Newsletter for the week of 02/03/2016

Mr. Santiago 8^th Grade American History News

Quote:

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

-Booker T. Washington, author and politician

We are learning about:

Topics: Domestic and Foreign Policy, political parties, federalism, power, economics, and presidential administrations.

Vocabulary: Spoils System, Jacksonian Democracy, Trail of Tears, Supremacy Clause , Assimilate, Secede, Nullication Crisis, Suffrage, stats’ Rights Tariff of Abomination, and Indian Removal Act

Rationale: The focus of this unit will be about the events that shaped the United States from 1828 to 1838. We will see how political and economic decisions were intertwined.

Major concepts addressed this week:

· Indian policies

· Bank Crisis

· Jacksonian Democracy / expanded suffrage

· Nullification Crisis

Skills: Identify; Explain; Inference, Compare and Contrast

Upcoming News:

February 5 Valentines Dance

February 9 SSI meeting (information to be sent home)

February 11 Pre-AP DBQ data analysis due

February 17 Pre- AP DBQ essay Outline due

February 18 Social Studies End of Unit 4 Test

February 22 Pre AP DBQ essay due Save As: Lastname_1^stInitial_RCard

FEBRUARY 20^TH - WORLD STRIDES 8^th GRADE WASHINGTON, D.C. REGISTRATION DEADLINE.

From Mr. Santiago,

Please be on the lookout for tutoring notices coming home. Do not hesitate to contact me about academic or behavioral questions you have for your students. With that being said please encourage your students to come see me with questions or any concerns.

Hector Santiago, Jr.

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