8th grade US History - Assignments - Week 1/4 -1/8 2016

Monday: CNN Student News - Answer: 1. What story do you consider was the most significant of 2015 and why? 2. What issue will dominate the news in the U.S. in 2016 and why? (1st Period & 8th period will take The Declaration of Independence - Test) Tuesday: Campaigns from Late 1776-77: Success & Failure W.S. + Patriot Ordeal at Valley Forge. Wednesday: Women Contribute to the War Effort & Africans Americans in the War - Text Book Pages 164, 165 + Questions. The War in the South, 1778-1781 W.S. Thursday: The Battle of Yorktown: The War's End W.S. Make Your Own Silhouette (Colonial Selfie- Project) Due Today. Friday: Patriots Fight the Revolutionary War W.S. - U.S. Atlas Activity. * Junior Scholastic , Dec. 14th issue Quiz Wizard  and Patriots of the American Revolution W.S. are  due on Monday, January 11th.