"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."                                                                                                                   George Santana

History Textbook:  The American Journey

The textbook for the eighth grade social studies class is The American Journey (2003 edition) by Glencoe McGraw-Hill.  The ISBN for the student edition textbook is 0-07-824129-4.  You will need this ISBN to access certain sites within Glencoe McGraw-Hill.

The American Journey internet site is: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/ushistory/taj2003/index.php4

On this website the student can access the following textbook activities:

Chapter Overviews
 What's the chapter about?

Student Web Activities
 Use the Web to learn more about U.S. history.

Self-Check Quizzes
 Quiz yourself on chapter objectives.

Interactive Tutor
 Challenge yourself by solving puzzles for every chapter.

You can also access the The American Journey student textbook at the above internet site.  To access the student textbook the student must enter the User Name and the Password.  Each student has been given the User Name and the Password.

To open the The American Journey student textbook you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.  You can install Adobe Reader free from the following internet site:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

History PowerPoint Notes

To view the powerpoint presentations you must have powerpoint or powerpoint viewer on your computer.  If you do not have powerpoint capabilities on your computer, you can download powerpoint viewer free of charge from Microsoft.  To download powerpoint viewer click here on powerpoint viewer.

• Studying History

• Age of Exploration

• American Colonization

• Geography

Social Studies Internet Sites:

Library of Congress:  http://www.loc.gov

The White House (U.S. President):  http://www.whitehouse.gov

The U.S. House of Representatives:  http://www.house.gov

The U.S. Senate:  http://www.senate.gov

Illinois Governor:  http://www.illinois.gov

Illinois General Assembly:  http://www.ilga.gov

American History Class Outline and Classroom Times