Texas History, The Rice School

Learn your states

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Go to http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Look under the STATES Category

Clcik on States 2 -intermediate

Please focus on learning the East Coast, especially the original 13 states (colonies)

You will have a quiz on the 13 colonies on the first week of school!!!!!

Text Books

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Texas History text books are due back to me. If your child has lost the book, the replacement cost is $60.00. All fines must be paid in full prior to the end of the school year.

Decades Project

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Your children have started an end of year project called "Decades." Please ask them what they are writing their articles about and assist them as you see fit.

Texas Penal Code

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http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/pe.toc.htm

LINK FOR TEXAS LEGISLATURE

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http://www.legis.state.tx.us/

HOMEWORK (sorry for the late post)

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Students will print or cut out 3 newspaper articles. One about the Federal gov't, one about the state gov't, and one about the local gov't. Students will need to highlight or underline the phrases in the articles that show the level of government being written about.

Due April 17/20

Rezulli Learning Assignment

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Parents, this was an assignment given to the students last week to complete online in Renzulli Learning.com

Students all know how to log in and find the assignment in their in box.

All students have a due date of April 8.

The assignment is clearly explained once the student logs into Renzulli Learning.com

Exam on Civil War

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Civil War Exam on April 6/7

Review Sheet Below:

Read over Ch.15 & 16 in text book

What did southerners believe would happen if Lincoln Republicans won the 1860 election? What was their action as a result of the Lincoln victory?

Did Texans support secession? Did Sam Houston support secession? How many Texans fought in the war?

What did Texas contribute to the CSA war effort?

Women’s roles in Texas during the Civil War.

Review all of the terms from the vocabulary sheets for Civil War and Reconstruction

Know the 4 reasons that are considered the main causes of the American Civil War. Know enough to write and essay about them.

13th,14th, & 15 Amendment

Radical Reconstruction vs. Conservative Reconstruction

Turning point battles-Vicksburg & Gettysburg

Home Work

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Worksheet on P. 57 in the spiral. Fill in the blank re: Civil War Reconstruction. Due April 2/3

Civil War Pictures Link

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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/cwnyhs:@field(NUMBER+nynhcw/ad+nynhcw/aa01):heading=Photographs%20Collections

Print 3 pics and perform OPTIC on any 2 of them

Due Marb 31/Apr. 1

HOME WORK

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P. 54 in the student spriral is a fill in the blank worksheet.

P. 55 in the student spiral is a worksheet about how Texas was effected during the Civil War.

Papers must be completed and glued in the spiral on the correct page to receive full credit.

Both due Mar. 25/26

Renzulli Assignment

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Students will complete an assignment that can be found at www.renzullilearning.com after they log into the account.

EXAM

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EXAM on Wed. /Thurs.---Review Sheet is below

Review Ch. 12,13 and Ch. 14 sec. 2

Names of Texas Presidents & US President during Annexation time

Review the facts on the handout comparing Houston to Lamar

What is Manifest Destiny?

Know the difference between Cash crops and Subsistence crops with examples of each

How were Mexican Texans (Tejanos) treated during the time of The Republic of Texas?

Common occupations of Texans during the 1800’s

Ease of getting into farming and ranching

Role of Texas Rangers

Review your foldable you created about the years 1836-1845 in Texas

HOMEWORK & CLASSWORK FINISH UP WORK

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P. 45 in the student spriral is a foldable, this is class work that needs to be completed if not completed in class

and

P. 46 in the student spiral is a map of Texas. Students are to break up Texas into 5 states within the current borders of Texas. Name them and color them as well.

All is due on Feb. 17/18

HOMEWORK

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On. P. 45 in the student spiral is a worksheet covering Ch. 12 in the textbook. It is comparing President Houston vs. Lamar. Due Feb. 13/16

Exam

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Exam on the Texas Revolution on Feb. 5 for my blue day classes (P.1-4) Grey day (P. 6-8) classes will take the exam on Feb. 10.

Review Sheet below:

Read over Chapters 9-11

Review your 3 battle foldable in your spiral
Date of Texas Independence Day
Major events at the Alamo
know the strengths and weaknesses of the Texans and Mexicans

re-read the famous letter from Travis

have a basic understanding of the final day of battle

What happened at Goliad

Understand the Battle at San Jacinto

Know the major leaders on both sides

how Santa Anna’s goals in Texas—How did he become overconfident?

HOMEWORK

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Student will write a newspaper type article on P. 44 in their spriral pretending like they are observing the Runaway Scrape in Texas in 1836. Students are to write like a journalist, so they need to include the following info: Who What When Where Why How How Many

HOMEWORK

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Handout P. 41 in spiral due Jan. 16/20

HOMEWORK

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Students created a foldable in class labled The Texas Revolution Begins.
The sub lables are: Battle of Gonzalez, Battle at Goliad, and Battle for San Antonio

Students will answer the following questions inside the foldable:

Who fought?
Who were the leaders for each side?
Who won?
Write a brief description of the fighting and the results of the fighting.

Glue into P. 40 in the spiral.

Due Jan. 14/15

EXAM

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Exam on Dec. 17/18
Review sheet is below and will be checked for a grade just prior to taking the exam.

Unit 5 Exam Review Sheet

Know the “Steps Toward Revolution” handout notes

Understand the 4 main reasons that lead to Revolution---Tariffs, Religion, Government, and Immigration

How did SFA choose the location of his colony? For what reasons……
What exactly did Empresarios do?
Requirements for coming to SFA’s colony. Nickname of the first group of settlers. Why come to Texas to restart your life in the 1820’s?

What was the Adams-Onis treaty? What did it accomplish?

Largest settlement towns in Texas during the 1820’s

Year of Mexican Independence and from which mother country

SFA’s arrest and imprisonment in Mexico-know some basic facts
Why was he arrested? Where was he in prison? How long was he in jail?

HOMEWORK

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Students will write 3 journal entries on pg. 36 in their spiral. The first entry should be from the view of a Texas settler getting ready for their trip to Texas. The second entry should be written as if the student is on the actual trip to Texas. The third entry should be written as if the student just arrived in Texas. I am looking for the thoughts, emotions, and hardships along the way.

Due Dec. 14/15

HOMEWORK

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EASY HOMEWORK TIME

I need to check for textbooks. Instead of the students all bringing their textbooks into school I just want the textbook number from the inside front cover. Students can either email me their textbook number or write it down on a piece of paper with their name and period number.

Due Dec. 9/10

HOMEWORK

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Students will finish the foldable that was started in class and glue it to page 34 in their spiral.
The 4 questions to answer are: *where was this empresario's colony?
*Where was this empresario's colony?
*when did this empresario begin colonization?
* who settled there?
*how many families did the empresario contract for?

Answer these questions for Stephen Ausin, DeWitt/de Leon, and other empresarios

Choir Trip Students Notice

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If you missed my class today, Dec. 3, pick up the handout and use Ch. 6 sec. 2-3 to complete it. Glue to P. 33 in spiral.

EXAM

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Unit 4 Exam on Nov. 21 for grey day and Nov. 24 for blue day.
Filling out the review sheet will be a grade.

Unit 4 Exam Review Sheet

Read over Ch. 4 & 5 in the text book

Things to review:

Cortez taking over the Aztec Empire, how did he do it, when, why?

Know story of LaSalle- review it from the text book.

Basics of the Columbus voyages

Spanish in the New World including Texas

French in the New World including Texas

English in the New World-original 13 colonies

HOMEWORK

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Students created a foldable in class. They are to fill it out using P. 130-133 from their text book. When done it is to be glued into P. 31 in their spiral. Due Nov. 17/18.

HOMEWORK

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on P. 29 of the social studies spiral, students should write pretending they are Cabeza de Vaca. Students should write a journal entry explaining a day in Cabeza de Vaca's life in Texas during the time he was here. Assignment should be 1/2 to 1 page long. Due Nov. 13/14.

ASSIGNMENT

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Students will create a simple poster showing the two perspective of Christopher Columbus. First as a hero and all of the great things that happened due to his exploration, and secondly as a villain who should be held responsible for the terrible things that happened to the Native Americans.

Keep this assignment simple, no fancy poster boards required, just some simple info found from the internet.

Due Nov. 7/10

ELECTION NIGHT

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CNN Electoral Map

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/

click on: blank slate and keep track as the results come in

EXAM

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EXAM

Exam will cover the Native American/Early Americans. Exam is on Oct. 30/31.

Review Sheet:

Read over Ch. 3 in the text book. Review the glued in pages in your spiral for the different Native Texans.
Early Americans

When did they arrive?
How did they arrive?
Where did they cross into North America?
What type of tools did they use?

Define archaeologist. & anthropologist. Know what they study.

Know the basics about the major Indian tribes discussed in class. (Remember, Environment affects culture)

Where they lived? Tools they used?
Types of houses they lived in? Food they ate?

New Project

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Election 2008 Issues Project

Create on poster board an issues based decision on who should be the next president and why.

*Issues to consider: Iraq going forward
Healthcare
Immigration reform
How to improve the economy

*Pick 2 issues from this list or find your own.

*Write a 4-6 sentence paragraph telling your audience how McCain and Obama stand on the 2 issues you picked.

*Conclude with a paragraph explaining who you support for President and why.

Be sure to include images, pictures, charts, or graphs to support your arguments.

*Due Friday Oct. 24/27

EXAM

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On Oct. 14/15 students will take the Geography Exam. While students are taking the exam I will be checking their spirals to see if all work in completed, glued in, and well organized. The exam and the notebook are major grades. Below is the review sheet I gave the students.

Geography Exam Review
Read P. 24-37 & 48-69 in your text

Know facts about the 4 regions of Texas
ie. what is the land like? ….flat? desert? farms? Mountains? Coast? climate? population? types of economic activity?

Relative and Absolute location

map reading and chart reading

Review the geography terms from your spiral, they will be used on the exam

Remember you can take a Chapter quiz online at the book’s website

HOME WORK

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Students will complete the worksheets on P. 19-22 in their spirals using Ch. 2 from the text as their resource.

MAP

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Students should be studying from a map that was created in class. It is of Texas and surrounding states, as well as rivers, and 11 different cities. Students will have to be able to find all of the areas marked on their map for a quiz next week on the 29/30.

EXAM

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1st Exam-Sept.10/11
Students will be given a political cartoon and preform OPTICS. Students will also be given a Primary Source document and preform AP-PARTS. This is not a test students study for, it is a test they practice for.

HOMEWORK

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Find your own political cartoon and preform OPTICS on the cartoon- glue cartoon to P. 8 which is the same page you will write your OPTICS on. Due Mon/Tues

HOMEWORK

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Students will open to P. 689 in their textbook and pick one essay to read. On P. 7 in the student spriral the students will preform AP-PARTS from their chosen essay. Due Sept. 2/3.

Welcome

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Parents and Students,

Welcome to my homework blog. The purpose of this blog is to inform students and parents about my homework assignments & project and exam announcements.

First up: Parents please sign my classroom syllabus that your child was sent home with on the first day of school for my class. Make sure your child returns that bottom portion to me signed.

Thanks.