Mr. Dailey 8th Grade American History
Week of 2/6-2/10
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - REMINDER: MEET IN TECHNOLOGY LAB THIS WEEK
Continue to conduct research on individual selected
for Black History Month Glogster.com project
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - Continue to conduct research on individual selected
for Black History Month Glogster.com project
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - Complete the Civil Rights worksheet received in class
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - Continue to conduct research on individual selected
for Black History Month Glogster.com project
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - All "glogs" are due by the end of the day.
Week of 1/30-2/3
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - THIS WEEK - study for quiz on the Legislative Branch.
Know:
Vocabulary terms:
Representative
Senator
Bicameral
Constitutional Convention
Articles of Confederation
Great Compromise
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Powers of the Legislative Branch
Lawmaking
Taxation
Establish post offices
regulates trade
Naturalization
declare war
coining of money
raise and support armies
How a bill becomes a law
Idea, proposal, committee, vote, same process in the senate,
President signs or vetoes, law
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - Study!
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - Study!
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - QUIZ TODAY
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - Begin to conduct preliminary research for your
Black History Month project.
Week of 1/23-1/27
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - Read the Preamble to the Constitution on p. 194 ("We the people...")
Define: justice, domestic, tranquility, liberty, posterity
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - Use the Constitution on p.194-98 to answer:
1. What are the requirements needed to be a Representative?
2. To be a Senator?
3. What is the Vice-President's job in the Senate?
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - Look at Article 1, section 9 of the Constitution:
When is Congress allowed to "suspend" the "privilege of the
writ of habeas corpus"?
Week of 1/16-1/20
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - MLK DAY - NO SCHOOL
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - See me about test retakes
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - See me about test retakes
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - Read chapter 37 and answer in at least one well-written
paragraph:
Which delegates to the Constitutional Convention do you
believe have the most important ideas? Pick at least three
delegates that attended the Convention and explain why they
were the most valuable members there.
To be collected
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
Week of 1/9-1/13
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - THIS WEEK - study for test on the American Revolution
Study - vocabulary terms, Paul Revere, George Washington,
and African-Americans during the Revolution
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT -
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT -
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT -
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - TEST TODAY!
Week of 1/2-1/6
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - NO SCHOOL
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - Complete the "Phillis Wheatley Poetry" worksheet
received in class
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - In your textbook, read p.110-112 and answer:
1. Who was James Forten?
2. What did he do during the Revolution?
3. How many African-American men fought for the colonists?
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - TEST NEXT WEEK ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Week of 12/19-12/23
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - This week - See me about test retakes
Make up work - complete make up work
by Friday
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT -
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT -
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT -
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - ENJOY YOUR BREAK!
Week of 12/12-12/16
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - Turn to p. 191-192 in your textbook and look/read the "grievances"
in the Declaration of Independence (they start with "He has..."
and "For...") Write down in your notebook 4 of the grievances.
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - Using your notes taken in class during the viewing of John Adams,
write a movie mini-review of the episode viewed this week. Answer
in at least one paragraph, to be collected.
Consider in your review: What aspects of the episode did you like
the best? Which actors did the best job? What were some of the things
the producers could have done better?
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
Week of 12/5-12/9
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - Complete "Who Has the Best Chance of Victory"
worksheet received in class
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - Answer in at least one well-written paragraph:
Based on our reading and discussion in class, do you consider
Ethan Allen to be a Patriot, an "arrogant jerk," or both? Why?
Explain your reasoning! To be collected.
See chapter 15 in textbook for reading on Allen.
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
Week of 11/28-12/2
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - Begin to study for Friday's test on the Road to Revolution
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - Draw the steps of "Paul Revere's Ride" into the boxes on the
worksheet received in class
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - Study for test
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - Study for test
- Vocab. - revolution, American Revolution
- The Firebrands - Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry
- Acts passed by King and Parliament
- Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - TEST TODAY!
Week of 11/21-11/23
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - Complete on back of Boston Masscare Worksheet
1. Why do you think John Adams defended the British soldiers
that shot at the colonists?
2. Do you believe Adams was justified in representing them, or do you
believe Adams was a traitor to his fellow colonists?
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - NO SCHOOL
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - NO SCHOOL
Week of 11/14-11/18
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - Use worksheet finished in class today to answer:
Which "act" or "acts" do you think angered the largest
number of colonists? Why?
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE
Week of 11/7-11/11
DAY/DATE - Monday
ASSIGNMENT - Use chapter 10 in textbook to answer:
1. What is the "Magna Carta?"
2. What is the "right of habeas corpus"? Explain!
DAY/DATE - Tuesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE -see me about test retakes
DAY/DATE - Wednesday
ASSIGNMENT - NONE - see me about test retakes
DAY/DATE - Thursday
ASSIGNMENT - NO SCHOOL
DAY/DATE - Friday
ASSIGNMENT - NO SCHOOL
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