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Welcome to 8th Grade
U.S. HistoryMr. Hughes
Current Events (Set 34) 1. “Mass. Jury Sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Death
by Lethal Injection in Boston Marathon Bombing Trial.” No remorse, or “I’m sorry”; jury rejects claim that he
was led down the path to terrorism by his older brother.
First execution of a terrorist in the post-9/11 era; He will be on death row at the federal prison in Indiana
Martyr?
Current Event #22. “Citizens Advisory Group Unveils New
Chargers Stadium Proposal at Current Site in Mission Valley.”
No downtown location, or “new taxes,” but $1.4 billion project includes development & park along San Diego River.
Chargers announced that control of team is passing down to Spanos’ grandsons and have also hired a consultant for a stadium in Carson
Here's how the finances breakdown:
Charger: $300 millionNFL: $200 million
City Stadium Fund: $121 millionCounty Stadium Fund: $121 million
Personal Seat Licenses: $60 million ($120 million total - split evenly with the Chargers)
Chargers Rent: $173 millionSDSU Annual Rent: $21.6 millionBowl Games Rent: $21.6 million
Developer Purchase (sale of 75 acres at $3 million an acre): $225 millionTicket Surcharge: $84.7 million
Chargers Parking & Surcharge: $26 million
Additional funding sources stadium is expected to generate: $50 million
Current Event #32. “Social Media Precedent: President
Obama’s Twitter Account Breaks Record for Fastest 1 Million Followers.”
First Tweet, “Hello, Twitter, It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account @POTUS.”
It took less than five hours to reach 1 million followers; it took Robert Downey Jr., 23 hours
Current Event #44. “Biker Brawl: Rival Motorcycle Gangs
Clash in Waco, Texas: 9 Dead, 18 Wounded, 170 Arrested.”
Parking lot dispute between the Cossacks and the Bandidos escalated a long-running territorial feud.
Police found 318 weapons at shooting scene (Twin Peaks restaurant)….guns, knives, body armor, & an AK-47
Current Event #55. “Dallas Hunter who Paid $350,000 Kills
Endangered Black Rhino in Controversial Hunt in Namibia, Africa.”
Conservation? He claims he’s helping save the species by removing an older, aggressive, bad DNA male from herd.
Money from permit goes towards anti-poaching efforts in Africa; rhino meat was given to a local village
Corey Knowlton
Gettysburg Address sent as a Tweet….
Civil War GraphsDue: Friday 5/22
NORTH
SOUTH
Union Confederacy
If you use markerinstead of coloredpencil, make surethe Ink doesn’t bleed through
Cross-Dressers of the Civil War
History Standard: 8.10
Open Mind: Lincoln’s Brain
1. What would Abraham Lincoln be saying to himself?
2. What would he be thinking? 3. Fill his mind with thoughts & images….
– You can write phrases / expressions– You can draw images– You can include both words & pictures– Minimum 5 ideas
Standard: 8.10
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“four score…”
A house divided
1809-1865
Civil War Newspaper 1. Choose 1 Civil War battle or event 2. Choose 1 Civil War person (civilian or soldier) 3. Write a brief article about each one 4. Draw an illustration representing each (with captions). 5. The event and person don’t have to be connected (ie.,
Clara Barton & Gettysburg, or Stonewall Jackson & Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln & Siege at Vicksburg)
Today’s History Standard is 8.10
Museum Project: 6/1/15
History Standard: 8.10
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