there is a sketch required. Please see me BEFORE FRIDAY if you need a hard copy due to printer issues. Click here for questions
Test Friday, October 5th - NOT open notes!!! Study all information on the three sheets in your notebook - Vocab, New England Colonies, and Roots of Representative Government. Extra credit for answering questions about the Myths video we watched in class.
PREAMBLE QUIZ MOVED UP TO TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND!!!!
October 4th - Quiz on the Preamble to the Constitution. Yes, it must be memorized. Here is the link to the Schoolhouse Rock video. Start singing now!!!
Here are the 52 words....... We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Candidates Homework - due Tuesday, Sept 25th. You will be evaluating the candidates running for governor of Connecticut. Please complete the document which you will find in the Google classroom code: pguu78g Return your work via the classroom! Make sure to click the submit button when completed.
Parent AND Student Homework - both due Sept 12th.
Student Homework: 9/11 interview Due by 8 a.m. September 12th. Submit interviews via Google Classroom. The access code is: 8vb7b99
Parent Homework Please complete and submit the attached questions to [email protected]OR send handwritten responses to class with your child by Wednesday, September 12th. English Spanish
Classwork
How do we fulfill our Manifest Destiny by acquiring Texas and California?
Andrew Jackson - hero or villain? Why is he on the 20 dollar bill???? We are pondering this question until Spring Break.
Exploring Westward Expansion this week....
We will be focusing on the early presidents - Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, as well as Alexander Hamilton through mid-March.
Mock Trial - The criminal known as Goldilocks will be on trial in our classroom until February break.
Bill of Rights SS/Tech Project - due on Wednesday, Jan 23rd. You will be presenting in Social Studies class in random order all week so no extensions! Research on Monday only in SS class, google slides will be completed in tech class. Expectations for project
First half of January - the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
From Thanksgiving through the break, we will be discussing the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention.
We are working our way through Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence this week.(Nov 13-21)
Columbus Day through approximately Thanksgiving - we are working on "The Road to Revolution" and the Revolutionary War. Students will be creating presentations and posters depicting the events that lead up to the Revolutionary War as well as the important people and places.
Rubric for Road to Revolution mini-presentations -click here
Week of October 1st - French and Indian War.
Week of 9/24 - We are beginning to look at the English Colonies in the New World and the Road to Revolution.
Week of 9/17 - We are evaluating leadership this week - what makes a good leader and why?
Week of 9/10 - We are learning about each other, our curriculum, and the expectations of an 8th grade social studies student!