1. Welcome to 8 th Grade U.S. History Mr. Hughes

2. American Revolution Project “My Place in the Revolution” Due: Monday, 11/10 1-Color yourself into the clothing (including your head/face) 2-Choose & color one picture for every caption 3-Your picture only has to represent one part of the standard 4-Explain (justify) your captions & pictures on the back-side

3. American Revolution Project “Revolution Flipbook” Due: Monday, 11/10 1-Flipbook must contain a minimum of 4 pages + a Title Page 2-Each page must have an illustration, explanation, and caption 3-The four pages must represent one from each of these: *Northern battles *Turning points *Southern battles / frontier *Independence & victory

4. American Revolution Project “Revolution Newspaper” Due: Monday, 11/10 Choose 2 Revolutionary people Choose 2 Revolutionary events / battles Draw / color an illustration for each person / battle Create a caption for each picture Write a short news articles for each person / event

5. Conflict – Growth – or Change? Jamestown John Smith John Rolfe Pocohontas Bacon’s Rebellion Pilgrims Puritans Mayflower Compact John Winthrop William Bradford Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson Salem Witch Trials Middle Passage Quakers William Penn Great Awakening Enlightenment Seven Year’s War Proclamation of 1763 Sam Adams Patrick Henry John Adams Sugar Act Sons of Liberty Committee of Correspondence Daughters of Liberty Crispus Attucks Boston Massacre Stamp Act Navigation Acts Tea Act Townshend Acts Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Writs of Assistance Quartering Act First Continental Congress Minutemen Militia Lexington & Concord Bunker Hill Trenton Thomas Paine Common Sense Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Second Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Redcoats Patriots Loyalists (Tories) Daniel Morgan Francis Marion (Swamp Fox) Saratoga Valley Forge Ticonderoga Camden Cowpens Yorktown Bernardo Galvez Marquis de Lafayette Baron von Steuben Treaty of Paris George Washington

6. Current Events (Set 10) 1. “ Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes in Mojave Desert During Testing Killing One Pilot.” Richard Branson’s dream for space tourism dealt a serious blow; NTSB investigation may take 1 year. Second catastrophic accident in a week raises questions about future of commercial spaceflight Malfunction occurred just seconds after spaceship separated from the carrier aircraft White Knight

7. Current Event #2 2. “Holocaust Revisited: Infamous Nazi Death (Concentration) Camp Gate from Dachau Stolen.” Iron symbolic sign, “Work Sets You Free,” taken from German camp; neo-Nazi vandals suspected. A theft of a similar sign was take from Auschwitz Camp in December 2009 1933-1945

8. Current Event #3 3. “Midterm Election Rejection: President Obama & Democrats Lose Majority Control of Congress. Republicans take control of House and Senate over legislation, committees & presidential appointments. Congress can send laws to President Obama, but he has the power to veto (reject) House: 435 D = 180, R =243, U = 12 Senate: 100 D = 45, R = 52, I = 2, U = 1

9. Current Event #4 4. “ The Princess with the Mona Lisa Smile: Is Newly Rediscovered Portrait a da Vinci Masterpiece or a Fake ? ” Experts hope to prove by scientific analysis if La Bella Principessa is worthless, or a $150 million find. Forgery? 13” tall pen and ink portrait of a Florentine woman was found in a desk drawer

10. Current Event #5 5. “ Shipwreck Found near Aeolian Islands from Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage (218-201 BC). ” Ancient 50 foot Roman vessel “Panarea III” was found by sonar 410 feet deep in the Mediterranean. The Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage were for control of the Mediterranean

11. Articles of Confederation Federalists Executive Branch ratify Judicial Branch Constitution Convention States Anti- Federalists Philadelphia Continental Congress Amendment Legislative Branch