COOK 6TH - 8TH GRADE S.S. SC.GONZAL (BridgePrep Academy of North Miami Beach)

Due: 06/04/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:01:07 EDT

Use the link (Civics students, log into your account) to play the iCivics game.

Submit the certificate at the end of the game.
https://www.icivics.org/games/branches-power

Due: 06/01/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:45 EDT

Today, you are creating your own Chapter 18 test using your workbook.

It must include:

20 multiple-choice questions (5 from each lesson)
4 short answer (DOK-style) questions (1 from each lesson)
An answer key

This will count as a test grade.

Due: 06/01/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:51 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 18.3 question:

Name three ways that former slaves were discouraged from fully participating in Southern society.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 05/28/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:01:02 EDT

Choose from the options listed below, then create a monthly budget including income, expenses, and money allocated for entertainment/savings/etc. Don't forget to include student loans, if necessary for your career. (For student loans, use the amount borrowed --i.e. tuition cost-- over 10 years with a 0.1% monthly interest rate.)

**If you'd like, you can include pictures of your dream house/car/etc.**

Step 1: Pick a job.

Research a job you're interested in.

a) Does that job need a college degree? Y/N

a-No) Move on to step 2.

a-Yes) Tuition cost?

b) Grad School? Y/N

b-No) Move on to step 2.

b-Yes) What level: Masters? Law School? Med School?

b-Yes-Masters/Law School/Med School) Tuition cost per year x how many years?

Step 2: Pick a living situation.

a) Roommate/Shared expenses (Don’t forget to figure out their job/salary/expenses)

b) Single

Step 3: Offspring

a) No kids (Move to Step 4)

If you decide you want kids, give your best guess to how much they will add to your necessary expenses. Also consider the cost of the following per kid: school, transportation, extracurriculars (sports, etc)

b) 1-2 kids

c) 3+ kids

Step 4: Pick a home type

a) 3+ bedroom House

b) 1-2 bedroom Apartment/Condo

c) 2-3 bedroom Townhome

Step 5: Home Size

a) Studio/1-bedroom

b) 2 bedrooms

c) 3 bedrooms

d) 4+ bedrooms

Step 6:Rent or Own?

Will you rent or own your home? Determine the monthly cost for your choice. Keep in mind maintenance.

a) Rent

b) Own

Step 7: Transportation

Choose which mode of transportation you want, then decide if you're going to buy or lease it. Determine your monthly cost for your choice.

a) Two-door sports car

b) Four-door sedan

c) SUV

d) motorcycle

e) Public Transportation (cost of bus pass)

Step 8: Utilities

Which of these utilities will you have? (You can choose any or all of them.) Research the average cost of:

a) Cable TV

b) Wifi

c) Cell phone

d) Power

e) Water

f) Other?

Step 9: Food

Determine the cost of food for the number of people living in your home. Figure about $75 per person monthly.

Due: 05/27/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:36 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 18.1 question:

1. In what ways did Lincoln and the Radical Republicans disagree over Reconstruction and in what areas did they agree?

2. What was the importance of the Thirteenth Amendment?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 05/27/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:39 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 18.2 question:

1. What actions taken during Reconstruction do you think had the longest-lasting effect? Explain.

2. What actions taken by the Radical Republicans did the most to punish the South? Explain.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 05/26/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:30 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 18.4 question:

List three ways state governments kept African Americans from voting. Tell what each did. (There are 3.)

Complete Guided Reading 18.4

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 05/24/2021

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:57:52 EDT

***FOR MATH***

Please complete all 80 questions on the attached worksheets. These are for MATH class, not history.

I will be passing along ALL SUBMISSIONS to the Admins and Ms. Daza.

**You may answer all of the questions in the submission box, but please NUMBER your work.**

Due: 05/21/2021

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:58:23 EDT

***FOR MATH***

Please complete all questions on the attached worksheets. These are for MATH class, not history.

I will be passing along ALL SUBMISSIONS to the Admins and Ms. Daza.

**When possible, you may answer the questions in the submission box, but please NUMBER your work.**

Due: 05/21/2021

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:58:28 EDT

***FOR MATH***

Please complete all questions on the attached worksheets. These are for MATH class, not history.

I will be passing along ALL SUBMISSIONS to the Admins and Ms. Daza.

**When possible, you may answer the questions in the submission box, but please NUMBER your work.**

Due: 05/21/2021

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:58:31 EDT

***FOR MATH***

Please complete all 80 questions on the attached worksheets. These are for MATH class, not history.

I will be passing along ALL SUBMISSIONS to the Admins and Ms. Daza.

**You may answer all of the questions in the submission box, but please NUMBER your work.**

Due: 05/19/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:26 EDT

Today, you are creating your own Chapter 17 test using your workbook.

It must include:

15 multiple-choice questions (3 from each lesson)
5 short answer (DOK-style) questions (1 from each lesson)
An answer key

This will count as a test grade.

Due: 05/06/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:17 EDT

As I will not be in class with you, please complete these assignments for 4/29.

Guided Reading - 17.5
Guided Reading - 17.4
Guided Reading - 17.3
Guided Reading - 17.2
Guided Reading - 17.1

Start with 17.5, then as you complete them, move back to 17.1. I will be grading specific questions from each of them.

Due: 05/04/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:13 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 17.4 question:

What happened at Gettysburg (sequence of events), and why was it a turning point for the South?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 04/30/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:05 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 17.3 question:

How did life change for women and children during the Civil War?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 04/26/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:03:00 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 17.1-17.2 question:

17.1

How was the North's strategy different from the South's?

17.2

Choose two people (a,b) from this lesson and write how each person influenced the Civil War.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 04/13/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:02:57 EDT

Use your textbooks (pages 272-275) to complete the assignments on EdNet.

1. Guided Reading for lesson 2. You must complete all questions for credit. It will count for a grade and is due on EdNet.

2. IF YOU FINISH, you will complete the Primary Source Activity assignment.

Due: 04/12/2021

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:25:11 EDT

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/04715287?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1617996281909

Due: 04/09/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:02:51 EDT

Answer the following questions in the submission box. For the multiple-choice questions, ONLY put the number of the question and the letter for your answer.

1. Which of the following was a proposal to ban slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico?

a. Compromise of 1850

b. Wilmot Proviso

c. Missouri Compromise

d. Freeport Doctrine

2. What resulted from the Fugitive Slave Act?

a. Passage of the law stopped violence in Kansas.

b. Most Northerners respected slaveholders' rights.

c. Abolitionists were jailed in the North.

d. The law convinced many Northerners to help runaways.

3. The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision stated that ____.

a. enslaved persons could bring lawsuits

b. the slave trade should be abolished

c. Congress had no power to ban slavery in any territory

d. the Missouri Compromise was constitutional

4. Which was included in the Republican Party platform in the election of 1860?

a. The question of slavery should be decided by popular sovereignty.

b. In a free country, the minority has the right to break up the government.

c. Slavery should be left where it existed but be excluded from the territories.

d. Slavery should be protected in all territories south of 36°30'N latitude.

5. The armed pro-slavery groups of Missourians who went to Kansas to vote were called ____.

a. Kansas Crusaders

b. Border Breakers

c. Missouri Militia

d. Border Ruffians

6. What event officially started the Civil War?

a. the raid on Harpers Ferry

b. the attack on Fort Sumter

c. the burning of Lawrence, KY

d. the election of Abraham Lincoln

For 7-8, use the attached map to answer the questions.

7. According to the map, in 1860 Kentucky and Missouri were both ____.

a. Confederate states

b. Union free states

c. Union territories

d. Union slave states

8. What generalization can you make about the Union slave states?

a. They share a border with free states to the north.

b. They all border the Mississippi River.

c. They are all in New England.

d. They are farther south than Alabama.

For 9-10, use the following quote from Erastus D. Ladd describing voters from Missouri crossing the border to vote in an 1855 election in Kansas.

"They claimed to have a legal right to vote in the Territory [Kansas], and that they were residents by virtue of their being then in the Territory. They said they were all free to confess that they came from Missouri; that they lived in Missouri, and voted as Missourians."

9. Did Ladd think the actions of these voters were legal? Explain your answer.

10. What is Ladd suggesting about the elections in Kansas?

11. What do you think would have happened to the Confederacy if Lincoln had made no effort to prevent it from seceding? Provide reasons to support your answer.

BONUS: Take the role of an African American living in the US in the 1850s. Write a journal entry expressing your thoughts after the Dred Scott decision is issued.

Due: 04/08/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:02:46 EDT

Read the two attached primary sources, then use them to answer the following questions in FULL sentences. (Restate, Answer, and Prove your answer.)

1. What are Abraham Lincoln's and Jefferson Davis's basic arguments against or in favor of secession?

2. What issue seems most important to Lincoln? To Davis?

3. In your opinion, which of the two makes the more powerful appeal to emotions? Explain your answer in a short essay. (3 paragraphs)

Due: 04/07/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:23:21 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 16.3 question:

What two nations were at war in the Civil War?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 04/06/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:23:17 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 16.2 question:

List a reason given by the Supreme Court for the decision in the Dred Scott case. Explain that reason.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 04/05/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:23:10 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 16.1 question:

Why did Senator Douglas suggest that Congress repeal the Missouri Compromise? What political concept did his actions support?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/23/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:23:03 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 14.4 question:

Describe life on the plantation for most enslaved Africans.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/22/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:22:48 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 14.3 question:

How was the South's economy and development of industry different from the North's? (List at least 3 ways.)

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/18/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:22:39 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 14.2 question:

What did many Americans want to change in the workplace?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/18/2021

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:40:42 EDT

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/09770546?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1616006426775

Due: 03/17/2021

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:22:35 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 14.1 question:

What effect did canals and railways have on transportation from the East to the Midwest?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/17/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:15:39 EDT

Use the attached Morse Code translation to create a message for your friend in Morse Code. Keep it friendly and upload a picture for a grade.

Due: 03/09/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:15:46 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 15.3 question:

What were some of the major events related to the women's suffrage movement?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/08/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:15:54 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 15.2 question:

Complete the graphic organizer by identifying the contributions of each person.

(1) Harriet Tubman

(2) Sojourner Truth

(3) Frederick Douglass

(4) Angelina Grimke

(5) William Lloyd Garrison

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/05/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:16:00 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 15.1 question:

List four areas of reform in the 1800s.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 03/04/2021

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:53:30 EST

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/09715075?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1614783174572

Due: 02/24/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:16:08 EDT

We will work through this in class.

***PLEASE DO NOT COMPLETE THIS UNTIL WE DO IT TOGETHER.***

Due: 02/19/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:16:14 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 13.4 question:

1. How did the Gold Rush affect California?

2. What was Brigham Young's role in the settling of Utah?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 02/19/2021

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:29:41 EST

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/06833350?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1613679190132

Due: 02/18/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:16:22 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 13.3 question:

List three results of the Mexican War.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 02/16/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:16:42 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 13.1 question:

What were the emigrants who moved west hoping to find?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 02/16/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:16:31 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 13.2 question:

How did Florida and Texas become states, and how was that process different for each?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 02/10/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:00 EDT

Students will work individually or with a partner to prepare a presentation.

Students must pick a topic from the list provided. Groups will then prepare a PowerPoint presentation to teach the topic to their class.

Refer to the attachment for more information.

Due: 02/04/2021

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:48:17 EST

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/09069898?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1612363252943

Due: 02/04/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:06 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 12.3 question:

List two reasons why President Jackson destroyed the Second Bank of the United States.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 02/02/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:14 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 12.2 question:

1. How did the expansion of the American settlers affect Native American groups?

2. Who was Osceola and what was his contribution to history in Florida?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/28/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:21 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 12.1 question:

1. Explain why Jackson opposed states' rights when it came to nullifying a federal law and seceding from the US.

2. What factors caused Andrew Jackson to be elected president?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/19/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:28 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 11.3 question:

List three areas where Spain lost power during the early 1800s.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/19/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:35 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 11.2 question:

List 3 problems with land travel during this period.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/15/2021

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:17:50 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 11.1 question:

How did the improvements in technology contribute to changes in society during the Industrial Revolution?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/14/2021

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:06:55 EST

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/03759107?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1610553917163

Due: 01/12/2021

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:50:48 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 10.4 question:

List some of the effects of the War of 1812.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/11/2021

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:51:28 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 10.3 question:

Madison faced several challenges as president. Use details to list some foreign and domestic challenges he faced.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 01/08/2021

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 09:05:57 EST

Here is the information for your 2020 in Review project.

Remember, you have the ability to get bonus points by going above and beyond!

Have fun!

Due: 01/07/2021

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:45:17 EST

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/06317903?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1609944252186

Due: 01/05/2021

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:56:08 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 10.2 question:

Some people believe that the Louisiana Purchase was the greatest accomplishment of Jefferson's presidency. Give several reasons why this might be so.

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Due: 01/04/2021

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:57:52 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 10.1 question:

1. List two changes Jefferson made during his presidency.

2. What was the general result of rulings by the Supreme Court when John Marshall was Chief Justice?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 12/16/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:58:21 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 9.3 question:

Identify one important domestic and one international event that took place during the presidency of John Adams, and explain your choices.

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Due: 12/15/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:58:30 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 9.2 question:

1. How did Washington influence the new nation's foreign policy?

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Due: 12/14/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:58:46 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 9.1 question:

1. Identify two ways that George Washington used the office of the president to shape the formation of the new nation.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 12/13/2020

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:07:14 EST

Use the link below to our Kahoot to review for your test tomorrow.

Good luck, everyone!

Game Pin: 04470163

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Due: 12/09/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:00:09 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 8.1 question:

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights were written over 200 years ago. How do they protect your rights today?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 12/09/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:59:05 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 8.2 question:

1. Explain three ways a person can become a United States citizen.

2. Explain the principle of equal protection and give an example of it in the lives of citizens today.

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 12/08/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:02:13 EST

Since I will be on a virtual field trip with 7th grade today (12/1), I will not see you guys! :(

These are your assignments to complete during class time today:

Finish reading Chapter 8, lesson 1. (Attached is the textbook reading.)
Complete the Guided Reading for Chapter 8, lesson 1. (Attached.)
If there is still time, complete the iCivics activity "Anatomy of the Constitution". (Attached.)

All of this will be due NEXT TUESDAY. **You should be able to type directly onto the handouts. To save, click print - save as PDF - then put the assignment and your name as the file name.

Please behave for the substitute as they can still talk to me throughout the day (as I am on-campus). I know you guys will be awesome for her!

Thanks, guys! I'll see you tomorrow!

Due: 12/06/2020

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:45:13 EST

Use the following link to review our Kahoot for tomorrow's test.

Good luck, everyone!

**THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT! THIS IS ONLY FOR REVIEW!**

https://kahoot.it/challenge/09369697?challenge-id=38b9da7c-8fce-4758-b967-a50fc6bb84cb_1607012771736

Due: 12/06/2020

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:54:32 EST

Complete the 5-step Achieve article "Constitution Confidential".

Steps:

Complete the "Before Reading Poll" by selecting "Agree" or "Disagree", and submitting 1-sentence to explain their choice.
Read the "Article", highlighting important and relevant information.
Answer the 8 multiple choice questions in the "Activity".
Complete the "After Reading Poll" by selecting "Agree" or "Disagree".
Answer the "Thought Question" in 2 short paragraphs (8-15 sentences).

Be sure to complete and submit using Achieve. Nothing should be submitted here.

Due: 11/30/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:02:09 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 7.3 question:

What effect did the Federalist Papers and the addition of the Bill of Rights have on the ratification of the US Constitution?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 11/24/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:02:41 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 7.2 question:

What were two important compromises the delegates made about representation from each state?

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Due: 11/23/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:02:46 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 7.1 question:

How did the Articles of Confederation prevent the United States from imposing taxes, issuing money, and managing foreign affairs?

You may type your answer directly into the submission box. Please number and restate your answer.

Due: 11/15/2020

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:57:29 EST

In class today, we will work together to complete the 5-step Achieve article "Political Parties in the US".

Steps:

Complete the "Before Reading Poll" by selecting "Agree" or "Disagree", and submitting 1-sentence to explain their choice.
Read the "Article", highlighting important and relevant information.
Answer the 8 multiple choice questions in the "Activity".
Complete the "After Reading Poll" by selecting "Agree" or "Disagree".
Answer the "Thought Question" in 2 short paragraphs (8-15 sentences).

Be sure to complete and submit using Achieve. Nothing should be submitted here.

Due: 11/13/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:04:20 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 6.4 question:

List two elements that helped the Patriots win the war.

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Due: 11/12/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:03:39 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 6.3 question:

Choose one of these people and briefly (3-5 sentences) tell how he was involved in the American Revolution: Joseph Brant, George Rogers Clark, John Paul Jones, Francis Marion, and General Charles Cornwallis.

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Due: 11/10/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:05:42 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 6.2 question:

How did other nations support the Americans in the American Revolution?

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Due: 11/09/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:05:46 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 6.1 question:

Summarize why the British were unable to cut off New England from the Middle Colonies.

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**Please do NOT answer the lesson review questions for the reading.**

Due: 11/03/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:06:20 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 5.4 question:

1. List two important figures from this time period and tell why each was important.

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**Please do NOT answer the lesson review questions for the reading.**

Due: 10/30/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:06:12 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 5.3 question:

1. Identify each battle:

(a.) The first shot of the American Revolution is fired.

(b.) The Green Mountain Boys catch the British by surprise.

(c.) The British charge uphill.

2. Summarize the main difference between Loyalists and Patriots.

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**Please do NOT answer the lesson review questions for the reading.**

Due: 10/29/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:06:07 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 5.2 question:

Colonists began to spread (1) _____ that British soldiers had killed colonists.

Colonists used committees of (2) _____ to share information and colonists' opinions.

Some colonists dressed as (3) _____ and threw tea off British ships in (4) _____.

The colonists threw the "party" to (5) _____ the special treatment given to on tea supplier, the (6) _____.

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Due: 10/28/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:07:53 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 5.1 question:

Name three ways that colonists protested the tax laws passed by Parliament.

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Due: 10/21/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:10:34 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 4.3 question:

Which of the following values and beliefs were important to the colonists? (List the letter for all that apply.)

a. free press

b. religious freedom

c. immigration

d. education

e.worker's rights

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Due: 10/20/2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:10:41 EST

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 4.2 questions:

How did Parliament's regulations, such as the Navigation Acts, affect the economy of the colonies?

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(The attached picture is from the workbook. Use it to help you find the answers.)

Due: 10/16/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:30:52 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS 4.1 questions:

How did the geography of the colonies affect the development of farming in each region?

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(The attached pictures are from the workbook. Use them to help you find the answers.)

Due: 10/15/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:31:20 EDT

After viewing the PowerPoint for Chapter 3, lesson 4, answer the following questions:

Why did George Calvert establish the colony of Maryland?
Why was Georgia founded?
Why did Nathaniel Bacon oppose the government?

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Due: 10/14/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:31:30 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS questions:

What two things caused Bacon's Rebellion?

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Due: 10/13/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:15:43 EDT

After viewing the PowerPoint for Chapter 3, lesson 3, answer the following questions:

How was the colony of New York governed?
Why did no major cities develop in New Jersey?
What policies of Pennsylvania reflected Quaker beliefs?
What was William Penn’s main purpose for founding the colony of Pennsylvania?

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Due: 10/09/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:15:53 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom or in your workbook), answer the following NGSSS questions:

Name two colonies that were formed from parts of other colonies and the colony from which each was formed.
Name two groups of people, besides the English, who lived in the Middle Colonies.

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Due: 10/09/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:16:03 EDT

After viewing the PowerPoint for Chapter 3, lesson 2, answer the following questions:

Why did the Separatists and Puritans leave England and settle in North America?
What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
What did the colonies of Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island have in common?
Which colony was the first to let people of all faiths worship freely? Why?

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Due: 10/07/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:16:12 EDT

After viewing the PowerPoint for Chapter 3, lesson 1, answer the following questions:

Do you think John White’s sketches are a primary source or not?
What did John White find when he returned to Roanoke after several years in England?
Why was Jamestown colony able to prosper in spite of many hardships?
Why was the House of Burgesses important?

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Due: 09/25/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:16:23 EDT

After viewing the PowerPoint for Chapter 2, lesson 2, answer the following questions:

Which conquistadors overthrew the Aztec and the Inca?
Why was 1513 a significant year in the history of Florida?
What effect did Spanish settlements have on Native Americans?

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Due: 09/24/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:16:35 EDT

After reading through the lesson (via Zoom), answer the following question:

Compare the efforts of the French and the Spanish to control Florida.

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Due: 09/23/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:18:10 EDT

After reading Chapter 2, lesson 1 (via Zoom), and viewing the PowerPoint, answer the following questions:

Why did Spain finance Columbus’s voyage?
How did the new types of sailing ships affect overseas exploration?
What were the results of Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic?
In 3 sentences, with support, tell me who played the most important role in exploring the Americas?
- Christopher Columbus
- Queen Isabella
- Amerigo Vespucci

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Due: 09/21/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:28:30 EDT

During class (via Zoom), we will be celebrating Constitution Day.

Each year we recognize the September 17th as the anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Created in 1956, its is to promote civics education and the study of the U.S. Constitution.

Use the map attached (as a PDF) to answer the following questions:

What two states gained the most seats in the House, and what two states lost the most?
Of the states that had no change in their numbers, list those that have eight or more seats in the House?
Of the states that gained one or more seat(s) in the House, list those that have eight or less seats?
Of the states that lost one or more seat(s) in the House, list those that have eight or less seats?
How many states have 20 or more seats in the House? What conclusions can you draw about these states?

Due: 09/21/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:28:43 EDT

During class (via Zoom), we will be celebrating Constitution Day.

While watching “The Amazing Apportionment Machine Animated Video,” answer the following questions:

What is apportionment?
Since ________ the Census, Congress has used the Method of Equal Proportions.
According to the Constitution, each state should have at least ________ representative(s) or seat(s)?
How many total seats are in the House of Representatives?
Why is the apportionment formula used?
How many people did each House member represent in 1790 and 2000?
What is the purpose of apportionment?
When will the next apportionment take place?

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Due: 09/16/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:18:13 EDT

We will also discuss these in class after we read the lesson on Monday. Students will be given time on Tuesday to work on them.

Workbook page 14, lesson review questions:

What are some ways a place may be shown or described?
Describe the location of your hometown using several different methods (absolute location and relative location).

**Please restate the question in your answers.**

Due: 09/16/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:28:54 EDT

Today, during Zoom, we'll be discussing the events of September 11, 2001. We will review a PowerPoint and read President George W. Bush's 9/11 Address.

Please answer the analysis questions that follow the speech, #1-8, in the message box (step 2) and number them appropriately. Please restate the question before answering it.

Due: 09/11/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:18:18 EDT

We will discuss this in class Tuesday, September 8.

Read each quote, rewrite it in your own words, then tell me in a sentence or two what you can learn from it.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QpEt3ZpDT5LLimFfQ0XSn8uc7IsRggUFVzG8ylP3y2c/copy

Due: 09/04/2020

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:19:34 EDT

We will go over this in our Zoom meetings on Wednesday, September 2.

-Ms. Cook