DATE
8th Grade American History
​8th Grade Humanities
May 20 - 24
Fri. 17.
•  Last Day of School
•  Last Day of School
Thr. 16
•  Turn-of-the-Century Baseball game, day 2
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focus: history ​
  •  Catan: American Frontier board game
Wed. 15
•  Turn-of-the-Century Baseball game, day 1
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focus: history ​
  •  Catan: American Frontier board game
Tue. 14
•  documentary video: Baseball​, part 2
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focus: history ​
  •  Catan: American Frontier board game
Mon. 13
•  documentary video: Baseball​, part 1
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focus: genealogy ​
  •  start Ancestry.com research
May 13 - 17
Fri. 17.
•  American History Final Exam
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Thr. 16
•  Trimester 3 Super-Workshop
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Wed. 15
•  Unit 11 Open-Note Quiz
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focus: genealogy ​
  •  start Ancestry.com research
Tue. 14
•  Lecture 11.6: The Lost Cause
•  short video: ​60 Minutes: Confederate Statues​
focus: genealogy ​
  •  start Ancestry.com research
Mon. 13
•  documentary video: Reconstruction​, part 4
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focus: genealogy ​
  •  start Ancestry.com research
May 6 - 10
Fri. 10.
•  Lecture 11.5: The Abandoned Promise
•  Reconstruction​ map analysis  /  due: in class
focus: genealogy ​
  •  start Ancestry.com research
Thr. 9
•  Lecture 11.4: The New South​
•  collect Reconstruction​ map
focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: film analysis: Star Wars
Wed. 8
• documentary video: Reconstruction​, part 3
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focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: film analysis: Star Wars
Tue. 7
•  Lecture 11.3: Battle for The South
•  interactive video: The KKK  /  due: in class​
focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: film analysis: Star Wars
Mon. 6
•  documentary video: Reconstruction​, part 2
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focus: writing​
  •  "Dear America...", student performance evaluation
April 29 - May 3
Fri. 3.
•  upload "ScatteGLORYz" words to Quia
•  baseball questionaire
•  CushPoints questionaire
​•  missing assignment workshop
focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: work on "String Story"
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Thr. 2
•  feature film: Glory​, The Classroom Edition, pt. 3 ​
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​Jeffco M.A.P. Testing
Wed. 1
•  feature film: Glory​, The Classroom Edition, pt. 2 ​
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​Jeffco M.A.P. Testing
Tue. 30
•  feature film: Glory​, The Classroom Edition, pt. 1
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​Jeffco M.A.P. Testing
Mon. 29
•  cont. Reconstruction​ map
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focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: work on "String Story"
April 22 - 26
Fri. 26.
NO SCHOOL  •  Staff Work Day
NO SCHOOL  •  Staff Work Day
Thr. 25 ​
guest
teacher
•  video: The Lincoln Assassination   /  due: in class
•  interactive video: Lincoln's Legacy  /  due: in class
•  start Reconstruction​ map
focus: literary criticism​
  •  The Heroes Journey: cont. "String Story" activity
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Wed. 24
•  Lecture 11.2: ​Reconstruction
•  PSA #20: Worse Than Slavery  /  due: in class​
focus: literary criticism​
  •  The Heroes Journey: cont. "String Story" activity
Tue. 23
•  documentary video: Reconstruction​, part 1
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focus: literary criticism​
  •  pass out student Continuation speech information
  •  The Heroes Journey: cont. "String Story" activity
Mon. 22
•  distribute Unit 11 lecture notes
•  Lecture 11.1: Restoring the Union
•  PSA #19: O Captain! My Captain! ​ /  due: in class
focus: literary criticism​
  •  "Dear America...", project scoring
  •  The Heroes Journey: start group "String Story" activity
April 15 - 19
Fri. 19.
•  workshop
focus: art
  •  wrap-up 19th century landscape studio​​
Thr. 18
•  workshop
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focus: art
  •  wrap-up 19th century landscape studio​​
Wed. 17
•  Quiz 10 Self-Reflections  /  due: in class
•  Farming & Ranching​ map analysis  /  due: in class
focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: introductory video
  •  The Heroes Journey: The Lion King cloze
Tue. 16
​CMAS TESTING
​Classes Do Not Meet
​CMAS TESTING
​Classes Do Not Meet
Mon. 15
•  Unit 10 Open-Note Quiz  /  due: in class  
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focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: pick-a-story prep
April 8 - 12
Fri. 12.
•  start: Farming & Ranching​ map  /  due: in class

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focus: literary analysis​
  •  The Heroes Journey: word search warm-up
  •  The Heroes Journey: historic examples chart
Thr. 11
•  Conquest of the Plains map debriefing
•  start: Farming & Ranching​ map  /  due: Fri. 4/12
focus: writing​
  •  "Dear America...", Letter #5: collection
Wed. 10
•  Lecture 10.3: A Changing Colorado
•  PSA #18: ​The Prairie is My Garden  /  due: in class
•  cont. Cross-Century Invention project
focus: reading comprehension
  •  ​UpFront #19: Crisis at the Border  /  due: in class 
  •  workshop
Tue. 9
•  cont. Cross-Century Invention project

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focus: reading comprehension
  •  ​UpFront #18: Overlooked No More  /  due: in class 
  •  cont. my25​ project
Mon. 8.
•  Lecture 10.2: Homesteading & Sodbusting
•  start Cross-Century Invention project
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focus: reading comprehension
  •  ​UpFront #17: ​In the Shadow of War  /  due: in class 
  •  start my25​ project
April 1 - 5
Fri. 5
​​guest ​teacher
•  Distribute Unit 10 lecture notes
•  Lecture 10.1: The Cattle Kingdom
•  Quiz 9 Self-Reflections  /  due: in class
focus: media studies
​  •  finish Buckshot Bugle​ newspaper project
Tue. 2
Wed. 3
​Thr. 4
​CMAS TESTING
​Classes Do Not Meet
CMAS TESTING
​Classes Do Not Meet
Mon. 1
•  video: ​30 Days on an Indian Reservation
focus: reading​
•  Runs with Horses ​quiz
March 25 - 29
Fri. 29.
•  Unit 9 Open-Note Quiz  /  due: in class
focus: writing​
  •  "Dear America...", Letter #5: writing  /  due: Thr. 4/11
Thr. 28
•  Lecture 9.9: Conquest by Kindness​
•  Conquest of the Plains map analysis ​  /  due: in class
focus: writing​
  •  "Dear America...", Letter #5: writing  /  due: Thr. 4/11
Wed. 27
•  Lecture 9.8: Tragedy in the Dakota
•  grade The Way West question packets
focus: writing​
  •  "Dear America...", Letter #5: outline  /  due: in class
Tue. 26
•  video: The Way West​, pt. 5
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focus: writing​
  •  "Dear America...", Letter #5: sponge  /  due: in class
Mon. 25
NO SCHOOL  •  Staff Work Day
NO SCHOOL  •  Staff Work Day
March 18 - 22
NO SCHOOL  •  Spring Break
March 11 - 15
Fri. 15
​NO SCHOOL  •  SNOW DAY
​NO SCHOOL  •  SNOW DAY
Thr. 14
​NO SCHOOL  •  SNOW DAY
​NO SCHOOL  •  SNOW DAY
Wed. 13
​guest ​teacher
•  Lecture 9.7: Smaller Tribes
•  PSA #17: ​I Will Fight No More  /  due: in class
•  Actively video: ​The Apache  /  due: in class
focus: media studies​
•  cont. Buckshot Bugle​ newspaper project
Tue. 12
​guest ​teacher
•  video: The Way West​, pt. 4
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focus: media studies​
•  cont. Buckshot Bugle​ newspaper project
Mon. 11
​guest ​teacher
•  Lecture 9.6: Battle for the Dakotas
•  PSA #16: ​Life with the Lakota  /  due: in class
focus: writing & media studies​
•  start Buckshot Bugle​ newspaper project​​
March 4 - 8
Fri. 8
•  Lecture 9.5: Month of the Freezing Moon
•  collect Conquest of the Plains​ map 
​​focus: history 
​​   •  Gold West board game simulation ​​​  ​​
Thr. 7
•  video: The Way West​, pt. 3
​​focus: history 
​​   •  Gold West board game simulation ​​​  ​​
Wed. 6
​guest ​teacher
•  Lecture 9.4: Tears in the Sand
​•  Sand Creek Actively videos x4  /  due: in class
focus: reading comprehension
  •  ​UpFront 4x4 II
Tue. 5
•  video: The Way West​, pt. 2
​​focus: history 
​​   •  Gold West board game simulation ​​​  ​​
Mon. 4
•  Lecture 9.3: "Let Them Eat Grass!"
•  cont. Conquest of the Plains​ map​
​•  distribute Rockies order form
​​focus: history 
​​   •  Gold West board game simulation ​​​ 
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February 26 - March 1
Fri. 1
•  Lecture 9.2: "The Indian Problem"
•  Mock-Trial grades review
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  •  ​painting update
  •  form teams for Gold West
  •  return Human-i-Tshirts
Thr. 29
•  video: The Way West​, pt. 1
•  cont. Conquest of the Plains​ map​
focus: literature
  •  ​cont. Runs with Horses
Wed. 28
​guest ​teacher
•  PSA #15: The Indian Council  /  due: in class
​•  cont. Conquest of the Plains​ map
focus: reading comprehension
  •  ​UpFront 4x4
Tue. 27
•  distribute Unit 9 lecture packet
•  Lecture 9.1: Tribes of the Plains
•  start Conquest of the Plains​ map
focus: literature
  •  ​cont. Runs with Horses
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Mon. 26
•  Quia Trimester 3 re-sorting quiz
•  Quiz 8 Self-Reflections  /  due: in class
•  Trimester 3 binder purge
focus: literature
  •  ​start Runs with Horses
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February 19 - 23
Fri. 23
•  Unit 8 Open-Note Quiz  /  due: in class
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Thr. 22
•  end of trimester workshop
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Wed. 21
•  Lecture 8.4: ​The Road to Statehood
•  cont. U.S. Court System concept map
focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Tue. 20
guest teacher
•  start U.S. Court System​ concept map
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focus: reading
  •  ​UpFront article analysis x4
Mon. 19
NO SCHOOL  •  Presidents' Day
NO SCHOOL  •  Presidents' Day
February 12 - 16
Fri. 23
NO SCHOOL  •  Staff Work Day
NO SCHOOL  •  Staff Work Day
Thr. 22
•  Sand Creek mock-trial, Day 3
      OR
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​
focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
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Wed. 21
•  Sand Creek mock-trial, Day 2
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Tue. 20
guest teacher
•  Sand Creek mock-trial, Day 1
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Mon. 19
•  American court system hangman 
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​​
February 5 - 9
Fri. 9
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​
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focus: history
  •  ​cont. Colorado, or Bust! project​​
Thr. 8
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​
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focus: history
  •  ​cont. Colorado, or Bust! project​
Wed. 7
•  PSA #14: The Fort Lyon Affair  /  due: in class
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​​​
focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Tue. 6
•  Jeffco "Make Your Voice Heard" Survey
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
Mon. 5
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​​
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focus: art
  •  19th century landscape studio​​
January 29 - February 2
Fri. 2
•  Mining the West map analysis  /  due: in class
•  collect Mining the West map  /  due: in class
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​
focus: history
  •  ​cont. Colorado, or Bust! project​
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Thr. 1
•  mock-trial witness prep. sheets  /  due: in class
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project​
•  cont. Mining the West map  /  due: Fri. 2/2
focus: history
  •  ​cont. Colorado, or Bust! project​
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Wed. 31
•  introduce Sand Creek mock-trial project
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​  project
focus: art
  •  ​19th century landscape studio​​
Tue. 30
•  Lecture 8.3: Early Colorado
•  PSA #13: The Battle of Sand Creek  /  due: in class
•  cont. Colorado, or Bust!​ - photos & blueprints​
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles presentations​​
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Mon. 29
•  Colorado, or Bust!​ - research photos & blueprints
•  town name nominations
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles presentations​​
January 22 - 26
Fri. 26
•  Lecture 8.2: Mining in Colorado
•  Quiz 7 Self-Reflections  /  due: in class
•  cont. Mining the West map  /  due: Fri. 2/2​
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles presentations​​
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Thr. 25
•  Unit 7 Open-Note Quiz
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focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles presentations​​
Wed. 24
•  introduce Colorado, or Bust! model-building project
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focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles presentations​​
Tue. 23
•  Lecture 8.1: Extending the Frontier
•  Union & Confederacy map debriefing
•  start Mining the West map  /  due: Fri. 2/2
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles presentations​
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Mon. 22
•  Lecture 7.7: Civil War Retrospective
•  mini-video: The Gettysburg Address
•  mini-video: Alonzo Cushing & the Medal of Honor 
•  mini-video: Conan O'Brien: Civil War Re-enactors
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles project​

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January 15 - 19
Fri. 19
guest teacher
•  History on the Road status report  /  due: in class
•  Lecture 7.5: The Home Front
•  Lecture 7.6: The Order of Battle, pt. 2
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles project​
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Thr. 18
•  PSA #11: An August Morning with Farragut  /  
​     due: in class
•  mini-workshop
focus: writing
  • ​ "Dear America...", letter #3 ​ /  due: in class
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Wed. 17
•  Civil War firearms review
•  Union & Confederacy map analysis  /  due: in class
•  collect Union & Confederacy map  /  due: in class
focus: history / writing
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles project​
  • ​ "Dear America...", letter #3: photos ​ /  due: in class
Tue. 16
NO SCHOOL  •  Snow Day
NO SCHOOL  •  Snow Day
Mon. 15
NO SCHOOL  •  Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
NO SCHOOL  •  Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
January 8 - 12
Fri. 12
•  Lecture 7.4: Free at Last
•  cont. Union & Confederacy map  /  due: Wed. 12/17
focus: history / writing
  •  "Dear America...", letter #1: writing​  /  due: Thr. 1/18
Thr. 11
•  Lecture 7.3: The Order of Battle I
•  Slavery & Compromise map analysis debriefing
•  cont. Union & Confederacy map  /  due: Wed. 12/17
focus: history / writing
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles project​
  • ​ "Dear America...", letter #3: outline ​ /  due: in class
Wed. 10
•  Lecture 7.2: Strengths & Weaknesses
•  PSA #10: The Anaconda Plan  /  due: in class
•  cont. Union & Confederacy map  /  due: Wed. 12/17
focus: history / writing
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles project​
  • ​ "Dear America...", letter #3: sponge ​ /  due: in class
Tue. 9
•  Conifer High School Freshman Registration  /  
​        No American History Classes
focus: history
  •  cont. Civil War: Beyond the Battles project​
Mon. 8
•  distribute Unit 7 lecture notes
•  Lecture 7.1: The Call to Arms
•  Quiz 6 Self-Reflections  /  due: in class
•  start Union & Confederacy map  /  due: Wed. 12/17
focus: history
  •  start Civil War: Beyond the Battles project

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January 1 - 5
December 25 - 29
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
December 18 - 22
Fri. 22
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
Thr. 21
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
Wed. 20
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
NO SCHOOL  •  Winter Break
Tue. 19
•  Unit 6 Open-Note Quiz
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focus: politics / media / history
  •  cont. 1860 Campaign Attack Ads
Mon. 18
•  Lecture 6.6: The Union Asunder
​•  Quia Sequencing Practice Quiz
focus: politics / media / history
  •  cont. 1860 Campaign Attack Ads
December 11 - 15
December 4 - 8