Mr. Pax - 8th Grade Pathfinder Social Studies
U.S. History
U.S. History
Getting Started for 2015-16!
2nd Semester Weekly Lesson Plans
What is a Flipped Classroom?
Unit 13: Civil War Document Center
Unit 13: Civil War Video Vault
First Call/Reveille
Taps
The Civil War: Introduction
The Civil War: 1861
The Civil War: 1862
The Civil War: 1863
The Civil War: 1864
The Civil War: 1865
Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
Taps
The Civil War: Introduction
The Civil War: 1861
The Civil War: 1862
The Civil War: 1863
The Civil War: 1864
The Civil War: 1865
Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
Unit 12: Causes of the Civil War Document Center
Unit 12: Causes of the Civil War Video Vault
Causes of CW, Part 1 Video Lecture
Causes of CW, Part 2 Video Lecture (Taped in front of a live audience)
Unit 11: North & South Document Center
Africans in America, The Terrible Transformation: Freedom Denied, PBS article on how slavery shifted from indentured servitude to slavery based on race in America.
Follow the North Star Field Trip
Below are lessons and information you will need for our field trip to Follow the North Star at Conner Prairie on April 21st.
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This Media is not printable.
Unit 11: North & South Video Vault
Unit 11: North & South: Slave Laws video lecture
Unit 11: North & South: The South & Slavery video lecture
Unit 11: North & South: The North and the Industrial Revolution
Mill Times - PBS Documentary
Lowell Mill Girls
Unit 10: Age of Reform Document Center
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Unit 10: Age of Reform Video Vault
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Unit 9: Manifest Destiny Document Center
Unit 9: Manifest Destiny Video Vault
12.1 Oregon & 12.2 Texas Video Lecture
12.3 Mexican War & 12.4 CA/UT
Unit 8: Unity, Sectionalism & Jackson Document Center
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Unit 8: Unity, Sectionalism & Jackson Video Vault
The Life of Andrew Jackson by History Channel
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 and Part 10
Monroe, JQ Adams & Jackson Era Preview
Monroe Doctrine, History Channel
Unit 7: A New Republic Document Center
Below are download-able and printable resources for the classroom.
Unit 7: A New Republic Video Vault
The Real George Washington by NatGeoTV (Commercials)
Print off this worksheet for the video.
The Adams Presidency by Disney Ed.
XYZ Affair Cartoon
The Election of 1800(and you thought 2012 was bad?)
Unit 7: A New Republic: Washington & Adams online lecture
Unit 7: A New Republic: Jefferson Era online lecture
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West by National Geographic
View and complete this worksheet.
Hamilton v. Burr Duel Video Clip
First Invasion: War of 1812 by the History Channel
View and complete this worksheet.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 and Part 9
Patriot Day - Nov. 20th
Click here for making your own tricorn hat for Patriot Day
Below are pictures of past students dressed in Colonial attire for Patriot Day.
Below are pictures of past students dressed in Colonial attire for Patriot Day.
Constitutional Convention 1787
Below you will find resources for our Constitutional Convention Role Play
Unit 6: Our Government Document Center
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Unit 6: Our Government Video Vault
Unit 6, Part 1: Articles, Shay's, & NW Ordinance video lecture
Unit 6, Part 2: Convention & Ratification video lecture
School House Rock - Preamble of the Constitution
School House Rock - I'm Just a Bill, Three Ring Government
The Game Room
Unit 5: Revolution Document Center
Below, you will find down-loadable, printable resources for class.
Unit 5: Revolution Video Vault
Unit 5: Revolution: Americans Struggle (video lecture, part 1)
Unit 5: Revolution: Independence is Won! (video lecture, part2)
America: The Story of US: Revolution (in class video)
Vote Here!!!
Click here to see the Pathfinder YLI Mock Election Results!!!
Click here to see the official Electoral College Map!!!
Click here to see the official Electoral College Map!!!
Politically, Who Am I?
Click here to take the world's smallest political quiz to see where you land on the ideology spectrum.
Electoral College
Make Your Own Electoral Prediction!!
Click here to make predictions of the 2012 Electoral race and compare your results to expert political analysts. Print off your results and enter the classroom competition to see who comes closest to the actual results on Nov. 7th.
Click here to make predictions of the 2012 Electoral race and compare your results to expert political analysts. Print off your results and enter the classroom competition to see who comes closest to the actual results on Nov. 7th.
Unit 4: Rebellion Document Center
Below, you will find down-loadable resources for class.
High Cigarette Taxes Cause Widespread Smuggling
High Cigarette Taxes Cause Widespread Smuggling
2nd Continental Congress Role Play
Below are the downloadable materials you will need for the simulation:
Unit 4: Rebellion Video Vault
Unit 4: Rebellion: Taxation & Petition video lecture
Unit 4: Rebellion: Resistance & Independence video lecture
(Not HD quality...sorry
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America: The Story of US: Rebels
The Sugar Act of 1764
It's Too Late to Apologize YouTube parody for the Declaration of Independence
Voting on Lee's Resolution - High treason!
The Stamp Act of 1765
Audio of Paul Rever's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Unit 3: The Colonies Document Center
Below, you will find down-loadable, printable resources for the class.
Jamestown Online Adventure - play the game, screen shot your results and direct message it to me via Edmodo
"The Starving Time" by George Percy (Warning: graphic)
"Little Speech on Liberty" by John Winthrop
"Letter to the Town of Providence" by Roger Williams
Jamestown Online Adventure - play the game, screen shot your results and direct message it to me via Edmodo
"The Starving Time" by George Percy (Warning: graphic)
"Little Speech on Liberty" by John Winthrop
"Letter to the Town of Providence" by Roger Williams
Unit 3: The Colonies Video Vault
Unit 3: Birth of the Colonies video lecture
Unit 3: Growth of the Colonies video lecture
Slave Narrative - Equiano
The War That Made America, part 1
Unit 2: Two Worlds Collide Document Center
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Unit 2: Two Worlds Collide Video Vault
Unit 2: Two Worlds Collide: Native Americans online lecture
Unit 2: Two Worlds Collide: Explorers online lecture
Click here for the documentary: America Before Columbus
Unit 1: Geography Document Center
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Unit 1: Geography Video Vault
Textbook Online Resources
Click on the link below to view the DOC file that shows you how to use Glencoe's online resources for our textbook.