Friday February 8: Curriculum Benchmark Assessment (Cont'd)

Student Objective: Identify the major eras in US History from 1877 to the present and describe their defining characteristics

1.  We are going to continue with the CBA we started yesterday.  You can access the testing site from yesterday's post.

2.  Next week we are going to begin studying post-war tensions in America.  Included in this is a concept known as the Red Scare.  Read this article regarding two Italian immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, to learn how the Red Scare affected their lives.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

• On Monday I am going to give you an opportunity to re-write your essay questions from the WWI test.  Study your notes!  You can gain back 1/2 of your points.