MONDAY: We started our new unit, History of US, distributed textbooks, and explored categories for study: PEGS (Political, Economic, Geography and Society. TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY: Our study of the First Americans will begin by collecting, interpreting and analyzing historical evidence by completing our 1st Chapter Walk. A Chapter Walk uses captions, illustrations, maps, graphs, photos, etc to Read More…
Category: Digital Tools
RuLe oF LaW fEEdbAck
Complete 1 form with your partner per group. Click HERE for the GOOGLE FEEDBACK FORM.
And the WINNERS Are…
Watch the video below to find out who won the Preamble Photo Shoot. The winners earned extra credit and a Golden Dog! Congratulations, winners. Thank you Mr. H and Ms. W for voting!
Adopt a Virtual Pet and Celebrate 15,000 Global Guests!
Mr. Z and his classes started the school year by adopting a virtual pet for their blog, a panda. Visit Mr. Z’s 8th grade Math blog to meet their virtual pet by CLICKING HERE. Don’t forget to feed him and if you post a comment following digital citizenship guidelines you will earn extra credit points. Read More…
Happy 2nd Bday, Blog!
http://bit.ly/H9IcL6 Anthony in D pd reminded me that our blog was 2 years old. Thanks, Ant! 😀 He suggested we celebrate! Mr. Z and his classes celebrated their blog’s 1st birthday by adopting a virtual pet for their blog, a pig, named Don. Visit Mr. Z’s 8th grade Math blog to meet their virtual pet Read More…
A DiSeaSe oF THe HeaRT…
Use the following slideshow to complete the Conquistador Cards and categorize them according to AZTECS or INCAS in the Pocket Book Foldable. Refer back to the assigned readings p. 101-106; 112-113. Conquistadors View more PowerPoint from bkind2animals Click HERE for MOBILE DEVICES.
Age of Exploration
Use the notes starting on p. 4 to fill in your Explorers Chart for Spain, France, England, and the Dutch (Netherlands). Age Of Exploration Map Notes View more presentations from bkind2animals Do you have a Mobile Device? Click Here for the MAPTASTIC! GOOGLE DOC.
ESPG Clue Cards
FIRST: Strive for Accuracy and Check your Responses. Add additional information and make edits by clicking HERE FOR GOOGLE DOC. SECOND: Use the following CLUE CARDS to determine which category each image/description belongs, record notes and then illustrate the ESPG for each Native American Region. CLICK HERE FOR THE SOUTHWEST CLUE CARDS. I used the Read More…
1 versus The Class
Need help studying? CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE DOC to play the Review Game. What did you like about this review game? Be specific. Thank you, Mr. Kindred, for sharing the idea on your blog. Check out Mr. Kindred’s 8th grade Social Studies Blog by CLICKING HERE.
The SUPREME in Supreme Court
Play SUPREME DECISION on icivics.org and then complete the following handouts in your Bill of Right packet. Enter our class code to earn 8Y points! Ellsworth37912 Strive for Accuracy and check your answers. The key starts on page 5. The key looks slightly different but it still has the correct responses. The supreme in supreme Read More…