Social Studies, 8th Grade Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Steve Fishman
- Term
- 2025-2026 School Year
- Department
- 8th Grade
Upcoming Assignments
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Civil War Test
The Civil War test will be on Thursday.
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Storyboard due
The Civil War Storyboard assignment will be due on Friday. Presentations will be done upon our return from Camp Orkila.
Past Assignments
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Note check
I just wanted to let you know that notes are due on Monday. You can email me or show them to me in class.
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WB p. 67
Page six-seven in the workbook.
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Read through p 247
Read p 242-247 (including p 247). Be ready to discuss in class.
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Chapter 12 workbook and test review
Turn in the workbook and the review assignment (1-10) that I gave you on Monday.
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Essay questions for test
Here are the essay questions that will be on the test. Make sure to do these well. I expect a minimum of 6 sentences for each, and for you to address all the questions in each to receive full credit. As we discussed in class today, there are 2 questions in number 1, and 6 questions in number 2.
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CH 11 Test
Essays for test
- Describe four ways the North was like and unlike the South before 1850. Think religion, economy, social norms, culture, etc.
- Who was Horace Mann? What movement did he help found, and what were tis goals? Why did Catholics like John Hughes oppose Mann’s movement, and what did they do in response?
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CH 11
- Review questions 1-10
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CH 11
- Read to 208
- WB 58
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CH 11
- Read to "Reform and the Quest for Utopia"
- WB 57
- Entry Ticket Focus
- Immigration
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Progress Report
- Sign and return for 5 points
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CH 10 Test
Essay Questions
- How did American immigration into Texas, and what the Mexican government did in response to it, lead to the Texas Revolution?
- What was the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? In what year was it signed? What did the USA gain by this treaty? What did the USA have to promise to Mexico? How did the treaty meet the goals of manifest destiny?
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CH 10
- Finished WB
- Review 1-10
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CH 10
- Read to "Mexican American War"
- WB 55 4, 5, 6 a-b
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CH 10
- Read to "Yankees West"
- WB 54
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CH 10
- Read to page 180
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CH 9
- Finish workbook and review
- Test is Thursday
- Essay prep for test
- How did emigration from the eastern states to the West change American communities, customs, and families?
- Give the main points of John C. Calhoun’s Nullification theory. How was it like, and how did differ from, the nullification theory expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Kentucky Resolves?
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CH 9
- WB 51
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CH 9
- Read to "Last Republican President"
- WB 50
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CH 9
- Read to "Era of Good Feelings"
- WB page 50 #2
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CH 9
- Read to "Era of Growth and Change..." page 159
- WB page 49
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CH 8 Exam Essays
- Explain the different ways the Federalist (represented by Hamilton) and the Republicans (represented by Jefferson) interpreted the Constitution. Illustrate the differences between these two approaches by explaining why one is supported and the other opposed a national bank.
- Who was Tecumseh? What did he do to try to save his people and their lands from the advance of the USA? Did he succeed? Explain.
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CH 8
- All review questions
- Ideas in Action #2
- Test is this Thursday
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CH 8
- Read to page 148
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CH 8
- Read to War of 1812
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CH 8
- Read to "John Adams and the Revolution of 1800"
- WB 45, 46 #2
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CH 7
- Review #'s 3 and 8
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CH 7
- Review #7
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CH 7
- Review # 1, 4-6
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CH 5 Test
Essay: 6-8 sentences ( /50)
- What did Madison and Hamilton mean when they said the government formed by the Constitution would be federal (federalism) and national? Give three examples of what, according to Madison and Hamilton, demonstrates this federal and national character of the Constitution.
- Identify three major proposals of the Virginia Plan. In addition, explain the differences it had with the New Jersey Plan. How did the Connecticut Compromise bring this dispute to an end?
- For essay number one, please refer to the last paragraph on 82, all of 83, and top of 84
- Reminder, in this context, Federalism is anti-nationalist
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CH 5
- Read to Ratification State by State
- Wb 31
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CH 5
- Read to "Ratification Fight"
- WB 30
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CH 5
- Read to 79
- WB page 29
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CH 4
- Finish review
- Essays for the test
- What were the three pure forms of government as explained by John Adams? Describe each. Explain how, according to Adams, a mixed government guards against the abuses that come from each pure form of government.
- What was the first United States Constitution ratified by Congress? Please explain and tell why wasn’t it considered a very effective form of government?
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CH 4
- Finish workbook by Tuesday
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Ch 4
- Finish reading chapter
- WB 25-26
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CH 4
- Read to "The First US Constitution"
- WB 24
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CH 4
- WB page 23
- Read to "Revolutionary Governments"
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CH 4
- Read to page 61
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CH 3 Test
- Test is this Friday
- Essay questions are below
- How were Thomas Hobbes’ and John Locke’s ideas of the state of nature and social contract different and alike? What was the role of government according to Locke?
- How did the Medieval Catholic understanding of society and government differ from that of Liberals?
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CH 3 Review
- 1-10
- Ideas in Action #3
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CH 3
- Finish reading chapter
- Finish workbook
- Do not answer #13
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CH 3
- Read to "First Continental Congress"
- WB PG 18
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CH 3
- Read to "England's Colonists Grow Rebellious"
- WB page 17
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CH 3
- WB pg 16, 17 #5
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CH 3
- WB page 15
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CH 3
- Read to "Struggles for a Continent"
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CH 2
- Review 1-10
- Test is Wednesday
- Here are the essay questions
- How did life in Virginia differ from life in New England in colonial times?
- How did Sir George Calvert try to solve England’s “Catholic problem”? What type of government did he form for his colony? How did Calvert’s Toleration affect Maryland? Did Maryland remain a religiously tolerant place? Please explain.
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CH 2
- Finish reading chapter and workbook
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CH 2
- Read to "Mirror of English Society"
- Workbook page 12 and top of 13
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CH 2
- Read to "Other English Colonies"
- WB 11, Top of page 12
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CH 2
- Read to "Life In Virgnia"
- WB page 10
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CH 2
- Read to "Old Dominion"
- Workbook page 9
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CH 2
- Workbook page 8
- Read page 26 and top of workbook page 9
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CH 2
- Read to page 25 and workbook page 7
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CH 1
- Review 1-9 and workbook
- Test is Thursday
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CH 1
- Finish Reading CH 1
- Test is Thursday due to confessions
- The following essay questions will be on the test
- You get to choose two to answer
- Who was Christopher Columbus? Describe his idea of the “Enterprise of Indies”. Where did he first land in the “Indies”. What new ship design made Columbus’s voyage possible? What was so unique about this design?
- Under what monarch did England begin its era of exploration? Where was the primary area of exploration for the English? What was the primary focus of exploration and settlement? Where did England establish its first permanent American settlement, and what problems did it face? What allowed for the continued existence of this settlement?
- How were Spain, France, and England alike in their goals in exploring and colonizing the New World? How did these goals affect their interactions with the native American people they encountered?
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Textbook Cover
- Cover Textbook
- Tutorial is in link below
- https://www.instructables.com/No-tape-book-cover/
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CH 1
- Read to "New France in America"
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CH 1
- Workbook page 4 and corresponding reading
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CH 1
- Workbook page 3 and corresponding reading
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CH 1
- Read to page 5
- WB page 2
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9/11 Assignment
- Three paragraphs handwritten
- First: What was the reason for the attacks according to President Bush?
- Second: What was the reason for the attacks according to Osama Bin Laden?
- Third: With resources viewed in class, which side has more justification
- Five sentences for each paragraph
- Bush speech link
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz7S1v1k664&t=8s
Due:
CH 1
- WB page 1