704 Social Studies-GERAMITA/CAPPIELLO Assignments
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- 2019-2020 School Year
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United States History
Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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The Civil War- Word Search
Today we will do a Word Search with some vocabulary from our unit on the Civil War.
Make sure you are logged in with your IS228 email.
Have fun!
Make sure you are logged in with your IS228 email.
Have fun!
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7th Grade Vocabulary Memory Game
Match some of the vocabulary we learned this year with the correct images. You will have to use your memory, so pay attention!
After you are finished, click the envelope symbol on the upper right hand corner to submit your work.
After you are finished, click the envelope symbol on the upper right hand corner to submit your work.
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Abraham Lincoln
1) Watch the BrainPOP video about Abraham Lincoln
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2) Complete the crossword puzzle (make sure you hit the envelope on top after you finish to submit your answers)
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2) Complete the crossword puzzle (make sure you hit the envelope on top after you finish to submit your answers)
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Reconstruction Amendments
*Reconstruction is the name given to the time period after the Civil War. During this time the U.S. government worked to reunite the nation and to rebuild the southern states.
Directions:
1) Read about the amendments that were added to the Constitution after the Civil War.
2) Answer the quiz questions
Remember, an amendment is a change to the Constitution. This mean that the protections you will read about did not exist until after 1865.
Update 6/23:
PLEASE NOTE- Your score has been emailed to you. This is not going to count against you.
Directions:
1) Read about the amendments that were added to the Constitution after the Civil War.
2) Answer the quiz questions
Remember, an amendment is a change to the Constitution. This mean that the protections you will read about did not exist until after 1865.
Update 6/23:
PLEASE NOTE- Your score has been emailed to you. This is not going to count against you.
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Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Read about the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House and answer the questions in complete sentences.
This is a TWO DAY lesson and is due on Thursday.
This is a TWO DAY lesson and is due on Thursday.
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Describe General Sherman’s “total war.” How does this bring an end to the War?
Watch the video and answer the question.
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The Civil War- How is it taught around the US?
Please view the Google Slides presentation for background information and directions.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.
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Clara Barton
View the Google Slides presentation for background, a video and directions.
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Sojourner Truth- “Ain’t I a Woman?”
View the Google Slides presentation for background, a video and directions.
**Choose the speech closest to your Lexile Level
**Choose the speech closest to your Lexile Level
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Sojourner Truth
View the Google Slides presentation for background information and directions.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level
This is a TWO DAY lesson
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level
This is a TWO DAY lesson
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Black Soldiers in the Civil War
Today's lesson is a continuation to what we began doing yesterday. You will read a text that will add to your understanding of the impact African American soldiers had on the Civil War.
*Choose the reading that is closest to your Lexile Level.
*Choose the reading that is closest to your Lexile Level.
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African American Soldiers in the Civil War
For today's assignment you will be answering questions based on two short videos. The links for the videos are in the Google Doc.
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Current Event- Protests
Please view the Google Slides presentation for important background information, vocabulary and directions.
Today's assignment is about a current event. It is important that we discuss the protests that are occurring throughout the country because it impacts all of us and also connects to our current unit of study. This is a sensitive subject and it is essential that we discuss it in a mature manner.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.
Today's assignment is about a current event. It is important that we discuss the protests that are occurring throughout the country because it impacts all of us and also connects to our current unit of study. This is a sensitive subject and it is essential that we discuss it in a mature manner.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
View the Google Slides presentation for background information, a video and directions.
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The Gettysburg Address
View the Google Slides presentation for background information and directions.
This is a two day lesson (Due Friday May 29).
This is a two day lesson (Due Friday May 29).
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What role did the railroad play in the Civil War? Give specific examples.
Watch the video and answer the question.
Remember, you are working on a two day lesson. This video question is your engagement/participation grade for today. Don't forget to do it!
Remember, you are working on a two day lesson. This video question is your engagement/participation grade for today. Don't forget to do it!
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List 2 facts from the video.
Watch the video and answer the question.
Remember, you are working on a two day lesson. This video question is your engagement/participation grade for today. Don't forget to do it!
Remember, you are working on a two day lesson. This video question is your engagement/participation grade for today. Don't forget to do it!
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Gettysburg Virtual Tour
Over the next week, you will be going on a Virtual Tour of Gettysburg.
Please review the Google Slides closely for important directions. Read the directions for each question on the Webquest carefully and not rush, you have plenty of time to do this completely and correctly.
This is due Wednesday May 27.
Please review the Google Slides closely for important directions. Read the directions for each question on the Webquest carefully and not rush, you have plenty of time to do this completely and correctly.
This is due Wednesday May 27.
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How did the invention of the minie ball bullet shape the Civil War?
Watch the video and answer the question for your engagement grade today.
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Do you think Gettysburg is haunted? Would that make you more or less likely to visit? Explain your response.
Watch the video about Gettysburg and answer the question.
Remember, this is your engagement/participation grade for today. Don't forget to do it!
Remember, this is your engagement/participation grade for today. Don't forget to do it!
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List 2 facts that you learned from the video.
Watch the video about the Battle of Gettysburg to prepare you for your virtual tour and answer the question.
This is your engagement/participation grade for today-- don't forget to to it!
This is your engagement/participation grade for today-- don't forget to to it!
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Battles of the Civil War
Please view the Google Slides presentation called Battles of the Civil War for important background information and directions.
You will complete this assignment in the Google Slides presentation called "Timeline." A copy has been made for each of you.
This is a TWO DAY lesson and will be due Wednesday.
Please make sure to answer the engagement question posted today and tomorrow in order to get marked present for engagement.
You will complete this assignment in the Google Slides presentation called "Timeline." A copy has been made for each of you.
This is a TWO DAY lesson and will be due Wednesday.
Please make sure to answer the engagement question posted today and tomorrow in order to get marked present for engagement.
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If YOU were there... You live in Maryland in 1864. Your father and brothers are in the Union army, and you want to do your part in the war. You hear that a woman in Washington, D.C., is supplying medicines and caring for wounded soldiers on the battlefield. She is looking for volunteers. You know the work will be dangerous, for you’ll be in the line of fire. You might be shot or even killed. Would you join the nurses on the battlefield?
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Do you think the North or the South could get more supplies to their troops? Explain.
View the graph to answer the question.
The title of the graph is Resources of the North and South.
The title of the graph is Resources of the North and South.
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List 3 facts you learned about Abraham Lincoln from the video.
Watch the BrainPOP video about Abraham Lincoln.
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Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
View the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
*Use the links below for today's readings*
*Use the links below for today's readings*
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Causes of the Civil War
View the Google Slides Presentation for directions and important vocabulary.
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Dispute over slavery (Day 2)
Please view the Google Slides presentation for directions.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level
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Dispute over slavery (Day 1)
Please view the Google Slides for directions.
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Causes of the Civil War Research Project
View the Google Doc for project directions (a copy of a Google Slides presentation has been made for you)
*Make sure you answer the question posted everyday to get your engagement/participation grade for that day.
Please ask for help if you need it! All of the websites needed for your research are provided for you -- you do not have to look for more websites.
*Make sure you answer the question posted everyday to get your engagement/participation grade for that day.
Please ask for help if you need it! All of the websites needed for your research are provided for you -- you do not have to look for more websites.
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If YOU were there... You work for the weekly newspaper in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. You strongly oppose (are against) slavery, but you think the issue should be dealt with by laws, not violence. Now your newspaper has sent you to interview the famous abolitionist John Brown in prison. His raids in “Bleeding Kansas” killed several people. Now he is in jail for attacking a federal arsenal and taking weapons. What questions would you ask John Brown?
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According to the maps in the attached photo, which of the following is true?
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What do you think was the goal of the image? Do you think that it accomplished that goal?
Observe the picture and answer the questions.
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Imagine you live in a crowded neighborhood in New York City in 1854. Your apartment building is home to a variety of people—long-time residents, Irish immigrants, free African Americans. One day federal marshals knock on your door. They claim that one of your neighbors is a fugitive slave. The marshals say you must help them find her. If you don’t, you will be fined or even sent to jail. What would you tell the federal marshals?
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The Message in the Music
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions and background information.
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Journey to Freedom: Underground Railroad
Please view the Google Slides for directions.
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Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part Two
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions and background information.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.*
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.*
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Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part One
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions and background information.
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.*
*Choose the reading closest to your Lexile Level.*
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Fugitive Slave Acts
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
*Choose the reading that is closest to your Lexile Level*
*Choose the reading that is closest to your Lexile Level*
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
*Choose the reading that is closest to your Lexile Level to answer the questions.*
*Choose the reading that is closest to your Lexile Level to answer the questions.*
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Life on a Plantation
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
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Life Under Slavery
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
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Good Morning! Watch the video and answer the question: How did Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman contribute to the abolitionist (ending slavery) movement? Have a great weekend!
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Mission US Game- Day 5
Play Part 5 of the game and answer the review questions.
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 5 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 5 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
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Mission US Game- Day 4
Play Part 4 of the game and answer the review questions.
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 4 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 4 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
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Mission US Game- Day 3
Play Part 3 of the game and answer the review questions.
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 3 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 3 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
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Mission US Game- Day 2
Play Part 2 of the game and answer the review questions.
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 2 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 2 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
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Mission US Game- Day 1
View the Google Slides presentation and video for your directions.
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 1 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
*Please note- Slavery/Abolition Document 1 is to be done ONLY IF you cannot play the Mission US game*
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Growth of Slavery
Please view the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
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Auctions of enslaved people
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King Cotton
View the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
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Manifest Destiny- Day 2
View the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
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Describe what happened to the Donner Party.
After you watch the video, answer the question. Have a great weekend!
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Manifest Destiny- Day 1
View the Google Slides Presentation for directions.
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Native American Removal- Day 2
View the Google Slides Presentation for directions
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Native American Removal Act- Day 1
View the Google Slides Presentation for instructions.
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Andrew Jackson
Open the Google Slides presentation for directions.
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The Monroe Doctrine
Click on the Google Slides presentation for instruction on your lesson
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Welcome to Social Studies! Say "Good Morning" if you will be participating today! ☀️
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Lewis & Clark
Please view the Google Slides presentation for the lesson and directions
*Please note... this is a TWO DAY lesson. You will have two days to complete it.
However, the DO NOW must be completed today (March 24).
*Please note... this is a TWO DAY lesson. You will have two days to complete it.
However, the DO NOW must be completed today (March 24).
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Lewis & Clark Day 2
Complete the Lewis & Clark lesson you were assigned yesterday. Please complete today's DO NOW.
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Hello! Just checking in!
Please respond to this question to let us know that you're here so that we can take attendance for today.
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The Louisiana Purchase
Open the Google Slides presentation for directions