Anderson

Peter Timothy Anderson Contact me: panderson@latinpcs.org Our class website: http://pta-history1718.weebly.com (password: SumusLeones)   Please check out the website for class PowerPoints (daily presentations, good for notes), homework, and handouts organized by unit. Here is [|a link to a digital copy of our textbook]; the username is latinpcs and the password is history8. Here is a link to the syllabus:  **Homework: Week of May 21st** Study for your final exam on **Monday, June 4th**   **Homework: Week of May 14th** Write Newsies position paper. **Due: Friday, May 25th** **Suggested intermediate deadlines:**  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5/21 - one body paragraph written and proofed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5/22 - second body paragraph written and proofed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5/23 - introduction written and proofed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5/24 - conclusion written and proofed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5/25 - peer review and finish editing (turned in by the end of the day)
 * <span style="background-color: #30ca6c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Welcome to 8th Grade U.S. History

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of May 7th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete the note-taking packet (including the textbook reading and questions). **Due: Wednesday, May 9th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read the article about The Homestead Strike and complete the questions on a separate sheet of paper. **(Due Tuesday, May 8th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of April 30th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Poster on Captains of Industry or Robber Barrons **(DUE: Monday, May 7th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of April 23rd** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read Chapter 11, section 1 of the textbook and answer questions 1-3 and 5 **(DUE: Tuesday, April 24th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read the article comparing urban and rural life and complete the T-chart **(DUE: Friday, April 27th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Design your own shirtwaist **(DUE: Monday, April 30th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of April 16th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Reconstruction Unit Test **(Friday, April 20th) -- see below for study guide** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete Seminar Reflection sheet **(Due Wednesday, April 18th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of April 9th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Prepare for a Socratic seminar on Confederate icons **on Tuesday (April 17th):** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Listen to the first 15 minutes and the last 5 minutes of this podcast from an <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">episode of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">BackStory. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">//Video link to the Mitch Landrieu speech:// https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/full-speech-mitch-landrieu-addresses-removal-of-confederate-statues/2017/05/31/cbc3b3a2-4618-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_video.html?utm_term=.017880d55fe8 <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">//Below is the text of the Mitch Landrieu speech:// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Study for Reconstruction Unit Test **(DUE: Friday, April 20th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of April 3rd** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete the Newsela article **(DUE: Friday, April 6th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete the image analysis handout about the first black senator **(DUE: Wednesday, April 4th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of March 12th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read the handout: "An Enslaved Woman Declares Her Name" and answer the questions. **(DUE: Tuesday, March 13th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Write the transcript of an interview of a newly freed person in the South in 1865 after the Civil War. **(DUE: Friday, March 16th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete the reading of and answering of the questions **(DUE: Monday, March 19th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of March 5th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of February 26th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of February 20th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> > <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of February 12th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of February 5th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> > **DUE: Monday, February 12th** > Assignment checklist: > o It should be the equivalent of three paragraphs o It may be handwritten or typed o It should be historically accurate o It should include historical facts o It should reflect evidence of creativity <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of January 29th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read chapter 14.2 in the textbook and answer the questions on page 491 **(DUE: Monday, February 5th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">You can view the video on the Causes of the Civil War (from Ms C-K's weebly here: https://ckushistory8.weebly.com/civil-war-videos.html). The guided note worksheet is below:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Prepare for Monday's seminar (rescheduled from Friday) by re-reading the various documents and completing the seminar preparation handout **(DUE: Monday, March 5th)**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Submit the seminar preparation, document anlaysis and seminar reflection sheets (based on the DBQ and seminar about Sherman's total warfare) **(DUE: Wednesday, March 7th)**
 * Prepare for Friday’s seminar by re-reading the various documents and completing the seminar preparation handout **(DUE: Friday, March 2nd)**
 * Read the primary and secondary source documents about Sherman and total war in preparation for next week's seminar **(DUE: Wednesday, February 28th)**
 * Complete classwork **(DUE: Friday, February 23rd)**
 * Complete worksheet on Western Advance, Eastern Stalemate **(DUE: Friday, February 16th)**
 * Complete Civil War timeline **(DUE: Tuesday, February 20th)**
 * Imagine you are from a northern farm family and have just heard of the attack on Fort Sumter. Describe what happened. Describe the reaction in your family. What are your hopes and fears for the future? You can write this as a letter, journal entry, historical fiction short story (in first person) or as an interview.
 * Read and complete three of five "Write About It" paragraphs **(DUE: Friday, February 9th)**[[file:18-0207-Civil War Unit Tensions Mount Write About It.pdf]]
 * Read and complete the handout on "Secession and Civil War" **(DUE: Wednesday, February 7th)**
 * Complete mapping exercise about the Election of 1860 **(DUE: Tuesday, February 6th)**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of January 22nd** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of January 16th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of January 8th** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Recite your speech in front of an audience and submit your summary **(DUE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd)**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete your timelines **(DUE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31st)**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete three reading passages -- read and answer the questions:
 * Practice for your speech
 * Engage in diction and elocution practice activities
 * Choose your speech and begin preparing for your presentation. **Speech must be chosen by Friday, January 19th. Speech must be delivered and summary submitted by Friday, February 2nd.**
 * Read the articles on The Election of 1860 and Abraham Lincoln and on the Underground Railroad. Answer the comprehension questions. **DUE on Wednesday, January 17th.**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Please play a few rounds of the "Flight to Freedom" game (visit: http://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-2). Answer the following questions ** (DUE on Tuesday, January 16th) ** :
 * What did you notice in the game that was historically accurate?
 * What was historically inaccurate? (Push yourself to go beyond superficial answers.)
 * If you were a game designer, what would you change to make the game better, without making it historically inaccurate.
 * Complete the worksheet related to our lesson on Frederick Douglass. **(DUE on Wednesday, January 10th)**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of January 1st** <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of December 18th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of December 11th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> Complete the map packet //multi-day// homework assigned Monday (due Friday, 12/15) -- counts as three homework assignments Complete the seminar reflection document -- the full DBQ packet will be due on Monday, December 18th (this will count as a unit test grade)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Prepare for your verdict report presentations based on the Amistad case **(DUE on Tuesday, January 9th)**
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Read the Amstad case file -- annotate the document **(DUE on Monday, January 8th)**
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Complete the handout on "King Cotton" (due on Friday, January 5th)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">In your textbook: read Section 11.3 and the “Missouri Compromise” section in 11.4; complete handout (due on Wednesday, January 3rd)
 * Complete The Missouri Compromise Reading assignment (due on Tuesday, December 19th)
 * Begin working on the year-to-date reflection questions (will be completed in class on December 19th)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of December 4th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Answer the questions on the Moving West worksheet. **Due: Friday, December 8th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Use pages 317-319 of your textbook to help you make a list of 10 events related to the Lewis & Clark Expedition (include year and month, where possible). **Due: Tuesday, December 5th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of November 27th, 2017** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14.6667px;">Complete the Nystrom mapping assignment. **Due: Monday, December 4th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14.6667px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 14.6667px;">Imagine you are a member of the //Corps of Discovery//. Write a one page letter home (as a member of Lewis and Clark’s expedition) about one of the following events: (1) The encounter with the Teton Sioux; (2) The fork in the Missouri River leading to Great Falls; (3) The importance of Sacagawea; (4) The importance of help from Native tribes. **Due: Friday, December 1st.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Read pages 314-316 in your textbook. Write a letter from James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson describing the benefits of the purchase of the Louisiana territory in 1803. Your letter should be written in complete sentences and include a greeting and a closing. **Due: Tuesday, November 28th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of November 13th, 2017** Prepare for the Unit 2 Test on **Monday, November 20th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Homework: Week of November 6th, 2017** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read the article: "A Very Messy Tea Party" and answer the comprehension questions. **Due Monday, November 13th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read the Paul Revere poem. Be prepared to work on the comprehension questions in class. **Due Wednesday, November 8th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read the articles distributed in class. Write down five complaints from the colonists and five concerns that the British may have had. **Due Tuesday, November 7th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of October 30th, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read the primary source document assigned to you (there are three different documents for three different groups). Write down the key facts of what happened. **Due Monday, November 6th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create a timeline of 10 significant events leading up to the Revolutionary War based on sections 5.1 and 5.2 in your textbook: **Due Wednesday, November 1st**  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read Chapter 5, section 1 in the textbook: **Due Tuesday, October 31st** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of October 23rd, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Submit your idea for your independent reading book project. Due **Friday, October 27th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete the Nystrom mapping activity based on the French and Indian War. Due **Friday, October 27th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read chapter 5, section 2 of your textbook. Write a letter to King George sharing how you feel about the treatment of the British colonists. Underline three facts in your letter from the reading. Due: **Wednesday, October 25th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of October 16th, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Revised deadlines on the independent reading project: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Book report project ideas due: **Friday, October 27th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Book report project due: **Tuesday, November 7th** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Unit Test on Wednesday, October 18th <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Slides from today's Review PPT and the link to the Jeopardy Game are below: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">The Study Guide is below: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of October 1oth, 2017 ** Use the VoiceThread Review worksheet to record at least one fact about each of the colonies. You will need to review each of the VoiceThread presentations shared with the class. **Due Monday, October 16th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Unit Test on Colonization and Exploration: Wednesday, October 18th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Weeks of September 25th and October 2nd, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create a [|VoiceThread] that shows some aspect(s) of who you are - minimum of three slides and less than 1 minute; (due Wednesday, 9/27 ) -- NOTE THE CHANGE IN DUE DATE Reference sheet below: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of September 18th, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create a citation for the information found [|here] using NoodleTools. And create a notecard that paraphrases the information in the first two paragraphs. **DUE: Monday, September 25th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read chapter 4, section 2 of your textbook. Complete the assignment below **(due by Friday, September 22nd)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of September 11th, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Please use the document below to make pop quiz corrections **(these are due by Monday, September 18th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">If you have more than six corrections, you can make additional copies. You can also see Mr. Anderson or Mr. Hill for hard copies. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Complete your assigned section of Chapter 3 in the textbook (DUE: Friday, September 15th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**Complete the worksheet on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (DUE: Wednesday, September 13th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> //Write 2-3 sentence responses to each of the questions below: (Due: Tuesday, September 12th)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of September 4th, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete in-class assignment on The Columbia Exchange **(DUE: Monday, September 11th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete in-class assignment on slavery **(DUE: Friday, September 8th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Complete handout based on Chapter 4, Section 3 of the textbook **(DUE: Friday, September 8th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete in-class assignment on European Exploration: **(DUE: Wednesday, September 6th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read ch. 4.3 in the textbook **(DUE: Wednesday, September 6th)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Resource for students to review (optional): [|Khan Academy][|Youtube][| video]: [] <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of August 28th, 2017 ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Resource for students to review (optional): <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|Khan Academy][|Youtube][| Video: “Native Societies Before Contact”] <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Read ch. 2.1 in the history textbook and complete the activities on the worksheets below: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**DUE: Friday, September 1st**
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Colonial VoiceThread Project - due Wednesday, October 4 by 3:15 pm **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Since last week you have been familiarizing yourself with the different platforms you will need to use to complete the VoiceThread project
 * __<span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Suggested intermediate deadlines __<span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;"> (intended as a guide; work to complete these before you go to bed on the deadline day)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Friday, 9/29 - research completed and notecards organized for "script"
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Monday, 10/2 - images selected and uploaded
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Tuesday, 10/2 - recorded vocal track and VT shared with class
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Georgia&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">Wednesday, 10/4 - comments complete (in class)
 * 1) How do you think slavery has shaped our country?
 * 2) Do you think the US would be different if slavery had not occurred? How or why not?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read ch 1.1-1.2 in the history textbook and answer the questions on a sheet of lined paper using complete sentences (**DUE: Wednesday, August 30th**) <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write a paragraph explaining one opinion you have (could be about anything). Remember, the topic needs to be something about which you are an authority (where you have collected a fair amount of knowledge). **DUE: Tuesday, August 29th.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework: Week of August 23rd, 2017 ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch the [|Chimamanda Adichie's 2009 TED talk] and write the following in complete sentences:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. How did learning to farm and raise animals change the way of life for Native Americans?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Explain why would these groups might NOT have started farming?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. What culture areas continued to use hunting as a main source of food?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Three points she is making (in your own words)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Two questions you have
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">One reaction to her presentation
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">DUE: MONDAY, AUGUST 28th **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review the syllabus distributed in class (please see above). Both the student and a parent/guardian must sign the acknowledgment form. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 626.5px; width: 1px;"> <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 28pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 6.72pt; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;">//Write 2-3 sentence responses to each of the questions below:// <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.56in; margin-top: 6.48pt; text-indent: -0.56in; unicode-bidi: embed;"> ●1. How do you think slavery has shaped our country? ●2. Do you think the US would be different if slavery had not occurred? How or why not?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">DUE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 24th **