Hello friends and students!
I have moved my classroom website to moodle. This will allow for greater interactivity and student centered activities. Please visit this new site at:
Please visit my new website at:
Mr. Keegan's Moodle Page
http://moodle.oceansideschools.org/course/view.php?id=736
You may have to register, but I will be sure to allow access.
Mr. Keegan
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Social Studies Assessment Resources
Assessment Review Assignments
Remember:
All pink packet assignments must be completed in book and answer sheet.
Due Monday, May 3rd
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2001
Pgs. 3-9
Due Friday, May 7th
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 1
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Monday, May 10th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2002
Pgs. 12-17
Due Friday, May 14th
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 2
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Monday, May 17th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2003
Pgs. 20-26
Due Friday, May 21st
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 3
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Monday, May 24th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2004
Pgs. 29-38
Due Friday, May 28th
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 4
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Tuesday, June 1st
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2005
Pgs. 41-47
Due Friday, June 4th
Yellow Packet - Constructed Response
June 2009
Pgs. 32-35
Due Monday, June 7th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2006
Pgs. 50-57
Monday, June 14th
Social Studies Assessment - Day 1
Tuesday, June 15th
Social Studies Assessment - Day 1
Remember:
All pink packet assignments must be completed in book and answer sheet.
Due Monday, May 3rd
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2001
Pgs. 3-9
Due Friday, May 7th
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 1
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Monday, May 10th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2002
Pgs. 12-17
Due Friday, May 14th
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 2
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Monday, May 17th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2003
Pgs. 20-26
Due Friday, May 21st
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 3
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Monday, May 24th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2004
Pgs. 29-38
Due Friday, May 28th
Castle Learning
Assessment Review Test # 4
http://www.castlelearning.com
User ID: ocean-lastnamefirst initial
Example: ocean-smithj
Password: This was originally set to your school login password. Many of you changed your password early in the year. If you need a new password, please e-mail (dkeegan@oceansideschools.org) or send me a note requesting that your password be cleared.
Due Tuesday, June 1st
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2005
Pgs. 41-47
Due Friday, June 4th
Yellow Packet - Constructed Response
June 2009
Pgs. 32-35
Due Monday, June 7th
Pink Packet - Multiple Choice
June 2006
Pgs. 50-57
Monday, June 14th
Social Studies Assessment - Day 1
Tuesday, June 15th
Social Studies Assessment - Day 1
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Last Week of Cycle 3
Due Monday,
April 12th
Complete The Great Depression packet, # 1-13.
All answers can be found in the attached reading selections, pgs. 212-219.
Many students have music rehearsals today. It is still your responsibility to have this work completed by Monday.
Due Tuesday.
April 13th
Continue preparations for Friday’s exam.
Continue working on ELA/SS Found Poem.
A number of students will be confirmed today (Tuesday) at St. Anthony’s. Congratulations!
Due Wednesday,
April 14th
Continue working on your FDR Digital DBQ packet.
A number of students will be confirmed today (Wednesday) at St. Anthony’s. Congratulations!
Due Thursday,
April 15th
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Digital DBQ packet must be completed.
Social Studies - ELA Challenge is due today!
Writing Contest - Freedom
Due Friday,
April 16th
Found Poem must be handed in today.
Utilizing the Document Packet and all materials related to the Great Depression, students will take their final exam of the quarter, an OPEN-NOTES TEST on the Great Depression.
Due Tuesday,
April 20th
New Deal Cartoon Extra Credit
See attached examples
April 12th
Complete The Great Depression packet, # 1-13.
All answers can be found in the attached reading selections, pgs. 212-219.
Many students have music rehearsals today. It is still your responsibility to have this work completed by Monday.
Due Tuesday.
April 13th
Continue preparations for Friday’s exam.
Continue working on ELA/SS Found Poem.
A number of students will be confirmed today (Tuesday) at St. Anthony’s. Congratulations!
Due Wednesday,
April 14th
Continue working on your FDR Digital DBQ packet.
A number of students will be confirmed today (Wednesday) at St. Anthony’s. Congratulations!
Due Thursday,
April 15th
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Digital DBQ packet must be completed.
Social Studies - ELA Challenge is due today!
Writing Contest - Freedom
Due Friday,
April 16th
Found Poem must be handed in today.
Utilizing the Document Packet and all materials related to the Great Depression, students will take their final exam of the quarter, an OPEN-NOTES TEST on the Great Depression.
Due Tuesday,
April 20th
New Deal Cartoon Extra Credit
See attached examples
Friday, March 12, 2010
Hello Team 8-2
I will be out today, March 12th, tending to two sick one-year old boys. I do hope you are all well, and that you are committed to working hard and being respectful. I expect your best behavior and most efficient use of time. The crossword that I have created and the Taboo packet will be helpful as you set out to review for Monday's quiz.
When you are through with your review materials (Taboo & Crossword), I would like to see you interact with a K-W-L on the 1920s. Remember the K-W-L stands for:
* What you Know?
* What you Want to know?
* What you Learned?
I do hope you all have a great weekend! Remember, middle school is fast coming to a close. Let's work as hard as we can in the coming weeks so that the skills necessary for high school success are sharpened.
Classroom Procedures
Please hand out a Taboo packet to each student. These packets can be found on my desk or on the small table in front of my desk. Please inform students that these terms are the BIG ones for Monday’s quiz. Please ask students to take 7 minutes today to review the terms. If comfortable, students may work with a partner to quiz one another. (read taboo terms and ask partner to try to identify the word)
Please hand out WW I Crossword Puzzle. You may allow students to work individually or with a partner. Students may use the “old” textbooks in the back of the room. After 15 minutes, or when all students are nearing completion, please go through the crossword with the students. Answers are below:
Once complete, each student should pick up an “old” textbook from the back of the classroom. Then, please hand out the K-W-L sheet.
Please ask students to open the textbook to the chapter on the 1920s. I believe this is Chapter 24. Utilizing this chapter, ask students to complete the K and W part of the KWL. Feel free to complete the K (What do you KNOW) as a whole-class activity.
What students do not finish of the K-W-L must be finished by Tuesday’s class.
When you are through with your review materials (Taboo & Crossword), I would like to see you interact with a K-W-L on the 1920s. Remember the K-W-L stands for:
* What you Know?
* What you Want to know?
* What you Learned?
I do hope you all have a great weekend! Remember, middle school is fast coming to a close. Let's work as hard as we can in the coming weeks so that the skills necessary for high school success are sharpened.
Classroom Procedures
Please hand out a Taboo packet to each student. These packets can be found on my desk or on the small table in front of my desk. Please inform students that these terms are the BIG ones for Monday’s quiz. Please ask students to take 7 minutes today to review the terms. If comfortable, students may work with a partner to quiz one another. (read taboo terms and ask partner to try to identify the word)
Please hand out WW I Crossword Puzzle. You may allow students to work individually or with a partner. Students may use the “old” textbooks in the back of the room. After 15 minutes, or when all students are nearing completion, please go through the crossword with the students. Answers are below:
Once complete, each student should pick up an “old” textbook from the back of the classroom. Then, please hand out the K-W-L sheet.
Please ask students to open the textbook to the chapter on the 1920s. I believe this is Chapter 24. Utilizing this chapter, ask students to complete the K and W part of the KWL. Feel free to complete the K (What do you KNOW) as a whole-class activity.
What students do not finish of the K-W-L must be finished by Tuesday’s class.
Friday, February 12, 2010
February Break
I would like to wish each of you a wonderful Februray recess. I do hope it is a restful week, finding you in the company of family and friends. I will expect the following upon you return:
* Chapter 24 must be read
* World Power packet must be complete (Handed out on 2/9)
* Castle Learning Exam must be complete - World Power
* Video Analysis from Computer Lab must be completed by end of school, 2/25
Enjoy!
* Chapter 24 must be read
* World Power packet must be complete (Handed out on 2/9)
* Castle Learning Exam must be complete - World Power
* Video Analysis from Computer Lab must be completed by end of school, 2/25
Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Welcome to the Computer Lab!
Throughout this week we will explore different aspects of the Progressive Era. I do hope you work individually, efficiently, and to the best of your ability. Please continue to refer back to this web page as it will provide a good overview of our week.
Tuesday, January 19th
htttp://www.castlelearning.com
Castle Learning Online provides online study guides, quizzes, and unit exams. While we will be utilizing the computer lab today to create our accounts and take a practice exam, much of our Castle Learning work will done independently and according to your own time schedules.
Your Log-In Information
Go to www.castlelearning.com
Username:
School computer log-in
Password:
For the first time, leave it blank and click submit. You will be asked to make a password and confirm it. You may enter your email address.
Once you are in…your classes will be listed. When you have an assignment it will be in RED with a reminder flag. Click on the teachers name and then click on the assignment!
Throughout this week we will explore different aspects of the Progressive Era. I do hope you work individually, efficiently, and to the best of your ability. Please continue to refer back to this web page as it will provide a good overview of our week.
Tuesday, January 19th
htttp://www.castlelearning.com
Castle Learning Online provides online study guides, quizzes, and unit exams. While we will be utilizing the computer lab today to create our accounts and take a practice exam, much of our Castle Learning work will done independently and according to your own time schedules.
Your Log-In Information
Go to www.castlelearning.com
Username:
School computer log-in
Password:
For the first time, leave it blank and click submit. You will be asked to make a password and confirm it. You may enter your email address.
Once you are in…your classes will be listed. When you have an assignment it will be in RED with a reminder flag. Click on the teachers name and then click on the assignment!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Friday, January 15th
Hello Team 8-2!
I will not be in school today as my son Leo has had his first stomach bug. He is recovering well but must be hydrated throughout the day. I expect only your best behavior and most diligent work for today's substitute. I believe the work I have left is meaningful and will provide a strong overview of the Progressive Era.
Have a great day! I look forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday!
Mr. Keegan
Monday, January 4, 2010
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year to Team 8-2
I will be out today due to a family illness. I do expect your best behavior and most disciplined work today. Remember, the measure of a person is not how they act when all eyes are on him or her, but how he or she acts when nobody is watching.
The work you will do today is designed to preview the Era of Reform, which many people see as a natural response to the excesses of Industrialization. Read carefully, think critically, and ask for help when you need assistance.
SPECIAL NOTES
Students who have not yet presented Time Traveler will be expected to do so tomorrow. I suspect that Mr. Weinstein and I will meet to discuss project grades tomorrow and that we may be able to return graded rubrics by Wednesday or Thursday.
All Industrialization Exams will be returned tomorrow. The grades were excellent! Congratulations and keep up the great work!
On Wednesday we will be participating in a Geography Bee. Two students from each section will advance to a school-wide Bee to be held later in the month.
Lesson
Using textbooks which are in the classroom, (please be sure that Ms. Shulman has delivered) have students complete the following assignment. Students must finish for homework:
Due Tuesday, January 5th
Carefully read textbook 586-591
Complete:
Viewing History question on page 587
Viewing History on 589
# 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on 591
Due Wednesday, January 6th
Carefully read textbook 592-596
Complete:
Viewing History question on 593
Complete # 1 & 2 on pg. 594
# 1 & 2 on pg. 596
____________________________________________________________________________________
If students finish early, please ask them individually to create a list of ten of the biggest problems facing the United States today. Then, ask students to rank these issues or problems in order of importance.
If any kids finish everything, I do have a library of Junior Scholastic magazines in the back of the room (back table)
I will be out today due to a family illness. I do expect your best behavior and most disciplined work today. Remember, the measure of a person is not how they act when all eyes are on him or her, but how he or she acts when nobody is watching.
The work you will do today is designed to preview the Era of Reform, which many people see as a natural response to the excesses of Industrialization. Read carefully, think critically, and ask for help when you need assistance.
SPECIAL NOTES
Students who have not yet presented Time Traveler will be expected to do so tomorrow. I suspect that Mr. Weinstein and I will meet to discuss project grades tomorrow and that we may be able to return graded rubrics by Wednesday or Thursday.
All Industrialization Exams will be returned tomorrow. The grades were excellent! Congratulations and keep up the great work!
On Wednesday we will be participating in a Geography Bee. Two students from each section will advance to a school-wide Bee to be held later in the month.
Lesson
Using textbooks which are in the classroom, (please be sure that Ms. Shulman has delivered) have students complete the following assignment. Students must finish for homework:
Due Tuesday, January 5th
Carefully read textbook 586-591
Complete:
Viewing History question on page 587
Viewing History on 589
# 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on 591
Due Wednesday, January 6th
Carefully read textbook 592-596
Complete:
Viewing History question on 593
Complete # 1 & 2 on pg. 594
# 1 & 2 on pg. 596
____________________________________________________________________________________
If students finish early, please ask them individually to create a list of ten of the biggest problems facing the United States today. Then, ask students to rank these issues or problems in order of importance.
If any kids finish everything, I do have a library of Junior Scholastic magazines in the back of the room (back table)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
8th Grade Curriculum
7th Grade Review
Lesson 1-5
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
6. Lincoln’s Election
Firebell in the Night – Fort Sumter
7. What Are We Fighting For?
Causes of the Civil War – Review
THE CIVIL WAR
8. A Tale of the Tape – Advantages & Disadvantages
9. Civil War Strategy
North & South
10. Civil War on the Battlefield – Part I – Big Paper
Highlight Civil War Technology
11. The Emancipation Proclamation
12. Civil War on the Battlefield – Part II – Big Paper
13. The Gettysburg Address
14. The Assassination of Lincoln
The Tragedy at Ford’s Theater
RECONSTRUCTION
15. “O Captain! My Captain!” vs “The Good Ol’ Rebel” (9/30-10/2)
Three Cups of Tea (10/5-10/9)
16. The War is Over, Let the Healing Begin (10/13)
17. Now What? The President & Congress Clash Over Reconstruction
18. The Contradictions of Reconstruction
African American Gains & Losses
Strange Fruit
19. The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Hate groups as a reaction to black emancipation
20. Reconstruction in the New South
Hurricane Katrina footage – Think deeply
Has the nation been fully reconstructed?
________________________________________________________________________________
AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
THE FRONTIER
21. The Frontier in American History
Post-War America & a New Age of Expansion
What is a Frontier
Analyze the works of Frederic Remington – Detail
22. “Don’t Fence Me In”
The Impact of railroads, mining, and ranching in the west
The Game of Monopoly – Greed - John Stossel
23. A Way of Life Ends
Native American are confronted with relocation and reservations
24. The Census of 1890
Is the Frontier Really Closed?
25. “Far & Away”
Clips from Cruise and Kidman’s film about Irish immigration
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH & NEW BUSINESS MODELS
26. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons - Research
27. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons - Research
28. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons - Debate
29. The Game of Monopoly – Highlight the railroad industry
Video
30. Economic Principles – Supply & Demand
Capitalism
Free Market
Monopoly
Competition
Laissez faire
31. Does Capitalism Lead to Efficiency & Invention?
Electric power, telephone, automobile, refrigeration, the airplane
LABOR IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY
32. Supply & Demand and its Impact on Wages
Highlight the impact of widespread immigration
33 The Immigrant Experience: A Story of the American Dream
Video – Janek & Family
34. Labor Practice in the Age of Industry – Conditions
Triangle Fire
Modern Times – Charlie Chaplin
35. The Oceanside Tootsie Roll Factory
36. The Oceanside Tootsie Roll Factory
37. Workers Attempt to Unite
IMMIGRATION & URBANIZATION
38. The Statue of Liberty
An Icon or an Eyesore?
Have we lived up to the principles set forth by Emma Lazarus?
39. Push & Pull
Factors leading to immigration
40. Americans Welcome Their New Neighbors. Do They Really?
41. The Changing Face of the American City - Physically
42. The Changing Face of the American City – Culturally
43. What is an American?
As presented in the art and literature of the day
PROGRESSIVE ERA REFORMS
44. Reform – Boss Tweed (Symbol)
• Gangs of New York (15 minutes)
45. Reform/Muckrakers
46. Reform/Muckrakers
47. Reform/Muckrakers
48. Reform/Muckrakers
49. Teddy Roosevelt - Symbol of progressivism
_____________________________________________________________________________________
THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - WW I (1898-1914)
50. Steer Clear of Permanent Alliances
Examining the foreign policy advice of Washington
51. Introduction: The Age of Imperialism
Forces making expansion possible
Trace American Expansion (1796-Today)
52. The Spanish-American War
Causes/War
Social Darwinism
“White Man’s Burden”
53. Spanish-American War
Propaganda
"Remember the Maine"
54. Spanish-American War
Relations with Latin America
World’s Constable
WORLD WAR I
55. War Erupts in Europe - MANIA
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
56. The Sinking of the Lusitania
57. Should the U.S. Enter the War?
Zimmerman Telegram
Declaring War
"The world must be made safe for democracy”
58. The Nation at War
Winning the war on the homefront
Selective Service Act
“Food will win the war”
Liberty Bonds
Victory Gardens
George M. Cohan – “Over There”
59. Civil Liberties are Under Attack
Debs & Schenck
60. World War I in the Trenches
Sponge War w/ slide show
61. Results of World War I
Armistice Day
New boundaries
Financial
Casualties
New World Order
62. The Treaty of Versailles
14 Points
Wilson’s plan for peace
Can it create peace in the 20th century?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE WARS
THE ROARING TWENTIES
63. The War is Over: Now What?
Americans Celebrate & Modernize
64. New Ways of Life - Cultural
The Jazz Age
The Flapper buoyed by the 19th Amendment
Dance, Dance, Dance!!!
65. Alcohol & American Morality
Did the widespread disregard for the 18th Amendment
highlight new trend of permissiveness that would culminate
in the culture wars of the early 21st century?
The Simpsons – “The Beer Baron”
66. Clouds on the Horizon
Al Capone & oganized crime
KKK
Backlash against immigrants – Sacco & Vanzetti
The Red Scare
67. The Scopes Monkey Trial
A symbol of the clash between American traditional
Values and modernity
68. The Business of America is Business
Republican presidents of the 20’s help promote American
Growth
69. Americans As Investors
Speculation frenzy leads to great riches (on paper)
Buying on margin
Highlight the concept of uneven prosperity
70. A Mass Culture – What is An American?
Automobile, radios, movies. literature
Consumerism – Installment Buying
Fads
71. Hero Worship & the 1920’s
Langston Hughes & the artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
72. The Stock Market Crashes
Black Tuesday – 10/29/29
73. The Cycle of Depression
74. President Hoover’s Response
Viewed as ineffectual
Blamed for not having the foresight to avoid this crash
The Bonus March illustrates a breach of confidence
And insensitivity (Examples: Hoovervilles; Hoover Leather; Hoover Blankets)
75. “Brother Can You Spare a Dime”
The Depression Slide Show
Try to tap into the mood of the Great Depression
76. The Dust Bowl
Selections from The Grapes of Wrath
77. The Election of 1932
President Roosevelt Gives Hope to Americans
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Roosevelt’s polio
78. The New Deal - Programs
79. The New Deal - Programs
80. The New Deal - Programs
81. The New Deal - Criticisms
Too much power in the hands of government
82. Americans Try to Escape the Depression
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Snow White
THE U.S. ASSUMES WORLWIDE RESPONSIBILITIES
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II
83. A Recipe for War: The Causes of World War II
From the Treaty of Versailles to Germany’s
Invasion of Poland
The rise of dictatorships, global depression, reparations,
appeasement
84. The Rise of Totalitarianism
Mussolini’s Fascists
Hitler and the Nazi Party – Highlight “Final Solution”
and Hitler’s ideology
Japan’s military rule
85. The War Breaks Out in Europe and Asia
American neutrality
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
86. The United States Under Attack
Pearl Harbor
87. Did American Intelligence Fail Us?
Could the attack on Pearl Harbor have been thwarted?
88. Americans Mobilize for War
Rationing
The draft
Victory gardens
Scrap metal drives
Propaganda Campaigns
89. Women on the Homefront
Rosie the Riveter
The WAVES
90. Minorities & the War
A Proving Ground?
91. Japanese Internment Policy
92. Civil Liberties & Japanese Internment
93. World War II Battles & Strategy
94. World War II Battles & Strategy
95. Winning the War
D-Day & the Normandy Invasion
Victory in Europe
96. Saving Private Ryan – Edited
97. World War II in the Pacific
98. The Ethics of the Atom Bomb
99. The War is Over
What do learn about man’s humanity/inhumanity?
The Holocaust
Bataan Death March
Stalin’s Purges
THE COLD WAR
100. The Origins of the Cold War
Communist vs. Democratic Principles
101. The Cold War Heats Up: Global Balance of Power Shifts
Soviet Expansion
Importance of Berlin
102. The Shocks of 1949:
Soviet Atomic Program
Communist Rule in China
103. Communists Among Us?
McCarthyism & the Red Scare
104. Cold War Hot Spots
105. Cold War Hot Spots
106. Case Study: Vietnam
The Domino Theory
107. Case Study: Vietnam
War Protest – Kent State
Music, Literature, The Arts
108. Born on the 4th of July
Idealism to Disillusion
109. A Nation Attempts to Heal
Importance of Maya Lin
Are monuments important?
110. The Cold War Comes to An End
Nixon visits China РD̩tente (1972)
SALT Agreement
STAR Wars – Reagan – “Peace through strength”
Reagan and Gorbachev
Fall of the Soviet Union
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: WORLD WAR II – TODAY
111. What is an American? (1950-2005)
“We Didn’t Start the Fire”
112. The Baby Boom & the Rise of Suburbia
Levittown as a symbol
GI Bill
113. Economic Prosperity & Security
Automobiles
Suburbia
Interstate Highway Act
Growth of the Subelt
Commercial Air Travel
Some confusion – Beatniks/Elvis/Sameness (Stepfords)
114. The Importance of John F. Kennedy
Youthful vitality
Camelot
Inspiring –“Ask not what….”
Space Program
115. Kennedy’s Assassination
116. Civil Rights Movement
117. Civil Rights Movement
Riots in the Street
118. Civil Rights Movement
119. Civil Rights Movement
1968: A Year of Tragedy
120. Nixon & Watergate - Ford
121. Carter & Iran Hostage Crisis
122. The Reagan Presidency
The Conservative Revolution
The Fall of Communism
Tiananmen Square
Berlin
Cuban refugees
123. President Bush & The Gulf War
124. Global Unrest in the Post-Cold War Era
Bosnia
Israel
African Apartheid
Somalia
125. “9/11 and the End of Innocence”
126. How Can We Make a Better World?
Lesson 1-5
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
6. Lincoln’s Election
Firebell in the Night – Fort Sumter
7. What Are We Fighting For?
Causes of the Civil War – Review
THE CIVIL WAR
8. A Tale of the Tape – Advantages & Disadvantages
9. Civil War Strategy
North & South
10. Civil War on the Battlefield – Part I – Big Paper
Highlight Civil War Technology
11. The Emancipation Proclamation
12. Civil War on the Battlefield – Part II – Big Paper
13. The Gettysburg Address
14. The Assassination of Lincoln
The Tragedy at Ford’s Theater
RECONSTRUCTION
15. “O Captain! My Captain!” vs “The Good Ol’ Rebel” (9/30-10/2)
Three Cups of Tea (10/5-10/9)
16. The War is Over, Let the Healing Begin (10/13)
17. Now What? The President & Congress Clash Over Reconstruction
18. The Contradictions of Reconstruction
African American Gains & Losses
Strange Fruit
19. The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Hate groups as a reaction to black emancipation
20. Reconstruction in the New South
Hurricane Katrina footage – Think deeply
Has the nation been fully reconstructed?
________________________________________________________________________________
AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
THE FRONTIER
21. The Frontier in American History
Post-War America & a New Age of Expansion
What is a Frontier
Analyze the works of Frederic Remington – Detail
22. “Don’t Fence Me In”
The Impact of railroads, mining, and ranching in the west
The Game of Monopoly – Greed - John Stossel
23. A Way of Life Ends
Native American are confronted with relocation and reservations
24. The Census of 1890
Is the Frontier Really Closed?
25. “Far & Away”
Clips from Cruise and Kidman’s film about Irish immigration
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH & NEW BUSINESS MODELS
26. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons - Research
27. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons - Research
28. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons - Debate
29. The Game of Monopoly – Highlight the railroad industry
Video
30. Economic Principles – Supply & Demand
Capitalism
Free Market
Monopoly
Competition
Laissez faire
31. Does Capitalism Lead to Efficiency & Invention?
Electric power, telephone, automobile, refrigeration, the airplane
LABOR IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY
32. Supply & Demand and its Impact on Wages
Highlight the impact of widespread immigration
33 The Immigrant Experience: A Story of the American Dream
Video – Janek & Family
34. Labor Practice in the Age of Industry – Conditions
Triangle Fire
Modern Times – Charlie Chaplin
35. The Oceanside Tootsie Roll Factory
36. The Oceanside Tootsie Roll Factory
37. Workers Attempt to Unite
IMMIGRATION & URBANIZATION
38. The Statue of Liberty
An Icon or an Eyesore?
Have we lived up to the principles set forth by Emma Lazarus?
39. Push & Pull
Factors leading to immigration
40. Americans Welcome Their New Neighbors. Do They Really?
41. The Changing Face of the American City - Physically
42. The Changing Face of the American City – Culturally
43. What is an American?
As presented in the art and literature of the day
PROGRESSIVE ERA REFORMS
44. Reform – Boss Tweed (Symbol)
• Gangs of New York (15 minutes)
45. Reform/Muckrakers
46. Reform/Muckrakers
47. Reform/Muckrakers
48. Reform/Muckrakers
49. Teddy Roosevelt - Symbol of progressivism
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THE UNITED STATES AS A WORLD POWER
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - WW I (1898-1914)
50. Steer Clear of Permanent Alliances
Examining the foreign policy advice of Washington
51. Introduction: The Age of Imperialism
Forces making expansion possible
Trace American Expansion (1796-Today)
52. The Spanish-American War
Causes/War
Social Darwinism
“White Man’s Burden”
53. Spanish-American War
Propaganda
"Remember the Maine"
54. Spanish-American War
Relations with Latin America
World’s Constable
WORLD WAR I
55. War Erupts in Europe - MANIA
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
56. The Sinking of the Lusitania
57. Should the U.S. Enter the War?
Zimmerman Telegram
Declaring War
"The world must be made safe for democracy”
58. The Nation at War
Winning the war on the homefront
Selective Service Act
“Food will win the war”
Liberty Bonds
Victory Gardens
George M. Cohan – “Over There”
59. Civil Liberties are Under Attack
Debs & Schenck
60. World War I in the Trenches
Sponge War w/ slide show
61. Results of World War I
Armistice Day
New boundaries
Financial
Casualties
New World Order
62. The Treaty of Versailles
14 Points
Wilson’s plan for peace
Can it create peace in the 20th century?
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THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE WARS
THE ROARING TWENTIES
63. The War is Over: Now What?
Americans Celebrate & Modernize
64. New Ways of Life - Cultural
The Jazz Age
The Flapper buoyed by the 19th Amendment
Dance, Dance, Dance!!!
65. Alcohol & American Morality
Did the widespread disregard for the 18th Amendment
highlight new trend of permissiveness that would culminate
in the culture wars of the early 21st century?
The Simpsons – “The Beer Baron”
66. Clouds on the Horizon
Al Capone & oganized crime
KKK
Backlash against immigrants – Sacco & Vanzetti
The Red Scare
67. The Scopes Monkey Trial
A symbol of the clash between American traditional
Values and modernity
68. The Business of America is Business
Republican presidents of the 20’s help promote American
Growth
69. Americans As Investors
Speculation frenzy leads to great riches (on paper)
Buying on margin
Highlight the concept of uneven prosperity
70. A Mass Culture – What is An American?
Automobile, radios, movies. literature
Consumerism – Installment Buying
Fads
71. Hero Worship & the 1920’s
Langston Hughes & the artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
72. The Stock Market Crashes
Black Tuesday – 10/29/29
73. The Cycle of Depression
74. President Hoover’s Response
Viewed as ineffectual
Blamed for not having the foresight to avoid this crash
The Bonus March illustrates a breach of confidence
And insensitivity (Examples: Hoovervilles; Hoover Leather; Hoover Blankets)
75. “Brother Can You Spare a Dime”
The Depression Slide Show
Try to tap into the mood of the Great Depression
76. The Dust Bowl
Selections from The Grapes of Wrath
77. The Election of 1932
President Roosevelt Gives Hope to Americans
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Roosevelt’s polio
78. The New Deal - Programs
79. The New Deal - Programs
80. The New Deal - Programs
81. The New Deal - Criticisms
Too much power in the hands of government
82. Americans Try to Escape the Depression
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Snow White
THE U.S. ASSUMES WORLWIDE RESPONSIBILITIES
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II
83. A Recipe for War: The Causes of World War II
From the Treaty of Versailles to Germany’s
Invasion of Poland
The rise of dictatorships, global depression, reparations,
appeasement
84. The Rise of Totalitarianism
Mussolini’s Fascists
Hitler and the Nazi Party – Highlight “Final Solution”
and Hitler’s ideology
Japan’s military rule
85. The War Breaks Out in Europe and Asia
American neutrality
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
86. The United States Under Attack
Pearl Harbor
87. Did American Intelligence Fail Us?
Could the attack on Pearl Harbor have been thwarted?
88. Americans Mobilize for War
Rationing
The draft
Victory gardens
Scrap metal drives
Propaganda Campaigns
89. Women on the Homefront
Rosie the Riveter
The WAVES
90. Minorities & the War
A Proving Ground?
91. Japanese Internment Policy
92. Civil Liberties & Japanese Internment
93. World War II Battles & Strategy
94. World War II Battles & Strategy
95. Winning the War
D-Day & the Normandy Invasion
Victory in Europe
96. Saving Private Ryan – Edited
97. World War II in the Pacific
98. The Ethics of the Atom Bomb
99. The War is Over
What do learn about man’s humanity/inhumanity?
The Holocaust
Bataan Death March
Stalin’s Purges
THE COLD WAR
100. The Origins of the Cold War
Communist vs. Democratic Principles
101. The Cold War Heats Up: Global Balance of Power Shifts
Soviet Expansion
Importance of Berlin
102. The Shocks of 1949:
Soviet Atomic Program
Communist Rule in China
103. Communists Among Us?
McCarthyism & the Red Scare
104. Cold War Hot Spots
105. Cold War Hot Spots
106. Case Study: Vietnam
The Domino Theory
107. Case Study: Vietnam
War Protest – Kent State
Music, Literature, The Arts
108. Born on the 4th of July
Idealism to Disillusion
109. A Nation Attempts to Heal
Importance of Maya Lin
Are monuments important?
110. The Cold War Comes to An End
Nixon visits China РD̩tente (1972)
SALT Agreement
STAR Wars – Reagan – “Peace through strength”
Reagan and Gorbachev
Fall of the Soviet Union
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: WORLD WAR II – TODAY
111. What is an American? (1950-2005)
“We Didn’t Start the Fire”
112. The Baby Boom & the Rise of Suburbia
Levittown as a symbol
GI Bill
113. Economic Prosperity & Security
Automobiles
Suburbia
Interstate Highway Act
Growth of the Subelt
Commercial Air Travel
Some confusion – Beatniks/Elvis/Sameness (Stepfords)
114. The Importance of John F. Kennedy
Youthful vitality
Camelot
Inspiring –“Ask not what….”
Space Program
115. Kennedy’s Assassination
116. Civil Rights Movement
117. Civil Rights Movement
Riots in the Street
118. Civil Rights Movement
119. Civil Rights Movement
1968: A Year of Tragedy
120. Nixon & Watergate - Ford
121. Carter & Iran Hostage Crisis
122. The Reagan Presidency
The Conservative Revolution
The Fall of Communism
Tiananmen Square
Berlin
Cuban refugees
123. President Bush & The Gulf War
124. Global Unrest in the Post-Cold War Era
Bosnia
Israel
African Apartheid
Somalia
125. “9/11 and the End of Innocence”
126. How Can We Make a Better World?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd
Hello Team 8-2!
I'll be home sick today but I am hopeful that all plans are followed and all work is completed efficiently. I also expect you to be respectful to the substitute as well as one another.
Today's Procedure
1. Please write homework from the back board
2. Take out homework packet - "Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
*With substitute, please review all answers and discuss as necessary.
3. Once review is complete, work on packet pages 11 & 12.
4. Note: We will be writing a TDC paragraph in class on Friday. If all of your work is completed, you are strongly encouraged to work on a rough draft. The question will be:
Should the Industrial leaders of the late 1800s be looked at with admiration as Captains of Industry, or should they be viewed with disdain as Robber Barons?
5. If you complete all assignments, you may use the Junior Scholastic library on the back table.
Have a great day! I look forward to returning tomorrow.
Mr. Keegan
Friday, November 6, 2009
Time Traveler
Research the major events, ideas, and developments of the 20th Century as a means to prepare yourself for Monday's Decades Draft. Ask your parents, relatives, teachers, and coaches which events in the lives stand out to them. Ask them why these events are so memorable?
For a digital version (downloadable) of the Historical Fact Sheet go the link below.
Project Summary & Due Dates - Team 8-2
The links below include lists of some of the most important events of the 2oth century. You are not bound to use one of these events as the subject of your Time Traveler Project.
Freedom Forum - Top 100 Events of the 20th Century
Newseum - Top 100 Stories of the Century
The Associated Press - Top 100 News Stories
Top 100 Sports Stories of the 20th Century
1900-1909
1900 vs. Today
The First Flight - The Wright Brothers
1910-1919
The Triangle Fire
1920-1929
The Roaring Twenties
1930-1939
1930s - A Survey of the Decade
1930s - People & Personalities
1940-1949
American Cultural History
D-Day
Jackie Robinson
1950-1959
American Cultural History
Elvis Presley - Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame
Brown v. Board of Education
The 1960-1969
John F. Kennedy - PBS
Riots of the 1960s
Vietnam
For a digital version (downloadable) of the Historical Fact Sheet go the link below.
Project Summary & Due Dates - Team 8-2
The links below include lists of some of the most important events of the 2oth century. You are not bound to use one of these events as the subject of your Time Traveler Project.
Freedom Forum - Top 100 Events of the 20th Century
Newseum - Top 100 Stories of the Century
The Associated Press - Top 100 News Stories
Top 100 Sports Stories of the 20th Century
1900-1909
1900 vs. Today
The First Flight - The Wright Brothers
1910-1919
The Triangle Fire
1920-1929
The Roaring Twenties
1930-1939
1930s - A Survey of the Decade
1930s - People & Personalities
1940-1949
American Cultural History
D-Day
Jackie Robinson
1950-1959
American Cultural History
Elvis Presley - Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame
Brown v. Board of Education
The 1960-1969
John F. Kennedy - PBS
Riots of the 1960s
Vietnam
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Three Cups of Tea
Three Cups of Tea Kick-off
Thursday, October 8th - ELA
Friday, October 9th - Social Studies
In Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time , Greg Mortenson, and journalist David Oliver Relin, recount the journey that led Mortenson from a failed 1993 attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully establish schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to promote peace with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote communities in central Asia. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.
Thursday, October 8th - ELA
Friday, October 9th - Social Studies
In Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time , Greg Mortenson, and journalist David Oliver Relin, recount the journey that led Mortenson from a failed 1993 attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully establish schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to promote peace with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote communities in central Asia. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Test Make-Ups
Extra Help will be available on Thursday, October 8th for any student who missed last week's exam. This session will begin at 2:30 and end at 3:10. As scheduled, I will also offer morning extra help on Thursday at 7:10.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Civil War Test Correction
Sorry for the change, but our Civil War Exam has been moved from Wednesday, 9/28 to Thursday, 10/1. This will allow for students to attend Thursday morning extra help at 7:10.
Review Sheet Attachment
Review Sheet Attachment
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Tuesday, September 15
8th Grade Curriculum
Attached below is a skeletal look at our 8th grade curriculum. Please don't view as precise, but it may provide a sense as to where we are going and our pacing.
8th Grade Curriculum
Attached below is a skeletal look at our 8th grade curriculum. Please don't view as precise, but it may provide a sense as to where we are going and our pacing.
8th Grade Curriculum
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