Room 5 U.S. History

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

Pages

  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Handouts
  • PowerPoints
  • CST Prep
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • Interesting Links
  • Links for Parents

CST Prep

  • Ms. Torres' California Standards History Test Review
  • U.S. History & Government Interactive Review
  • Practice U.S. History Tests
  • Take Online Sample Test
  • Middle School CST History Review Jeopardy PowerPoints
  • Social Studies Skills Tutor
  • U.S. History CST Review 
    • The first four tests apply to California 8th grade standards.
  • 2003-2008 CST Released test Questions
    • Scroll towards the bottom for the 8th grade history questions. 
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Home
Subscribe to: Comments (Atom)

8th Grade U.S. History

This is a blog for Ms. Torres' 8th grade U.S. History class. Here you'll find daily work, assigned workbook pages, vocabulary words, PowerPoint presentations, important handouts, as well as interesting links and advanced topics.

Daily Assignments

Workbook Pages Completed...

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, (2nd semester starts) 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 133

Photo-Sharing Website

Photo-Sharing Website
Click on the word above to look at various images related to history class.

The Longman Dictionary

Tentative Curriculum & Movies Suggestions

Geography and Native Americans
Chapters 1 & 2
August 30 - September 23
1492: Conquest of Paradise
A New World

The 13 Colonies
Chapters 3 & 4
September 26 - October 14
The Crucible
The Last of the Mohicans
The Gangs of New York

The American Revolution
Chapters 5, 6, & 7
October 17 - November 18
The Crossing
The Patriot
John Adams (HBO Series)
The Madness of King George

The Constitution
Chapters 8, 9 & 10
November 28 - January 13
John Adams (HBO Series)

Jefferson vs. Hamilton
Chapters 11 & 12
January 17 - February 10
John Adams (HBO Series)
The Patriots (Play written by Sidney Kingsley)
Jefferson in Paris

Andrew Jackson
Chapter 14
February 14 - February 24

Manifest Destiny
Chapters 15 & 16
February 27 - March 16
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Geronimo
Little Big Man
The Alamo

The Civil War
Chapters 19, 20, 21, & 22
March 19 - April 20
Glory
Gone with the Wind
Amistad
Gettysburg
The Journey of August King

Reconstruction
Chapter 23
May- June 3
Gone with the Wind

Ms. Torres

Ms. Torres

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2015 (1)
    • ▼  February (1)
      • I have a new blog....
  • ►  2013 (103)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (35)
    • ►  March (31)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (12)
  • ►  2012 (168)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (15)
    • ►  October (34)
    • ►  September (26)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (19)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (23)
  • ►  2011 (54)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (17)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (11)
    • ►  July (1)

StoryCorps

StoryCorps
StoryCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs.

The Hidden World of Girls

The Hidden World of Girls
THE KITCHEN SISTERS are producing a new NPR multimedia series exploring the hidden world of girls. Stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities—of women who crossed a line, blazed a trail, changed the tide.

This American Life

This American Life
This American Life is a weekly public radio show with a simple format. There is a theme to each episode and a variety of stories told about that theme. It is mostly true stories told by regular people. There are literally 100s of episodes on millions of different topics. Some are funny, some are sad, some are informational, etc. etc. I LOVE this show and HIGHLY recommend it!!!

Inspiration

Inspiration
Click on the picture for instant inspiration.

This site...

This site is maintained by me, Ms. Haylei Torres, with the cooperation and collaboration of many colleagues, professors past and present, and the invaluable advice of the room 5 students. Please feel free to contact me with comments, questions, or concerns at htorres@ewcsd.org.

The Power of One

The Power of One
Tiananmen Square; Click on the picture to learn more.

Disclaimer

This page identifies resources and links to other websites that would appear useful for our readers. The opinions expressed on these pages are solely those of the host website and not necessarily those of the East Whittier City School District or East Whittier Middle School. Any advertising presented on these pages is solely the responsibility of the host site and not the East Whittier City School District or East Whittier Middle School. Such references and links do not constitute any endorsement by the East Whittier City School District or East Whittier Middle School of the products or services of those enterprises.
Simple theme. Theme images by Nic_Taylor. Powered by Blogger.