Learn your states

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

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

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

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

LINK FOR TEXAS LEGISLATURE

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

HOMEWORK (sorry for the late post)

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

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

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

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

Civil War Pictures Link

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

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

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

EXAM

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOMEWORK

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

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?