Blog posts

Great Job so far to all 7th and 8th grade students that have been posting on this site. I've read many thoughtul and meaningful responses to both official assignments and bonus assignments. You must continue to remember three things when posting to this site, first your post must be related to class and to the topic (I can reject any other type of comment anyway and it will never be seen), second you must always leave your name and third, a blog is a way to publish written work so you must always use your best punctuation and spelling and refrain from using your text and instant message shortcuts or style of writing. We'll do other assignments where you may submit them in that way. Keep paying attention because bonus assignments may pop up unannounced! Best of luck in the final weeks of the school year!

-Mr. Mountain

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!!BONUS ASSIGNMENT!!

Write a paragraph response to this question. In your opinion, what major innovation (canals, machine inventions for factories, etc) had the biggest impact on american society. Post your answer as a comment to the blog for five bonus points (if its good enough) and school appropriate comments to each other can count as 1 point each. Have fun!

Erie Canal assignment

Answer the following questions on a sperate piece of paper regarding the erie canal:

What state did it pass through?

What was the beginning and end location?

What was its purpose?

Why aren't canals used anymore?

Go to taj.glencoe.com and do the review exercises for chapter 10.

Great depression assignment for period 9

Period 9 students post your comments to the Great Depression assignment as a response to this post.

Great depression assignment - Period 8

Period 8 post comments as answers to the great depression assignment as a response to this post.

Great Depression assignment

For all 8th graders, follow the link and research the following website and links from pbs.org . Answer the following questions as a comment to this post. When you leave a comment, you have the option to put your name and please do so.

Questions:

1. In what states did the dust bowl occur?

2. Describe a major hardship of farmers during the depression.

3. Describe a major hardship of people in cities during the depression.

4. Imagine you were alive during the depression, write an eyewitness account that explains the problems in daily life. Your entry should be at least a paragraph of 8 sentences.

LEWIS AND CLARK

We know so much about Lewis and Clark because of the journals that they wrote. Click and read over the following site about Lewis and Clark. After familiariazing yourself with the information, click on "Begin Journey" and read the site then click "Begin Journey again. Read the information about each (12) journey leg, Then write a journal entry as if you were Meriwether Lewis and describe a typical day on the journey.
Your Journal entry should be at least 5 sentences long and be posted below as a comment. Be sure to leave your name.

LEWIS AND CLARK for period 4 post comments here

BONUS for end of 3rd nine weeks

For those students who took an essay test either Friday 3/28 or Monday 3/31, feel free to take it home, type it, and post it below as a comment to this blog. For each post, you will receive 5 bonus points and for each meaningful comment left about another essay, you can receive 10 bonus points.

Good luck!

-Mr. Mountain