7th/8th Grade Constitutional Convention Readings/Assignments

Constitutional Convention Readings/Assignments

WWI Notes - 11th/12th Grade

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AP Homework

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1. What are term limits, who has them, who doesn’t?
2. What is sampling?
3. What are concurrent powers? List 3.
4. What is Judicial review?
5. Define federalism.
6. What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?
7. List three problems with the Articles of Confederation.
8. Define Separation of Powers.
9. Define Checks and Balances.
10. Write down three ways that the Legislative branch checks the power of the executive branch.

Constitution/Government Notes 7th/8th Grade

Constitution Notes

Student Government Application - Due April 8th

Progressive Era Worksheet - 11th/12th Grade U.S. History

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Logical Fallacy Assignment 7th/8th - Due Wed

Logical Fallacy Assignment

Logical Fallacies

(first slides of the powerpoint)

Chapter 40 - 7th/8th

Chapter 40

1. According to the book, why did the U.S.S.R. fall apart?
2. How did the European Union change Europe?
3. What were people protesting for at Tienanmen Square in China?
4. What happened at Tienanmen?
5. Who was the leader of the protesters at Tienanmen?
6. Who became president following Reagan?
7. What were some of the problems that the next president faced?
8. What country invaded Kuwait in 1990, and who was its leader?
9. For what reasons did the U.S. choose not to take Baghdad?
10. How many different religions are practiced in the United States?
11. What does the first Amendment do?

End of Cold War Notes - 7th/8th Grade

US History Gilded Age Essay

Write a 750 word essay explaining how one of the following affected America between 1865 and 1914. Due next Friday the 11th.

1. Railroads
2. Corporations/Trusts
3. Labor Unions
4. Immigration

US History Project Points Sheet

Accommodated students need 250 points.

AP Project Points Sheet

Chapter 38 - 7th/8th

Chapter 38

1. Why didn’t people view Reagan as being old?
2. What are “trickle down” economics, and which President was first known for it?
3. According to the book what do liberals believe?
4. What does it say conservatives believe?
5. List 2 careers that Reagan had before he went into politics.
6. Reagan was governor of what state?
7. Did desegregation advance or decline during the Reagan years?
8. What is a balanced budget?
9. Based on the cartoon on page 185, where did Reagan spend the most money?
10. Did Reagan increase or decrease the national debt?
11. What happened to education spending during this time?
12. Who was the Premier of the U.S.S.R. at this time?
13. What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

Gilded Age/Progressive Era Notes

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