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.

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  • BBC-Schools-Religion
  • Panoramas
  • LIBERTY! Road to Revolution Game
  • America's Library
  • History Animated
  • The Zinn Project

  • Our Story 

  • American Experience  

  • The White House

  • The Time 100: Leaders & Revolutionaries

  • Teaching with Documents

  • National Geographic

  • How Stuff Works

  • Interactive Geography Practice

  • FREEDOM: A History of US

  • CIA Factbook

  • 42 Explore

  • All About History

  • American Revolution

  • Colonial Williamsburg

  • Daily Life in the Colonies

  • Jamestown Online Adventure

  • Liberty (PBS)

  • Mayflower Families

  • History Place

  • Cyber Librarian

  • Kid Info

  • Teaching Tolerance

  • Teacher Tube

  • The Smithsonian

  • Think Quest

  • Tween Tribune

  • Watch and Know 

  • This American Life 

  • chrome waves radio 





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    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

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    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
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    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

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