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Primary Source: Harriet Tubman 02/05/1898

2012-02-07T09:30:00.001-08:00

From National Archives: http://research.archives.gov/description/306574

2012-01-31T10:56:00.001-08:00

NHD Theme Guide from NHD National website:

http://www.mcny.org/images/content/1/3/13867.pdf

Retake Forms

2012-01-27T12:00:00.001-08:00

8th Grade, Washington State History

2012-01-26T07:29:00.001-08:00

Dear Parents:

Hello again. My name is Mr. Dean Smith, and I am your child's Washington State History teacher. I hope that your child enjoys our study of Washington’s unique geography, diverse Native cultures, early pioneer life, 20^th century state history, and local/state/federal government. We have a truly awesome state.

I did want to remind you that students in Washington State are required to take and pass Washington State History as a graduation requirement. Your child will earn a semester grade for the term. Students are still expected to have their class notebook, college ruled paper, a red correction pen, and colored pencils.

Each unit of study will focus on the U.S or Washington State Constitution with an emphasis on how the unit shows the conflict between individual rights and the common good. In fact, this year’s class essential question is “What is the Common Good?” Units will contain a vocabulary list of key terms to be defined during the unit, background discussions and lectures to help students understand the issues in the unit, a look into primary sources to help students understand the time and setting of the issues, and a class discussion, debate, or other simulated trial activity to involve students in all sides of an issue. We will end each unit with a common assessment to verify that students are retaining information from the unit.

I would like to note a few changes for this semester in regard to your child’s opportunity to retake assessments. Students will be allowed to take a test retake regardless of their original grade and as many times as they choose in order to improve their skills.

· In order to qualify for a retake, students must fill out a “retake slip” and verify that they have spent at least 30 minutes reviewing the information covered on the test.

· The retake will be entered in the grade book as a second column showing points improved from the original grade.

· Testers who stay the same or do not improve will have a zero entered in the retake column.

· A student can retake the test as many times as they want in order to prove that they have met the standard.

· Each retake requires a new retake slip.

· A student can retake the test any time within the current term.

Please note that class research projects and the CBA which is required by the state of Washington will also be a weighted as a test but cannot be retaken.

Sincerely,

Mr. Dean Smith dean.smith@prosserschools.org 786-1732

National Board Certified Teacher www.smithclass.com and www.housel.org

National Archives and Library of Congress Primary Source Pictures of World War II

2012-01-12T10:11:00.001-08:00

To open a new window on the link below, right click and select “Open Link in New Window.”

National Archives, “Pictures of World War II:” http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/

American Memory: “America fromt eh Great Depression to World War II:” http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

A Guide to World War II Materials, Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/WW2/WW2bib.html

Federal Lands and Indian Reservations in Washington State

2012-01-09T15:19:00.001-08:00

http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/WA.pdf

Fantastic Geography Link

2012-01-09T13:50:00.001-08:00

http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/national-resources/22464

2012-01-06T08:01:00.001-08:00

Study Questions Causes of WWII

Name five ways Jews were discriminated against by the Nazis.

What was Hitler’s stated reason for invading Austria and part of Czechoslovakia?

How did Britain and France appease Hitler in 1938?

What happened on September 1, 1939?

What happened on December 7^th, 1941

How did America’s industry transform to support the war effort?

Rich Man's War Quesion

2012-01-05T09:16:00.001-08:00

http://www.thecivilwaromnibus.com/articles/84/rich-mans-war-poor-mans-fight-the-draft-and-the-civil-war/

The Civil War

Articles Exploring the American Civil War

sep

Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight – The Draft and the Civil War

Dean Smith Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae.

dean.smith@prosserschools.org www.smithclass.com www.housel.org

NBCT, Prosser School District: Sane, paululum linguae latinae dico.

509-786-1732, 2001 Highland Drive, Prosser, Washington 99350

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Current Events in Washington

2012-01-03T16:10:00.000-08:00

Check out this interesting link for redistricting in Washington State:

www.redistricting.wa.gov

2012-01-03T15:13:00.000-08:00

8^th Grade Honors Homework:

Honors students are required to have an NHD topic with theme summary and up to three sources outlined by Friday, January 6^th.

Open Door Claymation Timeline

2012-01-03T13:40:00.001-08:00

Open Door Claymation Timeline

January 3-6 2011 Work on putting pictures into Movie Maker

Add sound track if possible (during class)

January 9-12 Independent time for finishing movie. (Lunch available Monday/Tuesday/Friday.)

January 17^th Claymation Video Due.

2012-01-03T10:21:00.000-08:00

NHD 2012 Update from our Regional Coordinator (Reposted with permission from Mr. Matt Norling:)

Good morning and happy 2012!

Hopefully you are all gearing up for the 2012 Central Washington Regional History Day, to be held on Saturday, March 17, at West Valley Jr. High. We are welcoming a couple of new schools this year from Ellensburg and Methow Valley, which is awesome, so I'm looking forward to the best and biggest Regionals ever!

To make things easier (hopefully) I have made a web page that includes all sorts of NHD info. ALSO, it has this year's registration form for you to download, copy, print, etc. The cost this year per student is once again $8, and the entry forms are due by February 24. Historical Papers are also due on February 24. Here is the website. Feel free to use anything on it to help your kids!

http://www.wvsd208.org/jh/Staff/norlingm/NHD%20at%20WVJH.htm

A couple other things. First, if I missed a teacher on this email who might be interested, please feel free to forward it to them. We want as many participants as possible. Second, if you know somebody who would be interested in judging, please send me their contact information. We always need judges!!!

Let me know if you have any questions, and we are looking forward to seeing you all on March 17!!!

Matt Norling
Regional Coordinator, Central Washington History Day
Teacher, West Valley Jr. High
206-218-3619
norlingm@wvsd208.org

Review Questions

2012-01-03T08:52:00.001-08:00

· Describe Nazi German’s attacks in europe.

· What is blitz krieg?

· Describe the attack on Pearl Harbor.

2011-11-28T09:38:00.001-08:00

History Study Guide Suffrage/Influenza/Prohibition/Great War

In just over a week, we are going to have a 25 point quiz. This study guide will help you prepare for the assessment.

Make sure you know the following terms:

· Suffrage * John Muir

· Prohibition * Samuel Gompers

· World War I * Influenza

· Child Labor Laws * League of Nations

· Hull House * 11-11-1918 Armistice Day

· America’s Allies in World War I * Who America fought in World War I

What order did the follow events occur?

18^th Amendment was passed. When?

19^th Amendment was passed. When?

America joined World War I When?

Mega Cities

2011-10-24T10:28:00.001-07:00

Please keep an eye on our weekly online agenda.

Today we watched a video from the History Channel called “America, The Story of Us:”

Five Topics from MegaCities Video Name:_________________________ Period: ___

· High Rises

· Three problems in mega cities

o Crime

o Crowded Tenement Houses

o Sanitation

· Edison and his “Light Bulb”

Avid Cornell Notes:

· Heading __/1 Point

· Questions/Notes (Balanced) __/2 Points

· Summary __/2 Points __/5

Immigration Unit

2011-10-10T13:04:00.001-07:00

Notes

Immigration Unit

2011-10-10T08:59:00.001-07:00

We have started our unit in 8^th grade History on Immigration.

I have attached here our lecture notes from this morning’s class discussion.

Civics Unit Assessment (8th Grade)

2011-09-26T13:12:00.001-07:00

Our first unit assessment of the year will be Thursday for Periods 1, 3, and 7 and Friday for my 2^nd and 8^th period classes.

Essential Questions for our Civics Unit:

· Preamble

o Why do we have a Constitution?

· Three Branches (Legislative, Executive, Judicial

o How is power divided between the three branches of government?

o How does each branch of government check on each other?

· Federalism

o How is power divided between the federal and state governments?

· Amendments 1-10 (Bill of Rights)

o How do we balance individual rights and the common good?

Unit 1 Vocabulary:

Preamble Union Justice Electoral College Domestic tranquility

Common defense General welfare Foreign Liberty Posterity

Constitution Bicameral Legislative Executive

Judicial Cabinet

Supreme Impeachment Veto Treaty

Pardon Unconstitutional Redress Checks and balances

Infringed Quartered Unreasonable Judicial review

Jeopardy Deprived Due Process Federalism

Impartial Common law Enumeration Common Good

Federal Democracy Republic Constituents

Egyptian Visual for Open Door 6&7th Grade Due September 30th, 2011

2011-09-23T15:13:00.001-07:00

The rubric can be found here:

Egyptian Visual

2011-09-12T16:43:00.001-07:00

Hello Parents.

As tomorrow we will have our first quiz on the preamble, I thought I would post my grading system.

This handout went home on the second day of school.

20^th Century/Washington State History - Grading Policy

Student assessment will be passed on tests, projects, and quizzes weighted at 75% of the term grade and daily work worth 25% of the grade.

93-100% = A Performance that exceeds the standard

90-92.99% = A-

87-89.99% = B+ Performance that meets the standard

83-86.99% = B

80-82.99% = B-

77-79.99% = C+ Performance that is below standard

73-76.99% = C

70-72.99% = C-

55-69.99% = F Performance that is well below standard, but the student showed an effort to attempt to get to standard. (Grade can be raised to a D, see below)

0=54.99 = F Performance that is well below standard without the required effort to attempt to get to standard.

Quiz/Test Retakes:

All students, regardless of grade earned on an original quiz/test, will have a chance to retake all quizzes and tests, except final quarter tests.
Class research projects and the CBA which is required by the state of Washington will also be a weighted as a test but cannot be retaken.
If a student attempts a retake of a quiz/test, the maximum score will be 93%.
If a student attempts a second retake of a quiz/test, the maximum score will be 87%.
If a student attempts three or more retakes of a quiz/test, the maximum score will be 80%.

“D” grades:

A student who at the end of the quarter has a final grade of F, but an overall percentage above 55%, will have his/her grade raised to a D provided both of the following have occurred:

· The student did a retake on all quizzes and tests on which he/she scored lower than 80%.

· The student improved his/her score from the original quiz/test on each retake that was attempted.

The student who receives a D is still performing well below standard, but is putting forth the effort to improve.

*For Washington State History in the second semester, students will receive quarter grades measuring progress for each quarter and a semester grade which is based on the cumulative average over the two quarters.

Ø This policy will serve as your child’s first graded History assignment. It will count as 3 points of daily work. It needs to be signed and returned by Wednesday, August 31, 2011. If it is returned Thursday or Friday, it will earn only two points and one point if turned in next week.

Student Name: _________________________________________ Period: ________________

Student Signature: ____________________________________ ___ / 3 Points Daily work

Parent Signature: _____________________________________ Due: 8/31/11 Turned in: _____________

*Parents, please feel free to call me at 786-1732 to schedule a conference if you have concerns

2011-12 Letter of Introduction: Mr Smith’s History Class, Grade 8

2011-08-28T12:18:00.001-07:00

Dear Parents:

Hello. My name is Mr. Dean Smith, and I will be one of your child's teachers this year. I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how happy I am to have your child in my class. I am dedicated to making this a busy, productive, and fun year. I will be communicating with you about my classroom plans, your child's progress, and other activities as they arise. I use my Internet web site for posting classroom activities, handouts, and links to the appropriate Washington State Essential Learnings. If you have access to the Internet, please bookmark www.smithclass.com and visit frequently. I am happy to communicate with you via district email. You will need to fill out a form in the office to receive personalized student updates. Please do not think I am rude, but I will not communicate with students via Facebook nor other social networking sites.

As you know, students here will need a three ring binder, with dividers for each class to help keep them organized. Your child will also need to have pens (black or blue and red), college ruled paper, and colored pencils. All students will need to purchase a one inch three ring binder that will be used for their class notes and responsive journals. This notebook is for my class only and it will be graded throughout the year. If your child is unable to purchase this binder, she or he will need to ask me within the first week of school to borrow one from the class.

Washington State History - Course curriculum

Each unit will focus on the U.S or Washington State Constitution with an emphasis on how the unit shows the conflict between individual rights and the common good. In fact, it is this year's class essential question. "What is the Common Good.?
Each unit will contain the following activities ( not necessarily in this order)
- A vocabulary list of key terms to be defined during the unit
- Background to help students understand the issues in the unit. This may be delivered via: lecture, PowerPoint, reading, video, etc.
- Primary sources to help students understand the time and setting of the issues.
- A debate or other simulated trial activity to involve students in all sides of an issue.
- Drawing a comparison between historical issues and current events.
- A student reflection in which she or he summarizes the material that has been learned and formulates an opinion on the key issues in the unit.
- A common assessment to verify students are retaining information from the unit.

I have copied on the back of this letter my classroom rules and consequences for you to look over. Please read these, sign, and return the bottom portion with your child. I am looking forward to sharing this year with you and your child. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at school, 786-1732. The best time to reach me is 12:45 – 1:15 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Friday. Thank you for your time and interest in having a great school year.

Sincerely,

Mr. Dean Smith dean.smith@prosserschools.org 786-1732

National Board Certified Teacher www.smithclass.com www.housel.org http://www.nbpts.org/ .

2011-05-17T08:54:00.001-07:00

The kind of courage that can change a nation:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/16/overheard-at-cnn-com-an-american-hero/

Mothers Day

2011-05-09T11:50:00.001-07:00

Happy Mother’s Day! Check out this historic URL:

Document for May 9th:
President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=509

(On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day "as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country.") Archives.Gov

Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter

2011-04-19T16:16:00.001-07:00

Telegram from Maj. Robert Anderson to Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary, announcing his withdrawal from Fort Sumter, April 18, 1861 (ARC Identifier: 594525); Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917; Record Group 94; National Archives.

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=418

100 Years Ago Today

2011-03-25T17:27:00.001-07:00

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire -March 25, 1911

2011-03-23T11:49:00.000-07:00

Lesson Materials
Teaching History

WikiPedia story on Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history.

The Combine Harvester

2011-03-06T13:00:00.000-08:00

The Combine Harvester -- Innovating Modern Wheat Farming, Impacting the Way the World Thinks About Bread: An Essay by Washington State History Day winner Christoper Wiley
Click Here to read this essay:

History Link: http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9483

NHD in the News

2011-02-02T20:21:00.001-08:00

Big news on NHD in the news!!
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2011/01/national_history_day_lifts_ach.html

January 28th Christa McAuliffe Tribute

2011-01-28T08:05:00.000-08:00

Remembering the Challenger

D Day Invasion

2011-01-09T16:23:00.001-08:00

This week in 20th Century History, we will be looking at the "D Day" Invasion of Normandy. This picture from History 101 shows soldiers coming ashore on June 6th, 1944.

Census 2010

2010-12-26T17:22:00.001-08:00

Geography Bee

2010-12-07T17:02:00.001-08:00

Geography Bee
Housel Middle School Geography Bee will be Monday, December 13th. Students are encouraged to get ready to show their stuff!

Celilo Falls (Maya Lin designs new monument)

2010-11-18T11:01:00.000-08:00

Celilo Falls Latest Maya Lin site for Confluence Project

Celilo Falls latest Maya Lin site for Confluence Project

By Phil Ferolito, Yakima Herald-Republic

THE DALLES -- Not everyone is old enough to remember the roar of the once-great Celilo Falls on the Columbia River. A dozen miles east of The Dalles Dam, water once crashed over jagged basalt walls that formed the falls and created one of the greatest fisheries and trading hubs in the Northwest.

But that was before the falls slipped beneath the water after the dam was constructed in 1957.

For the past eight years, tribal leaders seeking to preserve memories of the falls and the people who flourished in its shadow have been working with world-renowned architect and artist Maya Lin -- creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. -- to erect a memorial.

Tribal elders have shared their oral history, culture and traditions with Lin to help her design a 300-foot-long walkway -- evocative of a fishing scaffold -- that will jut over the massive and now-tamed river.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/15/1253255/celilo-falls-latest-maya-lin-site.html

Stock Market Crash of 1929

2010-11-17T09:20:00.001-08:00

Today we discussed the stock market crash of 1929 and students summarized it in their notes.

You might want to ask your child to show you her or his summary.

Boom (Monday, Nov 15th-19th)

2010-11-12T13:13:00.000-08:00

Hello Parents and Students. (8th Grade)

I will be in Wenatchee on Monday and Tuesday, November 15th and 16th. As you may remember, I am a member of the Educational and Technology Assessment Committee for the state.

On Monday, with the substitute teacher, you will continue to watch the video series, "America the Story of Us." We are still watching the episode on the economic boom that hit the United States of America between the turn of the century and the latter 1920s.

• You should already have notes that cover the oil boom and the production line.

• Students will need to take some notes on their reading as they did in class on Tuesday the 9th of November.

On Tuesday, students will read from our class textbook a chapter which covers the late 1920s. (War, Peace, and all that Jazz: Getting Rich Quick; 78-82.) Students will take notes from each page read.

As always, students are expected to use the Cornell system for taking notes in class.

We will soon be watching the video series, Freedom: A History of Us. If you have time, you might look at this episode guide also.

Election News

2010-11-08T20:07:00.001-08:00

How will the November 2010 election change politics in Washington DC and Washington State?

Election Day 2010

2010-10-30T19:55:00.001-07:00

Election day is an awesome part of our democracy! Read up on this year's issues at

http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/initiatives/people.aspx

Interesting News Story

2010-04-16T09:55:00.001-07:00

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36574673/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Donner Party ate family dog, maybe not people

Analysis of bones found at campsite shows no evidence of cannibalism

By Jennifer Viegas

Discovery Channel

updated 3:01 p.m. PT, Thurs., April 15, 2010

The Donner Party, a group of 19th century American pioneers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada and supposedly resorted to cannibalism, may not have eaten each other after all, suggests a new study on bones found at the group's Alder Creek campsite hearth in California.

Detailed analysis of the bones instead found that the 84 Donner Party members consumed a family dog, "Uno," along with cattle, deer and horses. Cattle, likely eaten after the animals themselves died of starvation, appear to have been their mainstay.

The study is the first to show that the Donner members successfully hunted deer, despite the approximately 30 feet of snow on the ground during the winter of 1846-1847. The horses are thought to have come from relief parties that arrived in February and could have left a few of their animals behind.

The paper, which will be published in the July issue of the journal American Antiquity, is also the first to prove the theory that the stranded individuals ate their pet dog.

"They were boiling hides, chewing on leather and trying desperately to survive," project leader Gwen Robbins told Discovery News. "We can see that the bones were processed so heavily — boiled and crushed down in order to extract any kind of nutrients from them."

Robbins, an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Appalachian State University, and her team produced thin sections from the hearth bones and examined them under high magnification in order to measure each basic structural unit and link the bones to particular animals.

No human bones were identified.

"What we have demonstrated is that there is no evidence for cannibalism," said Robbins. "If the Donner Party did resort to cannibalism, the bones were treated in a different way (such as buried), or they were placed on the hearth last and could have since eroded."

Victorian Era journalists, who embellished the accounts provided by the 47 survivors, largely fueled the legend of the Donner Party cannibalism. The survivors, 11 men and 36 women and children, fiercely denied the allegations. Although one man, Lewis Keseberg, filed and won a defamation suit, he was still forever known as Keseberg the Cannibal.

"Racism might have played a part," Robbins said. "Keseberg was from Poland, and negative sentiment toward Polish immigrants existed then."

The trash and debris left around the Donner Party hearth in the spring of 1847 show that, in spite of their very difficult circumstances, the members tried to maintain a sense of decorum and normalcy.

"Slates suggest they had the children sitting and doing their lessons, while shards of china indicate they were eating off of plates, retaining some dignity and hoping for the future," Robbins explained.

University of Montana anthropologist Kelly Dixon worked on the initial study that first documented the hearth and bones.

"The tale of the Donner Party has focused on the tragedy of survival cannibalism," said Dixon, "yet the archaeological remains inspire us to consider more significant implications, such as what it was like to be human, doing whatever possible to survive in one of the snowbound camps."

Robbins and her colleagues are currently writing a book about the Donner Party for the University of Oklahoma Press. It is scheduled for release next year.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36574673/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Washington State History on April 15th, 2010

2010-04-15T09:30:00.001-07:00

Washington State Learning Goals: Civics:

Component 1.1: Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents.
Civics: 1.2 1.2.1 Understands and analyzes the structure and powers of government at the national level.

Yesterday and Today we began our discussion on the US Constitution. We looked at the role of the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land.

We looked at the framework of our government and the three branches of the federal government.

Honors Activities

2010-04-12T13:03:00.002-07:00

Honors students will be working on their communications projects this week. Students presentations will be on Kennewick Man, Native American Boarding Schools, the Alaskan Gold Rush, and the Boldt decision.

2010-04-12T13:03:00.001-07:00

Lesson plans for Mr. Smith’s Class, Room 102 at Housel for April 12^th – 16^th, 2010

SmithClass

Primary Source: Harriet Tubman 02/05/1898

Retake Forms

8th Grade, Washington State History

National Archives and Library of Congress Primary Source Pictures of World War II

Federal Lands and Indian Reservations in Washington State

Fantastic Geography Link

Rich Man's War Quesion

The Civil War

Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight – The Draft and the Civil War

Current Events in Washington

Open Door Claymation Timeline

Review Questions

Mega Cities

Immigration Unit

Immigration Unit

Civics Unit Assessment (8th Grade)

Egyptian Visual for Open Door 6&7th Grade Due September 30th, 2011

2011-12 Letter of Introduction: Mr Smith’s History Class, Grade 8

Mothers Day

Document for May 9th:President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=509

Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter

100 Years Ago Today

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire -March 25, 1911

The Combine Harvester

NHD in the News

January 28th Christa McAuliffe Tribute

D Day Invasion

Census 2010

Geography Bee

Celilo Falls (Maya Lin designs new monument)

Celilo Falls latest Maya Lin site for Confluence Project

By Phil Ferolito, Yakima Herald-Republic

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Boom (Monday, Nov 15th-19th)

Election News

Election Day 2010

Interesting News Story

Washington State History on April 15th, 2010

Honors Activities

Document for May 9th:
President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=509