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8th Grade Topics Gate 1. Geography M. L. King, Jr. 1. Research 2. Constitution 6. Economics Presidents 2. Debates 3. Elections 7. Inventions Field Trips 3. Native American 4. Moving West History Day
Class Information
Dear Parent(s) or Guardian(s) and Student:
Welcome to another school year! It is my hope that you, as student, will keep an open mind, ask a lot of questions, and enjoy the opportunity to learn about the world around you.
As a teacher, I will try to teach to the best of my ability, striving to be interesting and creative in lesson planning; firm and fair in matters of discipline; caring and understanding in how I relate to my students.The following information will be helpful to you:
1. Course Outline: The eighth grade course of study begins with an intensive review of the major ideas, issues, and events preceding the founding of the nation. Students will concentrate on the critical events of the period-- from the framing of the Constitution to the rise of Industrial America.State Standards for 8th grade American History
1st Trimester:
Review of the Colonial period and the American Revolution;
Constitution (The Constitution Test will be given); Establishing the New Nation.
2nd Trimester:
The Development of America's Regions; Civil War and Reconstruction
3rd Trimester: Rise of Industrial America; America as a World Power
2. Grades: Weighted Grades:90% Assessments, e.g. tests, projects
10% Homework and Classwork
3. Homework: Homework will be given at least twice a week.
Homework Hotline: # 783-7788. Press 114
Eich Planner: All students must have a planner (your own or school planner).
4. Absences: If absent, the student may find missed assignments at the
"Assignment Center" in the the classroom. The student is responsible
for picking up missed assignments.
5. Late Assignments: If an assignment is late due to an excused absence, full credit will be received; otherwise, work turned in late thenext day will receive only half the grade.
6. Materials for Class: The student should bring to class daily: 1) pen (no gel pens) and pencil, 2) three hole binder paper , and 3) three hole binder.I am excited about the year and have great expectations!
Download guidelines for your research in pdf format...
1. Research Guidelines / Requirements
Middle School Research site: A plan to help you do research...
InfoPlease.com: Another overall plan for research
2. Writing your thesis statement
More guides to Writing your thesis statement:
- Dartmouth.edu
- UNC.edu
- How to write a thesis statement: Indiana University
- How to write a thesis statement: OWL Purdue
- How to write a thesis statement: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
3. Questions to begin asking to guide your research.
4. Format for Citing research (MLA style)
Citation Maker: Does the format for you!
Studyguide.org: How to do Parenthetical Citations for your board (Citing the sources on your board)
Conclusion: Caution about writing paper
Check out these sites for information:
http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/
Samples:
- Ban Experiment on Animals for Human Benefit
- Ban beauty contests
- Support government intervention to support failing financial institutions
Start with Wikipedia to get an overall background of your tribe and you will aso find references
to some primary sources...Wikipedia list of tribes (good starting point)
Looking for Treaties?
Looking for a Treaty? Access Genealogy
More Treaties: First People
Looking for Primary Sources / Quotes?
See example of stating and quoting opposite points of view: Houghton Mifflin site
Digital History: great quotes
Looking for Pictures / Paintings?
Research women in the Women's Rights and suffrage movement in the 1800's to the early 1920...
Start with Wikipedia to get an overall background of your woman and you will also find references
to some primary sources.History of Woman's Suffrage Movement in the U.S. (Wikipedia)
See list of important suffragettes at end of article...About.com link collections on woman suffrage movement
Research Guide for Women's History
National Women's History Project
National Women's History Museum
Assumption College and Women's history
EdSitement Lessons:
Presentation Samples: Websites
Sample Web site by a semi-finalist group
More websites: History Day WebSites
Web Sites for Road Trip Project
Use Google search engine and type in "tourism and the name of the state"
to find details about what's in a state
Info on the 50 states...
TeacherFirst.com: Almost everything you need is on this web site!
50 States.com
Travel-library.com
Enchanted learning.com
National Parks
InfoPlease.com: Historical events
Sports in U.S.A.Looking for businesses? Use Wikipedia
Practice studying for 50 State Quiz
Game: Identify the 50 states
Pibmug.com
Maps & Atlases
Outline maps (need a map?)
Maps.com
Siteatlas.com
Geography.about.com
Library of Congress Map
Chico Geography
Nationalgeographic.com Maps
Atlapedia.com
Cartographic Images
National Atlas.gov
Greenmap.com
Expediamaps.com
Geographia.com
GeoNet.co.uk
Geographic AllianceVirtual Tours
Virtual Freesites
Virtual field trips at Oops
Take a practice test and download the key to check your answers:
Or Online Constitution Test : Take this Constitution test as often as you need...
The Constitution: Primary Source
The Candidates
- John McCain: Wikipedia
- Barack Obama: Wikipedia
ISSUES
John McCain web site (click on "issues")
Barack Obama web site (click on "issue")
CNN Politics: great site
ProCon.org: great site
Fact Monster for kids
New York Times
Who's telling the truth? Check FactCheck.org
Ads and Propaganda
Democratic National Committee: http://www.democrats.org/index.html
Republican National Committee: http://www.rnc.org/Sites for the Elections 2008
Elections Yahoo.com
Elections YouTube.com
CNN Election
CRF Election links
2008 USpresident.com
CSPAN and the Elections
Congress Link: http://www.congresslink.org
The Democracy Network/League of Women Voters: dnet.org
Public Agenda: http://www.publicagenda.org
ABCNews: www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics
Lewis and Clark
Bicentennial
Celebration
PBS Interactive
map
National
Geographic
Lewis and Clark.net
Lewis and Clark.org
Erie Canal
Canal
Tour (after the movie, listen to the music!)
How a lock works
Pony Express
National
Park Service
Transcontinental Railroad
PBS
Race to Utah
Oregon Trail
Virtual
tour
PBS
site
PBS
diaries
What is Cholera? See this website
Cholera is the illness caused by a bacterium called Vibria cholerae. It infects people's intestines, causing diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps.
How do people get it?
The most common cause of cholera is by someone eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated with the bacteria.
After a disaster, this is a very real danger, since regular, clean water and food supplies are often unavailable. The disease can be spread even further by infected people using already dirty water sources to clean themselves or dispose of waste.
Why is it so serious?
Cholera can be mild or even without symptoms, but a severe case can lead to death without immediate treatment. The diarrhea and vomiting brought on by the infection quickly leaves the body without enough fluid. The following dehydration and shock can kill a person within hours.
Civil War WebSites for your Civil War Photo Book
Civil War from CyberSleuth Kids
Civil War.net (great photos)
ClipArt and Photographs of the Civil War
Civilwarclipart.com
Confederateclipart.com
Images of Slavery
CivilWarPhotos.net
Treasurenet.com
Click2History.com
About.com
Weapons, Navy, Spies, Technology, & Medicine
Civil War weapons.tripodNorth and South
North and Lowell Mills
South and Slavery
Slave Pictures for your Editorial
Slave Statistics: Charts and graphs
Follow the Drinking Gourd (mp3)
Follow the Drinking Gourd by the Weavers
Slave Recordings (use mp3 setting)
Wallace Quaterman: Song_Weary Land
Plantations
List of plantations to create Powerpoint presentation
Monticello.org
Green Hill Plantation
John Brown
Economics
NationMaster.com: Comparison World charts
Currency Converter
Cost of Living in the World
Federal reserve bank CPI for 1800's / 1900's: Learn how to make calculations to convert prices.
Inflation Calculator for 1800's and present
Another CPI calculatorCalculating a Budget and Choosing a Job to fulfill your dreams
Use this calculator to plan a family
Jobs and Wages
- StudentsReview.com: Wages
- Wages for Jobs (Dept. of Labor)
What's required for a job (Do you have what it takes?) Classified Ads.com
What is considered the Poverty Level?
Employment and Education
Education and Prison
U.S. Deployment of troops around the world
Cost of War (Iraq and Afghanistan)job
Federal Deficit:
Captains of Industry
50 most generous Philanthropists of Today
ROCKEFELLER
http://voteview.uh.edu/entrejdr.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_rock_jsr.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/maps/map_fs.html - philanthropy
http://www.financialhistory.org/photo-history.htmStandard Oil and Ida Tarbell
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/filmmore/ps_overkill.html
http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2000/standard_oil1.html
Rockefeller quotesCARNEIGIE
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/sfeature/p_legacy.html - philanthropy
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/carnegie/phil_1 - philanthropy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/
VANDERBILThttp://www.stfrancis.edu/ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/vanderbi.htm
http://voteview.uh.edu/vanderb2.htmJ.P. MORGAN
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog17/transcript/page04.html
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog17/transcript/page03.html
INVENTIONS
Enchanted Learning
Hall of Fame
About.com
Wikipedia
PBS Inventions
Page Wise Inventions of Old
Sports
Sports history
Yahoo Sports History
History of Weapons
Modern Weapons at About.com
Guns at About.com
Toy Inventions
About.comAutomobile history
About.comCosmetics Inventions
About.comComputer Inventions
About.com
Immigrant Scrapbook Unit / Lessons
GATE: Debating the Arizona Immigration Law
(CNN) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed the state's immigration bill into law. It is considered to be among the toughest legislation in the nation.
What does the Arizona law do?
Arizona's law orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there's reason to suspect they're in the United States illegally.
It also targets those who hire illegal immigrant laborers or knowingly transport them.Introduction to issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_Our_Law_Enforcement_and_Safe_Neighborhoods_Actpro:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/03/nation/la-na-arizona-crime-20100503http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/11
http://cnmnewsnetwork.com/110911/arizona-immigration-law-sb1070-text-and-debates-about-human-rights/
Descriptions of Immigrant Life
European Immigration / Ellis Island
Scholastic Ellis Island: Virtual Tour
360 degree tour of Ellis Island
Historychannel.com
Ellis Island.org
Asian Immigration / Angel Island
QTVR Angel Island
Satellite Shot
Angel Island Cam
Immigration Station
Epals.com (Use this site to create email pen pals)
Global Warming
BBC Basic Information
Animation of Greenhouse effect
Government site
Poster Board / PowerPoint Presentation: ImmigrationWorld Atlas.com (current data on countries)
International anthems (midis)
U.S. Census Bureau (historical statistics on birthplace of immigrants)
Ancestry of America (current statistics for U.S. ancestry)
American Memory (brief focus on different ethnic groups)
President for a day (PBS)
Nara.gov Presidential Libraries
Grolier.com/presidents
Americanpresidents.org
Daily Schedule of President Ford
The CabinetThomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings
Lincoln and Slavery:
History Now
CATO Institute
National Park Service
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
The Kingcenter.com
Seattletimes.com / mlk
Scavenger Hunt MLK
The Tech Museum
Golden State Museum
Need the Rulebook? Click here...History Day in California
Another site for guidelines: Pennsylvania History Day
MLA guides (citing your sources)Citation Machine
Purdue.edu
USM Library
Columbia.edu (online sources)
The Writing CenterMore Guides and samples for:
1. Writing a Paper:
OAH site
Lee's Writing Guide
Sample paper (pdf file)
Writing Footnotes
Writing Footnotes with Microsoft Word
Writing Footnotes with MS: 2nd source
Subsequent Footnotes2. Sample Web site by a semi-finalist group
More websites from last year's competition: History Day WebSites3. Drama
Kansas sample4. Exhibit
5. Documentary: See laser disc
Tutorial on PowerPoint
Powerpoint and Narration I
Powerpoint and Narration II
PDF download file for narrationNeed Music background? Freeplaymusic.com
Sample Topics with Resources
2. Journey West or Oregon Trail
3. Immigration
4. Space
5. Little Rock (school integration)
Starting Places...
Digital History
Filamentality
Library of Congress
Nara Digital Classroom (National Archives)
American Memory (Library of Congress)
Crossroads Project
Historymatters.gmu.edu
Social Studies School Service.com
Historyplace.com/
Marc Datous socialstudies4u.com
pbs.org People' s Century
Eye Witness
Hyperhistory.com
History Channel.com
History of Today
ushistory.org
dboals Social Studies
Resinger.indiana.edu