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=What the Candidates Believe=





===8th Grade U S History Curriculum covers from the arrival of the Native Americans to 1877. In my classes I provide activities to help history come alive for my students. For example, we put Christopher Columbus on trial for the crimes committed against the Native Americans, we pull out cotton seeds from cotton bolls to experience what the slaves on cotton plantations did for daily work, we hold a classroom constitutional convention and write our own constitution. These are just some of the simulations and activities that we do in my class. I also try to think of creative lessons and games to make history interesting for my students.===

===We will also talk daily about current events culminating every Friday when the students will write a two paragraph current event log and have a current event quiz. Through the course of the year, students will also read a biography or autobiography of a United State Historical figure, write a personal history, learn how their immigrant ancestors came to the United States, make a historical imovie presentation that will be posted on youtube, complete an oral history assessment, and several other writing assignments. Writing goes hand in hand with History and is a necessary skill to master in every history class.===