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Mr. Shaffer's Class
This is the class website for Mr. Shaffer's homeroom and social studies classes at John C. Doe High School.
Assignments for the week of Dec. 17th to Dec. 21st.
9th Grade Classes: Write a two page double-spaced essay about the Christmas season during the civil war. Due Dec. 21st.
10th Grade Classes: Write a two page double-spaced essay about the Christmas season during WWI. Due Dec. 21st.
Assignments for Christmas Vacation
9th and 10th Grade Classes. Read the book "The History of Christmas" by Wyatt North and complete the worksheet you've been provided. Don't wait until the last minute to do this, I'll know! Due Jan. 7th.
Important Dates for the Holiday Season
Dec. 20, 2012- Class Holiday Party
Dec. 21, 2012- Last School Day of Semester (get those papers in!)
Dec. 25, 2012- Merry Christmas!
Jan. 1, 2013- Happy New Year!
Jan. 7, 2013- First Day of Spring Semester (vacation assignment due)
Essential links for Mr. Shaffer's social studies classes.
9th Grade Social Studies-U.S. History to 1877
The Americas to 1620
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/americas-1620
Colonial America
Revolutionary War
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/
Antebellum America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2956.html
Civil War
http://www.elibrosen.com/civilwar/
Reconstruction
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
10th Grade Social Studies-1877 to Present
The Guilded Age
http://www.flaglermuseum.us/history/gilded-age
The Populist Era
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/eleanor-progressive/
World War I
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
The Great Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-great-depression/
World War II
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/