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