Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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!!!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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!!! :)

Thursday, April 1, 2010

CIVIL WAR PEOPLE EVENTS QUIZ
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AUDIO

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