Author Archives: Matthew Trerice

In today’s assignment you will learn about the California Gold Rush. This would have been our final topic in class related to westward expansion and covers the “Mormon Trail” as well. There are about 10 questions within the assignment and several interesting video links posted at the bottom of the assignment if you want to … Continue reading »

Google Classroom – check every few days Over this time that we are going to be out of school I will be updating the blog every couple of days. Most of the posts will just be telling students and parents to check the latest post on Google Classroom (here is a link now: https://classroom.google.com). It … Continue reading »

Foreign Affairs Book- Research Project This week students have been researching several major events in US History that happened in the years following Washington’s Presidency. All the events dealt with how the United States handled issues with Foreign Nations (Britain, France, and Spain mostly). Each day we have started class with a discussion and a … Continue reading »

Week 15 (12/2-12/6)- Unit 1 Test and Washington’s Presidency The unit 1 test was given on Tuesday 12/10. Students grades were released on Wednesday and retakes were made available for qualifying students. Ask your child for more details (Google Classroom explains). On Wednesday we began looking at the Presidency of George Washington and have spent … Continue reading »

Parent Teacher Conferences this week Don’t forget that conferences are Monday and Wednesday of this week. Investigation 2- Would the founders have approved of executive actions concerning DACA? Last week we began investigating the issues surrounding DACA and executive actions. We then looked at what the founders and others had to say about the Powers … Continue reading »

The past two weeks we have been examining the events that led up to the Revolutionary War. We took a formative assessment on Friday 10/18 about many of the events and then on Monday of this week we did a short re-teaching lesson over some of the most missed questions. Then, students retook the formative … Continue reading »

This week we are concluding our investigation looking at sources from the 1700s about women and their common experiences. Students will conclude the investigation by planning out and framing a response to the central question: Was there a common experience for women in Colonial North America? Students will be asked to answer the question as … Continue reading »

Was the experience for all women in colonial America the same? This week our focus will be on analyzing sources from the 16 and 1700’s that deal with the experiences of women in colonial times. We have already started reviewing this time period and will try to make it more meaningful by using this focus … Continue reading »

Please let me know if you have any questions! -Mr. Trerice trericm@dearbornschools.org

This year I will be using the blog to keep you updated on events happening the following week. I will typically update the blog between Friday and Sunday. Please subscribe so you don’t miss an update. Obviously as your child is now in 8th grade the responsibility for studying for upcoming tests or completing assignments … Continue reading »