Saturday, April 26, 2014

1st Annual MVCA Science Fair

It was a fun night for science!!  The turnout was great and the kids did a wonderful job presenting their findings to our our guests and our three distinguished judges ~ Fred DeRoos, Karen Frederick, and Neva Tirrel.  A big THANK YOU to those three for their time and valued expertise.  I received an email from one of the judges, a part of which I would like to share, "You have a good group of students.  Do whatever you can to keep them interested in science."  My response, "I know...and we will!"
 
 















 
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

8th Grade's Chapter 23 Objectives

Section 1
1)  List and explain four major causes of the economic crash that marked the beginning of the Great Depression in America.
2)  Explain why runs on banks occurred.
3)  Describe the conditions that farmers and the unemployed faced.
4)  Explain ways that Hoover tried to deal with the Depression and list the results of those measures.

Section 2
1)  Describe the circumstances of FDR's election to the presidency.
2)  Explain ways FDR obtained support for his New Deal programs.
3)  List the major New Deal programs and their purposes.

Section 3
1)  Explain why the New Deal met opposition and the major sources of such opposition.
2)  Describe the conditions of the elections of 1936.
3)  Explain FDR's court-packing plan and its significance.

Section 4
1)  List and explain the major consequences of the New Deal.
2)  Explain how the consequences of the New Deal are still evident in American government and society today.

Friday, April 4, 2014

8th History ~ Chapter 21 Objectives

Section 1
1.         List the four major reasons for World War I.
2.         Describe the action or tactics of the war.

Section 2
1.         Explain why American interest in the war grew.
2.         Describe the British and German policies that violated American neutrality.
3.         Describe the two incidents that led to American entry into the war.

Section 3
1.         Explain the way the United States transported supplies to Europe.
2.         Describe the way America increased production for the war effort.
3.         Explain the way the United States financed the war effort.

Section 4
1.         Explain the way the United States financed the war effort.
2.         Name the American and the Allied commanders.
3.         Trace the American action in World War I
4.         Describe the struggle of Alvin C. York and how he merited the Congressional Medal of    Honor.
5.         Cite the date of the armistice ending World War I.

Section 5
1.         Name Wilson’s plan for European (an world) peace and the provision he considered the    most important.
2.         Name the “Big Four” at the peace conference and explain the viewpoint of each.
3.         Describe the Treaty of Versailles and America’s response to it.