Over the past two weeks, students in Team 8-1 American History have been investigating the growth of cities during the nineteenth century. Students have also examined the inventions of the cotton gin, power loom, spinning jenny, and others that changed American manufacturing and influenced the factory system. In addition, students were provided information on early transportation (turnpikes, canals, corduroy roads, etc.) and the social/cultural aspects of nineteenth century cities. Students were then challenged to design an accurate nineteenth century city with a group of their peers. The project included certain requirements of the city and also contained a technological aspect. Students used the Aurasma application to feature augmented reality within their city design. Students also used Photo-Shop to create their own images for their projects. Please take the time to view some of the great work that students created in the pictures below! This past week, students began to investigate the Jackson Era and Jacksonian Democracy. Andrew Jackson is a very polarizing figure within American History, and students have spent the past several days becoming more acquainted with the early life of “Old Hickory”. Students used the Ed Puzzle application to view two videos: the Election of 1824/ The Corrupt Bargain and an overview of Andrew Jackson as President. In addition, students read an article titled The Nine Lives of Andrew Jackson to become more informed of Jackson’s combative nature. Congratulations to all 8th grade students for completing PSSA Testing this week!
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