2019-2020 Social Studies Survey

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Please check your favorite units from Social Studies.

History of Jacksonville and Morgan County

French and Indian War

British Acts and Taxes

American Revolution

Constitution

Westward Expansion

Civil War

What were your favorite projects during the school year? Please check all that apply.

	Jacksonville Timeline Project -- Art based with pictures and facts
	French and Indian War Comic Strip about one of the battles -- Art based with pictures and facts
	British Acts and Taxes Google Slide show about the facts of each tax and act
	French and Indian War on a page -- Art based
	American Revolution Project on a battle or person with research and a variety of projects to choose from
	American Revolution T-shirt project expressing an opinion -- given a template of a t shirt you designed a slogan and colorful design
	Constitution Poster Contest
	Westward Expansion Google Slide show on Lewis and Clark describing one of the men on the expedition
	Jacksonville Google Slide Show on an obscure piece of jacksonville history

What were your favorite movies you watched in regards to the Units we studied? I will include some that we did not watch completely in class. Please check all that apply.

	The movie about the French and Indian War,The War that Made America with George Washington and Half King and the Iroquois and Braddock... It was from the History channel
	The Patriot about the American Revolution with Mel Gibson... we watched a few clips.
	The Last of the Mohicans about the French and Indian War... we did not watch
	1776... musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence
	April Morning... About the Shot heard 'round the world... it had Tommy Lee Jones as the overbearing father with his son who wanted to join the war... It also had Solomon Chandler who was the radical patriot leader
	The Schoolhouse Rock videos on the American Revolution, the Preamble, and other topics
	The movie about Lewis and Clark (about 40 minutes long)
	Glory... about the 54th Massachusetts Black Regiment in the Civil War... We did not watch it this year. I sent the trailer.
	Gettysburg... We did not watch it this year either due to quarantine.

Who are your favorite historical people that you studied? Please check all that apply.

	George Washington
	Benjamin Franklin
	Thomas Jefferson
	Jonathan B. Turner
	Abraham Lincoln
	Marquis de Montcalm
	James Wolfe
	Dr. Greene Black
	General Grierson
	James Madison
	Sam Houston
	Meriwether Lewis
	William Clark
	Sacagawea
	York
	King George III
	Marquis de LaFayette
	General Cornwallis
	Paul Revere
	Benedict Arnold
	Francis Marion, The Swamp Fox
	John Burgoyne
	Ethan Allen
	George Rogers Clark
	Horatio Gates
	Robert E. Lee
	U.S. Grant
	General Tecumseh Sherman
	Stonewall Jackson
	Clara Barton
	Dorothea Dix
	Ken Norton
	Jacob Strawn
	Governor Duncan
	Henry Clay
	James K. Polk
	Harriet Beecher Stowe
	John Adams
	Abigail Adams
	Daniel Boone
	Frederick Douglass
	Stephen A. Douglas
	Sojourner Truth
	John Brown
	Dred Scott
	Harriet Tubman

Which events are most memorable in your mind after this year?

	The Stamp Act
	The Boston Massacre
	Half King killing The French Ensign Jumonville
	Washington's surrender at Fort Necessity
	The ambush of Braddock and Washington at the Battle of Monongahela
	Battle Quebec where Wolfe and Montcalm are killed
	The Boston Tea Party
	Signing of the Declaration
	The writing of the Current Constitution and the Preamble
	The sharpshooters taking out Burgoyne's scouts and officers
	The Christmas Night attack of Trenton after the Crossing of the Delaware
	John and Abigail Adams letters back and forth during the Revolution
	Benedict Arnold committing treason
	The Patriot attacks of Lord Cornwallis in the Carolinas
	The Battle of Yorktown
	Any of the battles at Ticonderoga
	The Shot heard round the World at Lexington and then the Patriots attacking along the road back to Boston... We'll sting em all the way to Boston!
	King George laughing at the Olive Branch Petition
	Molly Pitcher helping the Patriots at Monmouth
	Daniel Morgan and his sharpshooters
	Guerilla Warfare of the Patriots
	Three Pronged attack of Saratoga
	Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road
	Lewis and Clark's Adventure
	The Bill of Rights
	The Alamo
	The Gold Rush
	The Great Compromises of Henry Clay and the Balance of Free and Slave
	The picnickers at Bull Run
	The first shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter
	Antietam the bloodiest one day battle in American history
	The Battle of Gettysburg
	The 54th Massachusetts
	Lee surrnders to Grant
	Lincoln's Assassination
	Bunker Hill
	Emancipation Proclamation
	Bleeding Kansas

What things helped you learn the most... Please check all that apply.

	Flash Cards
	Mnemonic devices that help me remember the states, or other facts
	practice quia tests
	The teacher led slide shows illustrating the text
	The art projects
	The writing of essays
	The student created slide show projects
	The movies and clips to illustrate the text

What was your favorite project?

What was your favorite thing that happened in class... not necessarily teaching or learning but it could be?

What was the favorite historical event or battle you learned about?

Who was your favorite historical person we studied this year?

What was your favorite unit we studied?

What was your favorite song from class this year?

How has this class inspired you?

I hope I have taught you to love history, to appreciate, and to learn from history... i have learned much from you. I hope to be a better teacher each year from every class I teach... I will miss you all. What are your last words for me?

Which of the movie clips on Google Classroom look like movies that you would either like to watch again or watch for the first time?

	The War That Made America
	Last of the Mohicans
	April Morning
	1776
	Benedict Arnold
	The Crossing
	The Patriot
	Lewis and Clark... Journey West
	The Alamo
	Glory
	Gettysburg

Did you feel like you learned much this year in Social Studies?
Yes

No

Mr. Kelly

7th Grade Humanities -- Team Integrity

Jonathan B. Turner Jr. High

Jacksonville, IL

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