UNITED STATES HISTORY FINAL EXAM!!!

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Class Survey

Final Exam Part I

Final Exam Part II

The exam schedule for next week is as follows:

Monday, June 7th- 7th Period Exam- Regular School Day

Tuesday, June 8th- 1st and 2nd Period Exams- Early Release

Wednesday, June 9th- 3rd and 4th Period Exams- Early Release

Thursday, June 10th- 5th and 6th Period Exams- Early Release

Students should use the links listed below to play review games to help they prepare for the exam. The History exam will consists of multiple choice questions from each of the previous Unit Tests (1-9) that they have taken this school year. Login to Quia and take a look at your old tests & quizzes for a quick review!

U.S. History Life Books Part I

U.S. History Life Book Part II

Students will take their History SOL Test on Monday, May 10th!!
We have worked hard all year and I am certain that everyone is prepared and will do a great job. I am proud of all the hard work and dedication the students have shown in their preparation for the test.

Practice SOL Test II
Practice SOL Test III

Practice SOL TEST

The last review session will be on Monday, May 10th at 7:20

Unit 1 Review Games
Unit 1 Geography Challenge Board
Unit 1 Battleship
Unit 1 Quiz Millionaire Game
Unit 1 Hangman
Unit 1 Test Millionaire Game
Unit 2 Review Games
Unit 2 Battleship
Unit 2 Hangman
Unit 2 Jeopardy Challenge Board
Unit 2 Hangman
Unit 2 Millionaire
Unit 3 Review Games
Unit 3 Jeopardy Challenge Board
Unit 3 Battleship
Unit 3 Hangman
Unit 3 Millionaire Game
Unit 3 Matching
Unit 3 Quiz Battleship
Unit 3 Quiz Millionaire Game
Unit 4 Review Games
Unit 4 Battleship
Unit 4 Jeopardy Challenge Board
Unit 4 Millionaire Game
Unit 4 Colonies Battleship
Unit 4 Colonization Battleship
Unit 4 Colonization Millionaire Game
Unit 5 Review Games
Unit 5 Battleship
Unit 5 Millionaire Game
Unit 5 Hangman
Unit 6 Review Games
Unit 6 Battleship
Unit 6 Millionaire Game
UNIT 6 Review PPT
Unit 7 Review Games
Unit 7 Challenge Board
Unit 7 Constitutional Principles Battleship
Unit 7 Rags to Riches
Unit 7 Articles of Confederation Rags to Riches
Unit 8 Review Games
Unit 8 Rags to Riches
Unit 8 Battleship
Unit 8 Quiz Battleship
Unit 9 Review Games
Civil War Battleship
Civil War Challenge Board
Civil War Timeline Puzzle
North VS South Battleship
People & Events Battleship
People & Events Hangman
People & Events Millionaire Game
Pre-Civil War Unrest Millionaire Game

6th Grade History Night

"History SOL Night" review session is on Wednesday, May 5th from 6:00-7:30. This "History SOL Night" will be held in the cafeteria and will give you an opportunity to either drop off your child, or spend some time reviewing with them. We will have different review stations set up in the cafeteria for students to rotate through. We would love some parent volunteers to help monitor the various review stations. We are asking that students RSVP and let us know if they will be attending "History SOL Night" as soon as possible. You can RSVP via e-mail or by returning the card students will receive in class on Monday. Please make sure students are picked up promply at 7:30.

The countdown has started... students will be taking their History SOL Test on Monday, May 10th. Students will be coming home with review packets for each Unit. In class we will be working on these packets and playing review games for the next few weeks. Listed below are the review games from each unit. I will update this post with due dates as they approach.

Due Friday, April 23rd: Units 1 & 2 Review Packet
Due Tuesday, April 27th: Units 3 & 4 Review Packet
Due Friday, April 30th: Units 5 & 6 Packet
Due Tuesday, May 4th: Units 7-9 Packet

SOL Review Sessions starting at 7:20 am

(Tuesday, April 27th) Unit 1- Geography

(Tuesday, April 27th) Unit 2 - First Americans

(Wednesday, April 28th) Unit 3 - Exploration

(Wednesday, April 28th) Unit 4 - Colonial America
(Thursday, April 29th) Unit 5 - Road to Revolution

(Thursday, April 29th) Unit 6 - American Revolution
(Tuesday, May 4th) Unit 7 - Birth of a Nation

(Wednesday, May 5th) Unit 8 - Territorial Expansion

(Wednesday, May 5th) Unit 9 - The Civil War

(Thursday, May 6th) EVERYTHING!!!
(Friday, May 7th) EVERYTHING!!!
(Monday, May10th) EVERYTHING!!!

CIVIL WAR TEST

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As you all know we will be having a HUGE test on the Civil War on Tuesday, April 20th. Listed below you can find copies of the notes we took in class as well as some review games to help you study!! Remember... keep going through your notecards until you know them all!!! Look back and old quizzes from the unit and pay attention to the questions that you missed. Do a little bit each night so you are ready for the test on Tuesday!
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Civil War Battleship
Civil War Challenge Board
Civil War Timeline Puzzle
North VS South Battleship
People & Events Battleship
People & Events Hangman
People & Events Millionaire Game
Pre-Civil War Unrest Millionaire Game
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Listed below are copies of classroom notes from the Unit!
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North VS South
Compromises Notes
Important People
Major Battles & Events
Location & Topography
General Effects of the Civil War
Effects on African Americans
Reconstruction Notes
Amendments Notes

SPRING BREAK EXTRA CREDIT

For 10 points (yes, that's A LOT!) Extra Credit complete the Spring Break Extra Credit Quiz listed below. You may take the quiz as many times as you would like, but you must score an A (94 or higher) to receive the extra credit. The quiz contains questions from every unit we have covered so far this school year. This will be good practice to prepare yourself for the SOL Test in May. Please make sure you have 15/20 minutes to take the quiz. You will not receive any extra credit if you do not score an A... so keep taking it until you do!!! :)

Spring Break Extra Credit Quiz

CIVIL WAR PEOPLE EVENTS QUIZ
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This week we finished discussing important events & battles of the Civil War and students had a quiz on this information on Thursday. Yesterday, students were assigned a Civil War Timeline Project of important events of the Civil War ending at Appomattox Courthouse. Students worked on the timelines in class yesterday, and will continue to work on them today after the quiz. The timeline is due Wednesday, April 14th.

Timeline Project Directions

PreAP Timeline Project Directions

Monday and Tuesday in class students will take notes on People and Events of the Civil War. They will have a quiz on People and Events on Thursday. Students should be studying their BLUE notecards EVERY night to prepare for the quiz.

People & Events Hangman
People & Events Battleship

People and Events Millionaire

CIVIL WAR QUIZ
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North South Drawing

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Today in class we took notes on the compromises that occurred before the Civil War. Tomorrow students will color maps that indicate the states in the Union and the Confederacy.

Students will have a quiz on Friday that will cover:

North/South Notes

Compromises Notes

States in the Union/Confederacy

Border states

Students should be studying their blue flashcards EVERY NIGHT.

North /South Battleship

Pre-Civil War Millionaire

Unit 9 Vocabulary Quiz

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Unit 9 PreAp Vocabulary Quiz

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On Thursday students took notes on the differences between the North and the South before the Civil War. Students will draw a picture on Monday showing the differences between the two sides. Each drawing needs to include ALL of the information from the notes sheet.

Reminder: Vocabulary Squares are due TUESDAY and Vocabulary Quiz is TUESDAY!!!

Wednesday in class students began working on their Unit 9 Vocabulary Squares. I have given them the definition for each word and students need to write:

two things each word is like
two things each word is not like
draw a picture

Vocabulary squares are due on Tuesday and the vocabulary quiz will be on

Tuesday, March 23rd.

VOCABULARY HANGMAN

UNIT 9 PRETEST CLICK HERE

UNIT 8 TEST

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UNIT 8 PRE-AP TEST

This week in class we completed our Unit 8 notes. Students completed notes and drawings on inventions in the 1800's on Tuesday after their quiz. Today we completed notes on the abolitionist movement and the suffrage movement.

Students will have a test on Unit 8 on Friday.

The test will cover:

Territorial Expansion

Westward Migration

New Inventions

Abolitionist Movement

Suffrage Movement

Millionaire Review Game

Western Expansion Battleship

Unit 8 Quiz

This week we have have been moving through Unit 8. So far we have completed notes on Territorial Expansion and Western Expansion. Every student has coral colored notecards for this unit that they should be studying nightly.

Students have a quiz on Tuesday, March 9th that will cover the notes on Territorial Expansion and Westward Expansion.

Crossword Puzzle (due Tuesday)

Battleship

Rags to Riches

Unit 8 Pre-Ap Vocab Quiz
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Unit 8 Vocab Quiz
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Today we started Unit 8. In class students began working on their Unit 8 Vocabulary Squares. I have given them the definition for each word and students need to write:

• two things each word is like
• two things each word is not like
• draw a picture

Unit8 PreAP Practice Quiz

Unit 8 Hangman


Vocabulary squares are due tomorrow (Wednesday) and the vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday March 4th.

UNIT 8 PRE-TEST

UNIT 7 TEST

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Unit 7 PreAP Test

Unit 7 Green Station Practice Quiz

Unit 7 Challenge Board

Unit 7 Constitutional Principles Battleship

Unit 7 Rags to Riches

Unit 7 Articles of Confederation Rags to Riches

Vocab Quiz


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PreAp Vocab Quiz

All students will have a vocabulary quiz tomorrow on all 24 words from Unit 7.

PreAp Practice Quiz
Vocab Part 2 Hangman
Vocab Part 2 Millionaire
Vocab Part 1 Hangman
Vocab Part 1 Matching
Regular Vocab Part 1 Practice Quiz

Today in class students began working on the second part of their Unit 7 Vocabulary Squares. I have given them the definition for each word and students need to write:

• two things each word is like
• two things each word is not like
• draw a picture

Vocabulary squares are due on Monday and the vocabulary quiz will be on Tuesday, February 23rd. The vocabulary quiz will include ALL of the vocabulary words from this unit.

New Vocab Review games are:
Vocab Part 2 Hangman
Vocab Part 2 Millionaire

UNIT 7 QUIZ
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PreAp take home Quiz
Today and tomorrow in class PreAp students will be working on a ToonDoo project on the 3 branches of government. Instead of taking their quiz tomorrow every PreAp student needs to take the above quiz by Thursday morning. Students may take the quiz as many times as they wish so that they can earn a good score.

Today in class students took notes on the Bill of Rights. We discussed the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and how they are a written guarantee of our individual rights.

Tomorrow we will be completing an ActivVote Review to prepare for the Quiz on Wednesday. The quiz on Wednesday will cover the following information:
*Constitutional Principles
*Branches of Government
*Bill of Rights
*The Articles of Confederation (review questions)
*Vocabulary (review questions)

Students are reminded that this is a VERY difficult unit and make sure you are keeping up with your work and studying your notecards EVERY NIGHT!!!

Review games to help you on the quiz:
Battleship
Constitution Rags to Riches
Articles Rags to Riches

SNOW DAY EXTRA CREDIT

Well, another snow storm gives you a GREAT opportunity for some Extra Credit! I hope you enjoy playing in the snow, but I hope you take a little time to review some History! You got new notecards after your Articles of Confederation Quiz yesterday, so the Extra Credit will help you to start reviewing the new material.
In order to receive 5 points Extra Credit play the Battleship Game listed below on the Constitutional Principles. To receive the Extra Credit you must play the review game for at least 20 MINUTES. Remember in order to receive the extra credit you must log in when playing the game to your Quia Account! Have a safe and warm day... see you soon! :)

If you played the battleship yesterday (2/9/10) you can earn an another 5 points by playing for 2o more minutes!!!

Constitution Battleship

Articles of Confederation Quiz
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Snow Day Update

Unit 7 Schedule Update and Vocab Retake Update

On Thursday students completed drawings of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. These need to be completed for homework.

The NEXT time students have school they will have a quiz in history. The quiz will include - Articles of Confederation Notes - Unit 7 Vocabulary - Declaration of Independence notes (from unit 6). There are several games below for students to review for the quiz and they also have purple notecards.

Unit 7 Millionaire
Unit 7 Practice Quiz

Unit 7 Vocab Retake: In order to retake the Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz students must review their words by playing review games on quia for at least 20 minutes. After students have played review games they MUST take the vocab practice quiz and earn and 'A' on the quiz (you may take the quiz as many times as you need too). Once students have completed this review they may see me to get a lunch pass to retake the quiz. I will offer a retake for two days during lunch beginning the NEXT day we are in school.

Vocab Hangman

Vocab Matching

PreAP Vocab Practice Quiz

Regular Vocab Practice Quiz

On Thursday in class students began their notes on the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and on Friday they took their Unit 7 Vocabulary quiz.
Unit 7 Vocabulary quiz retakes will be held on Thursday during lunch. Any student that wishes to retake their vocabulary quiz MUST come for lunch on Wednesday to review.

On Tuesday students will complete drawings of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and they will have a quiz on Wednesday. All students should be studying their PURPLE notecards and playing review games.

Unit 7 Articles of Confederation Review

UNIT 7 VOCAB QUIZ\
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UNIT 7 PREAP VOCAB QUIZ

Tuesday after the Unit 7 Pre-Test students started working on their Unit 7 Vocabulary Boxes. Unit 7 is typically the most difficult unit for students so it is important that each student stay on top of his/her work throughout the unit starting with vocabulary.

For each vocabulary word students are given the definition and they have to describe:
*things the word is like
*things the word is not like
*draw a picture that represents the word.
The completed Vocabulary Boxes are due on Friday, and the Vocabulary Quiz will be on Friday. Students can use the games listed below to help them review and should also be studying their purple notecards.


Vocab Hangman

Vocab Matching

UNIT 6 TEST
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UNIT 7 PRE-TEST

UNIT 6 PRE-AP TEST

Today is the beginning of the 3rd nine weeks.

The Pre-AP classes will have their first test on Wednesday. This test will cover Unit 6. There is an ActivVote review and review games posted below to help students study.

In all other classes we will be making a Revolutionary War Timeline. The timeline will be due on Thursday and will be the first grade of the 3rd nine weeks.

The Pre-AP students are not responsible for the timeline but they may complete it for extra credit. I have shown them an example in class and they are welcome to work on it at lunch if they need supplies.

Unit 6 Review Games
Unit 6 Battleship
Unit 6 Millionaire Game

UNIT 6 Review PPT

Click here for your Semester Exam

PRE-AP Semester Exam

Semester Exam Study Guide Answers

Semester Exam Study Guides are due the day of each student's exam. They will be collected and graded. We reviewed the study guide in class but students can use the PowerPoint below to correct the answers to their Study Guide if they missed class today.

Click here for the Semester Test Study Guide Answers

Click here for the Jeopardy Review Game

Don't forget to study your notecards and play some review games this weekend!!!

CLICK HERE FOR AMERICAN REVOLUTION PEOPLE AND EVENTS QUIZ
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Monday in class we completed our notes on Events of the American Revolution. Students will have a quiz on Wednesday (January 6th) on the People and Events of the American Revolution.

Today in class I handed out the Semester Exam Review Packet. This packet is due on Friday, January 8th and must have a parent signature. We will be reviewing for the the Semester Exam for the rest of the week in class but students should also be studying ALL of their notecards and playing the review games that I have listed below.

Sixth grade students will be taking Semester Course Tests for the first time this year. Each student's individual class schedule will determine the dates of his/her semester tests. Students will begin testing on Monday, January 11th and will end with their last tests on Thursday, January 14th. Monday will be a regular school day and Tuesday-Thursday will be early release days from school and lunch will not be served. Students will have a 15/20 minute "snack" period between tests, but no lunch. The schedule for the test week is as follows:
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Monday, January 11th
7th period test- Regular School Day
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Tuesday, January 12th
1st & 2nd period tests- Early release no lunch
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Wednesday, January 13th
3rd & 4th period tests- Early release no lunch
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Thursday, January 14th
5th & 6th period tests- Early release no lunch
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Friday, January 15th
No school for students- Teacher Workday
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Listed below are review games for each Unit. Remember that each game has different questions, so for a good review I would try to play each game.
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Unit 1 Review Games
Unit 1 Battleship
Unit 1 Quiz Millionaire Game
Unit 1 Hangman
Unit 1 Test Millionaire Game
Unit 2 Review Games
Unit 2 Battleship
Unit 2 Hangman
Unit 2 Jeopardy Challenge Board
Unit 2 Hangman
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Unit 3 Review Games
Unit 3 Jeopardy Challenge Board
Unit 3 Battleship
Unit 3 Hangman
Unit 3 Millionaire Game
Unit 3 Matching
Unit 3 Quiz Battleship
Unit 3 Quiz Millionaire Game
Unit 4 Review Games
Unit 4 Battleship
Unit 4 Jeopardy Challenge Board
Unit 4 Millionaire Game
Unit 4 Colonies Battleship
Unit 4 Colonization Battleship
Unit 4 Colonization Millionaire Game
Unit 5 Review Games
Unit 5 Battleship
Unit 5 Millionaire Game
Unit 5 Hangman
Unit 6 Review Games
Unit 6 Battleship
Unit 6 Millionaire Game