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Handy links to use.
Back to Mr. Robbins' home page.
Email Mr. Robbins
If you are trying to email me from a computer where you do not have a webmail account, copy and paste the above linked address into your email program.
The Online Textbook
Quiz Star
The Library of Congress
Presentation Rubric
Class starter handouts
Syllabus and Rules
Emergency supplies
Please, use these only if needed occasionally.
Lined paper
Graph paper
Before registering for any web tools, I strongly suggest you read my guidelines.
Click here to read them.
Web tools for your use
Easel.ly
This is a very handy and simple poster creation tool that includes some pretty sophisticated tools.
thenounproject.com
This may be the largest selection of clip art on the web - and it's free.
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This is the web site for U.S. History 8-1 from Mr. Robbins at Madison Junior High School.
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Announcements
Beware the Superlative Demon!
Oldest, best, most, first, worst
– you get the idea.
We live in a society obsessed with extremes. Not only can this focus thwart deeper learning, it can cause us to misunderstand and ignore some very, very important facts and truths.
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Here's a happy and motivational little tool to start your day. And it is a primary source from colonial times.
If you want to download a full size copy that you can tape to your mirror to
help you get your morning started, click here.
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Assignments
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| The Course Assessment |
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Quiz Star |
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Nov. 29 |
| One, The Peopling of the Americas |
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Dec. 2 |
Journal Items
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Remember -
- We read and summarize a reading selection for your journal every day.
- You will submit your journal entries from each week Friday. Please, submit only the items for that week each Friday.
- You will keep your journal entries on 8 1/2" x 11" three hole punch paper.
- When your journal entries are returned, keep them in your class binder.
The links to the journal entries we use for each day are found in the right hand column of this table. There are also extra copies of the articles from each day in the blue out box.
If you want to see an example of how your journals should be formatted, click here.
To view the PowerPoint about plagiarism and journal entries we used at the beginning of class, click here.
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Weekly Vocabulary
For the week ending 12/3
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Link to the Daily Article
For the week ending 12/3
11/30 Selections from the Inter Catera, 1493
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