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=Ms Whitaker's 8th Grade American History=

Welcome to our class wiki page. This will be a place where we can link to sources for our class and discuss some of the questions we may not have time to do in class.

**Assignment on What to Study in History for the Remainder of the Year**

 * Click on the "discussion" tab to go to the discussion page. Reply to the post I've left there for you.**

Assignment on Identifications of People for Chapter 12
See the discussion page for your section to find the directions for posting your homework. This assignment will be a minor grade.

Assignment on Manifest Destiny
1. Read the brief article on [|Manifest Destiny]. (Click on link). You may want to make BRIEF notes on it. I will hold you responsible for its content. 2. After you've read the article, listen to my [|Voicethread] about the picture about Manifest Destiny. (The article referred to in the Voicethread is the one you have just read.) After you have listened to the Voicethread (as many times as you need to), write a brief paragraph (no more than 100 words) in which you respond to the questions I have asked you. Your topic sentence should be the one sentence summary you are asked to write about the meaning of the painting. That will be your claim, and you will support it with details from the painting.

* Who or what does the woman represent? * What is she carrying? * In which direction are all the figures moving? * Study the figures. What would you guess is the occupation of the men in the lower center area of the painting? What is the occupation of the men in the lower right? What point is the artist trying to make with the placement of the figures? * Write one sentence which you believe expresses the overall point of the painting.

3. Click on your section page to write your paragraph about the picture. [|Section 1] [|Section 2] [|Section 3] [|Section 4]