Nancy Jones

Unit 6 Test is Monday, November 17. Please remember to come by my room before school if you need help with any of the material on the test.

We will begin WWII this week and will begin doing research on our decades project. Remember, you will be doing a comprehensive project on all aspects of your assigned decade: political, economic, social, leaders, world affairs, conflicts, cultural trends, and many, many more. One of the assessments will be your use of lab time so please stay focused and don't waste valuable time in the lab. Select partners who will do their fair share!

So far your WWI Newspapers have been excellent! Your articles are thorough, well-written, and the papers are beautifully designed and well organized. Great job!

The standard for our WWII unit is SSUSH19 - details can be found at http://www.georgiastandards.org

Posted by Nancy Jones at 03:06 PM | Permalink

World War I Newspapers are due Monday!

Roaring Twenties - Social, Political, and Economic issues of the 20's.
Present group information on the 1920's

Next: Causes and consequences of the Great Depression (SSUSH 17) Details can be found at http://www.georgiastandards.org

Don't forget to read the 4 articles listed on the blog last week. There will be questions on the test from these articles!

Posted by Nancy Jones at 08:20 AM | Permalink

Continue WWI this week. WWI projects are due on Friday!

We will also look at the issues and events of the 1920's. No new standards this week (see last week for list).

Supplementary Reading for this Unit:

USS Maine: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq71-1.htm (just the main article, not casualties, etc.)
Hitler in WWI: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/warone.htm
Prohibition: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display_printable.cfm?HHID=441
The Dust Bowl: http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html

Posted by Nancy Jones at 10:07 AM | Permalink

Unit 6 - Imperialism, World War I, the Twenties, Depression and New Deal

This is a lengthy unit but we will break it down into different activites, projects, assignments, and readings. The standards for this unit are:

SSUSH14, 15, 16, 17
Specific details may be found at the following website: http://www.georgiastandards.org

This week: Chapter 18 - Imperialism - Focuses on America's growing role in foreign affairs and its status as a world power.
Chapter 19 - WWI - What were the causes of WWI, how and why did the U.S. get involved in WWI, what was its role in the war, and what was the lasting impact of the war on the world and the U.S.?

Don't forget to go online and check out the EOCT review site!

http://www.gadoe.org/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_EOCT

The site contains test taking strategies, practice questions, copies of released tests and answers!

Supplementary Reading for this Unit:

USS Maine: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq71-1.htm (just the main article, not casualties, etc.)
Sargeant Alvin York: http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/sgtayork.htm
Prohibition: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display_printable.cfm?HHID=441
The Dust Bowl: http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html

Posted by Nancy Jones at 06:48 PM | Permalink

Unit 5 Continued!

Don't forget to read all supplementary articles for this unit (see last blog entry). There will be questions from these articles on the next test.

Unit 5 test is scheduled for Thursday, October 23.

No new standards this week.

You will need to bring your book every day at the conclusion of this unit (beginning Thursday).

Posted by Nancy Jones at 08:55 AM | Permalink

Supplemental Reading Links:

Child Labor: http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Baker_00/2002_p7/ak_p7/childlabor.html

Rockefeller: http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rockefeller-John-D.html

Social Darwinism: http://library.thinkquest.org/C004367/eh4.shtml

The Jungle: http://www.powayusd.com/online/usonline/worddoc/jungle.htm

Ellis Island:
http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/ellis_island_history.htm

Battle of Little Bighorn: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm

Posted by Nancy Jones at 01:27 PM | Permalink

This week we will be quickly moving through unit 5. This unit includes the age of Industrialization, Immigration and Urbanization, the transformation of the South and West, the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. You will be taking quite a few notes on these chapters in class so you will not need your book. You will have outside readings to do at home.

The standards for this unit are: SSUSH11, SSUSH12, SSUSH13. Specific details can be found at the following website: http://www.georgiastandards.org

Outside reading selections: Industrialization and Child Labor, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Social Darwinism, Karl Marx, Ellis Island, Joseph Pullitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Battle of Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. These will be supplemental articles (to be read at home) for chapters 13 - 17.

Your Civil War Journals are due Monday. Please review the checklist before you submit your journal to be sure you have done everything correctly. Don't forget to include the Reconstruction era. The journals will be half off if they are turned in late!

You should be visiting the Georgia Department of Education website and examining the EOCT study guide. This test counts as 15% of your entire grade and will be here before you know it.

Have a great week!

Posted by Nancy Jones at 08:53 AM | Permalink

Create graphic organizer (p. 373) for section 3 tonight. Due Tuesday.

This week we will continue the Civil War - advantages of each side, strategies, key battles and leaders, Emancipation Proclamation.

Continue working on your Civil War journal which is due Monday, 10/13/08. Each entry should be at least a full page in length. Include historical references in your journal but be sure to link them to your story. In other words, you need to demonstrate that you understand the cause and effect of that event on the country. Please type your journal unless you have very neat handwriting!

Unit test is Friday, Oct. 10. This is a change in the original date!

No new standards this week (SSUSH 9 and 10). http://www.georgiastandards.org

Have a great week!

Posted by Nancy Jones at 07:46 AM | Permalink

We will continue unit 4 this week: Causes of the Civil War and the Civil War itself. Presentations should be completed by Monday.

Don't forget to begin working on your Civil War Journal. You need a minimum of 10 entries and they should be at least one full page each (typing is preferred). You must incorporate historical facts and relate them to who your "character" is. Don't just list random facts without making the connection to real events in your life as they would have been during that time. Be creative! This is your chance to do some creative as well as historical writing.

Don't forget testing Monday and Tuesday - schedules will be slightly altered.

If you watched the debate Friday night, turn in your summary as soon as possible. October 2 is the first Vice Presidential debate. Be checking on the blue and red states!

No new standards this week.

Posted by Nancy Jones at 08:55 PM | Permalink

Reminder: Test is Tuesday Unit 3. Essay topics: Nationalism, Sectionalism, Jacksonian Democracy, Reform Movement, Westward Expansion

Posted by Nancy Jones at 06:56 PM | Permalink

TEST TUESDAY UNIT 3 (Sectionalism, Nationalism, Expansion)

Our next unit (4) will cover the causes of the Civil War, the Civil War and Reconstruction. We will be doing a couple of small projects within this unit, one of which will be a Civil War Journal that you will be creating and writing in all throughout the unit. Be prepared to write a lot! You will use fictional characaters but the events must be based on actual historical events.

We will also do a small group project on the fundamental causes of the Civil War. We will also examine Civil War photographs and analyze and interpret them. History through photography!

Don't forget to take the politcal test online and to watch the Presidential Debates 9/26!

The standards for this unit are SSUSH 9 and 10. Details can be found at: http://www.georgiastandards.com

Posted by Nancy Jones at 12:09 PM | Permalink

Unit 3 - key ideas: Nationalism and Sectionalism, Reform, Westward Movement
Unit covers chapters 7 - 9 so be sure to keep up with your outside reading.

This week - Be sure to keep track (on a chart) of the issues that united our country (nationalism) and the issues that divided our country (sectionalism) in the early 1800's. This will assist you with the essays you will be writing.

The standards for this unit are: SSUSH6, SSUSH7, and SSUSH8
Details on the standards can be found at http://www.georgiastandards.org

Posted by Nancy Jones at 01:02 PM | Permalink

Body Biography - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - due Monday (end of class). Reminder - dig deep past colonial constitutions, charters and self-government. Remember the Greeks? the Romans? the British? the Enlightenment?

Test Unit 2 is Wednesday (Chapters 5-6) Constitution and Republic.

Study session Wednesday morning if you are interested! Reminder, extended learning sessions are offered at various times each week. Schedule is posted in the room.

Standards: SSUSH 3 and 4 (see Georgia Performance Standards category)

Posted by Nancy Jones at 09:41 AM | Permalink

This week we will continue with Unit 2 - Constitution and New Republic (see standards in last week's entry). We have discussed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the many issues and compromises needed to ratify the Constitution. This week we will examine the new Republic and its many challenges politically, economically and socially. We will examine the lasting precedents of George Washington, the rise of political parties, and examine the causes and results of the War of 1812.

Please finish your Landmark Supreme Court case research and be prepared to share the facts of your case with the class by Wednesday.

On Friday we will work on a project entitled: Body Biography - What is a Democratic Republic?

Posted by Nancy Jones at 02:13 PM | Permalink

Unit 2 - Constitution & Western Expansion

This week we will examine the Articles of Confederation - What were the weaknesses of the Articles?; the Constitutional Convention - purpose, conflicts (how to create a powerful central government and maintain a republic????), compromises (create a concept web); ratification of the Constitution; Bill of Rights; Supreme Court and landmark cases

Read article: Constitution and Governance (including emerging democracies); Federalist papers

Reminder, your summer reading exam is Thursday (The Grapes of Wrath) Please be sure you have read the entire book!

The standards for Unit 2 are SSUSH 5 & 6. Specific elements of the standards can be accessed at http://www.georgiastandards.org/socialstudies.aspx

Posted by Nancy Jones at 08:59 PM | Permalink

This week we continue to investigate the causes of the American Revolution. Remember to focus on the impact of the French and Indian War on British colonial policy.

Columbian Exchange disease research due Monday.

Test Unit 1 will be Friday - covers Chapters 1-4 (early settlement through the Revolution)

Also this week: Compare and Contrast - Boston Massacre and Kent State Massacre
Develop and create a revolutionary political cartoon

Standards covered: SSUSH 1, 2 and 3 - Details of the standards can be found on the following website:

http://www.georgiastandards.org/

Posted by Nancy Jones at 03:32 PM | Permalink

Please read article on Bacon's Rebellion and answer questions that go with the article. Keep in mind the big picture - what is the long term significance of this rebellion? Due Wednesday

Map quiz Thursday!

Remember to return information sheets if you have not already done so.

Keep working on summer reading. Test is August 28th.....once you've traveled with the Joad family, you will never forget them.

Posted by Nancy Jones at 07:03 PM | Permalink

Welcome back to school. I hope you all had a wonderful and restful summer and that you are ready to have a good semester.

We will be covering U.S. History from colonization to modern America this semester. You will have an EOCT exam for this class so I strongly recommend that you go to the EOCT review site listed on your syllabus and either print out the review manual or visit the site frequently throughout the semester. The site provides content review but also contains summaries, test taking strategies, and practice questions.

There will be lots of information to come and I look forward to working with you all this semester!

Posted by Nancy Jones at 08:53 PM | Permalink