Fri., May 12th, 2017

TRIVIA: Who mad several attempts to escape from his slave masters before he was successful in 1838?
a. George Washington Carver
b. John Brown
c. William Lloyd Garrison
d. Frederick Douglass

7th Grade:
Indicate whether each sentence below is TRUE or FALSE. If the sentence is false, change the underlined word to make the sentence true.
1. The Confederate forces won the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
2. Union naval leader Ulysses S. Grant captured New Orleans.
3. The Battle of Shiloh ended in a victory for the Union troops.

8th Grade:
Log in to Kahoot when finished w trivia

Thu, May 11th, 2017

TRIVIA:
Which bold Revolutionary War leader led the Green Mountain Boys and fought with Benedict Arnold to seize Fort Ticonderoga?
a. John Adams
b. Ethan Allen (makes great furniture too)
c. George Washington
d. Henry Knox

7th Grade: 
Read the list of events below and put them in the correct order.
a. The Battle of Antietam is fought.
b. Robert E. Lee is put in charge of the Confederate army in Virginia.
c. The Monitor forces the Virginia to withdraw.
d. The First Battle of Bull Run is fought.


8th Grade: 
Read the lists of events below and put them in the correct order.
a. President Lyndon B. Johnson sends large numbers of troops to fight in Vietnam.
b. The USS Maddox exchanges gunfire with North Vietnamese torpedo boats.
c. Many Americans question further involvement in Vietnam following the Tet Offensive.
d. Congress passes the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.

Mon., May 8th, 2017

TRIVIA:
This 33rd President was born on this date in 1884.

7th Grade:
Read the statements below and determine who or what is “speaking.”
1. “I am the fort where the Civil War began. What am I?”
2. “I am the Union general who wanted a naval blockade of southern ports. Who am I?”
3. “I am the idea that Confederate president Jefferson Davis hoped would win the support of foreign allies. What am I?”
4. “We were wedged between the North and South. What are we?”

8th Grade:
Unscramble the letters to reveal the solution to each clue.
1. GOVENTIC Clue: Communist guerilla forces that fought South Vietnam government
2. BLINER ALWL Clue: a physical barrier made of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin
3. APEEC ROPSC Clue: a nonmilitary program, founded by President John F. Kennedy, created to help other countries

Friday, May 5th, 2017

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!!!!!

TRIVIA:
In 1859, near Titusville, PA, which of the following events took place?
a. The President of the US was shot
b. Chief Sitting Bull led his people on a journey that lasted 2,200 miles.
c. The Pony Express opened for business
d. William Smith struck oil in America

7th:
Read the statements below and determine who or what is “speaking.”
1. “In 1793 I invented a machine that pulls cotton seeds away from the plant’s fibers. Who am I?”
2. “I was the owner of the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia. Who am I?”
3. “We were farmers who held more than 20 slaves. Who are we?”
4. “I was the South’s primary food crop. What am I?”

8th:
In each of the following pairs of sentences, choose the sentence that is TRUE.
1.
a. The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson established the “separatebut-equal” doctrine, which allowed for segregated schools.
b. The Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education established the “separate-but-equal” doctrine, which allowed for segregated schools.
2.
a. Most schools in the United States became desegregated immediately after the Supreme Court’s order in 1955.
b. Most schools in the United States were slow to desegregate after the Supreme Court’s order in 1955.
3.
a. The Little Rock Nine were nine students who led a sit-in.
b. The Little Rock Nine were nine students who integrated into a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Thu., May 4th, 2017

TRIVIA:Who of the following had the distinction of being Thomas Jefferson's editor while the Declaration of Independence was being drafted in committee?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. George Washington
d. Aaron Burr

7th Grade:
Using your notes from yesterday, I want you to select the one innovator/invention who, in your opinion, had the most impact on the country.
First Paragraph:You should write a summary of the innovator, a summary of his invention, and a summary of why you think this person/innovation had the greatest impact on America making sure to describe what that impact was.

Second Paragraph: In what way(s) did the changes of the Industrial Revolution help pave the way for the Civil War?


8th Grade:
Test day, no warm-up.

Wed., May 3rd, 2017

TRIVIA: Which American World War 2 General was used as a decoy in the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, catching the Germans by surprise?
a. Field Marshall Montgomery
b. Ambrose Everett Burnside
c. Douglas MacArthur
d. George S. Patton

7th Grade:
No warm-up- Presentations today

8th Grade:
Indicate whether each sentence below is TRUE or FALSE. If the sentence is false, change the underlined word to make the sentence true.
1. After the war, Korea was divided into two sections at the 37th parallel.
2. Douglas MacArthur created a national sensation by falsely accusing people in the army and in a government agency of being Communists.
3. Communists led by Mao Zedong established the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
4. In the 1950s, American scientists developed the atomic bomb, a more powerful bomb than the ones used in World War II.

Tue., May 2nd, 2017

TRIVIA:
Which Founding Father passed a law that gradually emancipated slaves in his state (New York) starting in 1799?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. John Jay
c. Alexander Hamilton
d. Thomas Jefferson


7th Grade:
Read the list of events below and put them in the correct order.
a. Samuel F. B. Morse perfects the telegraph.
b. Robert Fulton’s steamboat the Clermont successfully travels up the Hudson River.
c. Englishman Richard Arkwright invents the water frame.
d. The U.S. Supreme Court establishes precedence for the supremacy of federal law over state law in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden.
e. Francis Cabot Lowell’s first textile mill opens.

8th Grade:  
Read the statements below and determine who or what is “speaking.”
1. “I was the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union.” What am I? 2. “I am an American policy that provides aid to foreign countries to fight communism.” What am I? 3. “I am an agreement among the United States, Canada, Iceland, and nine Western European countries to defend each other if attacked.” What am I?
4. “I was a meeting where the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union made plans for the postwar world.” What am I?
5. “I am an organization dedicated to helping countries solve conflicts using peaceful means.” What am I?