Presidents Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison

Corrie.S.P. History Grade 8 Lesson: 85 4/24/2023 Writing Assignment: Write a two-to-three-page paper on one of this week’s main history events: James Garfield was born in Ohio in 1831. He grew up poor and had to work his way through college. After graduating Williams College in 1856, he entered republican politics. He served in the Civil

Industrial Giants

Corrie.S.P. History Grade 8 Lesson: 90 4/25/2023 Writing Assignment: Write a two-to-three-page paper on this week’s main history topic, the Industrial Age in America. Be sure to include what you learned about these men: 1. Cornelius Vanderbilt 2. John D. Rockefeller 3. Andrew Carnegie 4. J.P. Morgan 5. Henry Ford Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in

Indian Wars

Corrie.S.P. History Grade 8 Lesson: 80 4/17/2023 Writing Assignment: Write a two-to-three-page paper on one of this week’s main history events: 1. Reconstruction 2. The terms of presidents Johnson, Grant, and Hayes 3. The Indian Wars in the West Before talking about the wars, we have to discuss what caused them and why. To start,

Confederate and Union Generals

Corrie.S.P. History Grade 8 Lesson: 75 4/17/2023 Writing Assignment: Choose two generals from each side of the war. Write a 3-page paper on their lives, comparing their character and careers. Well, to start off I will have to compare the two leading generals from opposing sides of the war. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S.

Civil War Battles

Corrie.S.P. History Grade 8 Lesson: 70 4/13/2023 Writing Assignment: Write a 3–5-page paper summarizing your favorite parts of this week’s lessons and what you found most interesting about studying the American Civil War. Here is an overview of some of the major Civil War battles and a few facts about them. Thanks for reading! Please

Kansas-Nebrraska Act, and John Brown

Corrie.S.P. History Grade 8 Lesson: 65 4/11/2023 Writing Assignment: Write a two-to-three-page paper on one of the following topics: 1. Kansas-Nebraska Act and John Brown’s Rebellion 2. Abraham Lincoln 3. Beginning of Civil War Before the Kansas-Nebraska act was made, the Missouri compromise of 1820 said that the states would be divided into slave and

Washington D.C.

History Review Lesson: 45 2/14/2023 Writing Assignment: Write a two-to-three-page paper on one of the following topics: Summarize the history of one of the following topics discussed this week: 1. History of Washington D.C.2. James Madison3. The War of 1812 Washington D.C. has not always been the capital of America. Before the capital was established, two