Social Studies, 8th Grade Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. David Andre'
- Term
- 2023-2024 School Year
- Department
- 8th Grade
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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CH 19
- This is in preparation for class Friday
- Read to "The Crash of 29" on page 404
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CH 19
- Read to "Culture and Change in America"
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CH 19
- Read to "No More Tired and Poor, No More Huddled Masses"
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Ch 18
- Finish workbook and review
- No vocab for review
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CH 18
- Read to "Return to Normalcy"
- WB 102
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CH 18
- Read to "Americans on the Western Front"
- WB 101
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CH 18
- Read to "The War to End All Wars"
- Workbook 99 and 100 #3
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CH 18
- Read to "Preparedness"
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CH 13 Test
- Get studying
- Ten short answers and two essays
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CH 13
- Read to "Through Atlanta to the Sea" on page 258
- WB 68-69
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CH 13
- Read to "Victories and Defeats"
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CH 12
- Review is due Tuesday
- You will have time in class on Monday to finish
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CH 11
- Finish reading chapter and workbook
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CH 11
- Read to page 214
- Workbook 61
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CH 11
- Read to "Southern Social Class"
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CH 11
- Workbook 59 #3
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CH 11
- Read pages 204-205
- Workbook 58
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Hobbit
- Read to "Reform and the Quest for Utopia"
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CH 11
- Read from the "The World Comes to California" to "Religion in the North"
- There will be a quick assessment at beginning of class on those sections
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CH 10
- Finish Review
- Test is Thursday
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CH 10
- Finish reading and workbook
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CH 10
- Read to "The Mexican American War"
- Workbook page 55
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CH 10
- Read to "Yankees West"
- WB page 53 and 54
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CH 10
- Read to "Revolution in Tejas"
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CH 9 Test
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CH 9
- Finish reading and workbook
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CH 9
- Read to "Trail of Tears"
- Workbook 51
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CH 9
- Read to "The Last Republican President"
- Finish workbook page 50
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CH 9
- Read to "Era of Good Feelings"
- Top half of workbook page 50
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CH 9
- Read to "Era of Growth and Change for the Catholic Church"
- Workbook page 49
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13 Colonies Map Assignment
- 13 Colonies Map Project
- Use page as a reference
- Gives the idea of how much land to show
- I want all thirteen colonies shown
- Each in a different color
- The rest of the land can be neutral color, except bodies of water, they must be BLUE
- For each colony, I want one fun fact
- IE, The Declaration of Independence was signed in the "City of Brotherly Love", Pennsylvania
- Draw a line to the Colony, and then write the fact
- I want this location to be where the Atlantic Ocean is
- Do not write inside lines of colony
- Use printer paper
- Draw it vertical, not horizontal
- Colored pencils only
- You can write facts in black pen (fine point sharpie as well)
- Outline of state can be black pen, fine point sharpie, or thick colored pencil
- Use 100% of the printer paper
- The 13 Colonies should take up about 50-60%% of page
- Rest will be other land, Ocean, and writing
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CH 7
- Workbook page 41
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CH 5 Test
- Start studying
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CH 5
- Finish reading chapter
- Finish workbook
- CH 5 Test is next Wednesday
- Review is due Tuesday
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CH 5
- Read to "Ratification State by State"
- Workbook page 32
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CH 5
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CH 5
- Read to "A Constitution of Compromise"
- Workbook 29
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CH 4
- Test will be Friday
- Thursday we will review (workbook included in this one)
- Notes will be extra credit
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My Brother Sam is Dead
- I want 2-3 sentences per paragraph
When Tim and Father depart from the Platt house, the snow has covered the land and the ground is slippery and hard to travel. Their escort home has not met them, due to the heavy snowfall. They trek on, Tim behind with the cattle and Father riding ahead on his horse to check on the safety of the road. Tim feels frightened and lonely, but he keeps going. The Meekers make it through Ridgebury with no problems. But they do not feel entirely safe yet, and Father rides up again to scout the path ahead. He takes longer than usual, and Tim passes the time by naming all of the countries in the world, stumbling over whether to count America, finally deciding not to. Tim begins to worry and think of possible reasons why Father has not returned yet, but he knows that none of his excuses are true. Tim tries unsuccessfully to speed up the oxen, then leaves them next to the road and jogs along, following Father's horse's tracks.
Tim comes to a space where the horse's tracks are surrounded and intermingled with tracks of many other horses and then trail away on the road. Tim knows instantly that Father has been ambushed by the cowboys. Tim prays, then panics, and runs into the woods to hide, trying to decide what to do. He wonders what Sam would have done, and concludes that Sam would do the brave, daring thing, which would be to rescue Father. It dawns on Tim that the bravest thing is not always the smartest thing, and he wonders what Father would do. Father would take the goods back home so that their tavern could make it through the winter. Tim runs back to the oxen and thumped them into motion.
As he moves along with the cart, he knows that the cow-boys will return, and slowly forms a plan for dealing with them. Night falls, and soon Tim spies three tall figures blocking the road ahead of him. Tim cries out, "Are you the escort? Am I ever glad to see you." The cow-boys ask what he means by talking about an escort. Tim feigns fearlessness and trust in them, and explains that his father called an escort in case the cow-boys came to harass them. The cow-boys begin to argue about whether to stay or leave. They want his goods, but they do not want to get ambushed by the coming escort. A dog barks, spooking them, and they flee. Tim begins to laugh and cry with relief and triumph. He has saved his family's goods, he has acted bravely and smartly, and he has a great story to tell Sam. He continues traveling through the night until he arrives home in Redding.
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Ch 4
- Finish Workbook
- We will work on the review in class
- On Thursday we will go over the workbook and review
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CH 4
- Read to "First Constitution"
- Workbook 24
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CH 4
- Read to "Revolutionary Governments"
- Workbook page 23
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CH 3 Test
- Open Book and Notes
- Please still study
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CH 3
- Review
- Vocab: All
- Questions 1-10
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CH 3
- Finish reading chapter
- Finish workbook
- Remember: notes are extra credit
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CH 3
- Read to "The Road to Independence"
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CH 3
- Workbook page 17 and 18
- Read to "Colonies Rebel"
- Notes (extra credit)
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CH 3
- Workbook 16
- Read to "French and Indian War"
- Notes
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CH 3
- Read to "Struggles for a Continent"
- Notes
- Workbook 15
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CH 3
- Read to "Liberalism" on page 42
- Notes
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CH 2 Test
- Open Book
- Notes and book only
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CH 2
- Workbook needs to be finished
- You will have five minutes in class on Monday to complete any few questions left
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CH 2
- Read to page other English Colonies pg 33, WB 11
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CH 2
- Read to "Our Lady's Haven"
- Workbook page 10
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Outsiders
- CH 8
- Read and 5 sentence summary
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CH 2
- Read to "Natives of Virginia" on page 29
- Workbook page 9
- ***Remember notes are extra credit***
- They need to be thoughtful, think of Landon's if you don't know what I mean
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CH 2
- Read page 26
- Workbook page 8
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CH 2
- Read/Notes to page 26
- Workbook page 7
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CH 1
- Workbook page 4-5
- Finish reading chapter
- Notes for each page
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Chapter 1 Test
- Get studying for test
- Notes, workbook, and book can be used
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CH 1
- Review
- 1-9
- All Vocab
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Book Cover
- Cover Book
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CH 1
- Finish reading chapter, along with notes
- Finish Workbook
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CH 1
- Read to "England's Colonial Ventures" on page 13
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CH 1
- Read pages "Spain's Northernmost Settlements" on page 10
- Notecards
- Workbook page 4
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CH
- Read to "The Voyage of England's Columbus"
- Notecard for each page
- Workbook page 3
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CH 1
- Read to page five
- One notecard per page
- Workbook Page 1-2
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Syllabus
- Officially due
- Anything turned in after Tuesday, September 12, is late