Monday, April 29th!
Happy Monday!
4/29 Quick Write:
Turn in your Current Event if you didn’t do it on Friday!
Today’s class will be split into two tasks:
- We will review the Civil War for the M-STEP on Thursday. Remember, this is just an overview of the causes and effects of the war, because you will definitely see something about it on the social studies M-STEP.
– Here are the overview notes we will cover in class: M-STEP overview
– Here is a list of vocab likely to be on the test: M-STEP Possible Vocab
– Here is a list of US History topics you can review: M-STEP Social Studies Topics Review
– Here is a link to a sample social studies test (put in the login and password that it gives you): Social Studies practice test
– Here is the key to the sample test above: KEY - The next thing we will do is debrief and begin our wrap up on Andrew Jackson.
Through our discussion of Andrew Jackson and his presidency last week, you hopefully have begun to realize how very human and complex he was (just like many of the other presidents we’ve discussed!). He was responsible for doing some horrendous things (Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears, for example), actions that many people find unforgivable. It is also likely that without him as a leader of the US, this country would not have the same economic stability or physical territories we have today.
Today’s activity will take Jackson’s contradictory actions into account: you will choose whether he is a superhero or super-villain. To do this you will follow the instructions below:
After you have marked “H” or “V” on your notes, you will:
Make sure you depict all 5 events in your illustrations.
We will finish this poster during our 30 minute class tomorrow.
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