Mr. Walsh’s American History Class • Email: • [email protected]• Website: • http://teacherpress.ocps.net/johnwalsh Agenda: • About Me • Curriculum • DBQs • Current Topic: Colonial America • Common Board • Grading Categories • Online Resources • Textbook-Online Textbook
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Agenda: • About Me • Curriculum • DBQs • Current Topic: Colonial America • Common Board • Grading Categories • Online Resources • Textbook-Online Textbook
What part of American History is covered in 8th Grade? • Eighth grade Social Studies is an in-depth study of United
States history starting with early European colonization and ending with the post-industrial America of the late nineteenth century.
Curriculum (excerpt)
Current Topic: Colonial America
• Activities
• Colonial Fair
• Historical Fiction • Johnny Tremain
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
DBQs (Document-Based Questions)
• Students examine primary and secondary sources and use evidence from those documents to formulate a hypothesis and write an essay using evidence from the documents to prove their hypothesis.
• First DBQ:
• Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die?
Other Topics: • Valley Forge: Would
You Have Quit? • What Was Harriet
Tubman’s Greatest Achievement?
• How Free Were Free Blacks in the North?
• Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
• The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was It a Turning Point?
Textbook – Online textbook Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, Early Years published by McGraw-Hill. Online Textbook: In order to access the textbook, follow these steps: 1. Go To http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com 2. Enter your Username and Password a. Username: oc(Student ID) - example: oc1234567890 b. Password: oc(Birthdate) - example: oc07041776 Don’t forget the letters “oc” in front of your Student ID and Birthdate. Otherwise, it won’t work.