December 19, 2013

Review page 214 questions (1-7)

December 18, 2013

Complete page 210 questions (1-7)
Complete page 214 questions (1-7)
Due date 12-19-13

December 17, 2013

Complete page 210 questions (1-7)
Complete page 214 questions (1-7)
Due date 12-19-13

December 13, 2013

Chapter 7-2
Reading and Review worksheet
"The Constitutional Convention"

December 12, 2013

Complete worksheet - Chapter 7-1
Guided Reading Review
"A Loose Confederation"

December 11, 2013

Green and Red;
Complete page 204 (1-8)
Blue and Yellow;
Complete page 204 (1-6)

December 10, 2013

1. Read pages 198-204.
2. Geography Bee

December 9, 2103

1. Student Conferences
2. Geography

December 6, 2013

Study for the test:
Chapter 6

Check Mr. Zolli blog:
http://mrzolli.blogspot.com/

December 5, 2013

Study for the test:
Chapter 6

Check Mr. Zolli blog:
http://mrzolli.blogspot.com/

December 4, 2013

1.. Study for the test:

Check Mr. Zolli blog:
http://mrzolli.blogspot.com/

2. Complete worksheet Chapter 6- Section #5
"Winning the War"

December 3, 2013

Study for the test:

Check Mr. Zolli blog:
http://mrzolli.blogspot.com/

December 2, 2013

Yellow and Blue:
Complete page 195 Questions (1-6)

Red and Green:
Complete page 195 Questions (1-7)

November 27, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

The text of the Mayflower Compact:

In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc.

Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.

(William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Samuel Morison, 75-6.) 

November 26, 2013

Complete worksheet
Chapter 6-4
"Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts"

November 25, 2013

Blue and Yellow:
Complete page 185
Questions (1-5)

Green and Red:
Complete page 185
Questions (1-7)

November 22, 1963-2013

Read pages 181-183.


Today-
"50th anniversary of one of the most traumatic events in U.S. history, the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  Public opinion polls show he remains popular and many Americans continue to be inspired by the ideals and hope his legacy represents."

November 21, 2013

Study for Quiz
Chapter 6- Sections 1-2

November 20, 2103

Complete worksheet 
Chapter 6-Section #2
"The Colonies Declare Independence"

November 19, 2013

"Common Sense"

Complete page 582
Questions 1-3

November 18, 2013

                                         Gettysburg Address  ( November 19, 1863)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

November 14, 2013

Red and Green:
Complete page 176 questions (1-7)

Yellow and Blue:
Complete page 176 questions (1-5)

November 13, 2013

Read pages 173-176

November 12, 2013

Blue and Yellow:
Read pages 168-171
Complete page 171 (1-5)
Green and Red:
Read pages 168-171
Complete page 171 (1-7)

November 8, 2013

Veterans Day

Veterans Day is a celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

National Veterans Day Ceremony

The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

November 7, 2013

American Revolution Project
Project Due: November 7, 2013

November 6, 2013

American Revolution Project

November 5, 2013

American Revolution Project

November 4, 2013

American Revolution Project

November 1, 2013

Review notes on the American Revolution

October 31,2013

Red and Green:
Complete page 160 questions (1-7)
Blue and Yellow:
Complete page 160 questions (1-5)

October 29, 2013

All classes:
Complete worksheet
Chapter 5 - Section 3

October 28,2013

Study for Quiz (10-29-13)

- Chapter 5 sections 1&2

October 25, 2013

All classes:
1. Read pages 155-160
2. Study for Quiz (10-29-13)
- Chapter 5 sections 1&2

October 24, 2013

Red and Green:
Complete page 153 (1-8)

Blue and Yellow:
Complete page 153 (1-6)

October 23, 2013

Finish worksheet 
 "Pre-Revolutionary Taxes and Acts"

October 22, 2013

All classes:
Read pages 145-153.
Complete worksheet (Chapter 5-1)

October 21, 2013

Red and Green:
Complete page 145 (1-7)

Yellow and Blue:
Complete page 145 (1-5)

October 18,2013

All Classes:
Read pages 138-145

October 17, 2013

All Classes:
Review Notes on Chapter 4
Review map of the colonies
Review "Triangular Trade" page 122
Test Friday 

October 16,2013

All Classes:
Review Notes on Chapter 4
Review map of colonies
Review "Triangular Trade" page 122
Test Friday 

October 15, 2013

All Classes:
Review Notes on Chapter 4
Review map of colonies

Red and Green:
Read pages 119-123
Complete 123 questions (1-8)

Yellow and Blue:
Read pages 119-123
Complete 123 questions (1-6)

October 11, 2013

All Classes:
Review Notes on Chapter 4
Review map of colonies

October 10, 2013

All Classes:
Review Notes and -Map Chapter 4
Read pages 113-119

Yellow and Blue;
Complete questions page 119 (1-6)

Red and Green;
Complete questions page 119 (1-8)

October 9, 2013

All Classes:
Review Notes and -Map Chapter 4
Read pages 113-119

October 8, 2013

All Classes:
Review Notes and Map Chapter 4

Blue and Yellow- 
Complete page 112 questions (1-6)

Red and Green-
Complete page 112 questions (1-8)

October 7, 2013

Complete Worksheet
Chapter 4 Section #2
"The Middle Colonies"

October 4, 2013

1. Study the map of  the 13 colonies.
(Page 101)
2. Read pages 108-112

October 3, 2013

Study the map of  the 13 colonies.
(Page 101)

October 2, 2013

Red and Green:
Read pages 102-107
Complete page 107 Questions (1-8)
Blue and Yellow:
Read pages 102-107
Complete page 107 Questions (1-6)

September 30, 2013

Complete Worksheet-
Chapter 4 Section #1
The New England Colonies

September 27, 2013

Read page 578- Historical Document
"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"

September 26, 2013

Study- Quiz 
Chapter 3 Section #5

September 25, 2013

Complete page 97 - Questions(1-7)
Reminder- Quiz (9-27-13) Chapter 3- Section 5

September 24, 2013

Chapter 3 section # 5
Complete worksheet "Seeking Religious Freedom"
Questions (1-6)

September 23, 2013

From text-
Read pages 93-97

September 20, 2013

Review notes from class
"America The Story of Us" 

September 19, 2013

Homework...
Blue and yellow- 
Read pages 87 -91.
Complete page 91 questions (1-5) 

Red and Green- 
Read pages 87 -91.
Complete page 91 questions (1-7) 

September 18, 2013

9-19-13
Quiz (student may use packet on Jamestown DBQ) 

September 17, 2013

Jamestown
DBQ
Document Based Question 

Celebrate Constitution Day
                  
 September 17, 1787

September 16, 2013

Jamestown
DBQ
Document Based Question

Celebrate Constitution Day
                  
 September 17, 1787

September 12, 2013

Jamestown
DBQ
Document Based Question

September 11, 2103

Jamestown
DBQ
Document Based Question

September 10, 2013

Jamestown
DBQ
Document Based Question

Homework (Flip classroom)- Watch President Obama's speech on Syria

September 9, 2013

Jamestown
DBQ
Document Based Question

September 4, 2013

No homework holiday.
https://www.coursera.org/#course/kennedy

September 3, 2013

Tools for History/Study Guide

Objective

Subjective

Primary

Secondary

Archaeology

Anthropology

Political Science

Geography

Sociology

Dr. King

August 30, 2013

Review notes "Point of View"

8-29-13

"Primary Source"
 Reading and Questions page 609

MLA Team 8d

Below is the proper way to label your handouts and assignments using MLA formatting.

August 28, 2013

“I Have a Dream"  - Martin Luther King , Jr.
 Complete worksheet  - Primary source -
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Watch March on Washington

August 27, 2013

Welcome to Social Studies!

Cover your textbook!

6-14-13

Flag Day Celebrated
June 14, 1777 Today is Flag Day! On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14. Many Americans celebrate Flag Day by displaying the Red, White and Blue in front of homes and businesses. The day commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States.
(http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_birth_1.html)

6-13-13

Chapter 17- Vocabulary Builder Worksheet
Biography Flashcard "Mathew B. Brady"

6-10-13

"The Quest for Freedom" - Harriet Tubman

6-6-1944

Chapter 16 - Section #2 "The Compromise of 1850"

6-5-13

Chapter 16 - Vocabulary Builder

6-4-13

1. Read pages 460-462.
2. Complete page 462 questions (1-7).

6-3-13

Civil War Presentation

5-31-13

Civil War Project

5-30-13

Civil War Project

5-29-13

Civil War Project

5-28-13

Civil War Project

5-24-13

Review notes on the video "Division"

5-23-13

Chapter 14 - Cotton and Slaves

5-21-13

Chapter 14- Section #1 " Industry in the North"

5-20-13

Chapter 14 - Vocabulary Builder

5-17-13

Quiz Chapter13:

Alamo

Santa Anna

Davey Crockett

Lone Star Republic

Annex

Sam Houston

William Barret Travis

Siege

Stephen Austin

Manifest Destiny

“Forty - niners”

Present day States from Mexican Cession (map page 379)

“Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo”

Oregon Trail

James Polk

5-16-13

1. Read pages 394-397.
2. Complete page 397 (1-6)

5-15-13

1. Read pages 391-393.
2. Complete page 393 (1-6)

5-14-13

1. Read pages 385-389.
2. Complete page 389 (1-7)

5-13-13

1. Read pages 380-384.
2. Complete page 384 (1-7)

5-10-13

Study Chapter 12 - Test - 5-13-13

5-10-13

Study Chapter 12 - Test - 5-13-13

5-8-13

Study Chapter 12 - Test - 5-13-13

5-7-13

1. Read pages 370-374
2. Complete page 374 (1-7)

5-6-13

1. Read pages 365-368
2. Complete page 368 (1-7)

5-3-13

LAW DAY!

5-2-13

Law Day! 

  1. Complete page 256 questions 1-2

       2. Read page 603 and complete questions 1-2

5-1-13

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=social-studies-grade-8-cca

4-30-13

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=social-studies-grade-8-cca

Complete worksheet Chapter 12 - Section #2

4-29-13

Law Day Questions!

4-26-13

From text:
Read pages 360-364.
Complete page 364 (1-4).

4-25-13

Review for Quiz on 4-26-12-

Industrial Revolution

Samuel Slater

Moses Brown

Slater Mill

Canals

Erie Canal

Interchangeable Parts

Capitalist

Eli Whitney

Cotton Gin

Lowell Girl

Dewitt Clinton

Flatboat

Turnpike

Tariff

Adams-Onis Treaty

4-24-13

Review for Quiz on 4-26-12-

Industrial Revolution

Samuel Slater

Moses Brown

Slater Mill

Canals

Erie Canal

Interchangeable Parts

Capitalist

Eli Whitney

Cotton Gin

Lowell Girl

Dewitt Clinton

Flatboat

Turnpike

Tariff

Adams-Onis Treaty

4-23-13

Read pages 331-335
Complete page 335 (questions 1-8)

4-21-13

Complete worksheet Chapter 11 Section #1
                                  Chapter 11 Section #3

4-12-13

Complete Worksheet Chapter 11-2

4-11-13

Complete Worksheet Chapter 11-1

4-10-13

DBQ-Slavery- Final Copy

4-9-13

DBQ-Slavery- Rough Draft

4-8-13

DBQ- Slavery

4-5-13

DBQ- Slavery

4-4-13

Chapter11 "The Nation Grows and Prospers"
(1790-1825)
Read pages 330-335

4-3-13

Quiz - Review Chapter 10

Barbary Coast

James Madison

Dolley Madison

Martha Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Neutrality

Battle of New Orleans

Battle of Tippecanoe

Zebulon Pike

Andrew Jackson

Embargo Act

Impressment

Nationalism

Treaty of Ghent

 

4-2-13

Study - Quiz - Chapter 10 (4-4-13)

4-1-13

Chapter 10 -"War of 1812"

3-28-13

Review notes..."The Road to War"

3-27-13

1. Read pages 316-319
2. Complete page 319 questions (1-7)

3-26-13

Women in History-Presentations

3-25-13

Women in American History Project / Presentations

3-22-13

Women in American History Project

3-21-13

Women in American History Project

3-20-13

Women in American History Project

3-19-13

Women in American History Project

3-18-13

Women in American History Project

3-15-13

Review notes on "Lewis and Clark"
and the Louisiana Purchase

3-14-13

Read pages 306-310
Complete page 310 questions (1-7)

3-13-13

Read pages 306-310
Complete page 310 questions (1-7)

3-12-13

Complete worksheet 
"Chapter 10 Vocabulary Builder"

3-10-13

Read pages 310-305
Complete page 305 questions (1-7)

3-8-13

Review page 300 and 301
"The Age of Jefferson"

3-7-13

Study the Map of the United States

3-6-13

Complete page 295 "Drawing Inferences"

3-5-13

Complete worksheet - Chapter 9-4
"The Second President"

3-4-13

Complete 9-3
"Political Parties Emerge"

3-1-13

Review Chapter 9 Section 4
"The Second President"
pages 291-294

2-28-13

1. Read pages 287-290
2. Complete page 290 (1-8)

2-27-13

Study Chapter 9 Section 1 for Quiz
George Washington, John Jay, Precedent, Bond, Tariff,
Cabinet, Whiskey Rebellion, National Debt, Mount Vernon

Judiciary Act

2-26-13

Complete worksheet Chapter 9 - Section 2

2-25-13

Complete worksheet - Chapter 9 Section #1

2-15-13

Preview Chapter 9-
"Launching a New Government"

2-14-13

1. Read pages 278-282.
2. Complete page 282 questions 1-7.

2-12-13

1. Read pages 278-282
2. Watch the State of the Union

2-11-13

Study Chapter 8Review worksheet on "Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens"
Review worksheet on "Changing the Constitution"
Review worksheet on "State and Local Government"
Review Venn
Review Seven Principles of the Constitution

Test make-up on 2-12-13

2-7-13

Study Chapter 8
Review worksheet on "Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens"
Review worksheet on "Changing the Constitution"
Review worksheet on "State and Local Government"
Review Venn
Review Seven Principles of the Constitution

2-6-13

Study for the Test Chapter 8

2-5-13

1. Read pages 262-264
2. Complete page 264 questions (1-8)
3. Study for Test Chapter 8 (2-8-13)

2-4-13

1. Read pages 259-261
2. Complete page 261 questions (1-7)

2-1-13

DBQ-  Valley Forge: "Would You have Quit?"
Draft due Monday 2-4-13

1-30-13

DBQ-  Valley Forge: "Would You have Quit?"

1-29-13

From Textbook review pages 259-261

1-28-13

Take practice test!!!! 
Link from 1-25-13

1-25-13

From textbook - Read pages 252-257

1-25-13

Link to practice test.

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=social-studies-grade-8-cca

1-24-13

“Help Wanted Ad” - Cooperative group

1-23-13

“Help Wanted Ad” - Cooperative group

1-22-13

Final Copy – “Help Wanted Ad”

1-18-13

1. Rough draft – “Help Wanted Ad”
2. Watch Presidential Inauguration 2013 (1-21-13)

1-17-13

Rough draft – “Help Wanted Ad”

1-16-13

Complete Essential Questions on-
"Seven Principles of the Constitution"

1-15-13

From textbook - read pages 246-251

1-14-13

1. Complete worksheet on "Bill of Rights"
2. Review Essential Questions on-
"Seven Principles of the Constitution"

1-11-13

Review notes on the Constitution

1-10-13

Study Chapter 7 Sections 1 & 2 (Quiz on 1-11-13)

1-9-13

1. Study Chapter 7 Sections 1 & 2 (Quiz on 1-11-13)
2. Complete page 210 - Questions (1-7)

1-8-13

US Debt Clock

http://www.usdebtclock.org/index.html

Complete worksheet Chapter 7 Section #2

1-7-13

Complete worksheet Chapter 7 Section #1

1-4-13

Review notes on "The Constitutional Convention"

1-3-13

1. Read pages 200-204.
2. Complete page 204 questions (1-7).

1-2-13

Review ;

Essential Questions

1.       What is independence?

2.      Why was winning the French and Indian War the beginning of conflict for the British and the colonists?

3.       Was the American Revolutionary War a turning point in world history? Why or why not?

4.      What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Patriots and the British during the American Revolution?

 

The Emancipation Proclamation 

 

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. (150 years)