Wednesday - 01/31/2018

What We Did Today
We took our latest assessment on antebellum reform movements.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How was your assessment?

Tuesday - 01/30/2018

What We Did Today
We studied for tomorrow's assessment with our study guide.

Homework
Be ready for tomorrow's assessment; you can find the study guide here.

Discussion Starters
Are you ready for tomorrow's assessment?

Monday - 01/29/2018

What We Did Today
We previewed Wednesday's assessment.

Homework
Study for Wednesday's assessment.

Discussion Starters
Antebellum reform movements.

Friday - 01/26/2018

What We Did Today
We had an IB-focused day.

Homework
None, though here is a sneak-peek of next Wednesday's assessment.  We will create the study guide together on Monday during class.

Discussion Starters
IB community projects; next Wednesday's assessment.

Thursday - 01/25/2018

What We Did Today
We discussed our latest assessment, and shared the reassessment schedule for next week:

Lunchtime study/retake schedule
Question 1	Question 2	Question 3	Question 4
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday

Students are expected to study/reassess if they have gotten less than a 70 on any particular assessment.

Classes also began watching the Civil War portion of "America: The Story of Us".

Homework
None, though make sure your GLCE packets are finished.  Study Guides will be given out on Monday, but digital copies will be available on this site tomorrow (Friday) if you'd like to get a head start.

Discussion Starters
Civil War; assessment/reassessment.

Tuesday - 01/23/2018

What We Did Today
We continued taking notes in our GLCE packets.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Origins of American education; abolitionist movement; women's rights (and suffrage) movement; temperance movement.

Monday - 01/22/2018

What We Did Today
We checked-in our class work from last week (vocab, section assessments), watched CNN10, then started working in our GLCE packets on reform movements.

Homework
If you did not finish your vocab or your section assessments, make sure to get them done and bring them in.

Discussion Starters
Origins of American education; abolitionist movement; women's rights (and suffrage) movement; temperance movement.

Thursday - 01/18/2018

What We Did Today
We learned about reform in the 1800s (the Second Great Awakening, the Temperence Movement, Prison reform, improvements in education, and the movement to end slavery).

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Reform in the 1800s.

Wednesday - 01/17/2018

What We Did Today
We finished working on our vocab worksheets, then learned about immigration and urban challenges in the mid-1800s.

Homework
None, though vocab and section assessments from chapter 14 (1, 3, 4, and 5) are due next Monday if you don't finish them this week.

Discussion Starters
Reform movements.

Tuesday - 01/16/2018

What We Did Today
We started talking and learning about reform movements in the US in the 1800s.  We also watch some of America: the Story of Us.

Homework
Vocabulary worksheet was passed out for this next unit.  It is due on Monday, Jan. 22.

Discussion Starters
America: the Story of Us.

Friday - 01/12/2018

Two spirited 8th graders dress up for spirit points.

What We Did Today
We had our assessment on regional and economic growth in the first half of the 19th century.  Students also dressed-up for spirit points.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How'd the assessment go?

Thursday - 01/11/2018

What We Did Today
We used our study guides and other tools we've created to continue studying for tomorrow's assessment.

Homework
Get ready for tomorrow's assessment.  Study guide can be found here.

Discussion Starters
Tomorrow's assessment; positive and negative consequences of expansion.

Wednesday - 01/10/2018

What We Did Today
We received a study guide for our assessment on Friday, and began studying with our classmates.

Homework
Use your study guide to get ready for Friday's assessment.

Discussion Starters
Friday's assessment.

Tuesday - 01/09/2018

What We Did Today
We finished working in our GLCE packets on territorial and economic expansion in the US from 1800 - 1850.

Homework
Finish your vocabulary and your GLCE packet if you haven't finished them yet.

Discussion Starters
Trail of Tears; Slavery; Manifest Destiny.

Monday - 01/08/2018

What We Did Today
We continued taking notes on regional and economic expansion from 1800-1860.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Slavery; Indian Removal Act; impact of the cotton gin.

Thursday - 01/04/2018

What We Did Today
We continued talking about regional and economic growth in the Northeast, South, and West in the early 1800's.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Westward expansion; Industrial Revolution; slavery.

Wednesday - 01/03/2018

What We Did Today
We kicked-off our new unit, Regional and Economic Growth with a vocabulary preview activity.

Homework
If you would like to make sure you have time to get other work done in class, you might want to make sure you have your vocabulary worksheet done by tomorrow; your vocabulary and GLCE packet (which you will get tomorrow) will both be due by Monday or Tuesday.

Discussion Starters
Regional and economic growth; vocabulary.