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