HW: Read 9.2 "Louisiana Purchase"​ AHON pages 314-319. Answer questions 1-4 on page 319.  Due Monday, February 29.

Extra Credit: Due by Friday, 3/4
1. Find a recent political cartoon (2015-2016) that you like.
2. Identify any symbols/ caricatures/ personification/ captions that the cartoonist used in his cartoon to help give it meaning. Explain what they mean.
3. Describe the message of the cartoon. 

Some sources of political cartoons:
http://www.cagle.com/ 
http://www.politicalcartoons.com/
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/orl-syn-cartgallery-photogallery.html

SS.8.A.3.15 Examine this time period (1763-1815) from the perspective of historically under-represented groups (children, indentured servants, Native Americans, slaves, women, working class). 

Learning Goal: The student will understand the roles of women and children in early America.

Monday, February 29

​1. Due HW: Read 9.2 "Louisiana Purchase"​ AHON pages 314-319. Answer questions 1-4 on page 319. 

​2. Finish watching A Midwife's Tale and taking notes on the topics below and think about how these topics are different and similar today.
Medical Care
Marriage/Weddings
housework
pregnancy and birth

• After the video, you will write an essay that compares 3 of the 4 topics to modern day life. Read the directions on the right for more specific details.
• Or, you can do the alternate research essay about one of the following topics. Follow the directions.

            *Medicine and germ theory
            *Land surveying tools and process
            *Sawmills and lumber production
            *Looms & cloth production

These websites have more information about historian Laura Thatcher Ulrich, Martha Ballard, and the making of the video:

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/midwife/index.html
• http://dohistory.org/home.html
• HOW BETSY ROSS BECAME FAMOUS

Thurs/Fri, February 25-26

1. Discuss the quote: "Well-behaved women rarely make history" by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. What does it mean? (Refer to what she said in the video yesterday.)

2. Continue watching A Midwife's Tale and taking notes on the topics below and think about how these topics are different and similar today.
Medical Care
Marriage/Weddings
housework
pregnancy and birth

 Thurs/Fri, February 11 & 12
*Reminder: No School on Monday, Presidents' Day
* Due: 8th Grade Activities Acknowledgement form signed by parent.
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1. High School Registration Questions?

​2. Foreign Affairs in Early America #14
*See below for complete instructions

3. Go back to each Dilemma and rate the actions that the president actually did to solve the dilemma on the Isolationism to Intervention spectrum. Do you see a pattern?

4. Foreign Affairs in Early America Mini-Project
After you finish your Foreign Affairs in Early America dilemmas, pick one of the following topics and do one of the activities below. Read the information in your AHON textbook before you begin.
 
Topics:

1. XYZ Affair (298)
2. Impressment of American sailors (323)
3. Barbary Pirate attacks on American ships (322)
4. War of 1812: Battles at  Ft. McHenry (330)
5. War of 1812: Attack on Washington, DC (330)
6. War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans (331 AHON, 170 AH)
7. Monroe Doctrine (347)

 
Activities:
1. Comic Strip. Explain your topic in a color comic strip, complete with comic-style illustrations and dialogue bubbles/ captions. Your comic strip needs to have at least 7 cells (boxes).
 
2. Political Cartoon. Create a one cell political cartoon that shows an opinion or analysis about your topic. Include a combination of symbols, dialog, labels, and captions to tell your message.
 
3. Propaganda Poster. Create a poster that tries to persuade people’s opinions about your topic. Include a slogan and imagery. (Look up propaganda posters from WWI for inspiration.)
 
4. Poetry. Write an “Inside/Outside Poem” that captures the content and feelings expressed by the president associated with your topic. Get the directions page from the teacher if you pick this option.  
 
5. Presidential Monument. Design a monument that commemorates the one of the presidents in this lesson. (Investigate the current monuments in Washington, DC for inspiration.) Sketch the structure that you would build and write a description of your design. Write a dedication plaque that describes the highlights of his presidency; make sure to include information about foreign affairs.
 
6. Song. Write the lyrics to a song/rap about your topic and set them to the melody of a well-known song/rap. (ABC song, Star Spangled Banner, a Disney song, pop song, etc.)

If you are absent, do this at home with your AHON textbook:
 
A. Read “French Revolution” and “Washington Retires” on pages 295-297.
Summarize Washington’s Foreign Policy.
Include these terms in your answer: “Washington, France, Neutral, Farwell Address”
  
B. Read “Troubles with France” on AHON 298.
Explain what the XYZ Affair was about and how Adams avoided war.
Include these terms in your answer: “Adams, Jay Treaty, XYZ Affair, France, Napoleon”
 
 C. Read “Defeating the Barbary States,” “American Neutrality Is Challenged” and “Jefferson Responds with an Embargo” on AHON 322-325.
Describe how Jefferson dealt with the problem of foreign ships attacking American ships.
Include in your answer: “Jefferson, Impressment, Barbary Pirates, Britain, Embargo”
  
D. Read “The War of 1812” on AHON 327-331.
Describe why war was declared in Britain during Madison’s presidency and the results of the war.
Include in your answer: “Madison, Britain, War of 1812, White House, ‘Star-Spangled Banner’, Jackson, National Pride”
 
 E. Read “Dealing With Other Nations” on AHON 345-347.
Explain how the Monroe Doctrine supported newly independent Latin American Nations.
Include in your answer: “Monroe, Latin America, Independence, Europe, Monroe Doctrine”

Monday, February 8

***8th Grade Activities Acknowledgement Form: Signed by Parent, Due by Friday, 2/12/16.

***Bring high school registration information with you to class on Tues/Wed. to work on high school four year plans and 9th grade registration. 

1. Vote for Dance theme: http://www.handsonmilwee.com/8th-grade-dance-poll-round-1.html 

2. Review John Adams and the  "Alien and Sedition Acts" #13. 

3. Re-rate yourself on the Domestic and Foreign Policies Scale Tracking sheet. #11

4. Foreign Affair, Mod 1: The Great Seal of the United States. Read the "Symbolism on the $1 Bill" introduction. Then click the link to the "The Great Seal of the United States" article; read and answer the 3 questions verbally in your groups.
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Monday, February 1, 2016

1. Make up Constitution Quiz

2. High School registration questions

3. Washington's Presidency #9 backside: Read the article online and answer the questions. Finish for HW

Thurs/Fri, January 28-29

1. All NHD Projects are due by this Friday, 1/29.

2. High School registration information session with guidance counselors from Lyman.

3. Quiz: Constitution #10

4. Domestic and Foreign Policies Scale and Tracking Sheet #11: On notebook paper, write the learning goal, and then for each letter A-H, rate your current level of understand on a 0-4 scale. 

Thurs/Fri, January 21 & 22

1. NHD Projects due!

2. Federalists v. Anti-Federalists #7
*Create a t-chart that contrasts the differences between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists during the Constitution ratification process.
*Read HA! page 116 "The Constitution Goes to the Nation" and the "Conversation Dialog" in the attached worksheet to help you fill in your t-chart. 

3. Preamble Choral Reading
*Memorize the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Quiz next week.

4. Constitution Jeopardy: use the primary source text (aka U.S. Constitution) to help you answer questions about the U.S. Constitution. 

Thurs/Fri, January 14 & 15

1. NHD Questions?

2.. High School Open House Schedule: On a sticky note, write your name and your high school. Stick it on the wall in the appropriate section. Add your school’s open house to your calendar. 

3. State of the Union Bingo, extra credit.
due next week, Tues/Wed. Must be signed by a parent to receive extra credit

4. Issue 2: How should Slaves Be Counted? #5
Read History Alive!, Chapter 8, page 111, or online: http://www.treeofed.com/counting-slaves-read.html
 
1. Summarize the issue concerning whether or not to count slaves. Why were the delegates debating this issue? 

2. How does your delegate feel about this issue? Does this surprise you, considering what state they come from? Why or why not?

3. Which four states would have benefited the most from counting slaves?
 
4. How did some American's views on slavery begin to change during this time, and why?
 
 
5. Issue 2 Resolution: The Three-Fifths Compromise #5
Read History Alive!, Chapter 8, page 112 or online: http://www.treeofed.com/the-35-compromise-read.html
 
1. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do? Do you think this was a fair compromise?
 
2. What was the slave trade, and why did the southern states worry that Congress would outlaw it?
 
3. What did the Fugitive Slave Clause state?
 
4.Examine the "Thirty Dollars" image below. Is it a primary or secondary source? How do you know?

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3.  Constitutional Convention Questions #4
Check the "Opening the Convention" and Issue 1: State Representation questions 1-11, turn in.
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4. Resolution: The Great Compromise #4
Read History Alive!, Chapter 8, page 110
Or read online: http://www.treeofed.com/a-good-no-a-great-compromise-read.html
 
    1. Why did the majority of the delegates reject the New Jersey Plan?
    2. What did Gunning Bedford mean when he threatened "[If the large states continue in their efforts to] crush the smaller states, the small ones will find some foreign ally of more honor and good faith who will take them by the hand and do them justice." 
    3. What parts of the Great Compromise satisfied the large states and why?
    4. What parts of the Great Compromise satisfied the small states and why?

Turn in when complete

5. Constitutional Convention Issue 2: Slavery #5
Before the next class period, Read page 111 in History Alive or read online. 

Monday, January 11

1.Turn in late Valley Forge DBQ's and history folders.

​2. NHD Project Overview. Due next week!
NHD Project is due Thurs/Fri, January 21 (odd periods) & 22 (even periods)

Requirements for all project presentation categories:
Presentation:

• Title
• Thesis (topic, main idea) statement 
• Historical context: short explanation of the history of your topic, timeline
• Theme relationship explanation
• Impact or significance, how changed history

“Paperwork”

• Annotated bibliography (typed hard copy)
• Title page: Name(s), period, title, presentation category, (website URL), stapled to front of bibliography
• Process paper (due only if selected for county fair)

Specific directions are posted in the NHD tabs above on this website. 

Thurs/Fri, January 7 & 8

1. Set up your new history folder. Create a title page with the following information on it: #1, Your Name, U.S. History, Ms. Day, 2nd Semester, msjday.weebly.com

2. Review the Articles of Confederation questions from yesterday. 

3. Constitutional Convention Delegate Cards:  
Side A

• Write your delegate's name nice and big
• Write the state that your delegate represents in the top left corner
• Write whether your delegate's state’s population is small, medium or large

 Side B

• 3-4 sentences describing your Personal Background (age, career(s), participation in Revolution (soldier, politician, diplomat, etc.), anything else significant.)
• Copy down, word for word, your delegate's views on Issues 1, 2 and 3.

4. Constitutional Convention Questions #4
History Alive! Textbook, Chapter 8, pages 103-109

Read pages 104-105 in the History Alive! Textbook for questions 1 & 2.
Early Quarrels and Accomplishments
1. What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
 Shays’s Rebellion and the Need for Change
2.  How did Shays’s Rebellion help prove that the Articles of Confederation were a failure?
 
Opening the Constitutional Convention
For questions 3-9, read pages 106-108 in the History Alive! Textbook or click this link to read online. 

3.  When and where did the Constitutional Convention take place, and what were the conditions like?

4. Who did the delegates' elect to oversee the convention?
 
5.  List at least 4 qualities that the delegates shared in common.
 
6. Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution" and why?
 
7.  Explain the rule of secrecy and why it was created.
 
8. Define:
            a. republic
            b. constitution
 
9. What were the two main issues to be decided at the Constitutional Convention?
 
Issue 1: How Should States Be Represented in the New Government?
For questions 10-11, read page 109 in the History Alive! Textbook or click this link to read online and use your Delegate Card.

10. Create a venn diagram (or a 3 t-chart) that outlines the differences and similarities of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
 
11. Study the graph (or map online) and consider how your delegate's state's population compares to that of the other state populations. Then, in one paragraph, answer the following questions:

1. According to the chart, approximately what is your state's population?
2. Is your delegate more likely to support a system where each state gets equal representation, or a system where state representation is proportionate to its population? WHY?
3. What other states might share your opinion? WHY?

Tues/Wed, January 5 & 6
*You need a new history folder by Friday. Put your name and "History" on the cover and decorate with school appropriate images of your choice. Turn in the old, 1st semester folder.

1. Opener: Examine the Forming Our Government scale #2. What items on the scale did you learn about last year? Rate your current understanding of the items on the scale.
 
2. Paper Clip game. Your group will be given a envelope with some items and directions. Have fun, but think about  why we would be doing this activity today.
 
3. Articles of Confederation: America's First Government #3
Watch a  short video and read the article about the Articles of Confederation and Shays’s Rebellion. Answer questions about how this led to a Constitutional Convention. http://www.treeofed.com/the-constitutional-convention.html#tab3

​4. NHD Q&A

Monday, January 4, 2016
*Enjoy your last 90 days of being the big fish in the little pond.*

*You need a new history folder by Friday. Put your name and "History" on the cover and decorate with school appropriate images of your choice. Turn in the old, 1st semester folder.

1. Valley Forge DBQ essay are due. Proof read and rainbow highlight it. Fill out and attach the scoring guide.

2. NHD History Fair Q & A