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