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Welcome to 8 th Grade U.S. History

Welcome to 8 th Grade U.S. History. with Mr. Hughes. Monday, 27 February 2012. Planner page: 74. 1. Current Events Set #23 2. Timeline Review 3. West Jeopardy I 4 . Input Chart Review 5 . Manifest Destiny Map. Today ’ s History Standards are 8.4 & 8.8. Tuesday, 28 February 2012.

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Welcome to 8 th Grade U.S. History

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  1. Welcome to 8th Grade U.S. History with Mr. Hughes

  2. Monday, 27 February 2012 Planner page: 74 • 1. Current Events Set #23 • 2. Timeline Review • 3. West Jeopardy I • 4. Input Chart Review • 5. Manifest Destiny Map Today’s History Standards are 8.4 & 8.8

  3. Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Planner page: 76 • 1. Current Events #2 • 2. Jeopardy Round II • 3. West Unit Test • 4. West Unit HW Project • 5. Word Search Today’s History Standards is 8.8

  4. Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Planner page: 76 • 1. Current Event #3 • 2. West Unit HW project • 3. North / South input chart • 4. North TCI Chart • 5. Raffle Today’s History Standards is 8.6

  5. Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Planner page: 76 • 1. Current Event #3 • 2. West Unit HW project • 3. North / South input chart • 4. North TCI Chart • 5. Raffle • 6. Rdg: HW (342-351) Today’s History Standards is 8.6

  6. Thursday, 1 March 2012 1. Current Event #4 2. North Chart 3. Ch. 11 Vocabulary 4. Industrial Revolution 5. Section 1 outline 6. Rdg: HW (352-357) Planner page: 76 Eli Whitney Today’s History Standards is 8.6

  7. Friday, 2 March 2012 Planner page 76 • 1. Current Event #5 • 2. Industrial Revolution • 3. Ch. 11 Vocabulary • 4. Factory (mill) Life • 5. Section 1/2 Outlines • 6. Ch. 11 Foldable Today’s History Standards is 8.6

  8. Current Events (Set 23) 1. “Jim Crow Revisited: Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Restores Segregation Era Railroad Car.” 1886 passenger car was dedicated at Campo (San Diego) museum; it was used between 1936-1945. Portrait was discovered hidden beneath layers of black overpainting during restoration

  9. Current Event #2 2. “Rare, Pink 12.76-Carat Diamond Unearthed in Australia; Argyle Pink Jubilee is largest in 26 Years.” Valued at $12 million, it will be cut and polished and tour the world before being sold at auction. Rio Tinto Argyle diamond mining firm in Western Australia produces 90% of the world’s diamonds

  10. Current Event #3 3. “Finders, but not Keepers: U.S. Appeals Court Backs Spain over $500 Million Sea Treasure.” Florida salvage company loses rights to 600,000 gold & silver coins found on 1804 wreck off Spain. Battle of Cape St. Mary Odyssey Marine Exploration found the wreckage of the Nuestra Senora Mercedes in 2007

  11. Current Event #4 • 4. “Adolph Hitler’s Lost Collection of Paintings Discovered at Czech Republic Monastery in Prague” • Nazi Fuhrer’s private World War II art collection found by Czech scholar is valued at $2.6 million. Hitler’s art collection was intended for the post-war National Socialist Art Museum in Austria

  12. Current Event #5 5. “Lux in Arcana: Vatican Reveals Secret Papers on 400th Anniversary of Catholic Church Archives.” Documents include Henry VIII’s divorce request, Galileo’s retraction & Luther’s Excommunication. Exhibition represents a fraction of Pope’s archives & personal correspondence

  13. Chapter 10 Standards Review (8.8) 1848: United States wins the Mexican War and gains the Mexican Cession. Oregon becomes a U.S. territory 1839: Sutter’s Fort established 1840: Pioneers begin traveling West on the Oregon Trail 1849: California Goldrush begins 1853: Gadsden Purchase establishes the southwestern U.S. border 1845: U.S. annexes Texas 1846: Mexican War begins

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