October 15-19, 2018

~~  Periods  2, 3, 5, 6 ~ US History

The New Nation – Constitution

*   8.2. Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government

8.2.2 - Analyze the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution and success of each in implementing the ideals of the declaration of Independence

8.2.6 - Enumerate the powers of government set forth in the Constitution and the fundamental liberties ensured by the Bill Rights

8.2.4 – Federalist and Anti-Federalist
Over this year ~ you will be Studying about our country.  The Life and Lives, the Geography and Climate ~ Growth and Conflict 

US HIsotry Framework:    The eighth grade course of study begins with an intensive review of the major ideas, issues, and events that shaped the founding of the nation. In their study of this era, students will view American history through the lens of a people who were trying—and are still trying—to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Throughout their eighth grade United States history and geography course, students will confront the themes of freedom, equality, and liberty and their changing definitions over time. This course will also explore the geography of place, movement, and region, starting with the Atlantic Seaboard and then exploring American westward expansion and economic development, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and finally, industrialization.  Covering parts of three centuries, the historical content outlined in this chapter is both substantial and substantive, which poses a significant challenge for teachers, with limited time for in-depth study. In order to address this challenge, this chapter is organized into five large sections that incorporate relevant questions that can help students understand how individual events and people comprise a larger narrative explanation of our past.

As students learn American history from the late 1700s through the end of the nineteenth century, they will develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills that will enhance their understanding of the content. As in earlier grades, students should be taught that history is an investigative discipline, one that is continually reshaped based on primary-source research and on new perspectives that can be uncovered. Students should be encouraged to read multiple primary and secondary documents; to understand multiple perspectives; to learn about how some things change over time and others tend not to; and they should appreciate that each historical era has its own context and it is up to the student of history to make sense of the past on these terms and by asking questions about it.

The standards for the History classes:

History Focus in the Standards

CA HSS Analysis Skills (6-8 grades) research, evidence and Point of View

CA CC SS for ELA/Literacy – RH 6-8.1, 2, 6, 8, 9, SL 8.4, L.8.6

CA ELD Standard ELD.P.8.1, 6a, 6b, 7, 9, 11, ELD.P11.8.a

~~  Period 4 ~ Multicultural Studies/College Ed

Mexican American -

-      Biography and Art Work of Diego Rivera

-      Day of the Dead

English Language Arts Standards » Standard 10: Range, Quality, & Complexity » Range of Text Types for 6-12

Students in grades 6-12 apply the Reading standards to the following range of text types, with texts selected from a broad range of cultures and periods.

Literature			Informational Text
Stories	Dramas	Poetry	Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts
Includes the subgenres of adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction, allegories, parodies, satire, and graphic novels	Includes one-act and multi-act plays, both in written form and on film	Includes the subgenres of narrative poems, lyrical poems, free verse poems, sonnets, odes, ballads, and epics	Includes the subgenres of exposition, argument, and functional text in the form of personal essays, speeches, opinion pieces, essays about art or literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism, and historical, scientific, technical, or economic accounts (including digital sources) written for a broad audience

English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Literature » Grade 1 » 10

With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 8

Grade Eight

Visual and Performing Arts: Visual Arts Content Standards.

1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION

Processing, Analyzing, and Responding to Sensory Information Through the Language and

Skills Unique to the Visual Arts - Students perceive and respond to works of art, objects in

nature, events, and the environment. They also use the vocabulary of the visual arts to

express their observations.

Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary

• 1.1 Use artistic terms when describing the intent and content of works of art.

Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design

• 1.2 Analyze and justify how their artistic choices contribute to the expressive

quality of their own works of art.

Mandala’s

Create a Cultural Mandela (Find a pattern (very detailed) for each of the cultures we will looked at this year.  Hispanic, African American, Armenian, China, Native American … any other you want – look up the patterns for each culture and put them all together with lots of patterns and details in the design.

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CLASS EXPECTRATIONS ~~  ALL CLASSES

√  Let us Be Kind, Be Gentle, Show Care with the Love ~ all the time.

In our class:                ~~        Our Agreements:

 ~ Safe                ~~              ~ Respect

 ~ Fun                           ~~              ~ Focus

~ Learn                ~~              ~ Participate 

Class NORMS

* NO PASSES (ESPECIALLY BATHROOM AND GOING TO ANOTHER CLASS TO GET SOMETHING THEY LEFT

*  This is a safe place to learn

*  Respect and Cooperate 

*  Presuming Positive Intention

*  Raise your hand and wait to be called on

*  Be a listener ready to learn

*  Work quietly

*  Quality ~ Quality ~ Quality counts

*  As you enter the room      

        ~ Come in Genteelly (walk, come & sit-down)

        ~ Be ready to Learn                

*  NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES other than the IPads

*  LEAVE TEACHER ITEMS/MATERIALS (EVERYTHING IS MY STUFF) because the students should use their own supplies

*  As you leave the room

~ Pick-up and clean up before you leave (push your chair in – 6^TH PUT UP YOUR CHAIRS)

To Get Credit

*  Turn Work in On Time

*  Proper heading         

*  Neat work        

*  Clean paper                         

*  Follow instructions   

*  Cursive Writing    

*  Write Problem/Questions

*  ‘Draw – 5 colors     

*  “Own Words”  

*  Diagrams – labels and details 

*  Lined paper (no tear outs from notebooks)