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Tab 0 -- General Information
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Welcome to Mrs. Newcomb's Class!
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- Filename: lastname/number/title (without the slashes)
- Planning period/open lab: 8:55 to 10:30
- Email: michelle.newcomb@mnps.org
- Text: 6154143351
- Usable file formats: Office 95-2003 (ex: .doc); Office 2008 (ex: .docx); AppleWorks (all versions); all PDF versions; plain text (ex: .txt)
- GradeSpeed: http://gradespeed.mnps.org (You will need a working email address and your student ID number--the number is on your report card, or I can give you that number in class.)
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Tab 1 -- The U.S. Civil War
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- Beginning with the End in Mind...The Civil War
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We begin our study of U.S. history with the "end" of our story--the U.S. Civil War.
Medical technology vs. weapons technology
Key battles, events and people
Personal stories--soldiers and civilians
Now we back up and ask ourselves, "How did we get here?"
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| http://www.livebinders.com/media/get/MjI0MTU=
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Tab 2 -- Early North American Exploration
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Tab 3 -- Protestant Reformation
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Tab 4 -- Early English Colonies
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Use the "subtabs" (in blue, above) to find the lesson you need.
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| http://www.livebinders.com/media/get/MjUyNzg=
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Subtab 0 -- Roanoke
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What Happened to the Lost Colony?
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| http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/roanoke-colony.htm |
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Subtab 1 -- Jamestown
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Hippo Campus Lesson
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- Rename the "jamestown" document in your History folder, then open it.
- (Hint: name should be "lastname/number/jamestown", but without the slashes. No spaces, no capital letters!)
- Click on the "The Jamestown Colony" lesson in the Bookmarks box to the left of this screen. Then, click the "Start Topic" button.
- Resize the new window and the document window so that you can see them both.
- Click the icon to play the video. Follow the directions and answer the questions in your document as you watch. You are free to pause the video to type your answers.
- "X-out" and click "Yes" to save your work!
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| http://www.hippocampus.org/myHippo/?user=newcombhistory |
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Subtab 2 -- Jamestown--Archaeology
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Jamestown--Archaeology |
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| /edit/lbwin?myurl=http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/first_colonists.html |
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Subtab 3 -- Jamestown--The Real Pocahontas
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Disney FAIL! Read here to understand how much of the Disney version of this story is FALSE.
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| http://pocahontas.morenus.org/ |
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Subtab 4 -- Plymouth
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Scholastic "First Thanksgiving" Lesson |
- This is the website Mr. Trump used for his lesson on Plymouth Colony.
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| http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ |
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Subtab 5 -- Plymouth--Crime and Punishment
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Crime and Punishment
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| http://almy.us/news/art0402.htm |
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Subtab 6 -- Plymouth--Mayflower Myths
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Common Myths about Plymouth
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| http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~homespun/tmm.html |
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Subtab 7 -- "New" Mayflower Voyage
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Explore this website to learn about the reproduction of the Mayflower and it's voyage across the Atlantic!
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| http://www.plimothplantation.org/features/mayflower-2/journey/journey.php |
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Tab 5 -- Colonial Life
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Subtab 0 -- Red Scare
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McCarthyism and the "Red Scare"
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Answer these questions on your paper, then turn it in as you leave the room.
- How did people feel about communists after WW2?
- Why were people so afraid of them?
- HUAC stands for:
- What group did the HUAC blame for communism in the U.S.?
- Who was Joseph McCarthy? How did he become famous and popular?
- Which two future presidents were involved in the HUAC hearings?
- What was "blacklisting"?
- Why did people not want to answer the HUAC questions?
- What did people do to avoid being blacklisted?
- Today, what does the term "McCarthyism" mean?
- How did Senator McCarthy lose his position?
- Read the last paragraph. Do you agree or disagree? EXPLAIN.
Now, click on the "Salem vs. Red Scare" subtab and watch the video.
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| http://www.essortment.com/all/mccarthyismred_rmfw.htm |
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Subtab 1 -- Slavery in the Colonies
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The Life of Venture Smith
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- Click through the interactive website. Answer the questions on your paper instead of typing them in the box! Your paper will be your exit pass out of class.
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| http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/adlit08.soc.sasmith/ |
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Tab 6 -- Causes of the Revolution
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Crisis in the Colonies
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- Use this website to begin your research. You should find at least one more site for each event.
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| http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/index.htm |
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Subtab 0 -- Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
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- Use the questions on your "FRANKLIN" document in your class folder. Each set of questions is labeled with the correct heading from the website.
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| http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/mainframe.htm |
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Subtab 1 -- Paul Revere House
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| http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ |
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Subtab 2 -- Boston Massacre
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| http://www.bostonmassacre.net/index.html |
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Subtab 3 -- Boston Tea Party Museum
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| http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/index.asp |
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Tab 7 -- The Revolutionary War
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The American Revolutionary War
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| http://livebinders.com/media/get/NDM4Mzk=
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Subtab 0 -- Declaration of Independence
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Reading the Declaration of Independence
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- Today, you are going to read the Declaration of Independence for yourself!
FIRST, open the link to the left. ON YOUR OWN PAPER, answer the questions that follow. Please read and follow the instructions carefully. 1. Read the FIRST PARAGRAPH. It explains WHY the Congress has written the Declaration. Write ONE SENTENCE of your own that tells why they wrote the Declaration. 2. Read the SECOND PARAGRAPH. It explains why the Congress felt that they had no choice but to break away from England. QUOTE the most famous sentence from this section. 3. The rest of the Declaration gives SPECIFIC THINGS that King George had done that the Congress had problems with. Pick what you think are the MOST IMPORTANT THREE and copy them on your paper. 4. Now pick what you think are the LEAST IMPORTANT THREE and write them on your paper. 5. Finally, look at the signatures at the end of the Declaration. Write all of the names that you recognize or that you have heard of before. |
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Subtab 1 -- Trenton Animation
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| http://www.historyanimated.com/revolutionarywaranimated/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=81 |
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Subtab 2 -- Saratoga Animation
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| http://www.historyanimated.com/revolutionarywaranimated/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=82 |
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Subtab 3 -- Valley Forge Video
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| http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12792-the-war-for-independence-encampment-at-valley-forge-video.htm |
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Subtab 4 -- Yorktown Video
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| http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12794-the-war-for-independence-the-last-battle-in-yorktown-video.htm |
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