Mr. Beadle's Blog http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org 8th Grade U.S. History Class Info Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Our Class Week of April 28th http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/our-class-week-of-april-28th/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/our-class-week-of-april-28th/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:54:15 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/our-class-week-of-april-28th/ For this week we start our look at the Reconstruction period of history. This will be the focus of chapter 18 of the textbook. Monday will be our team field trip, so there will be no classes. Tuesday we will begin with Chapter 18 section 1 and continue with a new section each day of the week.


Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/our-class-week-of-april-28th/feed/ Our Class Week of April 21st http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/our-class-week-of-april-21st/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/our-class-week-of-april-21st/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:15:00 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/our-class-week-of-april-21st/ This week we say goodbye to TCAP and return to normal classes. We will pick up Monday with our unit on the Civil War. Monday we will begin with Chapter 17 section 3 of the textbook. Tuesday is Library day, so we will have a brief review of section 3. Wednesday and Thursday we will proceed with the final sections of Chapter 17, 4 & 5. We will plan on having the Chapter 17 Test this Friday.


Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/our-class-week-of-april-21st/feed/ For the Week of April 14th http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/for-the-week-of-april-14th/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/for-the-week-of-april-14th/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:04:03 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/for-the-week-of-april-14th/ This week will see us in the wonderful world known as TCAP. We will be testing all week. Students will have short general review lessons when they are in class. There will be no regular homework, quiz, or test assignments this week. We want the students to relax and do their best for TCAP.


Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/for-the-week-of-april-14th/feed/ Our Class Week of April 7th http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/our-class-week-of-april-7th/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/our-class-week-of-april-7th/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:45:00 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/our-class-week-of-april-7th/ For this week, we will focus on the TCAP test. We will be reviewing a chapter a day each day of this week. We have already reviewed chapters 1-7 the past two weeks. This week we will start with chapter 8 on Monday and then chapter 9 tuesday, and so forth. We will also have our TCAP Vocabulary Quiz this Friday. Students have the list of words to study. We will also discuss test taking tips and strategies throughout this week.


Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/04/06/our-class-week-of-april-7th/feed/ Our Class Week of March 3rd http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/03/03/our-class-week-of-march-3rd/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/03/03/our-class-week-of-march-3rd/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:49:51 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/03/03/our-class-week-of-march-3rd/ For this week, we will continue with Chapter 16. Starting on Monday, we will pick up with section 3 of the book: “The Crisis Deepens” with a special focus on the Dred Scott Case. Tuesday and Wednesday’s focus will be on “The Emergence of the Republican Party and John Brown” this is based on section 4 of the textbook.  Thursday and Friday our focus will be on section 5 of the textbook and the topic of “The Civil War Begins.”  Our latest timeline entry is listed under the Homework/Project page. There will be a TCAP Vocabulary quiz this Friday.


Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/03/03/our-class-week-of-march-3rd/feed/ Our Class Week of Feb 11th http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/02/11/our-class-week-of-feb-11th/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/02/11/our-class-week-of-feb-11th/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:18:18 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/02/11/our-class-week-of-feb-11th/ For this week, we will continue with Chapter 14. Starting on Monday, we will pick up with section 3 of the book: “The Cotton Kingdom of the South.” Tuesday and Wednesday’s focus will be on “Life in the South.” We will also incorporate the impact of new inventions and immigration with this unit.  Thursday and Friday will be used for review. Our latest timeline entry is listed under the Homework/Project page.


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Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/our-class-week-of-jan-28th/feed/ Our Class Week of Jan 22nd http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/22/our-class-week-of-jan-22nd/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/22/our-class-week-of-jan-22nd/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:22:44 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/22/our-class-week-of-jan-22nd/ For this week we will continue to work out of Chapter 13 of the textbook. The focus of Chapter 13 is the Opening of the West and Manifest Destiny. This Tuesday we will start off with section 2 of the text and a look at Texas Independence. We will continue on throughout this week with sections 3 and 4 (The Gold Rush). The test for this chapter will be planned for next week. I’ll give an exact date out on Monday the 28th. There will be a new Timeline Entry this week #16. We will also have a timeline entry notebook check this week, for entries 13, 14, & 15. See the Homework/Project page for details.


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Authored by mrbeadle. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/15/our-class-week-of-jan-14th/feed/ Welcome Back and Happy New Year 08! For the Week of 7 Jan: http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/welcome-back-and-happy-new-year-08-for-the-week-of-7-jan/ http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/welcome-back-and-happy-new-year-08-for-the-week-of-7-jan/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:17:50 +0000 mrbeadle http://mrbeadle.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/welcome-back-and-happy-new-year-08-for-the-week-of-7-jan/ For this week, we will continue with Chapter 11 of the textbook.

The focus of this chapter will center on The Industrial Revolution and its wide ranging impact on American (World) History. For Monday and Tuesday of this week we will start a review for Chapter 11. Students should expect the Chapter 11 Test on Wednesday. For Thursday and Friday we will start an introduction of Chapter 12 and begin work on section 1, “The Age of Jackson.” Students should continue working on their past assigned timeline entries. We do have a new timeline entry for this chapter. See the Home Work page for more info.


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