Update

There will be nothing posted here about the quiz.

So if you happen to be looking back here every now and again to see an update you can stop.

I'm thinking that most likely nothing was shared but the fact remains that someone asking about questions that they sent me is still NOT good.  It also shows me that some people want to not do work while they try and mooch off of others. 

Those of you that read the book and understand running themes in the book should have little difficulty tomorrow.

Goodnight

Uncle Tom's Cabin

8th Grade,

As a teacher I don't like hearing about any of you potentially sharing information on questions that are being sent to me for this quiz.  It feels a bit dishonest and we dealt with something like that last year.  So that makes this even more disconcerting.

I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do with Uncle Tom's Cabin for tomorrow.

I wanted to do something similar to what I did last week but since many of you have this email chain going around I get a little nervous. 

You need to be responsible for yourself. 

If I can't trust you then that could mean more serious repercussions for the year.

You may see another post later but probably not. 

Mr. Havner

P.S. I don't mind if you study together.  Please do that as much as you want to and if you've done the work you should be fine.  Learn to trust yourself!  Please! Learn!

Chaperone Needed for Marine Quest

Hello 8th grade parents,


The 8th grade is in NEED of a chaperone for Marine Quest. 

Please let Mr. Golba know as soon as humanly possible if you'd like to go to the beach!

Thank You!

Antietam Directions & Rubric

Directions
Rubric

Antietam Newspaper Resources

Necessary Links

Battle Summary
National Park Service Antietam Battlefield
Morning Phase Map
History of the Battle
Eyewitness - Confederate/Union

Midday Phase Map
Eyewitness Testimony
Confederate Testimony

Afternoon Phase Map

Eyewitness Accounts
Antietam Multi-Resource
Antietam Timeline

Generals Who Died
Maryland Campaign
Emancipation Proclamation

New York Times Account

Photographs National Archives - Emancipation Proclamation

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

The Early Years of the Civil War

DIRECTIONS: Click on the links and read the pertinent information and answer the questions on paper or in DOCS.  These will be your notes.  I pinpointed where to find the information for you so you should be able to do this quickly.

Use this link for the questions below:  Significant Civil War Battles

1) What was the first major battle of the Civil War where causalities were high?
2) What was the date of the battle?

3) There are two names for this battle?  What were they?  Why do Civil War battles have two names?  (do a generic search on GOOGLE for the answer).

Use this link for the questions below: Bull Run

1) The Battle of Bull Run was fought within miles of what important city?

2) When it says just miles from this city what is your guess at how far it is?
3) How far is it really?  Search in GoogleMaps and find the distance between Manassas National Battlefield Park to the U.S. Capitol. (basically look for directions from one spot to the other).
4) Who was the Union leader in charge?  The Confederate?
5) How many Confederate and how many Union Soldiers were engaged?
6) What was the goal of the Union?
7) What earned Col. Thomas Jackson his nickname - Stonewall?
8) We discussed advantages of the North and South.  What did the Confederates use in this battle that we would have thought was a Union advantage?
9) When reinforcements arrived for the Confederates the McDowell decided to retreat. What made the retreat a mess and where did they retreat to?
10) What was McDowell's fate after the battle?

Read the Letter of Major Sullivan Ballou to his wife: The Last Letter of Major Sullivan Ballou
and answer the three questions at the bottom of the letter.

Then read Reid's Letter
and answer question 1 & 2 at the bottom of the letter.

The Naval Blockade

Use the link below to answer this question: Reading the first paragraph within the link you find out that the Union had how many ships ready for combat?
 Naval Blockade

Navy Facts : Use this link for the questions below:

1) The Anaconda Plan suggested by Winfield Scott relied heavily on sea power.  However covering a stretch from Virginia all the way to Texas would be hard to do with the ships available.  Read Fact #2 and ascertain how the Union planned to pull it off and write it down.

2) Using Fact #7: Was the Northern Blockade successful?  Why?  What are blockade runners? (Click the link on the webpage and read the summary at the top and the first paragraph).

3) Using Fact #8: What was the Trent Affair?

4) Using Fact #9: How did Farragut capture New Orleans?  When?

Helpful Hints for Tomorrow's Uncle Tom's Cabin Quiz

Pay close attention to and be able to answer/explain at least three of these in paragraph form drawing on also on larger themes from the book.

Chapter 18 - Miss Ophelia's and St. Clare's discussion on honesty of slaves

Chapter 20 - Topsy's parents - Miss Ophelia's philosophy on education

Chapter 24 - Eva's dying wishes

Chapter 25 - Topsy believes she shouldn't be "good".  Why?  What eventually makes her willing to try

Chapter 26 - This chapter is very emotional - What's up with Eva's hair?  Relate it to her Christian principles/beliefs

Chapter 28 -
(1) St. Clare's transformation after Eva's death - What does Ophelia want to do with Topsy?
(2) Tom's desire to be free.


Chapter 29-30 -

(1) What happens when a slave master passes? How does this relate to Tom?
(2) Reasoning behind getting the slaves to be cheerful
(3) Simon Legree and Tom

Current Events Directions and Checklist

Whenever you need to go back to this on my blog there is a search bar at the top right corner of this blog so just type "current events" and this should be one of the ones that pops up so you don't have to scroll to find it each time.

I also made a checklist for you. You need to pay attention to detail and get it right.  If you go through the checklist while looking at your paper and you say no to any of those things then you must change it.

CE Directions 

Checklist

Helpful Hints for Getting Rid of 1st Person Pronouns

Below is a link that shows different examples of how to get rid of first person pronouns.  This gives you four ways to get rid of them if my examples on my blog do not help.

Option 2 & 3 are not ideal and you should use them sparingly.  Option four is the best way.

If you're having trouble please click the link.  It's NOT long and it's straight forward.

Nasty 1st Person Pronouns

Current Events

Hey guys and gals,

Please do NOT share current events via Google any longer.  I would like them printed out and brought in to school.

The excuse that your printer is broken will not be accepted because too many printers suddenly stop working when something should be printed and brought into school.  Plan accordingly.

You can also print it in school in the computer lab.

Thanks!

Library Cards - activate your card today

If you need to complete an application for your library card you must do so at the link below.

The only people in my homeroom (MR. HAVNER'S HOMEROOM) that do NOT need to do this because your card is already active are

Amin 

Bogomolova

Cosby 

Glenn 

Pardo 

Patil 

Petroff

Tatavarthy

 The rest need to do so if you want to check books out.

OTHER HOMEROOMS - check with your homeroom teacher if you need to do this.

Library Card Application

Go Play Save sales HELP DC trip

Here is some information about the Go, Play, Save books you (or your children) received.

50% of sales per student is set aside to defray their cost to go to DC.

 

If your student sells four books at $30 each thats $120 and $60 of that will go towards that individual student's trip total.  So it makes a lot of sense to sell, sell, sell!

Your child is definitely welcome to sell more books if they sell out of what they gave.  Just come and talk to Mr. Havner about getting more.

NOTE: Other than the above information NO details about the trip/date/etc... have been released yet

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Assignment

You'll have all class to do this tomorrow (Thursday) but in case you want to do a little work at home...

Here is a link to the speeches

Lincoln-Douglas Speeches

Here is a review of the major topics covered per speech

Ottawa:

Candidates cover Dred Scott case, Nebraska bill, existence of the Union as half slave and half free, equality of the white and African races.

Freeport:

Covers fugitive slave law, admission of slave states, slavery in the territories and District of Columbia, interstate slave trade. Best passages are pp. 271-279 for Lincoln, and 294-305 for Douglas.

Jonesboro:

Covers states' right to choose, slavery in territories, existence of the Union as half slave and half free. Best passages are pp. 18-30, 73-76, 83-88 for Douglas, 31-41 for Lincoln.

Charleston:

Candidates give clear positions on equality of whites and Africans, spend most of the debate arguing over a speech by Judge Lyman Trumbull.

Galesburg:

Covers Kansas-Nebraska bill, states' rights, Dred Scott case, equality of white and African races, slavery vs the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

Quincy:

Continues with topics from Galesburg debates, further comments on Dred Scott case, slavery in the territories.

Alton:

Same topics as Galesburg and Quincy debates, Kansas, Lecompton constitution.

Ultimately You will make a pretty comparison chart!!!

    Stephen Douglas (Democrat)    v.       Abraham Lincoln (Republican)


If you search online for some personal characteristics like I showed you with Obama/Romney that would be good as well as what political party they associate with.