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Monday- Snow day, no school

Tuesday- Test tomorrow and Thursday

Dollar Diplomacy(Latin America)- President Taft

• Using the US government to guarantee loans to foreign countries by US banks and businesses
• Economic imperialism- Take control of areas economy

Monday-

We discussed forum posts. 

• Dollar Diplomacy-President Taft
  • Using the US government to guarantee loans to foreign countries by US banks and businesses
  • Economic imperialism
  • US banks were in control of many businesses in Latin American
  • US said it was

Monday- no school

Tuesday- 

Chapter 10.4- America As A World Power

• Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency
  • Assumed Presidency after McKinley was killed
  • Roosevelt the Peacemaker
    • Ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905
    • Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts
    • Panama Canal
    • R

Monday- No school

Tuesday- 

Dollar Diplomacy-President Taft

• Using the US government to guarantee loans to foreign countries by US banks and business
• Economic Imperialism-kinda go in and take it over
• US banks were in control of many

President Woodrow Wilson

Monday- Snow Day (No school)

Tuesday- Chapter 10 Section 4

Dollar Diplomacy- President Taft

• Using the IS government to guarantee loans to foreign countries by US banks and businesses
• Economic imperialism
• US banks were in control of many businesses in Lati

Monday- no school

Tuesday- finished notes

Dollar Diplomacy- President Taft

• Using the government to guarantee loans to foreign countries by US banks and businesses
• Economic Imperialism
• US banks were in control of many businesses in Latin America
• US said it

Monday: No School (bad weather conditions)

Tuesday: Forum post leaders briefed us in on their topics... We continued notes on chapter 10... Chapters 9 and 10 Test tomorrow

Wednesday: Test

Thursday: Test

Friday: Test 

Notes:

Chapter 10-4

• Dollar Diplomacy-Pre

Monday- no school

Tuesday- 

Radical Islam

• Islam
  • based on submitting to the will of God
  • they follow the prophet Muhammad
    • Angel Gabriel appeared for 20 years
    • Left Mecca for 8 years
    • Returned with army to turn the area into Islam
    • Arabian peninsula was 100% Islam

 Monday-

We went over forum posts. We went over the Europe maps and the included islands. 

Radical Islam-

Radical Islam

• Islam
  • Based on submitting to will of God
  • Prophet of Muhammad
  • Believe in a sing God- Allah
  • Quran is their bible
• Muhammad
  • Angel Gabriel appear

Mon:

No School (snow day)

Tue:

Radical Islam

- radical groups : ISIS, Al Qaeda

ISIS views

- Sunni - The tradition in this case refers to practices based on precedent or reports of the actions of the prophet 

- shia - claimed the right of Ali, the son in law

Monday - Snow day!!!

Tuesday - Reviewed for test tomorrow and Thursday. 

Wednesday - We tested on Chapter 9-1 & 9-2. We test tomorrow over Chapter 9-3 & 9-4. May start the beginning of Chapter 10.

Thursday - We tested on Chapter 9 sections 4 &5. We also

Monday- No school

Tuesday- Forum Post leaders shared their two stories. Mr Bruns talked about Muslims more in depth We watched a video on Islam by crash course history.

Wednesday- Took our Europe map 

Thursday- We worked on our South America maps. 

Biodi

Tuesday-

Semester Test:

• Given topic (tell as much as you can about the topic)
• Most likely a group test with some individual testing

Weekly blog and forum replies due December 15th

STUDY EUROPE MAP

ISIS-

Difference between Sunni and Shia:

Sunni- The tradition

Monday- SNOW DAY!!!!!

Tuesday- Went over the European Islands (I have already gotten 100% on the test). Semester Test schedule is linked on this website so check it out! Should know basic things about each problem presented from our issue problems (wh

Monday - Today we had no school because of the bad weather. Enjoy the snow day!

Tuesday - Welcome back from the five day weekend! Today we talked about the new weekly forum posts and discussed the new arrangements for weekly comments. We will extend t

Notes....

Monday- No school snow day
Tuesday- Presentations 
Wednesday- Map Tests
Thursday- Last of the Map Tests, presentations.
Friday- Presentations 

Monday there was no school due to weather. Wednesday will be our big map test over Europe.

Current Events:

• Mass shooting in California. Husband wife combo. 16 killed

Child Labor

Something that deprives them from their childhood, can be harmful to their m

11/30/15

No School

12/1/15

Went over the maps

and did presations

12/2/15

Took the test

12/3/15 

Finsihed the teset 

and i presented

12/4/15

Went over the maps and listened to a sketchy song

This test is worth 100 points and 16% of your Semester grade.

First Semester:

1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Choose your top five. (10 points)-Chapters 1-4

2.

Monday- NO SCHOOL

Tuesday- Dollar diplomacy-

• Economic imperialism. 
• US banks were in control of many businesses in Latin America. 

We took over mining, railroads, agriculture, oil. (took over in diplomacy

Pancho Villa

• He wanted americans to control Mexican