Newsletter for week of 03/06/2015

Post date: Mar 06, 2015 7:41:7 PM

Mr. Santiago 8th Grade American History News

Quote:

“Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.”

~John Ortberg

We are learning about:

Topics: Industrial Revolution

Vocabulary: Monopoly, Entrepreneur, Mass Production, Cotton Gin, Textiles, Economic Change, Agriculture, Traditional economy, Laissez-faire Economics, Market Economy, Urbanization, and Industrialization.

Rationale: In This Unit we will identify how the Industrial revolution transformed the way goods were produced in the United States. Explain how factories changed working life for many Americans. Analyze how new forms of transportation improved business, travel, and communication in the United States.

Major concepts addressed this week:

  1. o Industrialization

  2. o Factory System

  3. o Population shift to cities

  4. o Inventions

  5. o Expansion of Slavery

  6. o Immigration

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

Upcoming News:

March 2- Report Cards Go Home

NEW March 9- 13 Spring Break- No School

NEW March 19th District Social Studies Curriculum Assessment

NEW March 20- Lowell Mill DBQ for Pre- A.P. due (lastname_1st Initial_Lowell)

From Mr. Santiago,

I will be sending home review packets with your students this Wednesday. I know it will be difficult to find time to work/study over a holiday break but we will be returning on a Test week. Thursday the 19th will be a District Social Studies Curriculum assessment. I have also linked some online social studies games to ease the pain.

Links for Online Learning games: (Links are case sensitive)

Colonial Era Hangman: http://goo.gl/hQ08b3

American Revolution Slots: http://goo.gl/FVpXCe

Early Republic Million Dollar Quiz: http://goo.gl/agJD8f

Westward Expansion Snakes and Ladders: http://goo.gl/QrUwod

Sectionalism and Civil War Era Bet, Answer, and Win: http://goo.gl/vbvXZk

Reconstruction Hangman: http://goo.gl/Xq5hLs

8th Grade Social Studies Spin the Wheel: http://goo.gl/yIuOhP

Hector Santiago, Jr.

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