Humanities 2014

Do your best to answer the following questions...
Name (optional): 


  1. Grade the following ways to remember information...


          A B C D F    
      Using mnemonic devices to remember the states...   
      Using songs to remember information... Preamble...   
      Using iconic pictures to remember the British Taxes and Acts Foldable... made British Acts and Taxes Book...   
      Using quia to study for tests and quizzes...   
      Using movies to enhance understanding of concepts, culture, and history...   
      Using shocking methods... to learn history... "Boom... shot heard 'round the World."   


  1. Packets that go along with the notes and text book...
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Powerpoints...
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Which project was your favorite?

        1 2 3
    American Revolution Facebook Project  
    Manifest Destiny Big Map Project  
    Civil War ABC Book  


  1. Grade the following...


          A B C D F    
      Mr. Kelly's Singing...   
      Mr. Kelly's Jokes...   
      Mr. Kelly's twisted history stories...   
      Mr. Kelly's bald spot (I know that it's hardly visible...)   


  1. Which unit was your favorite? Which unit was your least favorite?

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Jacksonville Unit  
    French and Indian War Unit  
    British Acts and Taxes and Massacres and Tea Party Unit  
    American Revolution Unit  
    Constitution Unit  
    Westward Expansion Unit  
    Civil War Unit  
    Geography Unit  


  1. 1776 -- Sit Down John (Adams)... Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin... Story of the Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence...

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Facebook Project on the American Revolution People...

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. The following events have had an impact on American and World History... Select how strongly you agree with each event's impact...

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Founding of Jacksonville Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Declaration of Independence Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Shot heard 'round the World Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Battle of Quebec... French and Indian War Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Battle of Yorktown... Revolution Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Battle of Saratoga... Revolution Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Battle of Cold Harbor Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Battle of Gettysburg Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Emancipation Proclamation Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Gettysburg Address Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Corps of Discovery... Lewis and Clark Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Young Washington standing up to the French at Duquesne Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Boston Massacre Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Boston Tea Party Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Indian Removal Act Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      The Alamo... Texan Independence Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Manifest Destiny Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Underground Railroad Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Picnickers at Bull Run Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Siege of Vicksburg Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Antietam Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Mormon Trail Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  


  1. Which Jacksonville Walking Tour stop was your favorite?

        1 2 3 4 5
    Mr. DeGroot's presentation at Beecher Hall  
    Touring Governor Duncan Mansion  
    Mrs. Mallory Welch's Architectural Tour down State Street  
    Talcott House Tour with Mr. Kelly  
    Strawn Art Gallery Tour  


  1. Which song was your favorite?

        1 2 3 4 5
    Too Late to Apologize... Jefferson and Franklin video  
    The Preamble... Schoolhouse Rock...  
    Songs from 1776...  
    Mr. Kelly's beautiful singing...  
    I'm Just a Bill  


  1. Civil War Day...

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Which of the following activities would be your favorite to obtain information on each unit?

        1 2 3
    Answer questions in the text about the reading...  
    Do the packets that go along with the reading...  
    Take notes about the reading from overhead...  


  1. Constitution Unit and Test...

    1 2 3 4 5


  1. How good of a leader were each of the following?


            1 2 3 4 5      
      Benjamin Franklin Excellent  Poor  
      George Washington Excellent  Poor  
      King George III Excellent  Poor  
      Andrew Jackson Excellent  Poor  
      Thomas Jefferson Excellent  Poor  
      Ulysses S. Grant Excellent  Poor  
      William Tecumseh Sherman Excellent  Poor  
      Lewis and Clark Excellent  Poor  
      Abraham Lincoln Excellent  Poor  
      Benedict Arnold Excellent  Poor  
      George McClellan Excellent  Poor  
      Stonewall Jackson Excellent  Poor  
      Sacagawea Excellent  Poor  
      Robert E. Lee Excellent  Poor  
      Jefferson Davis Excellent  Poor  
      Henry Clay Excellent  Poor  
      Patrick B. Kelly Excellent  Poor  
      Miss Roegge Excellent  Poor  
      Jonathan B. Turner Excellent  Poor  
      Governor Duncan Excellent  Poor  


  1. Class discussions in general...
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Glory -- Civil War and the 54th Massachusetts

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Manifest Destiny Big Map Project...

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Which Civil War Day Activity was your favorite?

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    Albert Cashier... Civil War woman soldier  
    Marching and drilling with Mr. Richards  
    General Grierson's Trivia and Civil War Firsts  
    Civil War Dancing with Mrs. Hickox  
    Civil War Music with Mr. Burchard and Band  
    Civil War Crafts with Mrs. Mallory Welch  
    Civil War Cooking on campfire with Mrs. Kuhn and Mrs. Cole  


  1. April Morning -- Solomon Chandler and the Shot heard round the world... American Revolution

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor


  1. Walking Tour in the Jacksonville Unit

      1 2 3 4 5  
    Excellent   Poor





Mr. Kelly
7th Grade Humanities -- Team Integrity
Jonathan B. Turner Jr. High
Jacksonville, IL