Ms Charara 8th grade US History

• Ch 11-12 John Adams Presidency Article
• Tuesday– Domestic Issues
  • BW#11
  • Read the Domestic Issues
• Wednesday–
  • BW #12
  • Continued reading the Domestic Issues
  • Completed Questions on handout
  • Turned in the CLASS ONLY
• Homework:
  • none 🙂

• Monday:
  • Group work
  • Read Ch 11 Hamilton Versus Jefferson
  • Organized sorting cards topics that matched each person’s belief
  • Wrote the final answers on the chart notes handout

• Monday:
  • BW- list facts you know about Washington
  • Watched video to get more facts – Washington Video
  • Read Ch 11-12 Washington’s Presidency Domestic Issues and took notes on loose leaf Homework: finish notes
• Tuesday:
  • Read Foreign Issues and took notes
  • Made a mini book together
  • Video on how to make a mini-book
  • HW- work on mini book at home, Washington Mini-book Directions/Rubric
• Wednesday: no school 🙂 SNOW DAY
• Thursday:
  • Review Washington notes
    Modeled the mini book again
• Friday:
  • Complete mini book project using notes
  • Turn in Washington mini-book project

• Wednesday:
  • Ch 9-10 Study Guide… answer the questions
  • Passed back work- organized binders
  • Ch 9 Notes done on loose leaf together… see me if you need them 🙂
• Thursday:
  • Constitution
    • Ch 9 QUIA Branches of Government review … 10 minutes/reach a million
    • Ch 9 QUIA matching- The 3 Branches… few minutes
  • Bill of Rights
    • Ch 10 QUIA Bill of Rights review …10 minutes/reach a million
    • Ch 10 QUIA vocab review … few minutes
    • Ch 10 QUIA Amendment matching … few minutes
• Test Friday

• Today:
  • Students took turns reciting the Preamble from memory
  • Started the Ch 10 Federalism
  • Federalism Video Clip
• Homework:
  • Ch 9-10 TEST for Friday
  • Complete QUIA by Friday
  • Study guide

• Today:
  • BW#8
  • Worked on Ch 9 with … Ch 9 Checks and Balances handout.
  • Watch videos
    • 3 Branches with checks and balances video
    • Watch Checks and Balances Video
    • Checks and Balance Video 2
• Homework :
  • study for preamble

• Monday–
  • Ch 10 Bill of Rights Scenario Cases
  • Bill of Rights list
• Tuesday–
  • Check answers for yesterday work
  • Pass backwork
  • Collect Ch 9 work we forgot to correct
• Homework– Play QUIA review games-
  • Recite preamble TEST Tuesday Dec 2nd
• Review Ch 9-10 over break Ch 9-10 TEST will be Friday Dec 5th
  • Username/password needed
  • Ch 9 QUIA matching- The 3 Branches
  • Ch 10 QUIA review games
  • Ch 10 QUIA vocab review

• Thursday:
  • Working in groups investigating the 10 Bill of Rights
  • Groups shared answers
• Friday:
  • Groups completed the Ch 10 Bill of Rights Notes

• Ch 9 The 3 Branches of Government Article
• Monday:
  • Read Legislative Branch … annotated duties/powers
  • Completed The Cure for Teacher Insanity Bill
  • Class Senators voted on the Bills and gave written explanations
• Tuesday:
  • BW #5
  • Read Executive Branch … annotated duties/powers
  • Completed 3 branches diagrams… draw tree/fill in notes
• Wednesday:
  • Read Judicial Branch … annotated duties/powers
  • Completed the Judicial Spy Puzzle handouts
  • Completed Ch 9 Checks and Balance handout
• Homework:
  • 3 Branches with checks and balances video
  • Ch 9 QUIA matching- The 3 Branches

• Today:
  Ch 9 Preamble– the intro of the Constitution
  • Annotate words/phrases
  • Using Context Clues Sentences
  • SchoolHouse Rock Video
• Homework:
  • Ch 9 Preamble Drawing
  • Memorize Preamble – test to recite on Nov 24