8th Grade Journals 11-20

11. Describe examples of how our Fouding Fathers broke down power so that it was not in the hands of a single group of people.

12. What do you already know about the Industrial Revolution? (Factories)

13. Who was responsible for the arrival of the textile industry in America? How did he or she do this?

14. Describe some improvements in transportation in the U.S. as a result of industrialization.

15. Describe eearly invnetions that changed the lives of Americans in the early 19th Century.

16. Free write

17. What would be a peaceful way to get rid of slavery? Keep in mind that some plantation owners depend on slavery to make a living.

18. Explain how the North and South differed. How was this a cause of the Civil War?

19. Explain how the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 served as a catylist to the Civil War.

20. We will do this in class when we return from Thanksgiving break.

7th Grade Journals 1-10

7th Grade Journals 1-10

1. What continents have you visited? Describe them physically.

2. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Include the 5 parts of a map.

3. What is the difference between a political and physical map?  What is the difference between a globe and a map projection?

4. Look at your homework. Explain why we need lines of latitude and longitude on a map.

5. Choose any 3 landforms and describe them.

6. Choose any 3 bodies of water and describe them.

7. If a foreigner asked you what the United States looked like, how would you describe it?

8. List as many states as you can without looking at a map of the United States.

9. Describe the physical features of the United States from West to East using your U.S. Physical regions map.

10. How do you think the first Americans arrived here?