Week of May 26
Hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day & remember why it is a holiday. Support our vets!
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
Ben Franklin
Week of May 26
Day 1: Finish the rest of the Gettysburg Virtual Tour, if you haven't already done so
Day 2: Watch the following videos about the Gettysburg Address. Video 1 Video 2
Then complete this worksheet.
Hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day & remember why it is a holiday. Support our vets!
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
Ben Franklin
Week of May 26
Day 1: Finish the rest of the Gettysburg Virtual Tour, if you haven't already done so
Day 2: Watch the following videos about the Gettysburg Address. Video 1 Video 2
Then complete this worksheet.
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Day 3: Watch the End of the Civil War video. Then read Chapter 10 p. 244-247. Lastly, write 1-2 paragraphs explaining what you have learned about the Civil War and its end.
Day 4: Watch this video on Reconstruction and The Freedman's Bureau. Read Chapter 11 Section 1. Assignment: Define Reconstruction (in your own words) and then write a 2 sentence summary explaining The Freedman's Bureau
Day 4: Watch this video on Reconstruction and The Freedman's Bureau. Read Chapter 11 Section 1. Assignment: Define Reconstruction (in your own words) and then write a 2 sentence summary explaining The Freedman's Bureau
Week of May 18
Day 1: Review the following PowerPoint
Day 1: Review the following PowerPoint
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Then take the following quiz: https://quizizz.com/join?gc=6931357 If this doesn't work, try going to quizizz.com & putting in the number. The quiz is the 1st 8th grade quiz listed & is 12 questions.
Day 2: Watch these two videos: Civil War Overview and Fort Sumter. Then read Chapter 10 p.215-220 from the Michigan Open Book Project.
Finally, complete the Interactive 10.3. Once you have finished,, take a screen shot to submit as your assignment.
Day 3: Read Chapter 10 p. 221-225 and watch the following video, Emancipation Proclamation
Day 4-5 AND Day 1 of next week: Follow the instructions on the attached document. This is a three day activity. Be sure to complete everything on the attached worksheet.
Day 2: Watch these two videos: Civil War Overview and Fort Sumter. Then read Chapter 10 p.215-220 from the Michigan Open Book Project.
Finally, complete the Interactive 10.3. Once you have finished,, take a screen shot to submit as your assignment.
Day 3: Read Chapter 10 p. 221-225 and watch the following video, Emancipation Proclamation
Day 4-5 AND Day 1 of next week: Follow the instructions on the attached document. This is a three day activity. Be sure to complete everything on the attached worksheet.
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WEEK OF 5/11/20
I HOPE EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY IN SOME WAY. MRS. DUPREY COOKED & DELIVERED MEALS TO HER MOM, MY WIFE, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW & 2 GRANDMAS YESTERDAY. IT WAS FANTASTIC!
I am looking forward to the much better weather by the end of the week!
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” – Henry Ford
The History Channel videos take awhile to load so give it time. They will begin after the ad.
Day 1 and 2: Watch the following video https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/sectional-tension-1850s/v/sectional-conflict-regional-differences and then complete the attached worksheet
I HOPE EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY IN SOME WAY. MRS. DUPREY COOKED & DELIVERED MEALS TO HER MOM, MY WIFE, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW & 2 GRANDMAS YESTERDAY. IT WAS FANTASTIC!
I am looking forward to the much better weather by the end of the week!
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” – Henry Ford
The History Channel videos take awhile to load so give it time. They will begin after the ad.
Day 1 and 2: Watch the following video https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/sectional-tension-1850s/v/sectional-conflict-regional-differences and then complete the attached worksheet
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Day 3: Watch the following video https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/dred-scott-case
and complete the attached packet
and complete the attached packet
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Day 4 and 5: Watch the following video and read the information after the video https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/election-of-1860. Then, watch https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/slavery-and-the-civil-war/v/start-of-the-civil-war. Once you have done that, write a paragraph on how Lincoln winning the election of 1860 is related to the South beginning to secede from the Union and the Civil war beginning.
Welcome to MAY Everybody! Hope you enjoyed the wonderful weather over the weekend.
Please return all work by Sunday using my email address either typing answers in word or taking a picture & sending it. Make sure I know what it is, do not just send me answers. Title your work, put your name on it & number the questions. Please make it so that I can read it!
Believe it or not, I MISS YOU! Thank you for your continued learning, your conversations & nice thoughts.
As Albert Einstein said, "Once you stop learning, you start dying."
Week of May 4:
Day 1: Watch this video on the Missouri Compromise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gi3C0A9Fo
Complete the following worksheet
Please return all work by Sunday using my email address either typing answers in word or taking a picture & sending it. Make sure I know what it is, do not just send me answers. Title your work, put your name on it & number the questions. Please make it so that I can read it!
Believe it or not, I MISS YOU! Thank you for your continued learning, your conversations & nice thoughts.
As Albert Einstein said, "Once you stop learning, you start dying."
Week of May 4:
Day 1: Watch this video on the Missouri Compromise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gi3C0A9Fo
Complete the following worksheet
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Day 2: Watch this video on the Compromise of 1850 https://www.history.com/topics/abolotionist-movement/compromise-of-1850-video
Listen to the following song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_c_xpBaT2A
Read the following article. Write a short paragraph explaining the compromise of 1850.
Listen to the following song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_c_xpBaT2A
Read the following article. Write a short paragraph explaining the compromise of 1850.
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Day 3: Watch this video on the Fugitive Slave Act https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkHK8qDrTTM
Read the article and complete the attached worksheet.
Read the article and complete the attached worksheet.
fugitive_slave_act_reading_and_questions.pdf | |
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Day 4: Watch this video on Harriet Beecher Stowe and write a summary.
Watch this video on Frederick Douglass and write a summary.
Watch this video on Frederick Douglass and write a summary.
Day 5: Read this excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin and answer the chart that follows
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Week of April 27:
Day 1: Read pgs. 136-138 and complete Stop and Think questions on pg. 138.
Day 2: Read pgs. 138-140 and complete the Stop and Think questions on pg. 140
Day 3 and 4: Read pgs. 140-146 and complete the Map Activity on pg. 144, Stop and Think questions pg. 145 and the Mexican-American War review questions on pg. 146
Day 5: Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI and Watch CNN10 and complete the following
Day 1: Read pgs. 136-138 and complete Stop and Think questions on pg. 138.
Day 2: Read pgs. 138-140 and complete the Stop and Think questions on pg. 140
Day 3 and 4: Read pgs. 140-146 and complete the Map Activity on pg. 144, Stop and Think questions pg. 145 and the Mexican-American War review questions on pg. 146
Day 5: Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI and Watch CNN10 and complete the following
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Monday, April 20
IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TO THE WEBSITE,
1. TYPE IN THE LINK IN YOUR BROWSER
2. GO TO MR. OLIND'S WEBSITE AT GRISSOM & USE THE LINK THERE.
3. GO TO MICHIGAN OPEN BOOK PROJECT & DOWNLOAD THE 8TH GRADE BOOK
Friday, April 17
- The first thing you will need is the textbook we are going to be using from here on out. Anytime I reference the textbook, I am NOT referring to book from school, but I am referring to the book at this link: Left click on the link
AT THE END OF EACH WEEK, PLEASE SUBMIT AN EMAIL WITH ALL OF YOUR WORK FOR THE WEEK to either Mr. Borja or me depending whose student you are.
Lesson plans for: Week of April 20
8 – U4.2.4 Consequences of Expansion – Develop an argument based on evidence about the positive and negative consequences of territorial and economic expansion on American Indians, the institution of slavery, and the relations between free and slaveholding states. (C2) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 169)
Day 1 Monday: Chapter 6 section 6: The Indian Removal Act
Read pgs. 127-128 and complete the Stop and Think question: Check for Understanding: What was President Washington’s stance on protecting the rights of indigenous peoples like the Seneca?
Read pg. 129 and respond to this question: How did Jefferson connect the indigenous peoples to the United States and how did he encourage assimilation into the American culture?
Day 2 Tuesday: Chapter section 6: The Indian Removal Act
Read pgs. 130-138
Complete stop and think questions pg. 133: Check for Understanding: What price was paid by indigenous peoples as a result of the United States push for more farmland and economic opportunity in the southeast?
Stop and Think questions pg. 135: Check for Understanding: Ultimately, what
factors were responsible for the Cherokee’s removal? What price did the Cherokee pay as a result of their movement West?
Day 3 Wednesday: Examine interactive 6.15: First hand accounts: The Trail of Tears. Read through at least two of the accounts and write a reflection on your thoughts about how the indigenous people were treated and what they encountered on their journey.
Day 4 Thursday: analyzing primary sources documents: Native American painting of westward expansion vs. Gast’s painting
Day 5 Friday: The Story of Us: Westward-Watch two clips for the episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_9eXs0jqQ&list=PLxhblc7w3RxQ2UiSEkZ7TV3YO9FTduHM8&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0Eqd3mGd0&list=PLxhblc7w3RxQ2UiSEkZ7TV3YO9FTduHM8&index=9
Write a summary about the two clips.
WELCOME BACK TO THE NEW NORMAL
WELCOME MR. BORJA'S CLASSES.
TO START, I HOPE THAT ALL ARE BEING SAFE & SMART
PRACTICING OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING!
We miss all of you. I've starting to learn about Schoology and to use it as a way to post your online instruction, resources and stay connected. As we will be learning together, be patient with me & we'll get through this, so if you have any questions please reach out to me and I'll try to help you. We will be figuring out what & how to send things to you as each grade Social studies will be getting the same thing to make things easier.
THIRD QUARTER - LATE WORK MINUS 25%
Week of 3/16/20 & BEYOND
DURING TIME OFF WORK ON STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 8 - Jefferson Era
Sect 1 - Jefferson Becomes President
Sect 2 - Louisiana Purchase
Sect 3 - Coming of War
Sect 4 - War of 1812
Week of 2/10/20
TEST TUES
Chapter 7 - Launching the Nation
Sect 1 - Washington Leads a New Nation
Sect 2 - Hamilton & National Finances
Sect 3 - Challenges
Sect 4 - Adam's Presidency
Week of 2/10/20
Chapter 7 - Launching the Nation
Sect 1 - Washington Leads a New Nation
Sect 2 - Hamilton & National Finances
Sect 3 - Challenges
Sect 4 - Adam's Presidency
Week of 1/27/20
Chapter 6 - Citizenship & The Constitution
Sect 1 - The Constitution
Sect 2 - Bill of Rights
Sect 3 - Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship
SECOND QUARTER - LATE WORK MINUS 10%
Week of 1/6/20
TEST THUR 1/9
Chapter 5 - Forming a Government
Sect 1 - Articles of Confederation
Sect 2 - Nation Faces Challenges
Sect 3 - Creating the Constitution
Sect 4 - Ratifying the Constitution
Week of 12/16/19
Chapter 5 - Forming a Government
Sect 1 - Articles of Confederation
Sect 2 - Nation Faces Challenges
Sect 3 - Creating the Constitution
Sect 4 - Ratifying the Constitution
Week of 12/9/19
Chapter 4 - American Revolution
Sect 1 - Revolution Begins
Sect 2 - Declaring Independence
Sect 3 - Struggle for Liberty
Sect 4 - Independence
Chapter 5 - Forming a Government
Sect 1 - Articles of Confederation
Sect 2 - Nation Faces Challenges
Sect 3 - Creating the Constitution
Sect 4 - Ratifying the Constitution
Week of 12/2/19
Chapter 4 - American Revolution
Sect 1 - Revolution Begins
Sect 2 - Declaring Independence
Sect 3 - Struggle for Liberty
Sect 4 - Independence
ENJOY THANKSGIVING
Week of 11/25/19
Chapter 4 - American Revolution
Sect 1 - Revolution Begins
Sect 2 - Declaring Independence
Sect 3 - Struggle for Liberty
Sect 4 - Independence
Week of 11/18/19
Chapter 4 - American Revolution
Sect 1 - Revolution Begins
Sect 2 - Declaring Independence
Sect 3 - Struggle for Liberty
Sect 4 - Independence
Week of 11/4/19
Chapter 4 - American Revolution
Sect 1 - Revolution Begins
Sect 2 - Declaring Independence
Sect 3 - Struggle for Liberty
Sect 4 - Independence
Week of 10/28/19
Chapter 3 - English Colonies
Sect 1 - Southern Colonies
Sect 2 - New England Colonies
Sect 3 - Middle Colonies
Sect 4 - Life
Sect 5 - Conflict
TEST - Thursday, 10/31/19
Week of 10/07/19
Chapter 16 - Civil War
Sect 1 - The War Begins
Sect 2 - War in the East
Sect 3 - War in the West
Sect 4 - Daily Life
Sect 5 - Tide of War Turns
TEST -
Week of 9/30/19
Chapter 16 - Civil War
Sect 1 - The War Begins
Sect 2 - War in the East
Sect 3 - War in the West
Sect 4 - Daily Life
Sect 5 - Tide of War Turns
Week of 9/23/19
Chapter 16 - Civil War
Sect 1 - The War Begins
Sect 2 - War in the East
Sect 3 - War in the West
Sect 4 - Daily Life
Sect 5 - Tide of War Turns
Week Of 9/9/19
U.S. History
· Chapter 15 – A Divided Nation
· Review of the final reasons for the Beginning of the Civil War
· The Story of Us - Division
· Gods & Generals - Civil War from beginning to Gettysburg