Greetings Albert students and families!
For the remainder of this week, students will be concluding their studies on Westward Expansion, New Inventions, Territories, and reform movements such as Abolition and Suffrage.
There will be a unit test for students on this topic on Tuesday 3/15/16. Students will have a study guide completed in class to help them prepare for this assessment.
For any additional review, please feel free to refer to some of the games on solpass.org!
The password on the website when prompted is "richmond" and use the drop down box to find any RPS middle school when told to do so.
Beginning on Wednesday 3/16/16, we begin covering the Civil War! It's an exciting topic that is rich in Virginia and Richmond's history.
For further enhancement of your child's knowledge, feel free to refer your child to this web page on history.com:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/us-inches-closer-to-war
Students and parents can anticipate coverage of the following topics on the following days:
3/16/16
Causes of civil war (USI.9a)
3/18/16
States rights and issues of slavery (USI.9b)
3/22/16
Identification of Union, Confederate, and Border states (USI.9c)
3/24/16
Important leaders of the Civil War including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Frederick Douglass, Stonewall Jackson (USI.9d)
Students can also refer to Brainpop for additional information and interactive quizzes also!
Reminder that the log in information is as follows
username: rpschools
password: richmondpub1
Causes of the Civil War
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilwarcauses/
Events of the Civil War
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilwar/
The Underground Railroad
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/undergroundrailroad/
Frederick Douglass
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/frederickdouglass/'
Abraham Lincoln
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/abrahamlincoln/
Thank you for your time! Feel free to contact me for anything at all in regards to your child's progress at cmazella@richmond.k12.va.us or via phone at 804-780-6107.
