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.
We've wrapped up the 20s and 30s and now we're on to World War II. Over the Thanksgiving break you should have asked your parents and
other relatives questions about World War II and written down the answers.
If your parent says, “I don’t know,” then
try another relative or ask, “If you don’t know then who does?” If you can’t see a
relative in person you can call or email. Be ready to journal when we return. Documents WWII Preview sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8imd06ctfrXZS14UFNPVVQydU0/edit?usp=sharinghttps:
Friday, November 22 marks the tragic anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. We'll be discussing it in class and watching a video.
Excellent resources abound on the internet including this one and this one.
Today, November 19, 2013 is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's historic Gettysburg Address.
You can read more about it by clicking here or looking it up.
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a new documentary coming out, and interestingly has a website were famous politicians and celebrities record their own versions of the address.
We'll be working on your five paragraph document based question (DBQ) essay on the Dust Bowl the next two classes. The rough draft is due at the end of class (11/15 and 11/18) and finial copy will be turned in the following class (you'll have about 20 minutes to finish up and grade it).
I don't put much stock in this test since it's so short (and doesn't use apostrophes) but if you want a guess as to what your political party may be, you can try it.
