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Monday- September 8, 2025
Monday- September 8, 2025
Target Learning: I will learn the most important highlights of the Spanish American War?=
Lesson
(Day 1) Spanish American War Notes - Take notes.
Read and annotate article: Find at least ONE piece of evidence AND explanation answering the question: "Why were the Philippines upset?
Glue to page 39 in S.S. "textbook."
Review notes from today for unit test Friday.
Finish Quia:"School Begins self assessment (AFTER ALASKA) 2025" if not finished - Due ASAP!
Take the self assessment with NO NOTES. However, have a post-it or scratch piece of paper next to you.
Any question(s) you got wrong, write down the question or the topic on your post-in/scratch paper.
After you finished the self-assessment, anything on your post-it/scratch paper, go back to your Unit 1 "School Begins" study guide and find the topic(s) you need to review and now STUDY those notes.
THEN, go back and take Quia:"School Begins self assessment (AFTER ALASKA) 2025" the AGAIN.
Repeat directions #1-4 until you receive a final grade that represents the "goal" for what you want to get on the final unit test.
Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment on Friday:
Go over Unit 1 "School Begins" study guide and study notes in all lessons for Unit 1 (Pages 24-41 in SS "textbook").
Work on "Extra Practice" activities. Make sure you have "played" and/or gone through each and every one by the unit assessment in order to get mastery of information to prepare for the unit assessment.
School Begins Cartoon - Be able to explain the boy washing the window, the American Indian, the Asian outside the door, all the people on the bench including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Philippines as well as the student holding the book "Alaska."
Extra Practice
Content Practice - These are practice activities.
Quia: "Different Perspectives" Washington versus DuBois
Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes. NEW
Quia: Why did the United States add new territories after the Civil War? - Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Geography Practice - These are practice activities.
Gimkit: Geography Practice - This is for everyone to help learn all 50 U.S. States.
*Advanced Geography Final Set (Gimkit) - This is for those students who received a 90% or better on the U.S. States pretest and took the advanced geography test too.
Homework/Upcoming Assessments:
**Unit 1 Summative Assessment is
Friday, September 12!
*Spend 20-30 minutes at home.
**Continue following Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment (above)
Tuesday- September 9, 2025
Tuesday- September 9, 2025
Target Learning: I will learn why the "Cuba," Porto Rico," and Philippines (Aguinaldo) were upset?
Lesson
Go over Important Highlights of the Spanish American War - Goes with article on (Day 1) Spanish American War Notes (from yesterday).
(Day 2) Consequences of the Spanish American War: Notes - Paper copy given in class
Read and annotate short article on note sheet TOMORROW
Glue to page 40 in S.S. "textbook."
Review notes from today for unit test Friday.
Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment on Friday:
Go over Unit 1 "School Begins" study guide and study notes in all lessons for Unit 1 (Pages 24-41 in SS "textbook").
Work on "Extra Practice" activities. Make sure you have "played" and/or gone through each and every one by the unit assessment in order to get mastery of information to prepare for the unit assessment.
School Begins Cartoon - Be able to explain the boy washing the window, the American Indian, the Asian outside the door, all the people on the bench including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Philippines as well as the student holding the book "Alaska."
Extra Practice - These are practice activities.
Content Practice - Choose at least TWO:
Quia: "Different Perspectives" Washington versus DuBois
Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Quia: Why did the United States add new territories after the Civil War? - Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Geography Practice - These are practice activities.
Content Practice - Choose at least TWO:
Gimkit: Geography Practice - This is for everyone to help learn all 50 U.S. States.
*Advanced Geography Final Set (Gimkit) - This is for those students who received a 90% or better on the U.S. States pretest and took the advanced geography test too.
Homework/Upcoming Assessments:
**Unit 1 Summative Assessment is
Friday, September 12!
*Spend 20-30 minutes at home.
**Continue following Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment (above)
Wednesday- September 10, 2025
Wednesday- September 10, 2025
Target Learning: I will learn why the "Cuba" was upset.
Lesson
MAP TESTING
Open to page 40 in S.S. "textbook" - (Day 2) Consequences of the Spanish American War: Notes. Go to the article questions on the inside page.
Next, open the doc HERE
On this doc, scroll to second page and copy answers (in red) after the article to your note sheet on page 40 in your S.S. "textbook."
These answers are important to know for the test on Friday.
Fill out "Consequences of Spanish American War and the Philippine American War" Google Form
When you get to section 8 on this Google Form, you will finish filling out the last part of the notes on your (Day 3) Philippine American War Note Sheet
Glue the following to your S.S. "textbook:"
Philippine American War Notes to page 41
Go back to 29 in S.S. "textbook" and look at the questions you wrote at the beginning of the unit.
See if you now know the answer(s).
If not, see Mrs. Whelpley
Review notes from Monday, Tuesday and today for unit test Friday.
Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment on Friday:
Go over Unit 1 "School Begins" study guide and study notes in all lessons for Unit 1 (Pages 24-41 in SS "textbook").
Work on "Extra Practice" activities. Make sure you have "played" and/or gone through each and every one by the unit assessment in order to get mastery of information to prepare for the unit assessment.
School Begins Cartoon - Be able to explain the boy washing the window, the American Indian, the Asian outside the door, all the people on the bench including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Philippines as well as the student holding the book "Alaska."
Extra Practice - These are practice activities.
Content Practice
Quia: "Different Perspectives" Washington versus DuBois
Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Quia: Why did the United States add new territories after the Civil War? - Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Geography Practice
Gimkit: Geography Practice - This is for everyone to help learn all 50 U.S. States.
*Advanced Geography Final Set (Gimkit) - This is for those students who received a 90% or better on the U.S. States pretest and took the advanced geography test too.
Homework/Upcoming Assessments:
**Unit 1 Summative Assessment is
Friday, September 12!
*Spend 20-30 minutes at home.
**Continue following Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment (above)
Thursday- September 11, 2025
Thursday- September 11, 2025
Target Learning: I will learn the important aspects of the Philippine–American War.
Lesson
Review activities for summative assessment:
a. "School Begins" Review Activity - This is a group activity
b. Play Blooket "School Begins" Unit Review (Content) - Independently
c. Play Blooket "School Begins" Unit Review (Geography) - Independently
Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment on Friday:
Go over Unit 1 "School Begins" study guide and study notes in all lessons for Unit 1 (Pages 24-41 in SS "textbook").
Work on "Extra Practice" activities. Make sure you have "played" and/or gone through each and every one by the unit assessment in order to get mastery of information to prepare for the unit assessment.
School Begins Cartoon - Be able to explain the boy washing the window, the American Indian, the Asian outside the door, all the people on the bench including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Philippines as well as the student holding the book "Alaska."
Extra Practice - These are practice activities.
Content Practice - These are practice activities.
Blooket "School Begins" Unit Review (Content)
Quia: "Different Perspectives" Washington versus DuBois
Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Quia: Why did the United States add new territories after the Civil War? - Play until you pass more than 30 stars. IT DOES NOT END. This should be a quick review that takes 2-5 minutes.
Geography Practice - These are practice activities.
Blooket "School Begins" Unit Review (Geography)
Gimkit: Geography Practice - This is for everyone to help learn all 50 U.S. States.
*Advanced Geography Final Set (Gimkit) - This is for those students who received a 90% or better on the U.S. States pretest and took the advanced geography test too.
Homework/Upcoming Assessments:
**Unit 1 Summative Assessment is
TOMORROW!
*Spend at least 30 minutes studying at home.
**Continue following Study Plan for Unit 1 Summative Assessment (above)
Amendment Timeline
This is what your timeline should look like. ⬇️
Friday- September 12, 2025
Friday- September 12, 2025
Target Learning: I will be assessed on the mastery of several 8th grade SS standards (history, geography & civics).
Lesson
Unit 1 "School Begins" Summative Assessment
After test:
Start Timeline strips:
Directions:
Materials needed - yard stick, pencil & strip of paper
Draw a line (vertically) down the middle of the paper strip. See picture on left. USE PENCIL ONLY.
At both ends of the line (on both sides: top and bottom) put an arrow.
Place the yard stick (inches side up)on the pencil line on the paper. Make a small slit pencil mark on your line one inch apart. You should have 15 slits total on your line.
Starting at the top of your line (at your first slit), write 1860, then 1870, then 1880 etc. You will write the years 10 years apart until you reach the year 2000.
When you finish with directions #1-5, on the back of your timeline template, write the following:
First Name, Last Name (or Last Name Initial)
SS Class Period
Make sure you hand the teacher your timeline strip (finished or not with your name & class period on the back) so it can be given to you to finish on Monday.
If you receive a C, D or an F on any or all sections of the Unit 1 "School Begins" Summative Assessment, please do the following to schedule a retest (See below):
Unit 1: School Begins Summative Assessment RETEST (Whelpley) 2025 - Must be filled out by the end of the evening THIS SUNDAY if you plan to retake one or more sections.
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