History Fair 2014 is Wednesday 5/14

We've been working hard on our projects in class but you'll need to finish them up at home.
Projects are due May 12 & 13.

Need help?  See me in school and/or:

• NHD Exhibit Guidelines
• Chicago History Fair Guidelines (click on exhibits)

In school viewing for all students and then after school presentations to the community from 6-7PM in the gym.
Students are expected to wear business casual and present their projects for 10 minutes.  Students who do so will receive extra credit.

The Illinois Constitution Test is May 5 & 6

 

Check these out to help you on the Illinois Constitution Test.

Review Games

Illinois Constitution Battleship

Illinois Constitution Hangman

Illinois Constitution Rags to Riches

There are flashcards up at Quizlet 

Practice Quizzes if you want a challenge and have some extra time (you don't have to use your name)

Illinois Constitution Practice #1 2014

Illinois Constitution Practice #2 2014

Illinois Constitution Practice Quiz #1 2014

Illinois Constitution Practice Quiz #2 2014

Note: this quiz has some info that isn't on the test and not everything on the test is on this quiz. It's meant to be fun but is not a substitute for studying for the test. 

Need another copy of the practice test? 

The US Constitution Test is Monday & Tuesday (4/21 & 22). Study flashcards on your phone or online!

Use your phone or other device to study flashcards.  There are literally 100's of flashcard apps for apple and android devices.  Most should work fine.  

1. Download a flashcard app
2. Search for flashcards on  quizlet (or cram.com) under Elm US Constitution Test
3. Add the set to your flashcard app's library or sets.

Quizlet has it's own app that you can download for all phones.  Here's a free app for Apple products that I've used. There's also flashcards+ and StudyBlue (for both apple and android and free) but have not used it. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcards-+/id478986342?mt=8 

There's also a study session after school on Thursday (if enough students sign up).

You can also study them below:
 

The U.S. Constitution Test is April 21 & 22: Finish Practice Test and Study!

• Finish up practice test and study!  Test is Monday & Tuesday next week.

Speaking of studying. . .

1. Flash Cards (highly recommended) are  here (quizlet).

And on my Quia profile look for

1. Review Games:  Activities -->Constitution and you'll see them
2. Review Quizzes for retakes, review and practice: Quizzes --> US Constitution --> and you'll see the quizzes

 Lost your copy of the practice test?  You can download it here from google drive (formatting is a little off but all of the questions are there). 

U.S. Constitution Lesson 5 April 10 & 11, 2014

 Look over the Constitution outline at the end of Chapter 7 (p. 226) and you can view the real thing here.

• Start working on the US Constitution Practice Test packet (due the day of the test).  Do at least one-third.

Quiz Retakes
You can retake quizzes online as many times as you want.
Ch 6, Section 1 Quiz online for max 5/6 score if needed.  Click here for Ch 6 quiz retake. See me for the secret word.

Ch 7, Sections 1 & 2 Quiz online for max 6/9 score. Click here for quiz retake. See me or your quiz for the secret word.

Online Activities & Games

US Constitution Online Quiz 1: Timeline & Documents US Constitution Online Quiz 2: Numbers & Constitution

US Constitution Online Quiz 3: Branches

 Review Games  Click on Activities --> Constitution and you'll see them

U.S. Constitution Lesson 4 April 8 & 9, 2014

• Read Chapter 7, section 3 and complete section 3 worksheet (blue)
• Study for Section 3 Quiz 

Need to retake Ch 7, Sections 1 & 2 quiz online for max 6/9 score?  Click here for quiz retake. See me for the secret word.

U.S. Constitution Lesson 3 April 4 & 7, 2014

• Read Chapter 7, section 2 and complete section 2 worksheet (white) and finish the yellow worksheet
• Study for Section 1 & 2 Quiz next class
• Complete the Federal People sheet

Retake Ch 6, Section 1 quiz online for max 4/6.  Click here for Ch 6 quiz retake. See me for the secret word.

Need to retake Ch 7, Sections 1 & 2 quiz online for max 6/9 score?  Click here for quiz retake. See me for the secret word.


Online activities:

Articles of Confederation or U.S. Constitution?

Confederation to U.S. Constitution (Battleship)

•  Constitutional Compromises

U.S. Constitution Lesson 2 April 2 & 3, 2014

• Read Chapter 7, sections 1 & 2 and complete worksheets

Online activities:

Articles of Confederation or U.S. Constitution?

Confederation to U.S. Constitution (Battleship)

•  Constitutional Compromises 

 Retake Ch 6, Section 1 quiz online for max 4/6 score if needed.  Click here for Ch 6 quiz retake. See me for the secret word.

US Constitution Lesson 1 March 31 & April 1 2014

Introduction & Overview
Background & Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• Read Ch 6, Section 1 and complete worksheet
• Study for Ch 6/Sec 1 Quiz 

Online Review & Practice Activities

Declaration of Independence fill-in Declaration of Independence http://www.quia.com/cz/468043.html https://www.constitutionfacts.com/?page=declarationQuiz.cfm   CSM Quiz And For Fun Tough Quiz The American Revolution Battleship American Revolution Review Questions (Challenge Board) http://www.quia.com/cb/835309.html  Also, in the next week create an iCivics student account.   Read and watch more at History.com 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence

History Fair 2014 Phase II

1) Fill out the Historian's Apprentice review worksheet (white). 

And freshen up on your primary and secondary sources by retaking the quiz.  Didn't get a good score?  Take it again.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz http://www.quia.com/quiz/4327394.html

2) Fill out the Phase II worksheet (green).  Still need topic ideas?  Click here. Need help with your thesis?  Try the Thesis Generator.  (Slow on chrome for some reason)

3) Find your sources and make you bibliography.  See below and the classroom presentation for ideas.

Doing Research/Finding Sources  

There's a great place to start (hosted by the high school)

Primary Sources – What are they?  How do you find them?  What do you do with them? http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#
National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored) http://www.archives.gov/research/
University of Chicago – Special Collectionshttp://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/
The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection) http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

Help with Annotated Bibliographies (like a Works Cited page)

Once you've found your sources and are ready for your bibliography, use this site:  http://www.bibme.org.

Use MLA format:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Examples here (use the left for navigation). 

Then annotate the sources with a brief one-sentence summary.  Examples are here.

Submitting Your Topic and Annotated Bibliography

You can submit hard copies or share them with me on google docs.  When turning these in,  don't forget to include your full name and block in the document title.

Here's the bibliography template.

Use the example on the back of the gold rubric or green thesis sheet as your example.