This site works in conjunction with my 8th grade U.S. history class. We cover 20th Century U.S. history, current events, and the U.S. and Illinois constitutions. Homework can be viewed on the Middle School website.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
End of the Year Survey 2010
http://www.quia.com/sv/410927.html
Please take time to fill out this short survey to help me improve the class for next year. See me in class for the "secret" word required to take the survey.
SURVEY IS CLOSED.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
50 State Geography Games & Review
We'll be working on the geography of the 50 states in class this week and next. Use these sites to help you study.
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html
A fairly tough game where you need to type in the names of all 50 states while looking at an outline map:
http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/fiftystates2.jsp
http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf
http://www.history.com/topics/states
If you’re not at school, you can play the computer based geo game (that you remember from last year) online at:
Good luck!
Which one is your favorite? What's your best score. Be prepared to share your thoughts and scores in class.