8th Grade Journals 21-30

Journal 21 - Describe the three Civil War Amendments.

Journal 22 – What were Lincoln’s conditions for letting the South be part of the United States? Use V6.27

Journal 23 - What would you do as president to help rebuild the South?

Journal 24 – In a Venn Diagram compare and contrast Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Use your packet.

Journal 25 – In “The Constitution Works” find two evidences of positive change and two evidences of negative change for African Americans during Reconstruction.

Journal 26 – Describe the people who live in your neighborhood. Include their socioeconomic status, race, and religion.

Journal 27 - Packet “Trail of Tears” by Diane Wilde. Answer questions on Journal 27.

Journal 28 - Describe America’s westward expansion. Begin with “In 1776” and end with the Spanish American War. (2 paragraphs)

Journal 29 - Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?

Journal 30 - Describe 3 causes of the Spanish-American War.

History of US: Chapter 8 "Coast-to-Coast Destiny"

Directions: Read the chapter about spreading democracy to the West Coast in the 19th Century and answer the questions on the handout given in class. Due: Monday, December 8, 2014.

The Lost Colony and Jamestown Droughts

from the WDC Paleoclimatology archive.

Summary:

Roanoke Island, located off the NE coast of North Carolina, is some 12 miles long and 3 miles wide. The island is the site of the earliest English colony in North America (see map). The first group of colonists landed on Roanoke Island in August of 1585 but, returned to England a year later, in 1586. A second group of colonists, arriving in 1587, mysteriously disappeared and not a single colonist was found by the time additional supplies were brought from England in 1591. Historians have long wondered about the fate of those colonists, who became known as the Lost Colony of Roanoke.

Some light has been shed on this mystery by a group of scientists who used the rings of baldcypress trees (Taxodium distichum) to reconstruct the history of drought for this region. A drought reconstruction, stretching back to 1185, indicates that the most severe growing season drought and the most severe three year period of drought in 800 years coincided with the disappearance of the Roanoke Island Colonists.

In addition, a reconstruction of the severe seven year drought (1606-1612) in Jamestown, accounted from documented historical records, likely played a part in the high death rate in the colony. Only 38 of the original 104 colonists survived the first year (1607) at Jamestown and of the 6000 people that came to the settlement between the years of 1608-1624, only 3400 survived. Most reportedly died of malnutrition.

PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR OWN PAPER. 

1. Is this article a primary or secondary source? (5pts)
2. According to this article, there is new evidence as to what may have happened to the colonist at Roanoke Island. What does this new evidence indicate? (5pts)
3. What may have played a part in the high death rate in Jamestown in 1608? (5pts)

7th Grade - Journals 11-20

Journal 11 - Choose one Native American civilization mentioned in class and describe it in your journal.

Journal 12 – How do you think the Native Americans kept warm during the winter?

JOURNAL 13 – WHY DID COLUMBUS CALL THE NATIVE AMERICANS ‘INDIANS’?

JOURNAL 14 – DRAW A MAP OF THE WORLD AS THE EUROPEANS SAW IT BEFORE THEY “DISCOVERED” AMERICA.

Journal 15 – How do we know the Vikings were here before Columbus? (Use V1.13-14)

Journal 16 – Who were the Conquistadores?

Journal 17 – Why did cartographers depend on explorers to help them make maps?

Journal 18 - We live in a Humid Continental climate zone. Conduct some outside research to get more information about this climate zone. (handout, internet, science teacher)

Journal 19 – Write a letter to an explorer who searched for a Northwest Passage. Explain why this discovery is important to your nation.

Journal 20 – Explain how European affairs affected the New World. Point out two important events.

8th Grade: Journals 11-20

Journal 11 – Describe what was going on in the United States by April 1860. (10 min)

Journal 12 – Describe the life of Frederick Douglas. Use V4.31-32.

Journal 13 – The teacher will assign you an event that led to or caused the Civil War. Your job is to describe it. State the event, and include dates, and names of individuals involved with that event.

Journal 14 - If you were Jefferson Davis, what actions would you have taken to defend and protect the South? Keep in mind the circumstances.

Journal 15 – Why are the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address considered important events of the American Civil War?

Journal 16 – Explain the difference between Confederate, Union, and Border states. Use your map.

Journal 17 – Imagine that you are a young man who has just volunteered to fight as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Write a letter to your parents explaining why you are going to fight.

Journal 18 - What do you suppose was the purpose or meaning of fighting such a bloody war?

Journal 19 – When Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, he reportedly said to her, “So you’re the little lady who made this big war.” Based on Lincoln’s comments, what do you think Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel was about?

Journal 20 – Describe the 5 major battles of the Civil War: Ft. Sumter, Battle of Hampton Roads, Battle of Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle at Appomattox Court House.

Journal 1-10 (8th grade)

journal 1 - Why was the Marbury vs. Madison case so important?

Journal 2 – What do you already know about the Industrial Revolution?

Journal 3 – Choose one event that improved life in the 19th century.

Journal 4 – How did factories change America?

Journal 5 – There were two major effects due to industrialization according to your handout of the Industrial Revolution. Describe three.

Journal 6 – Who was responsible for the arrival of the textile industry in America? How did he or she do this?

Journal 7 – Describe improvement in transportation in the U.S as a result of Industrialization.

Journal 8 – Choose one social, political, or economic effect of Industrialization. Research and write to paragraphs on what you find.

Journal 9 – Explain how the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were events that led to the Civil War.

Journal 10 – Describe the three causes of the American Civil War. Use your packet “A Country Divided”

7th Grade - Journals 1-10

Journal 1 – What is the difference between a political and physical map? Globe and map projection? (Grade and review handout ‘Let’s Travel the Earth’)

Journal 2 - What are lines of latitude and longitude?

Journal 3 – Choose any three landforms and describe them in your own words. Use your notes.

Journal 4 – Choose any three bodies of water and describe them in your own words. Use your notes. 

Journal 5 - List all of the landforms and bodies of water that you’ve seen in person. Use your notes. (Review “Can You Identify Nature’s Creations?)

Journal 6 – List as many states as you can without looking at a map.

Journal 7 – Describe the topography of North America in your own words from east to west. You may use your notes and map.

JOURNAL 8 – HOW DO YOU THINK THE FIRST AMERICANS ARRIVED IN AMERICA? 

JOURNAL 9 – What is history and why is it important to learn history? Mention: multicultural history, primary and secondary sources.

Journal 10 – Now that you have read V1.3, explain how the Native Americans arrived in North America.