LES Young Historians Celebrate Plaque Day 2016

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Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year.
Social Studies Newsletter
newsletter_newsletter_2018.pdf

1920's Presentations & Performances 
Friday March 29th, 2019

Prohibition & Al Smith
www.pbs.org/video/prohibition-hyperpartisan-politics-two-americas/

Alfred E Smith Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA3Bs-I0dS0

Prohibition Article 
basic.newspapers.com/image/174367564/

Brooklyn Eagle
basic.newspapers.com/

1920's Project Outline (Please pay attention to dates)
img049.pdf

U.S. Imperialism 
us_imperialism_and_other_european_powers.pdf
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Causes and Effects of the Spanish American War
slideplayer.com/slide/7282566

World War 1 ( Khan Academy)
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-hist/world-war-i-tutorial/v/the-great-war-begins

World War I Propaganda
lindblomeagles.org/ourpages/auto/2013/4/3/61506092/WWI%20propaganda%20Posters.pdf

World War I Posters
www.loc.gov/free-to-use/wwi-posters/?loclr=fbloc%3Floclr%3Dfbloc&fbclid=IwAR24LEvvIQkTy9OU69vP6jYibq8-JQRFok2oabqcbugjhKvaEeTDu7AHwPQ

World War One Songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hRDS3LvQQ (Over There)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=71smG5d29to (Oh How I Hate to Get Up In The Morning)
chapter_4-_the_famous__bowery__thorough_.docx

Brain-pop on WWI (Review)
www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/worldwari/

The Treaty of Versailles 
img040.pdf

U.S. Imperialism 
us_imperialism_informational_text.pdf

FDR Speech
historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/
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​Social Studies Passport 8th grade curriculum 
​(our units of study for this school year)

Unit 2
www.weteachnyc.org/media2016/filer_public/1e/88/1e88cd58-4d5c-425e-91ed-7212859e5ba4/grade_8_unit_2_-_web.pdf

Unit 3
​www.weteachnyc.org/media2016/filer_public/85/f0/85f02936-7fdd-4431-b188-51daf24dd9cc/grade_8_unit_3_v11_web.pdf

Unit 4
www.weteachnyc.org/media2016/filer_public/54/31/5431c3ad-1e2f-43d6-821c-2ce56e7f9147/grade_8_unit_4.pdf
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Unit 5
www.weteachnyc.org/media2016/filer_public/4d/25/4d259846-6389-428d-a3c5-a1dc9316f97c/grade_8_unit_5.pdf

Unit 6
www.weteachnyc.org/media2016/filer_public/6d/a0/6da0e05f-01f7-48bb-ac1d-c7f51b82c26e/grade_8_unit_6.pdf
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Newest Article on the LES Young Historians:
www.uft.org/feature-stories/history-their-own-backyard


Responses to use in our community
(click link) discussion_al_anchor_charts.doc
​Excellent Resource for learning
www.gothamcenter.org/

DBQ Anchor Papers
anchor_papers_dbq.pdf