Friday, November 1, 2024

week 11/4 - 11/8

7th grade- quiz 13 Tuesday https://quizlet.com/160522988/abeka-7th-grade-history-quiz-13-flash-cards/, TEST 4 Friday https://quizlet.com/242303836/abeka-grade-7-history-of-the-world-test-4-flash-cards/

8th grade- TEST 8 moved to Tuesday 11/12 https://create.kahoot.it/share/wv-history-test-8-improved-transportation-brings-growth/7c97074b-9ab3-491e-a370-280484ae9142 Also know: 1. Name two differences between stage coaches and Conestoga wagons 2. What way was social class not observed in the early American taverns? 3. Briefly describe these ways of transportation: barges, flatboats, keelboats, steamboats 4. Give two reasons why locomotives became popular and successful 5. How was a stagecoach able to defeat the Tom Thumb? 6. What changes did the railroad bring to Western Virginia? 7. Give two reasons why building the B&O railroad was not an easy task

9th grade- quiz 13 Thursday https://quizlet.com/144836673/abeka-world-history-and-cultures-quiz-13-flash-cards/, TEST 4 Friday https://quizlet.com/185063214/10th-grade-abeka-world-history-and-cultures-test-4-flash-cards/

10th grade- quiz 14 Wednesday https://quizlet.com/539346200/abeka-11th-grade-history-quiz-14-flash-cards/

11th/12th American Government- quiz 12 Thursday https://quizlet.com/335262121/abeka-american-government-quiz-12-flash-cards/

Friday, October 25, 2024

week of 10/28 - 11/1

It's Soul Survivor Week!!

Bring your bags and supplies Monday morning and load them when you get here. We will take a bus to Camp Cowen at the end of the school day and return early Wednesday morning to go home. School resumes Thursday 😀

7th grade- quiz 12 Monday https://quizlet.com/94255093/7th-grade-history-quiz-12-flash-cards/

8th grade- TEST 7 moved to Friday https://create.kahoot.it/share/wv-history-test-7-the-new-nation/a11282fb-f3a2-4661-a1b3-bc727b262dd0 Also know: 1. What arguments did those who supported slavery use? the founding fathers had not rejected slavery when writing the Constitution; they used the Bible as a reason to defend slavery; and if slavery had been profitable in the West, they would have accepted it. 2. What arguments did those who opposed slavery use? They said slavery was against the Declaration of Independence and the teachings of the Bible. 3. What were some of the gains Westerners achieved at the 1850 constitutional convention? People, not property, were to be used for getting representation in congress. There were also changes to use popular vote and changes to the judicial system.

10th grade- quiz 13 Friday https://quizlet.com/658659371/abeka-grade-11-us-history-quiz-13-flash-cards/

American Government- quiz 11 Thursday https://quizlet.com/382477636/abeka-american-government-quiz-11-flash-cards/

**Social Studies Fair Information**

NLCA's Social Studies Fair will be held December 17. It is optional for secondary students but if you choose to present a project, you will receive extra credit in your history class. If you are interested, please let me know by December 1st.

Division II Grades 6-8

Division III Grade 9-12

Individual: only one person works on the project and delivers the oral presentation

Small Group: Two to five students work on the project and deliver the oral presentation together, each participant of the group must say something

Friday, October 18, 2024

week of 10/21 - 10/25

7th grade- TEST 3 (9 wks exam) Monday https://quizlet.com/338626754/abeka-7th-grade-history-test-3-9wks-exam-flash-cards/ quiz 11 Thursday

8th grade TEST 6 Monday https://create.kahoot.it/share/wv-history-test-6/fbe7a7a3-6c66-42eb-b50a-826eb5739b21 Also be able to answer questions about the French and Indian War and how it presented in Western Virginia (click to enlarge)