8th Grade

Chapter 7 is a self-guided chapter. You will need to read and outline each section. You will also need to complete the Section assessments at the end of each section. This chapter has the Constitution in it. The Wednesday before Christmas Break, we will test over the Preamble and the 27 Amendments and the 7 Articles. You need to start learning those today. Do not put this off.

Chapter 7 Section one notes are to be in your note book tomorrow. You will turn in your section assessment tomorrow as well.

Mr. Clark

8th Grade

Test scores were pretty good. Much improved over the Chapter 5 test.

No homework or blog work over the break. Get rested and relax and get ready for the final 3 weeks of the quarter on the other side of Thanksgiving Break.

Mr. Clark

7th Grade

The 7TH grade students should be finishing up the packet on 15.3 at home this weekend. We have been working in class on outlining and answering the Section Assessments. Monday we will spend some time finishing up the work from this week and then on Tuesday we will play review golf and then Wednesday will be the test over 13.2, and Chapter 15. This will work out nicely since in the students will not have anything to worry about or work on over the extended break.

Short week next week, but we have a lot to accomplish. Do not start you Thanksgiving Break early and make a bad decision about studying for your test.

Have a great weekend
Mr. Clark

8TH grade notes for 6-4

Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts
Chapter 6
Section 4
Women Take Part in the War
• Women began taking on extra work
– Harvesting and Planting
– Running of the family business
– Making cloth for blankets and uniforms
– Helping the Army
– In Battle
• Cared for wounded
• Washed clothes
• Cooked
– Betsy Ross
• Credited for making the first American flag
– Mary Ludwig Hayes
• Brought soldiers water
• Nicknamed Molly Pitcher
• Took her husbands place loading and firing a cannon when he was killed
– New Attitudes
• More responsibilities, wanted more rights
• Increase confidence, began to speak out
Men of Continental Congress disagreed
– They felt it women’s their duty, but didn’t warrant more rights
– Women will use the ideals and principals of the Revolution to further their cause
– African Americans face Hard Choices
1776- 500,000 African Americans in colonies
Not initially allowed in the Continental Army
Britain offered them freedom if they would fight on their side
Continental Army forced to allow them to join
• Joining the Fight
– Army- 5,000 African Americans- all but South Carolina
– Navy- 2,000 African American
– 9 at Lexington and Concord
– Prince Estabrook wounded there
– Peter Salem and Salem Poor fought at Bunker Hill
– Formed special regiments
– Drummers, fifers, spies, and guides
– Faced a no win situation
– Fight on the side of colonists- face the wrath of the British Army
– Fight on the side of the British and face the wrath of the Patriots
• Hoping for Freedom
– Slaves along the coastal regions helped the British in hopes they would take them with them and set them free
– Black Patriots hoped fighting for the cause would earn them freedom
– Colonial leaders torn over the idea of slavery
– Most did not like it
– Washington & Jefferson hypocrites
– This was not the time to solve this issue. We have bigger things to deal with
– Quakers very outspoken about the issue- it was wrong
– “All men are created equal” Natural Rights
– Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania make slavery illegal
• War on the Western Front
– Theater of battle changes and shifts away from the east
– British convince Indians to fight with them
– “No colonists, no one taking your land”
– Natives join in fighting in the north, south and midwest
– Colonists win every battle against Indians
– George Rogers Clark
• led Virginia frontier fighters in at Vincennes
• Surprise attack, masked their numbers
– British surrender without a shot
– Spanish Aid
– Spain/New Spain originally neutral
– Bernardo de Galvez
• Governor of Louisiana
• Seized British forts along Mississippi River
• Drove British out of Florida
• Fighting at Sea
– British held a solid advantage at sea
– Blockades were effective
– Occasionally a British ship would be seized
– John Paul Jones
• Led the greatest American sea victory of the war
• Jones captures the Serapis in the North Sea
• Interesting battles but the war will be won on land and in the South

7th Grade

This week and next we are working on a self-guided section of the book. The students have their work outlined in their agendas to help keep them focused and on track to get everything completed by the deadline of Monday. they have all the material needed, and know the expectation. this is the 2ND time we have done this so it is not completely unfamiliar to them. The test will be on Wednesday, November 25Th. This is the day before Thanksgiving. I have instructed the students to let me know ahead of time if any of them are not going to be here so they can take their test on Tuesday. I think it would be a bad idea to wait the 5 day until after Thanksgiving Break to take it. As of today, the students should have 13.2 and 15.1 outlined and the section assessments for those section completed as well. There is a corresponding handout packet that they should have those 2 sections completed for as well.

So far the students are doing a really great job with it and I am optomistic as to the results at the end.

Thanks
Mr. Clark

8th Grade

After today's class, we are finished with 6.2, 6.2 and 6.3 as far as in class discussions go. Today they were given p.176 3-5 and p.185 1, 3-5 for an assignment. I also gave them their study guide and told them to get started on that. The test is about a week away, but this is a big section and I want them to start reviewing and committing the information to memory now.

Tomorrow I will place 6-3 notes on the Blog and we will discuss 6.4. Parents and students, plan on seeing an increase in home work and in class assignments. I am making a slight change in the class format.

Mr. Clark

7th Grade

Today we tested over 13.1, 14.1, and 14.2. I will have results tomorrow.

We will be starting a self guided section for the next chapter. 13.2, 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3 will be self guided. Students will read the sections, take notes, do the section assessments, and corresponding worksheets. This is not a new concept to the students we did this on an earlier chapter in the first quarter. We will be doing this once per quarter to help them learn the skills of independent work.

Mr. Clark

7th Grade Online Study Session

Remember the rules......
1 question discussed at a time
EVERYONE LEAVES AT 8:00 no exception
Only on topic chat

Here is the Link

http://www.chatzy.com/

Mr. CLark

8TH Grade Notes Chapter 6 Section 2

The Colonies Declare Independence
Chapter 6
Section 2
Common Sense
• By 1776 many colonies agreed Parliament did not have the right to make laws for the 13 colonies
• Though most still felt they owed allegiance to the King
• Thomas Paine writes a pamphlet called Common Sense.
• More than 500,000 copies sold
• Paine’s goal
• Change colonists attitude towards the King
• The only reason Britain helped the colonists was for its own profit
• Remaining under British rule ultimately hurt the colonists
Time to part with Britain
• Congress Votes for Independence
– Congressional members read Common Sense and cautiously agreed
• Making the Break
– What they were contemplating could get them hanged as a traitor- a person that betrays their country
– Appointed a committee to draw up a document outlining complaints and declaring their independence
– Thomas Jefferson is named author of it
• Signing the Document
– Late June 1776 first draft is completed
– July 2nd Congress voted that the 13 colonies were “free and independent states”
– Finalized it on July 4th and printed the Declaration of Independence
– John Hancock, Continental Congress president signed first large and boldly
Copies distributed and colonies celebrated
• Declaration of Independence
• 4 parts to the document
– 1) Preamble- introduction
– three main parts
• 2) Natural Rights- rights all people have at birth
– governments role is to protect these rights
– Government can only exist if they have the “consent of the governed”
– If government fails, the people have the right to overthrow the government
3) British wrongs
• Detailed list of wrongdoings of Parliament and the King
• Among the listed were:
• Limits on trade
• Troop build up
• Disbanding of colonial assembly
• Taxation
– Used to justify the rebellion
– Pointed out attempts to right the wrongs
– Boiled down to tyranny by the King
4) Independence
– Announced their intention to be independent of Britain
– All political ties would be cut
– Free and independent nation
– Full power to “levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do”
• Closing Statement
– “And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
– P.176 3-5


Don't forget to read Section 3 Chapter 6

8TH Grade

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7th grade

We will have an online study session from 6-8 Sunday night. Please remember when 8 o'clock rolls around it is time to leave! We will not be staying in the chat room to visit with friends, that is not what it is for. Same format as before. If you have a question wait your turn and I will get to you. You may not chat off topic, and you may not type your question when it is not your turn. I enjoy these study sessions and I think you all get positive stuff from them, but if we don't follow the rules I will have to shut them down. :(

I will post the room Sunday night about 5:30 on here so you all can join.

Mr. Clark

8th Grade

Here are 6-1 Notes

Fighting Begins in the North
Chapter 6
Section 1
Peace or War?
 May 10th 1775 Second Continental Congress most wanted to avoid a break with Britain
 Fighting continued as meeting happened
 A Peace Petition
 Olive Branch Petition- declared their loyalty to King George III. Asked for a repeal of Intolerable Acts
 King was sure they wanted an independent empire
 Instead of accepting petition, he sent 20,000 troops
 Colonial leaders were sure war could not be avoided
 Rebels take Ticonderoga
 Ethan Allen led a group called the Green Mountain Boys in an attack on Fort Ticonderoga. Southern tip of Lake Champlain
 group seized all weapons and ammunition
 Gained control of a key route into Canada
 Setting up an Army
 Second Continental Congress agreed to and began organizing the Continental Army.
 George Washington would led this army
 Advantages of the Opposing Sides
 Patriots- favored war with Britain
 - Poorly organized
 - Few cannons
 - Little gunpowder
 - Unwillingness to enlist for a long time
 + most had their own rifle
 + good shot
 + “brilliant” commander
 + determined
 The British
 + Highly trained
 + best navy in the world
 + colonial support
 - 3000 miles away
 - news and supplies slow to replenish
- unknown territory
 Loyalists
 Loyalists- Colonists that remained loyal to Britain
 wealthy merchants and former officials
 Some farmers and artisans
 More loyalists in Middle and South than in New England
 Harassed by Patriots
 Many fled to England or Canada
 Lost homes, farms, and stores
 The Fight for Boston
 First year of fighting took place in and around Boston
 Battle of Bunker Hill
 June 16, 1775 Colonel Prescott leads 1200 minutemen up Bunker Hill
 Looked across and thought Breed’s Hill would be a better spot to fire on British. Moved
 General Howe and 2400 British troops advance on Prescott. Patriots held them off
Same for 2nd attack
 3rd attack, British repelled the Patriots
 Took both Bunker and Breed’s Hill
 1,000 redcoats and 400 Patriots dead
 Battle of Bunker Hill would be the first major battle of the Revolutionary War
 British Leave Boston
 16,000 troops waiting in Boston when Washington arrived
 Mistrust ran wild among the colonial troops
 No colonial troops wanted troops from another colony
 January 1776 Green Mountain Boys arrive with weapons from Ticonderoga.
 Placed cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking the harbor
 Howe knew Boston was lost
 Headed for Halifax, Canada with about 1000 Loyalists
 King George ordered a blockade of all colonial ports
 German mercenaries (hired troops) arrive to fight along side British

Study Session address

http://www.chatzy.com/370800813633

8th Grade

You are Excused from Notes tonight......something has come up and I am not going to get them posted.

Have a good night

Mr. Clark

STUDY SESSION!!!!!!!!!

I am at school and I cannot log into Chatzy here. I am running home and will be on by 6:15 and will give you the room info then.....Sorry

7th Grade

Remember the test is on Friday. Have your study guide completed when you come to class on Friday. Do not try and cram. Study, look over your notes study your study guide, quiz each other. Online study session on Chatzy.com from 6-8 tomorrow night. Let make this one better than the last. We have not done one in a test or two because of how bad the last on was. Lets correct the mistakes and have a great session and learn a lot and get every ones questions answered.

Mr. Clark

8th Grade

Are we really going to go to war with Great Britain? Our mother country? Loyalists say no way but Patriots say yes! What do you think? Should we have gone to war with Great Britain? Answer the poll question and we will talk about the results in class on Friday.

Mr. Clark

7th Grade Notes

Here are the notes from 12-3

European Conquest of Africa
Chapter 12
Section 3
Europeans on the Coast
• Pre 1500’s Europe and Africa were trade equals
• 1500’s- saw Europe enslavement and forced migration of Africans
• 1800’s end of slavery and Europeans turned their attention to Africa’s natural resources
• 1900’s Europeans carve up and divide Africa amongst themselves
• Portuguese Exploration
• Portuguese were looking to by pass Northern African traders and deal directly with West Africa
• Gold and Ivory
• Sailing improvements- triangle shaped sail and the astrolabe
• A Change in Trade Relations
• Europe and Africa were originally trade equals
• Trading goods for goods
• 1498 Portuguese ships rounded southern tip of Africa and up the east coast
• They were amazed by east Africa’s wealth
• More Portuguese ships quickly arrive
• Seized control of east Africa’s wealth and would control it well into the 1600’s
• European Trade Spreads
• Dutch, French and English soon follow
• Set up trading posts all along Africa’s coasts
• Dutch settle the Cape of Good Hope
• Europeans spread all over Africa sometimes by force if needed
• Relationship between Africans and Europeans sours
Atlantic Slave Trade
• Slavery was common in Africa before 1500
• Was a temporary situation
• Property, bought and sold like goods
• Europeans living in Africa bought slaves and sent them back to Europe and to America
• Europeans rarely freed their slaves
• The Demand for Slaves
• Americans originally used Native Americans as slaves but they did not hold up well.
• African slaves were healthier and stronger
• Better at farming, miners, and metal workers
• Easier to adapt to the climate
• Unfamiliar with the territory so less likely to run away
• Slave Trade Begins
• Some African nations refused to take part
• Others sold conquered Africans into slavery
• 1780- 80,000 slaves were being shipped across the Atlantic per year
Horrors of Slavery
• Branding
• Filthy conditions on ships
• Over crowding
• Little food or water
• 20 percent death rate on the ride over
• Beatings
Europeans Colonize Africa
• African’s resisted European colonization, but old guns and Europe’s modern weapons were a problem for Africa
• Scramble for Africa
– European countries competed, but did not want it to lead to a European war
– 1848- Berlin Conference- divided Africa
– 1900 majority of Africa is colonized
– 1914 only Ethiopia and Liberia are independent
• Effect of European Control
– European countries used a variety of governing techniques to control African
– From direct control secondary governments, the ultimate result was Africans were powerless
– Encouraged rivalries among ethnic groups
– Europeans took the best land for farming
– New political boundaries formed without consideration to tribal, ethnic groups
– As long as Europe controlled Africa the conflicts were limited…when the left, chaos

8th Grade

8Th Grade Test

Period 3
A-0 B-1 C-3 D-1 F-12
High- 43 Low- 15 Average- 30

Period 4
A-1 B-4 C-4 D-1 F-10
High- 47 Low- 22 Average- 33

As you can see the 8Th grade class as a whole decided to take Chapter 5 off. This on top of the fact that I postponed the test for 4 days. Unacceptable. I am cautiously hopeful that they will learn from this and rebound on the next test.

Mr. Clark