Mrs. Hopper's Class Info: Videos & Powerpoints!

2011-06-10T05:40:00.000-07:00

Baier, Kathleen
Batson, Destiny
Britt-Gaines, Ta'Myra
Burgstahler, Edward
Collins, John
Daly, Olivia
DeMateo, Matthew
Foster, Jacob
Hellman, Lauren
Ho, Jennifer
Hollowak IV, Adam

Kyle Holloway
Kleckner, Emily
Lewis, Nathan
Mahoney, John
McClanahan, Chester
Mowery, Sky
Pfister, Grayson
Robinette, Sara
Sally, Joseph

Stacey, Christina
Sydnor, Jordan

Thomas, Christy
Thomson, Andrew
Wade, Andrew

2011-06-10T05:33:00.000-07:00

6/7 Activity

2011-06-07T05:42:00.001-07:00

1. Go to this quiz on quia.com.

2. Answer the questions until you finish.

3. Record your score on your journal.

4. Go to sheppardsoftware.com to review USA GEOGRAPHY!

2011-05-24T07:33:00.000-07:00

5/24 link

2011-05-24T05:35:00.001-07:00

period 1 click here!

period 2 click here!

period 3 click here!

period 4 click here!

5/20 backchannel

2011-05-20T05:32:00.000-07:00

1st Period... Click here to go to the wiki backchannel page!

2nd Period.... Click here!

3rd period: click here!!!

4th Period CLICK HERE!

Today's Links

2011-05-18T04:45:00.001-07:00

WAITING for everyone else?

Practice African geography!

Before we start: Basics

*don't go on any sites not listed below (this is your warning :))

*don't go ahead of the class to the sites until we go together

*to use the school blog type in your log in code!

1. Cue Set: A question on Google Moderator - Discuss as a group. You can't vote :) But be prepared to give me responses.

2. Visit the wiki and comment on the question to wrap up our discussion on laptops. Pd3 wiki Pd 4 wiki

PERIOD 4 NEW PROMPT

3) Create a word cloud to list one word expectations teachers would have for students using laptops in class (do's & don'ts)

3. Go to our todaysmeet.com chat room throughout a viewing of a video on refugees in Sudan

4. Go onto the blog to respond to the video and ask questions/answer questions.

5)For closure, return to the blog

to respond to the day's lesson (one person from your triad use log in to get into the blog)

American Dream Research/Webquest

2009-12-13T06:44:00.001-08:00

1. What is the American Dream?
Wikipedia
The American memory:
Wall of Dreams:

2. Why do people from other countries immigrate to America?
One family’s story
Many voices
Citizenship Test

3. When we talk about "The American Dream", what do we mean? What are some of the obstacles to achieving the American Dream?
Freedom?
Liberty?
Money?
Opportunity?

4. Which groups of people have had trouble attaining "The American Dream"? There are a variety of acceptable responses to this question. E.g. Native Americans, Irish Americans, African Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans, as well as the poor and women.
Japanese-Americans
Native Americans
African-Americans
Women
Irish Americans

5. Given the obstacles that some Americans have to overcome, what makes the American Dream appealing? Why is the American Dream still a prominent part of American life?

The result of your research will be your essay to answer the question: "What is the American Dream?"
Your essay should have at least 3 paragraphs:
--The American Dream & the world
*Does the world recognize "the American Dream"?
*How does the "American Dream" affect America's international relationships? (What do you THINK?)
*Other questions you create can apply to this topic

--The American Dream in our community/state
*Is the American Dream perpetuated by people in your community or state?
*Do you feel that your community is part of the American Dream?
*Other questions you create can apply to this topic.

--The American Dream & you
*Do you believe the American Dream exists? Is it attainable?
*Is your family living the American Dream?
*How do you plan to live the American Dream in your life?
*Other questions you create can apply to this topic.

*A well-written essay will also have an introductory paragraph and a conclusion :) (So, it will be 5 paragraphs total)!

War of 1812 WEBQUEST

2009-12-06T14:17:00.000-08:00

Click HERE to start the webquest. Website: http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/war1812.htm

Bill of Rights--review games & info

2009-10-23T02:44:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!
Here are some activities to help you learn and review the Bill of Rights:

Kid-friendly explanation of the Bill of Rights: click on "Rights".

Review Games:
Identification of Rights: here.
Bill of Rights matching game: http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html

Quiz:
Online quiz on the bill of rights.

Scavenger Hunt

2009-06-03T11:46:00.000-07:00

YOUR CLUE:

He will be your teacher next year. Your next clue is on his door.

Growth of the US

2009-03-07T07:18:00.001-08:00

Check out this animated atlas!
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Inventors Webquest

2009-03-06T09:53:00.001-08:00

Use the following links to complete today's webquest:
The Steamboat
The McCormick Reaper
The Cotton Gin
The Steam Engine

When you're done, visit this site. Pick an educational game to play. OR play freerice.com :)

NEW UNIT: Industry, Cotton & Reform

2009-03-05T09:57:00.000-08:00

Our new unit will study industrialization and the plantation systems in the South. We will then explore the reform efforts that cropped up around the country. Some, like education, labor reform, and women's suffrage were related to the changes brought about by industrialization. Others, like abolition, were responses to the system of slave labor (remember: the cotton gin created a HUGE demand for cotton, which increased the demand for slave labor in the South).

Textbook Resources:
Chapters 11 & 12 in “America: History of our Nation"

Vocabulary:
Industrial Revolution urbanization cotton gin turnpike
Factory system telegraph slave code corduroy road
Capitalist famine spiritual canal
Mass production nativist discrimination interchangeable parts

Summative:
Planned for the week of 4/7

How to study for Monday's summative...

2009-01-31T06:01:00.000-08:00

Study the bellringer questions & answers.

Review the enduring understandings on the back of the quiz I returned on Friday in class.

Know the states of the East Coast and the location of the Indian territory (use the pink map sheet we labeled in class (If you don't have the map, just study the East Coast states & remember that the Indian Territory was located in what is now the state of Oklahoma).

Snow Day!

2009-01-27T16:40:00.001-08:00

Hello students.... I hope you are all enjoying today's snow day. Here's an update on what we're going to do in class.

Today we would have read p 357-358 about the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears. We will do these activities in class tomorrow (Wednesday). On Friday, we will have a summative exam covering the War of 1812 & Indian Removal. Use your bellringer questions to study! We will answer questions 15-24 together in class tomorrow!

Inaugurations in the US-- a brief history

2009-01-17T12:39:00.000-08:00

Unit from 12/2-12/18: The New Government

2008-12-02T11:39:00.000-08:00

We are now moving on to chapter 8 in our textbook-- it starts with the great question of "what now"?

George Washington, our first president, faced the arduous task of establishing a working government. Arduous means tough-- and it WAS tough. He established an inner core of friends called the "cabinet" that would advise him through his many decisions.

Today, 12/2, was a busy day. We:

*took notes

*completed chapter 8 vocab

*watched news (some classes)

*took a pretest on chronological thinking

If you were absent, please see me! I have work for you.

Our quizzes & tests will be on these dates:

12/8: open note vocabulary and person quiz

12/10: quiz on US states

12/16: open note vocabulary and person quiz 2 (with some content questions to prepare for the summative)

12/18: SUMMATIVE exam

The Day After...

2008-11-05T10:12:00.000-08:00

Last night the United States of America elected Senator Barack Obama to be the 44th President of the United States. Below, check out the concession speech by John McCain, and the acceptance speech of president-elect Barack Obama.

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Why Vote???

2008-11-04T10:10:00.000-08:00

On election day 2008, it is important to remember WHY we should enact our right to vote. Voting is not a requirement but it is a valuable right, a privilege we receive as Americans.

Instructional video: The Bill of Rights

2008-10-27T17:36:00.000-07:00

A bit more cut & dry, but it hits all of the major points.

If you were absent on 10.28, please see me about making up the video we watched. We watched a video on brainpop.com that was about the Bill of Rights, and I can not post it on the blog.

The Bill of Rights

2008-10-27T17:34:00.000-07:00

New Unit: Citizenship

2008-10-11T09:01:00.000-07:00

We have started a new unit in our class: citizenship. It is based around the "Citizenship Handbook" in our textbooks, but I am integrating current news into our instruction to make these topics relevant to the students.

Online resources:

Kid-friendly news: www.channelone.com

Textbook Online: **site to be updated**

Each student should have a calendar of the unit and a concept map that covers the key concepts. The summative for this unit will be Friday, November 7-- right after the elections!

8th Grade Summative 10/2

2008-09-29T11:36:00.000-07:00

On Thursday the 2nd, 8th graders will have their first summative test. Students should study their vocab notes, notes on the documents behind the Declaration of Independence, notes on the Enlightenment contributions to the Declaration of Independence, notes on the Articles of Confederation & Continental Congress, and finally, the Preamble to the Constitution. To assist in the studying process, a copy of the notes can be found here.

How does it all work together?

First of all, understand that the Declaration of Independence didn't "just happen"...

-It occurred because the British colonists came from a land that guaranteed certain rights to their people (through the Magna Carta & English Bill of Rights)

-It occurred because these documents gave the people the assumption that their government HAD to do certain things for them

-John Locke also influenced the Declaration of Independence because he had some specific arguments about natural rights each person had... life, liberty & PROPERTY (not pursuit of happiness...)

After the Declaration of Independence, the Americans had to figure out... WHAT NOW???

-First, they had to win a war.

-The Articles of Confederation successfully established a peace treaty with Britain, and created the United States of America as united states... but what did that mean?

-Confederation means loosely allied states... how united were they?

-The Articles of Confederation were fundamentally weak, probably because people were

still so afraid of a government becoming as unfair as the British government was.

- So...

The Continental Congress met in 1787 to try to fix the errors of the Articles of Confederation

-How would we create a government that was fair?

-How could states be fairly represented?

-How could we ensure that this great "project" of independence wouldn't fail?

-The US Constitution was written to establish a new system of government, and establish rules.

-The Preamble establishes those rules, and clarifies their reasons for writing the list of rules.

Candidates' Mannerisms during the debate

2008-09-28T06:11:00.001-07:00

How does body language influence politics? Do you think it does? This short clip shows a Today show interview analyzing the two candidates at the debate on Friday night (9/26).

What the preamble means...

2008-09-25T11:10:00.003-07:00

short video on the articles of confederation

2008-09-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5NosqRkq3s

Gr 8 -- Clip from "John Adams"

2008-09-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

Gr 7 -- Population clock: Where are most of Earth's people settled?

2008-09-06T13:55:00.000-07:00

Gr. 8-- Intro to Declaration of Independence

2008-09-06T12:13:00.001-07:00

This is a good overview of the Declaration of Independence.

There are a few innacurate references:
-Robert Livingston (not Roger) was one of the Committee of Five
-The 2nd Continental Congress reconvened at Carpenter's Hall (Independence Hall) on June 28, 1776-- NOT July 4, 1776. They debated for a few days, until July 2nd, when the final vote was taken.

Gr.7-- Why are there seasons? Video

2008-09-06T12:09:00.000-07:00

Watch this before reading Chapter 1, sections 2-4.