Information

1) My e-mail address is waldvogelhistory@gmail.com
2) To post your work to GoogleDocs share with my GMail account and I will be able to see your work and print or modify it
3) For great research sites on the internet see the list at http://historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAP-ResearchPage.htm
4) STUDY FOR 8th GRADE STATE TEST!
Website with practice 8th Grade exam and old tests
http://www.edusolution.com/intermediate/socialstudies/socialstudiesindex.htm

Grading Policy
HW - 10%
Classwork and written assignments - 30%
Projects - 30%
Tests and quizzes - 30%


Thursday, January 24, 2008

HW Due 1/25

7th Grade - Read p. 126-130
Use your main idea charts to complete the define and identify p.126

8th Grade - Read p.640- 645
All Reading Checks and Finding Main Idea p. 645

Monday, January 21, 2008

Parents 8th Grade Study sheets for Units 8-10





Students and parents,

Please use the the above study sheets for the next three unit exams!

Any completed sheet is worth 5 points on the exam.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Dear parents,
Your child recieved a progress report on Friday. 1/18 Please sign it. The report is not a grade but a way to see the progress of your student. Students have until the end of January to make up work. Please make sure students are keeping up with project work.

Due Tuesday 1/22
8th Grade
Read p.640-645
Create a main idea chart and use it to explain the Define and Identify words on p.640

7th grade
Using the notes you have taken on the Mystic Massacre documentary
Create a short 5 paragraph essay that does the following
1) Gives at least 3 reasons why the Massacre occured (completely explain each reason)
2) Explain if the massacre and subsequent destruction of native American tribes could have been avoided. Use the reasons from 1. to explain your opinion.

Tips
Intro -
1. background - When did it happen, Who was involved, What happened, where did it happen
2. Thesis - There were many reasons the massacre occured...it could/could not have been avoided.
Body - 3 paragraphs that clearly explain reasons for conflict between Native American and English (religion, culture, disease, land)
Conclusion -
1. Restate thesis
2. Your opinion on if the massacre could have been avoided

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Hw due 1/4


7th Grade study sheet above



8th Grade study sheet above

Parents,

1) please make sure your student is up to date with their project research (see packet)

2) 7th Grade test tuesday 1/8
Please complete study sheet for five bonus points on test (see above)

3) 8th Grade test Thursday 1/10
Plese complete study sheet for five bonus points on test (see above)

8th Grade
Work on project and study for test (thursday)

7th Grade
Study for Triangle trade quiz (friday 1/4)
1) Know four points names and locations on a map (13 colonies, West Indies, England, Africa)
2) Know trade routes for manufatured products and natural resoures (be able to list the products traded) on a map

702 & 703 - 1/4 HW NOTEBOOKS
701 - 1/7 HW NOTEBOOKS
Turn in completed HW notebooks (all HW must be written or stapled in your HW notebook) Check this blog to make sure you have completed all assignments

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Hw Due 1/3

Parents please make sure your student is up to date with their project research (see packet)

7thGrade
1) Test on Tuesday please study!
2) Complete the reading and question sheet titled "British Colonial Policy"

8thGrade
Please use the your class notes and p. 594-595 to describe how the "other half" lived during the early 1900's. What problems did the great disparity in wealth among America's working, middle and upper class bring? How were families effected? What were living conditions like? How was America effected? Poverty, crime, hoplessness, lack of education, child labor, disease, moral decay, threat of anarchy or communist revolution. What should American's and their government done to change the situation?