Monday:  Teacher Workday

Tuesday:   Teacher Workday

Wednesday:   Introduction to 8th Grade Social Studies and expectations for the class.  (Including but not limited to assigning students’ Chromebook, teacher blog,  Google Classroom, online textbook, journals, etc)  The expectations addressed will continue throughout the year.

Thursday: Students will analyze and be able to identify various examples of documents as well as evaluate the authenticity of those documents.

• Introducing Historical Evidence Vocabulary terms
• Discuss/distinguish ads from news stories, corroborate information, evaluate claims, or judge the reliability of a source.  Pawn Stars Video (https://youtu.be/nY0E7fNmSS4)
• Terms.  Checking the validity of the source; Internet, Facebook, Twitter, news sources, etc. “Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus” news hoax,  Fake News.  Counterfeit money (FBI), National Enquirer and other “news” magazines.

Friday:  Students will analyze and evaluate the text, intent, meaning, and importance of historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution .

• Examine primary documents:  Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.(other documents will be examined as well.)