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US History 8 :
Weekly Assignments
Note: A weekly assignment sheet is also posted in class, and
daily class activities and assignments are written on the board and
discussed
everyday. It remains the students' responsibility to copy
assignments from the board into their agenda and to understand the
assignment’s instructions. Problems with this website or changes in
lesson plans during the school day do not constitute a valid excuse for
failing to complete a homework assignment.
March 8-12 (Week 6)
Monday, March 8:
Homework
Collected: US Territorial Acquisition Map
1.
Manifest Destiny Notes
2.
Transition to Acquisition of Southwest – Ch. 10.2:
Texas Revolution Worksheet
Handouts:
Manifest Destiny & Westward
Expansion Notes; Ch. 10.2
Worksheet: TX Revolution
Homework:
Ch. 10.2:
Texas
Revolution
Block A:
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 9/10:
(85 min/80 min)
1.
Acquisition of Southwest – Texas Revolution
Video
clip: US-Mexican War (pbs) –
Volume 1: 10:25-19:28
Discuss Ch.
10.2:
Texas
Revolution (Austin
Land Grant/Settlement)
Flowchart:
Acquisition of the Southwest (first part only as way to discuss 10.2)
2.
Annexation of TX Speeches - Pro/Con
Handouts:
Flow Chart: Acquisition of the Southwest;
Annexation of Texas Chart
No homework
Block B:
Thursday/Friday, March 11/12:
1.
War with Mexico
 Briefly
review TX indep
Video
clip: US-Mexican War (pbs) – Volume 1:
19:30-23:40
Work on 10.3 – stop at “Surge of
American Settlers” – discuss focusing on perspectives
2.
Introduce “The US on Trial”;
Text
video clip: Mex-Am War
(highlight that people disagreed about going to war with Mexico)
Intro/assign roles
Handouts:
Ch.
10.3: The Mexican American War
Homework:
(Finish Ch. 10.3 worksheet if necessary
(stopping at "Surge of American Settlers")
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