Educating Excellence: Mrs. Hancock's Website
Follow the excellence
  • Home
    • About Me
    • Blog
    • Calendars
    • General Resources >
      • For Students
      • For Teachers
    • Skills Support for All Classes
    • Teachers Websites and Wikis
  • MSU
  • 8th grade SMS
    • Article of the Week (AoW)
    • Class Blogs >
      • Advisory Blog
      • Period 1 SS Blog
      • Period 2 SS Blog
      • Period 4 SS Blog
      • Period 5 SS Blog
      • Period 7 SS Blog
    • Curriculum and Daily Lessons >
      • Unit 1: First People and Exploration 2016
      • Unit 2: Colonialism and Independence 2016
      • Unit 3: The American Revolution 2016
      • Unit 4: Constitution & Early Republic 2016
      • Unit 5: Expansion and Reform
      • Socratic Seminar
      • Yearlong Timeline
    • 8th grade Yearlong Projects
  • NHD
  • Past Classes and Curriculum
    • Reading Junior Scholastic Online... Speech to Text Tip!
    • 7A Social Studies: Sacajawea Falcons >
      • Ancient Rome
      • Byzantine Empire and Religion
      • Disclosure Document
      • Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution and Exploration
      • Middle Ages
      • National History Day
      • Native American Societies
      • Renaissance and Reformation
      • WINGS Cultural Fair
      • World History Timeline and ZINE
    • 6th grade Social Studies at KMCP >
      • Unit 6: Ancient Europe
    • 7th grade Social Studies (from Delta MS) >
      • Unit 1: Personal Finance
      • Unit 2: Africa
      • Unit 3: Middle East
      • Unit 4: SE Asia and Australia
      • Unit 5: Central Asia
      • Unit 7: Europe Today
      • Final Project: House of Wax
    • 8th grade Social Studies (from Delta MS) >
      • Unit 1: Personal Finance
      • Unit 2: Colonialsim
      • Unit 3: Revolution
      • Unit 4: Constitution
      • Unit 5: S.S. Skills
      • Unit 6: National History Day >
        • National History Day Examples
      • Unit 7: Growth and Expansion
      • Unit 8: Civil War
      • Unit 9: Reconstruction
    • FOCUS Class (from Delta MS)
    • Resources For Students
  • Washington DC Field Lesson
    • Scavenger Hunt
    • Writing Representatives
  • Professional Portfolio
    • Professional Resume
    • Letters of Recommendation
    • In the Media

8th grade SMS

Below is a link to our SMS school website if you want to access PowerSchool or the Library site.

SMS School Website

Social Studies Expecatations and Disclosure Document

Click this link for the full document then please check out your class blog and post your answer to the prompt or email me privately.  Do not hesitate to get in touch with me about questions or concerns.  I look forward to a great year!

Tentative Syllabus: August - Dec. 2016

Resources

The online textbook link is: http://glencoe.com/ose/ 
Use the ACCESS/ CLASS CODE: See Mrs. H

Our New York Time's Upfront Subscription is: http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/11_02_15
The website link to log in is: see Mrs. H
​It will say "welcome Mr. Lundy's class" but that is okay because we share this resource with them :)

EBSCO
http://library.bsd7.org/common/servlet/presenthomeform
ID: mtlib_2_1120                     Password: see Mrs. H
How to access:
  1. On the left side of the screen under “Data Bases and Research”, click on “Data Bases A-Z.”
  2. Scroll down until you find “EbscoHost” and click on it.
  3. Click on “Middle Search Plus.”
  4. In the top middle of the screen, you will see a box that you can type in; type in the topic you are searching for and click on “search.”
  5. Click on the article title that you are interested in looking at.

World Book Online, http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/home  
ID: Sacajawea            Password: see Mrs. H
This website is the most updated online version of the World Book encyclopedia.  A GREAT place to start for research – it includes links to other websites, book recommendations.  It also has maps, primary sources, and world newspapers.  Finally it gives the option to listen to the text and save articles to a research folder.

Below are pictures from past years. As we make memories this year I will add more pictures! Enjoy!

If you're having trouble remembering Social Studies ideas don't worry ... you're not alone... also this class will focus less on memorization and more on creating your own interpretation of United States history :)

Thank you to my professor for sharing these videos with me (January 2016).
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.