Reminder:   Each day for 14 days (April 2-22),  students will review the 11 units we have covered this year.   The following is the format we will use until April 22, which is the day before our Social Studies STAAR Test.

• Warm-ups – A warm-up is used at the beginning of class as an opportunity to formally assess their understanding of the day’s identified TEKS and targeted content.  There are 3 sections—matching, questions from the unit, and released STAAR® questions. 
• Lessons – A lesson is a PowerPoint presentation designed to review the most tested content on the Grade 8 Social Studies STAAR®. Each slide provides visuals to aid in your understanding of essential content. (bridge between warm-ups and assignments)  
• Assignments – An assignment is used after the lesson to allow the students an opportunity to practice and reinforce necessary content associated with the day’s identified TEKS and targeted content. 
• Assessment– A quiz will be administered at the beginning of the class period each day covering the previous day’s unit of study.  Then, the next unit will begin with the warm-up, lesson, and assignment.  Each day will begin with a quiz over the previous unit.  You are responsible for each day’s lessons if you are absent.

Monday:   Unit 4 Part 2:  Writing the Constitution

Tuesday:   Unit 5:  Early Republic

Wednesday:   STAAR Reading Test

Thursday:   Unit 6:  Age of Jackson

Friday:   Unit 7:  Westward Expansion (Manifest Destiny)

Monday:   No school

Tuesday:   Complete reporting category chart and introduce STAAR Blitz:  An introduction to the process for our STAAR Review covering units 1-11.  8th Social Studies STAAR test is April 23.  The following is the plan for each day: 

• Warm-ups – A warm-up is used at the beginning of class as an opportunity to formally assess their understanding of the day’s identified TEKS and targeted content.  There are 3 sections—matching, questions from the unit, and released STAAR® questions. 
• Lessons – A lesson is a PowerPoint presentation designed to review the most tested content on the Grade 8 Social Studies STAAR®. Each slide provides visuals to aid in your understanding of essential content. (bridge between warm-ups and assignments)  
• Assignments – An assignment is used after the lesson to allow the students an opportunity to practice and reinforce necessary content associated with the day’s identified TEKS and targeted content. 
• Assessment– A quiz will be administered at the beginning of the class period each day covering the previous day’s unit of study.  Then, the next unit will begin with the warm-up, lesson, and assignment.  Each day will begin with a quiz over the previous unit.  You are responsible for each day’s lessons if you are absent.

Wednesday:  Each day for 14 days (April 2-22),  students will review the 11 units we have covered this year.   

Today’s unit to be covered is Unit 2:  Colonial America.

Thursday:   Each day for 14 days (April 2-22),  students will review the 11 units we have covered this year.   

Today’s unit to be covered is Unit 3:  American Independence

Friday:   Each day for 14 days (April 2-22),  students will review the 11 units we have covered this year.   

Today’s unit to be covered is Unit 4:  Writing the Constitution (Part 1)

Monday:   Students will understand the impact of various types of legislation, including landmark Supreme Court cases.

Tuesday:  Students will continue to understand the impact of various types of legislation, including landmark Supreme Court cases.  Review for Unit 9:  Sectionalism test on Wednesday.

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Wednesday:   Unit 9:  Sectionalism Test (DMAC). RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.

Thursday:   Analyze Abraham Lincoln’s ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first inaugural addresses and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address.

 

Friday:   Explain significant military and political leaders as well as major military battles/ events of the Civil War.

Monday:  School Holiday (MLK Day)

Tuesday and Wednesday:

Thursday:   Explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States.

Friday:   Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States.

Monday:   School Holiday (MLK Day)

                                                                   

Tuesday:   Explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States.

Wednesday:  Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States.

                                                                   

Thursday:   Students will review westward expansion for their test on Friday.  

Friday:   Unit 7:  Westward Expansion test.  Students are always welcome to come by on test day at 7:30 (our classroom) for a last minute review. 

 

 

Monday:   Students will analyze their “Student Reporting Categories/ Progress Chart” in reference to Unit 5: Early Republic (Part 2) from last week. Begin examining Unit 6:  Age of Jackson.  (PowerPoint and questions)

Tuesday:  Students will explain the impact of political parties in the early republic and the election of Andrew Jackson, including expanded suffrage, analyze the reasons for the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians, as well as explain constitutional issues arising over the issue of states’ rights, including the Nullification Crisis.

Wednesday:   STAAR Benchmark:  Reading

Thursday:   STAAR Benchmark:  Math

Friday:  Finish with Tuesday’s objective and follow up with a review of the Study Sheet for the 1st part of their Semester Exam, beginning Monday.

 

Semester Exam Schedule:

December 18-Social Studies Semester Exam:  Part 1: Study Sheet (Regular school day)

December 19-Social Studies Semester Exam: 

Part 2: Units 1,2,3,4,5,6.   Class Periods: 1,3,5   (Early Release at 12:15)

December 20-Social Studies Semester Exam: 

Part 2: Units 1,2,3,4,5,6.   Class Periods: 2,4,6   (Early Release at 12:15)

Christmas Break:  December 21- January 8

Monday:   Unit 5: (Part 2)  Early Republic Test

Tuesday:   Students will analyze their “Student Reporting Categories/ Progress Chart” in reference to Unit 5: (Part 1) from last week and Part 2 Early Republic test from Monday.

Wednesday:   Explain the impact of political parties in the early republic and the election of Andrew Jackson, including expanded suffrage.

Thursday:   Students will analyze the reasons for the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians during the Jacksonian era.

Friday:   Analyze the powers of the national government and state governments in a federal system.

Monday:  Students will summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, banking system, as well as judicial review.

 

 

 

Tuesday:   Examine “Free Enterprise” and Laissez-Faire (Shark Tank and Entrepreneurs)

 

Wednesday:  Review for Unit 5 (Part 1) test on Thursday.  (Graphic Organizer, Notes, Kahoot, Quizlet Live)

Thursday:   Unit 5: (Part 1) Early Republic  Test.

Friday:   Students will analyze their “Student Reporting Categories/ Progress Chart” in reference to Unit 5: (Part 1) Early Republic test.

Monday:   Students will analyze/debate the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason.

Tuesday:   Students will summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and the purposes for amending the U.S. Constitution.

Wednesday:   Students will identify examples of responsible citizenship, including obeying rules and laws, staying informed on public issues, voting, and serving on juries. (Focusing on Texas and local elections. (November 7)

Thursday:   Review Unit 4:   Writing the Constitution for their test on Wednesday.

Friday:   Students will be tested over Unit 4:  Writing the Constitution