8th Grade American Studies-8K Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Jesse Koproski
- Term
- 20/21 School Year
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Final Paper Submission - 8th Grade American Studies
Please submit your final paper here today.
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Final Essay Paragraph Outliner
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Research Sourcing Note Cards (6 required - make copies)
Be sure to include organization within your notes for each source using bullets and indentations. At least one primary source is required.
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New Deal Debate Materials - Procedure, Rubric, Scoring, & Organizer
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New Deal DBQ: T-chart of Evidence
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DBQ: Was the New Deal a success for Americans?
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Great Depression DBQ Essay Materials
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Migrant Mother Photo Analysis / Dust Bowl
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DBQ: What caused the Great Depression?
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Vocabulary: 1920's and Great Depression
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Pearl Exchange Materials
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History Madness - Round by Round Outliner
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History Madness - Pick your top 5 to argue
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Scientific Management
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Anarchist Bombing of Wall Street - Text comparison
Compare and contrast the tone of this newspaper article to the New York Journal article following the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine (Document A from that activity, available on Google Classroom).
Use at least two examples from the text to discuss their similarities and differences in a complete paragraph.
Tone - The attitude of a writer, based on word choice, sentence structure, and use of figurative devices.
Use at least two examples from the text to discuss their similarities and differences in a complete paragraph.
Tone - The attitude of a writer, based on word choice, sentence structure, and use of figurative devices.
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Roaring 20s Exit Ticket
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Rebellion and Reactions in the 1920's
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Create your own Propaganda Poster
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World War I Quiz
-Read directions carefully
-Consider the point values of each question
-Good luck! You're smart!
-Consider the point values of each question
-Good luck! You're smart!
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Post War Debate / League of Nations lecture slides
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Chapter 23: Section 5 Reading Checks
Complete for Monday's class please. Vocab should be filled
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Vocabulary: World War I
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Propaganda Poster Analysis
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U.S. Entry into World War I
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Vocabulary: Progressive Era
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Chapter 23 - Sections 1 & 2 Guided Note Taking
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New Technologies of WWI
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Geography of WWI - Map Activity
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Progressive Era DBQ Writing Rubric, Organizer, Outliner
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Causes of World War I
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DBQ: How successful were Progressive Era reformers at solving issues in the early 20th century?
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Imperialism Paragraph on Opposing Debate Prompt
Submit your paragraph summarizing and judging the opposing debate (the one you did not participate in).
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"The Jungle"
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How did people view Teddy Roosevelt as a president?
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Vocabulary: American Imperialism
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Imperialism T-Charts
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American Imperialism Document-Based Debate
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Imperialism DBQ: Document 13
A supplementary document that will help with added evidence for the debate
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The United States and Empire Building
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Find a headline, react, read, and write
Please attach as a separate Google Doc.
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Industrialization Essay
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Yellow Journalism: Fake News of the 19th Century
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Headline Reactions
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Pullman Strike and Boycott Doc Activity
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Industrialization: T-Chart Organizer
Use this T-chart to record evidence to support either response to "Did industrialization represent a positive or negative change for Americans?" Include your sources in each bullet you add to make citing them easier when you transition to outlining this essay.
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Growth of Big Business
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Vocabulary: Gilded Age
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Political Corruption in the Gilded Age
You can use the context in this article, in addition to from our class discussion, to help build definitions for "Kickback," "Credit Mobilier," and "Tammany Hall."
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Rise of Organized Labor
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Constitution to the Knight of Labor
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How the Other Half Lives - Photographic Evidence
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Analyzing Data: Urbanization
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Chapter 19: Sections 1 & 2
Four bullets to support each "Main Idea"
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Second Industrial Revolution
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Chinese Immigration and Exclusion
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Document Quiz: Westward Expansion
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School Document Activity
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Transcontinental Railroad
A reading on the railroad as we discuss the responsibility of government to be involved in the economy.
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Vocabulary: Westward Expansion
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Westward Expansion DBQ: Essay
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Photographs as Historical Evidence: Solomon D. Butcher
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Extermination of the Buffalo
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DBQ: How did westward expansion impact different social groups?
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Westward Expansion - Timeline Activity
The introduction slideshow and lecture to important events and themes in Westward Expansion.
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In Class Writing Prompt: Reconstruction
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Vocabulary: Reconstruction
Vocabulary and guiding questions for our unit on Reconstruction.
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Compromise of 1877/End of Reconstruction
Attached is a short reading and activity on the Compromise of 1877 which effectively ended the Reconstruction period.
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Sharecropping Simulation
Attached are documents relating to our in-class sharecropping simulation.
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Reconstruction - Political Cartoon Analysis
You may use your notes, your understanding of cartoonist's devices, and any vocabulary to help you analyze the message of each cartoon.
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Race and Voting in the Segregated South
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Plans for Reconstruction
In-class group assignment about different plans for Reconstruction and a photocopy of AJ Chapter 17 - Section 1. Evaluate each plan based on the 3 goals of Reconstruction we stated in class. Depending on your section, we will finish in-class Thursday, Friday, or Monday.
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Lincoln Paragraph + Newsela reading
Use this link to access the Newsela reading digitally: https://newsela.com/read/lib-history-Lincoln-Slavery-Emancipation/id/38544/?collection_id=2000000192&search_id=adc7b2f4-0077-4f14-8b15-336655722bd7
Attached are directions for the Lincoln paragraph writing prompt, based on this week's readings and discussion.
Attached are directions for the Lincoln paragraph writing prompt, based on this week's readings and discussion.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Attached is our primary reading for today.
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Civil War DBQ: Essay
Submit your essay here after completing the organizer and outliner.
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The Civil War: Brief Timeline + Note Taking
Appropriately space and place events of the Civil War on your Timeline Note Guide as we discuss them as a class.
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DBQ: What caused the Civil War?
For our first Document-Based Question this year, we will work together during distance learning to complete the guiding questions on each document. The DBQ essay will be posted as a separate assignment and will be done individually, though we will work through the organizer and writing process in class next week.
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