U.S. History
Ms. Day
Overview and
Expectations
About Your Teacher
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Ms. Jessica Day
University of Florida
graduate
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B.A. Anthropology
M.Ed. Social Studies
Education
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National Board
Certification
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8th year at Milwee
13th year teaching
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About Your Teacher
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Also, meet Lily
SuperPuff, world’s
cutest cat
Summer Travel
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Where did you
travel to this
summer?
• Some of you may
have traveled
internationally,
others may have
made it as far as the
Altamonte Mall
Summer Travel
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Using the maps in the
textbook, on the walls, or the
globe, figure out the distance
you traveled to get to your
farthest destination this
summer
• Use the map scale and a ruler
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Afterward, use the Map app
on the iPad to verify the
distance.
Summer Travel
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After everyone is
finished, line up in
order of least to
greatest distance
traveled.
1 mile
To infinity and beyond
1000 miles
Primary and Secondary Sources
of Information
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What are primary and secondary sources?
 Think, pair, share
• Primary Sources— Primary sources are firsthand historical materials that were
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written or produced in the time period of a historical event.
Secondary Sources—are materials made by people who were not
eyewitnesses or participants in a historical event and who base their
interpretation of the event on primary sources, research.
Make a list of primary and secondary source examples
• Primary Examples: pictures of an event, description made by a person
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participating or witnessing an event, diaries, census records, birth certificates,
receipts, photographs, ID cards, etc.
Secondary Examples: textbooks, encyclopedia entries, history books and
magazines, graphs and charts, etc.
Due
Wed/Thurs
HW: Primary Source Proof
of a Summer Adventure
Think of something fun that you did this
past summer.
 How can you prove that you did this?
What primary sources were created?
 For HW, find and bring in one example
of p.s. proof.
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What do these Primary Sources
tell you?
About U.S. History
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History of the United States of America
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What is history?
Why study history?
When: Pre-Columbian America through PostCivil War Reconstruction
Eye Spy
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Hall Pass sign out log
• Use the blue lanyard pass for the bathroom
• Use your planner for a hall pass elsewhere
Syllabus
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is located on the home page
of my class website
• Msjday.weebly.com
Course Requirements
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As a student in my class, you are
required to:
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Come to class and be on time (school
wide absentee and tardy policies apply.)
Come to class prepared everyday
• Folder, paper, pencil, hw…
Show respect for yourself, other
students, and the faculty/staff (this
includes substitutes!)
Always try to do your best!
Supplies
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Folder with 2 pockets and 3 center prongs
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you need 2, one per semester
Pen or pencil. NO red or pastel colors!
Paper
For home: colored pencils or markers, glue,
scissors, stapler, paper, etc.
Eye Spy
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Class art supplies
• Blue label drawers have student supplies
• Red label drawers are OFF LIMITS without
teacher permission
Due
Fri/Mon
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HW: Decorate
Folder Cover
Decorate your history folder’s cover with
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“your name”
“History”
Pictures that represent “My Favorite…”
find pictures in magazines, online, old
books, photographs….
You will be graded on completion and
neatness
A folder beauty pageant will be held
soon.
You will decorate your other folder
January.
Eye Spy
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Lined Notebook paper
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This is NOT your daily source of paper
Spare writing utensils (pencil, pen)
Textbooks
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America History of Our
Nation (2013 ed.) textbook
(Class set and a copy
stays at home until May)
History Alive! Textbook
(Class set only)
Centennial –Sections of
the novel by James
Michener
Eye Spy- Where are these
books stored?
Pre-IB Community Service
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Students in the Pre-IB program are
required to participate and earn
community service hours.
8th grade students must earn 24 hours
between June 1, 2013 & mid-May 2014.
Half of your hours (12) are due by
December.
Eye Spy
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Blank Community Service forms
Completed Community Service forms
turn in location
NHD History Fair Project
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National History Day
• The 2014 theme is
“Rights and
Responsibilities.”
• Start in a few couple a
months
• Tentatively due in
January
• Check out www.nhd.org
The purpose of the NHD project is for
you to learn in depth about a historical
topic related to the yearly theme by
conducting primary and secondary
research and then analyzing and
interpreting your research to help you
draw conclusions about the
significance of your topic. Your findings
will be presented as an Exhibit,
Documentary, Performance, Website,
or Research Paper.
Eye Spy
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If you are absent, how do you find out
what work you missed?
Class website
List of folder assignments on door
Teacher folder
Ask a friend
If all else fails, ask the teacher
Historical Geography of Us
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American history is a story of migration
• Native Americans, European explorers and
settlers, worldwide immigration, migration
between states….
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We are going to visualize a bit of this
story by illustrating a bulletin board with
your birth places.
• Even though we all live in Seminole County
now, that has not always been the case.
Historical Geography of Us
Directions
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You will cut a small paper into the shape
of your birth state
Label your state sign with
• your birth city’s name
• A dot identifying the city’s location (or star if
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the city is the capital)
Your name
Turn in to Ms. Day