Movie permission slips for "Glory" are due today!

The permission slips must be signed and checked "Yes my child can watch" or "No, my child cannot watch"

Field Trip permission slips are due tomorrow.

Agenda: Wednesday the 25th

1. "You Decide..." pgs 560-561. Read President Lincoln's and President Jefferson's speeches about their differing opinions on secession. Answer the questions that follow
2. Outline Chapter 12 Section 1: Find 3 facts for each heading.
3. No HW

Agenda: Tuesday the 24th

1. Read "Rifles for Watie"(pgs 584-589)
2. Homework: "Rifles for Watie" discussion questions

Agenda: Monday the 23rd

1. Class discussion: Lincoln-Douglas Debates
2. Notes: States Rights and "Nullification" and Confederacy
3. Homework: "A House Divided" Lincoln Speech. Read and answer the questions

Agenda: Friday the 20th

1. Quiz: Causes of the Civil War/Manifest Destiny
2. Distribute Field trip permission slips to the Civil War Museum
3. Distribute movie permission slips for watching the movie "Glory"
4. Finish Map

Note: Permission slips for the field trip are due Friday the 27th. The movie permission slips are due today (26th)

Agenda: Thursday the 19th

1. Review for Friday's quiz
2. Label Civil War Map using pg 558. Include the key.
3. Homework: Study for tomorrow's quiz

Agenda: Wednesday the 18th

1. Notes: Causes of the Civil War
2. Video clip: Battle of Fort Sumter - Discuss the significance of Election of 1860
3. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
4. HW: A. Study for quiz B. Complete "House Divided" worksheet

Agenda: Tuesday the 17th

1. Group Activity: Students are divided into 8 groups and each group picks a "Cause of the Civil War" to research using their textbooks
2. Share the results of the group research to the class
3. Graphic Organizer: Using the info from group research input the information into the "Causes of the Civil War: graphic organizer.
4. HW:
A. Chapter 11 Sec 1 worksheet review
B. Study for Friday's quiz
C. 5th and 6th period only: Write a summary paragraph of Chap 12 Section 2

Agenda: Monday the 16th

1. Reading Check pages 500-506
2. Group Activity: Class was divided into 8 groups. Each group was given one of the "causes of the Civil War" to research in their textbook.
3. Tomorrow we will share our answers in class
4. Homework: Read 528-534

Agenda: Friday the 13th

1. Classwork: "You Decide..." Read Albert Gallatin's and John O'Sullivan's opinions about Manifest Destiny on Pgs 476-477. After reading respond to the following question in a paragraph response: "Does Manifest Destiny contradict America's idea of equality?"

2. Announce the 8th grade field trip to The Banning Residence and Drum Barracks

3. Introduction of the Civil War unit: What do you know about the Civil War?

4. Homework: Rd Pgs 500-506. Possible Reading Check on Monday.

Wallis Annenberg 8th grade class to visit The Banning Residence and the Civil War Drum Barracks

Special Announcement:

Parents,
On April 14th the 8th grade will be going on a field trip to two museums in Wilmington, CA. We will be touring the Banning Residence and the Drum Barracks as part of our cross-curricular Civil War unit with the English and Art Department.

What you need to know:
1. Permission slips will be distributed this week that you will need to sign in order for your child to attend the field trip.
2. The field trip is free of charge to students and lunch will be provided by the school.
3. We will be traveling by school bus to and from the museums. We will be loading onto the buses at 9:00am and return to the school by 3:19pm. Your child will need to attend their 1st period class.

If you wish to know more about the museums please visit the websites below.
www.drumbarracks.org
www.banningmuseum.org

Agenda: Thursday the 12th

1. Guided Reading Activity Chapter 11 Section 1
2. HW: None

Agenda: Wednesday the 11th

1. Notes: Manifest Destiny (Louisiana Purchase, Trail of Tears, Oregon Country)
2. Analyze map of Oregon Country Pg 474
3. HW: Read/Scan through chapter 11 and find 4 more examples of Manifest Destiny. Write a paragraph for each example you find describing why the example you chose is an example of Manifest Destiny.

Agenda: Tuesday the 10th

1. Outline Chapter 9 Sec 3
2. In class discussion: Southern Cotton Kingdom. Read and discuss pages pg 423-424.
3. HW: Finish Chapter 9 Section 3 outline

Agenda: Monday the 9th

I was out sick. My classes had a substitute teacher

1. Outline Chapter 9 Section 1 and 2
2. HW: Complete the outlines

Agenda: Friday the 6th

1. Vocabulary Packet Chapter 9
2. HW: finish vocab packet

Agenda: Thursday the 5th

1. Video: The Erie Canal
2. Complete video guide during the video

Agenda: Wednesday the 4th

I was absent today. My classes had a substitute.

1. Classwork: Complete Chap 7 and Chapter 8 Vocabulary packet
2. HW: Complete the classwork

Tuesday the 3rd

I was off campus today meeting with 2 museum directors about a potential field trip. My classes had a sub.

1. Chapter 8 test
2. After the test: Work on Chapter 7 Vocabulary review packet

Agenda: Monday March 2nd

1. Review for test: Completed crossword puzzle over Chap 8
2. Homework: Study for tomorrow's test

Agenda: Friday the 27th

1. Song Performances: Students sing the songs they wrote or recite the poems they created about the working conditions of the industrial revolution
2. Complete the biography packets handed out yesterday
3. HW: Study for Tuesday's test over Chap. 8

Agenda: Thursday the 26th

1. Notes: Women's Movement
2. Pick 3 to 4 biographies to complete
3. HW: Finish Interviews - due tomorrow (1st and 4th period due Monday)