8th--Grade Topic 4 Test (if necessary), Begin Topic 5 Society and Culture Before the Civil War, Lesson 1: The Industrial Revolution with Reading Support.
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "discuss how the environment affected the expansion of agriculture, population, cities, and empires in the Andean region," they will "explain how the Incan empire gained an maintained power over people and territories," and they will "describe the chief Incan achievements in engineering and the arts."
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “identify Africa’s chief geographical regions and natural resources,” they will “describe the impact that ironworking and the gold-salt trade had on West Africa,” they will “explain how the environment affected the development and expansion of Ghana,” and they will “identify factors that allowed Ghana to create a powerful empire.”
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "explain how work changed between 1800 and 1850," they will "compare what family life was like in different regions of the country between 1800 and 1850," they will "identify the impact of the Industrial Revolution on working conditions, social class, and daily life," and they will "describe how technological change affected the economy of the North."
Homework for Wednesday Night: 7th--Topic 6, Lesson 3: Active Journal Quick Activity Write a Song page 149 due Friday, 8th--Topic 5 Active Journal Society and Culture Before the Civil War Preview #1 page 120 due Friday.