A Message from Mr. Mortensen

Hello 8th Grade!

I have organized this page to display what reading, sources, and assignments you have. You want to complete these in the order by week and day they are displayed on. Make sure to view the Instructions for each week and the daily instructions.

I will have weekly Zoom sessions for any questions, concerns, or conferring.

Any questions (big or small), please DO NOT hesitate to contact me. Email: Elliott.Mortensen@imagineschools.org

Step By Step Guide 1

Step by step- how to Download an assignment.

How to Download Assignments

Step By Step Guide 2

Step by step- how to submit an assignment.

How to Submit Assignments

Moby Max- Update!

If you did not finish your Moby Max assignments I have reassigned them, so you have a chance to finish them now.
Link to Moby Max: https://www.mobymax.com/signin (school code: oh1319 )
If you need your individual Moby Max login/password, please email me at: Elliott.Mortensen@imagineschools.org

Week 1:

3/6-3/10

Read Manifest Destiny (Day 1)
Work on the Manifest Destiny- Guided Reading Questions (Day 1)

Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Moby Max - Moving West – Gaining Land in the West (Day 2)

Day 1- Manifest Destiny

Instructions (watch):

Instructions - Week 1, Day 1

Warm-Up video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LcdcevNnvs

Reading/Assignment: See links on Manifest Destiny above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Day 2 - Mexican American War

Assignment: Moby Max - Moving West – Gaining Land in the West

Notice: If you need your Moby Max login/password, please email me at: Elliott.Mortensen@imagineschools.org

Week 2:

3/13-3/17

Read The South (Day 1)
Work on the The South: Slavery System Questions (Day 1)

Don't forget to answer all 5 of the questions
Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Read The North - Reading (Day 2)
Work on the The North: Industrial Revolution Questions (Day 2)

Don't forget to answer all 9 of the questions
Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Moby Max: Build Up to the Civil War- Divisions over Slavery (Day 3)

Day 1- The South/Slavery System

Instructions (watch): Instructions Week 2, Day 1

Reading/Assignment: See links on The South & The South/Slavery System above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Day 2- The North / Industrialization

Instructions (watch): Instructions Week 2, Day 2

Reading/Assignment: See links on The North & The North/Industrial Rev. Questions above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Week 3:

3/20-3/24

Read New Movements in America (Day 1)
Work on the Abolitionists Compare and Contrast (Day 1)

Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Read A Divided Nation (Day 2)
Work on the Slavery Debate Assignment (Day 2)

Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Day 1- Abolitionists

Instructions (watch): Instructions, Wk3, Day 1

WARM-UP VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka0IRru-JYA

Reading/Assignment: See links on Abolitionists Compare and Contrast above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Day 2- Slavery Debate

Instructions (watch): Instructions - Day 2

WARM-UP VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Bra5yBh6M

Reading/Assignment: See links on A Divided Nation / Slavery Debate above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Missouri Compromise (1820)

Helpful video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gi3C0A9Fo

Compromise of 1850

Helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY2i8jzryjM

Week 4:

3/17-4/1

Read Chapter 15 Section 3 (Day 1)
Work on the Lincoln & Douglas Debates (Day 1)

Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Read Chapter 15 Section 4 (Day 2)
Work on Vocabulary Builder/Guiding Questions (Day 2)

Make sure that your document is your first name/title and put it in your social studies work section.

Moby Max: Build Up to the Civil War- A House Divided (Day 3)

Day 1- Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Instructions (watch):

Instructions- Wk4, Day1

WARM-UP VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LljCzkPasuk

Helpful Website: Debate Summary

Reading/Assignment: See links on Lincoln & Douglas Debate above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Day 2- The Nation Divides

WARM-UP VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11gevEoaJsk

Reading/Assignment: See links on Ch. 15, Sec. 4 & Vocab. Builder above.

Answers must be in your own words - NO copying and pasting from the internet / text.

Day 3- The Nation Divides

Assignment: Moby Max: Build Up to the Civil War- A House Divided

Notice: If you need your Moby Max login/password, please email me at: Elliott.Mortensen@imagineschools.org

*If you have any other Moby Max assignments to complete, you can complete those as well.

Bleeding Kansas

Helpful video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZJc7B8xsc

The South Secedes

Helpful video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9dNDWzsZTI

Week 5: Civil War

Day 1: Start of War – Picking Sides

Day 2: Civil War Timeline - Intro

Timeline template that you can copy & paste for yourself is added to the Social Studies Work folder in your homeroom's folder.

Also instructions on how to download and submit assignments are posted at the top of this page. Step By Step guides include screen shots of each step to download and submit assignments using Google under the student@imggwa.com login.