8th Grade: Just the Facts - Part Two (Questions 7-17)

The answers to the questions below will vary, depending on what state was assigned to you. This is due on Monday, June 10, 2013

7. What are the names and political parties of the real life senators who currently represent your state?

8. During your work as a U.S. Senator you may need to get in touch with your governor. Who is the governor of your state and what is his or her politlca party?

9. What are some important historical events that have happened in your state?

10. Who are some famous people who lived there (that is besides you!)?

11. What are the major geographic features of your state?

12. What are the important industries or economic activities?

13. Name the two largest cities and their populations.

14. Do people in your state live mostly in rural areas or in large urban centers?

15. List some other important information you think your fellow senators sould know about your state?

16. Now that you know your state a little better, what big issues do you thikn people in your state have on their minds?

17. List the reference source(s) you used to answer these questions. Include the title, year of publication and volume number, if there is one.

7th Grade - Journals 21-30

Journal 21 - Why did cargographers depend on exploreres to help them make maps?

Journal 22 - Why did Europeans migrate to and settle in North America?

Journal 23- Write a letter to an explorer who searched for a Northwest passage. Explain why this discovery is important to your nation.

Journal 24 - Describe the first two attempts of English colonizations in North America.

Journal 25 - How were Indian and European ideas of land ownership different?

Journal 26 - Free Write

Journal 27 - Free Write

Journal 28 - Who were the Puritans? Who were the Pilgrims?

Journal 29 - Why was the Mayflower Companct an important document?

Journal 30 - Describe the history of New York using the following words: New Amsterdam, New Netherland, New York, King Charles II, England, proprietary colony, 1664.

8th Grade - Journals 41-50

Journal 41 - What should a country do to ensure that its trade routes and political influence are secured?

Journal 42 - A reason often given for taking territory was that the backward people who lived there needed the blessings of civilization. Would you agree with that attitude? Why?

Journal 43 - How would you convince a group of friends to play a game by your rules?

Journal 44 - Knowing about how the Panama Canal was built, and how the U.S. got Hawaii, describe how the U.S. was behaving towards other contries. (provide 2 pieces of evidence)

Journal 45 - Describe how the Panama Canal was built.

Journal 46 - What were the causes of the Spanish American War? What were the outcomes and effects of the Spanish American War?

Journal 47 - What do you do when you need food and clothes in 2013? How about in 1813?

Journal 48 - Why were railroads so important to the future of a town in the 19th Century? What would be the modern equivalent of the railroad?

Journal 49 - Describe and give examples of horizontal and vertical integration.

Journal 50 - Which invention discussed in class fascinates you? Why?

Journals 41-50 due: Thursday, May 9, 2013.

Overseas Exploration Quiz - short/answer response.

Hello 8th graders,

The following questions will be on Tuesday's quiz. There are three questions, and you only have to answer two! Choose whichever two you like:

1. What were the causes of the Spanish-American War? What were the outcomes and effects of the Spanish-American War on the United States? What choice would you have made if you were president of the United States in 1898 and the S.S. Maine blew up and the press exaggerated the stories of that event?

2. There are three reasons why Americans supported Colonial Expansion. Identify and describe the three reasons and finally state your opinion on the three reasons. Do you agree with all of them? If not, which one do you not agree with?

3. Describe the political cartoon below. Identify the policy which it represents and state if you agree with it or not. What choice would you have made if you were the president after the president below and the U.S. was viewed as a bully by other countries?



7th Grade Spring Break Journals

JOURNAL 24 - Explain how European affairs (events) affected North America.

JOURNAL 25 - What would you have done to ease the tension between Catholics and Protestants in Europe during the Protestant Reformation?

JOURNAL 26 - How was the Anglican church formed and in what country is it located?

***Read the notes and complete the Spring Break Packet in order to better answer the journals above.***

8th Grade - Journals 31-40

Journal 31 - Describe the 3 Civil War Amendments.

Journal 32 - What would you do as president to help rebuild the South?

Journal 33 - Who was Booker T. Washington?

Journal 34 - In "The Constitution Works" find two pieces of evidence of positive change and two pieces of evidence of negative change for African Americans by the government.

Journal 35 - List events that changed the direction of foreign policy in the U.S.

Journal 36 - Describe America's westward expansion. Begin with "In 1776" and end with the Spanish-American War. (2 paragraphs)

Journal 37 - Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?

Journal 38 - Describe 3 causes of the Spanish-American War.

Journal 39 - Why did California become a state so quickly? What year was it?

Journal 40 - Read the handout about "Expansionism." Take a stand for or against Expansionism. Explain why you chose that stand. (1897)

7th Grade Journals 11-20