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· Reform Movement DBQ Due Monday 12/1

· Test Review for the Imperialism Test is Tuesday before and after school and Wednesday morning in room 310.

· Honors Classes 2nd Quarter Research paper due dates: Outline of ideas due 12/5, First Rough Draft due 12/23 Final paper due 1/5/2009

· Imperialism Test 11/26 Honors Review Sheet  Regents Classes Review Sheet

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8th Grade Social Studies Homework Calendar November / December 2008

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10.

Regents Classes: Industrialization and the Need for Reform. Case Study: The Photos of Lewis Hine

 

(Worksheet)

11.

 

No School

12.

The Progressive Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson

 

(Video)

(Video)

 

PowerPoint

13.

Regents Classes: The Progressive Movement: Picturing Women; Examining How Images of the dress reform movement as part of  the Suffrage movement in America

Handout and Images

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Regents Classes: The Progressive Movement: The Women's Suffrage Movement (Video)

 

PowerPoint

Text Quest Handout

 

 

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Test Review Today

 

 

 

 

 

Honors Classes Homework: Cover Sheet for Chapter 22 due Wednesday 11/26

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All Classes

 District Wide 1st Quarter Marker Exam

 

Regents Classes Homework: Complete the Homework Text Quest  Worksheet Due Tuesday Nov. 20th

 

Honors Classes: Imperialism Test Review Sheet Due Monday 11/24

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All Classes: The U.S. Builds a Pacific Empire Introduction & Geography Lesson

Maps

China and the Open Door Policy

 

Introduction to Imperialism PowerPoint 2008

 

America’s Pacific Empire PowerPoint 2008

 

Ruling the Empire, Latin America PowerPoint 2008

 

Spanish-American War PowerPoint 2008

 

America Becomes a World Power Video

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All Classes: The U.S. Builds a Pacific Empire (Hawaii and Alaska Opening of Japan)

PowerPoint

Worksheet Ethnocentrism

 

 

 

Regents Classes Homework: Read Pages 668-674 Page 674 questions 1d, g, 2, 3, 5 Due Wednesday Nov. 21st

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All Classes: The Spanish American War

 

The Age of Imperialism Website

PowerPoint

 

Worksheet History of U.S.

 

Teddy Roosevelt Political Cartoons

 

Regents Classes Homework: Complete the Homework Text Quest  Worksheet Due Monday Nov 27th

24

All Classes: The U.S. in Latin America, the Panama Canal and Teddy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regents Classes: Imperialism Test Review Sheet Due 11/25

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All Classes: Test Review & Map Skills for U.S. Imperialism Unit.

 

 

Worksheet Causes of Imperialism

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All Classes Test Today on Imperialism

 

 

 

All Classes DBQ Homework Due  Monday 12/1

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Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving

1

All Classes: The Causes of WWI

PowerPoint

Handout

 

Regents Homework: Read pages 686 to 690 Questions 3, 4, 5, 7 Due Tues 12/3

 

Honors Classes Homework: Cover Sheet for Chapter 23 due Friday 12/12

2

All Classes: Trench Warfare in Europe!

Handout

3

All Classes:The U.S. Turns from Neutrality to War & WWI Posters

WWI Posters

Handout

        

Regents Homework: Read pages 691 to 696 Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 Due Thurs. 12/6

 

 

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All Classes: America in the Battle.

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All Classes: America in the Battle cont.

Teacher Handout

Handout

 

 

Regents Homework: Read pages 704 to 709 Questions 1, 2, 4, 5,  Due Tuesday. 12/19

8

All Classes: World War I at Home in the U.S.

 

The Movie Trailer

9

All Classes: The Bolshevik (Russian) Revolution

Time Magazine Photos

 

Worksheet

Forms of Governments:

Anarchy

Democracy and Republics

Socialism

Communism

10

All Classes: Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles

 

11

All Classes Test Review

 

12

All Classes Test on WWI

 

 

15

All Classes: The Roaring 20s: A Time of Turmoil

 

Handout

 

Honors Classes Homework: Cover Sheet for Chapter 24 Due 12/23/2009

 

 

Regents Classes Homework: Read Pages

718-722 Page 674 questions 1a, b, c  2, 3, 5 Due Tuesday 12/18

 

 

16

All Classes: The Roaring 20s: A Desire for Normalcy

 

How did the Policies of the American Government encourage Isolationism?

 

Website

 

 

Handout

17

All Classes: How far did the U.S. Achieve Prosperity in the 1920s?

 

Website

 

PowerPoint: “The Roaring Twenties”

Handout for the PowerPoint

 

Regents Homework: Read pages 730 to 734 Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Due Wednesday 1/9

 

 

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All Classes: How far did the U.S. Achieve Prosperity in the 1920s?

 

Website

 

The Booming Economy and the Automobile. Worksheet and DBQ Thesis Statement Practice

 

PowerPoint: “The Roaring Twenties”

Handout for the PowerPoint

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All Classes: The Roaring 20s, The Jazz Age, are these good descriptions of the U.S. in the 1920s?

 

Website

 

Video: America in the 20th Century “The Roaring Twenties”

Road to Recovery 0:06:02 Play »

Boom Times 0:05:24 Play »

Post-war Intolerance 0:04:47 Play »

Moral Values 0:03:58 Play »

The Jazz Age 0:05:09 Play »

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All Classes: The Roaring 20s: Fads and Heroes Case Studies

 

Worksheet: Case Study: The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

 

Video: Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend

 

Regents Homework: Read pages 736 to 741 Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Due Friday. 1/11

 

 

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All Classes: Multicultural Holiday Celebration

 

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Winter Recess

We return to school January 5th

Happy Holidays and a great New Year!

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Winter Recess

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Winter Recess