U.S. History Ms.

Day
Overview and Expectations

About Your Teacher

Ms. Jessica Day University of Florida graduate

B.A. Anthropology M.Ed. Social Studies Education

National Board Certification

8th year at Milwee 13th year teaching

About Your Teacher

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Summer Travel

Where did you travel to this summer?

Some of you may

have traveled internationally, others may have made it as far as the Altamonte Mall

Summer Travel

Using the maps in the textbook, on the walls, or the globe, figure out the distance you traveled to get to your farthest destination this summer

Use the map scale and a ruler

Afterward, use the Map app on the iPad to verify the distance.

Summer Travel

After everyone is finished, line up in order of least to greatest distance traveled.

To infinity and beyond

1000 miles

1 mile

Primary and Secondary Sources of Information

What are primary and secondary sources? Think, pair, share Primary Sources Primary sources are firsthand historical materials that were

written or produced in the time period of a historical event. Secondary Sourcesare materials made by people who were not eyewitnesses or participants in a historical event and who base their interpretation of the event on primary sources, research.

Make a list of primary and secondary source examples Primary Examples: pictures of an event, description made by a person
participating or witnessing an event, diaries, census records, birth certificates, receipts, photographs, ID cards, etc. Secondary Examples: textbooks, encyclopedia entries, history books and magazines, graphs and charts, etc.

Due Wed/Thurs

HW: Primary Source Proof of a Summer Adventure

Think of something fun that you did this past summer. How can you prove that you did this? What primary sources were created? For HW, find and bring in one example of p.s. proof.

What do these Primary Sources tell you?

About U.S. History

History of the United States of America

What is history? Why study history?

When: Pre-Columbian America through PostCivil War Reconstruction

Eye Spy

Hall Pass sign out log

Use the blue lanyard pass for the bathroom Use your planner for a hall pass elsewhere

Syllabus
It

is located on the home page of my class website

Msjday.weebly.com

Course Requirements

As a student in my class, you are required to:

Come to class and be on time (school wide absentee and tardy policies apply.) Come to class prepared everyday

Folder, paper, pencil, hw

Show respect for yourself, other students, and the faculty/staff (this includes substitutes!) Always try to do your best!

Supplies

Folder with 2 pockets and 3 center prongs

you need 2, one per semester

Pen or pencil. NO red or pastel colors! Paper For home: colored pencils or markers, glue, scissors, stapler, paper, etc.

Eye Spy

Class art supplies

Blue label drawers have student supplies Red label drawers are OFF LIMITS without
teacher permission

Due Fri/Mon

HW: Decorate Folder Cover

Decorate your history folders cover with

your name History Pictures that represent My Favorite

find pictures in magazines, online, old books, photographs. You will be graded on completion and neatness A folder beauty pageant will be held soon. You will decorate your other folder January.

Eye Spy

Lined Notebook paper

This is NOT your daily source of paper

Spare writing utensils (pencil, pen)

Textbooks

America History of Our Nation (2013 ed.) textbook (Class set and a copy stays at home until May) History Alive! Textbook (Class set only) Centennial Sections of the novel by James Michener Eye Spy- Where are these books stored?

Pre-IB Community Service

Students in the Pre-IB program are required to participate and earn community service hours. 8th grade students must earn 24 hours between June 1, 2013 & mid-May 2014. Half of your hours (12) are due by December.

Eye Spy

Blank Community Service forms Completed Community Service forms turn in location

NHD History Fair Project

National History Day The 2014 theme is Rights and Responsibilities. Start in a few couple a months Tentatively due in January Check out www.nhd.org

The purpose of the NHD project is for you to learn in depth about a historical topic related to the yearly theme by conducting primary and secondary research and then analyzing and interpreting your research to help you draw conclusions about the significance of your topic. Your findings will be presented as an Exhibit, Documentary, Performance, Website, or Research Paper.

Eye Spy

If you are absent, how do you find out what work you missed? Class website List of folder assignments on door Teacher folder Ask a friend If all else fails, ask the teacher

Historical Geography of Us

American history is a story of migration

Native Americans, European explorers and

settlers, worldwide immigration, migration between states.

We are going to visualize a bit of this story by illustrating a bulletin board with your birth places.

Even though we all live in Seminole County

now, that has not always been the case.

Historical Geography of Us Directions

You will cut a small paper into the shape of your birth state Label your state sign with

your birth citys name A dot identifying the citys location (or star if
the city is the capital) Your name

Turn in to Ms. Day