News Letter for the week of April 27

Post date: Apr 27, 2015 7:46:33 PM

Mr. Santiago 8^th Grade American History News

Quote:

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

Pablo Picasso

We are learning about:

Topics: Emancipation and Technology in the Civil War

Vocabulary: Secede, Emancipation, Sovereign, Civil War, Habeas Corpus, Freedman, Military Draft, Riot, Confederacy, Union, Emancipate, Raid

Rationale: The war fought in the United States between northern (Union) and southern (Confederate) states from 1861 to 1865, in which the Confederacy sought to establish itself as a separate nation. The Civil War is also known as the War for Southern Independence and as the War Between the States. The purpose of this unit is to understand what caused this war, ultimately resulting in the deaths of 620,000 Americans.

Major concepts addressed this week:

Sectionalism

Abolition

Secession

Conflict

Civil Disobedience

Skills: Identify, Apply, Explain, Compare, Analyze, Describe, Summarize

Upcoming News:

NEW May 1 Bailey Junior High Talent Show

From Mr. Santiago,

The Social Studies STAAR has passed, WAHOO! Yet, we still have some of the most important concepts of the year still to learn. Today I have incorporated a new learning strategy that will help students with recall and application of that information to writing. Each night your student is to complete a 3-5 sentence reflection and get a parent initial to show the learning has happened. Statistics show that students learning increase if the parent and the student are communicating about their learning. The fact is that it increases by 92 %.(Link to data: http://goo.gl/FslOlR ) I have the students communicating through an evening writing prompt Monday through Friday. The assignment will be due every Monday through the rest of the year. If you have any questions or even suggestions on how to help your student increase their learning just shoot me an email.

Hector Santiago, Jr.

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