Miss Youmans Social Studies Class

Monday, April 9, 2012

Review Week

Parents: We have begun to review for CRCT. The Social Studies CRCT will be given Tuesday, April 24. We will be reviewing in class up until this point. The students can use the blog, OAS, or Study Island to review at home.

Students: Review the notes we are taking in class. Below are some of the School House Rock videos that we watch in class.

Delcaration of Independence
The Shot Heard Round the World
No More Kings
Constitution
Government

Liberty Kids

Monday, March 26, 2012

CRCT Review

Students: Links to use in class

Blue Group:
Native Americans
Kwakiutl
Nez Perce
Hopi
Seminole
Pawnee
Inuit

Colonial Life
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

Monday, March 19, 2012

Industrial Revolution, Slavery, and Suffrage

Parents: *We will test on Wednesday this week.*

Students: Harriet Tubman cartoon

Notes for this week's quiz:

Industrial Revolution
-roads were built
-canals were made
-railroads were made
These methods of transportation made it easier to get to the west. It also made it easier, faster, and cheaper to transport goods.

Inventions
steam engine: the steam engine went on steamboats and the steam locomotive
telegraph: people could send messages very quickly over long distances
Samuel F. B. Morse: invented the telegraph
Robert Fulton: he made the first successful steamboat trip on the Clermont

Slavery
Abolitionists: people who wanted to end slavery immediately
Underground Railroad: secret network of safe houses set up by the abolitionists to help slaves escape the South to free territory

Harriet Tubman:
-escaped slavery in Maryland
-conductor for the underground railroad
-took 19 trips to help over 300 slaves escape
-called "Black Moses"

Suffrage
What does it mean? the right to vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
-fought for women's rights
-held meeting at Seneca Falls Convention to make a declaration for women's rights

Sojourner Truth:
-former slave
-was an abolitionists and fought for women's rights
-wrote a famous speech called "Ain't I a Woman?" about women's rights and slavery

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Cotton Millionaire
Build a Steam Engine
Presidents Game

Monday, March 12, 2012

States

Parents: *We will test on Wednesday.* We are beginning a new unit further into westward expansion. This week the students will test over all 50 states. They must label all states correctly.

Students: Map Game
Drag the falling states

Monday, March 5, 2012

Posttest 3

Parents: *Posttest 3 will be given on Wednesday.* Each student has a study guide to use.

Notes for Posttest 3:

Government
What are the 3 branches of government and what do they do?
Executive: enforces laws
Legislative: makes laws
Judicial: makes sure laws are constitutional

What term describes how our government is separated into different branches? seperation of powers

Describe checks and balances. the ability that each branch of government has to limit the other two branches

For congress to override a president’s veto, two-thirds of the congress has to vote in favor of it.

The Great Compromise divided our Congress into two houses; the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Constitution replaced the Articles, becausethe articles were too weak to work effectively (to create a new nation).

The Bill of Rights protects the rights states and the rights of the people.

The First Amendment protects freedom of: Speech, Religion, Press, Petition and Assesmbly.

Westward Expansion
What did the U.S. gain by purchasing the Louisiana Territory? a port in the Gulf of Mexico

What was the purchase called? Louisiana Purchase

What two explorers went on an expedition into this territory? Lewis and Clark

What was the hardest part of Lewis and Clark’s journey? Rocky Mountains