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Grade Level 8

History and Social Studies:

8.12.4  Discuss entrepreneurs, industrialists, and bankers in politics,
commerce, and industry (e.g., Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Leland Stanford

Literature and Language Arts:

Writing Strategies
1.1 Create compositions that establish a controlling impression, have a coherent thesis, and end with a clear and well-supported conclusion.
1.2 Establish coherence within and among paragraphs through effective transitions, parallel structures, and similar writing techniques.
1.3 Support theses or conclusions with analogies, paraphrases, quotations, opinions from authorities, comparisons, and similar devices.

Research and Technology
1.4 Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches by using computer networks and modems.
1.5 Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original ideas.
Evaluation and Revision
1.6 Revise writing for word choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions between paragraphs, passages, and ideas.

Writing Application
2.3 Write research reports:
a. Define a thesis.
b. Record important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from significant information sources and paraphrase and summarize all perspectives on the topic, as appropriate.
c. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources and distinguish the nature and value of each.
d. Organize and display information on charts, maps, and graphs.

2.4 Write persuasive compositions:
a. Include a well-defined thesis (i.e., one that makes a clear and knowledgeable judgment).
b. Present detailed evidence, examples, and reasoning to support arguments, differentiating between facts and opinion.
c. Provide details, reasons, and examples, arranging them effectively by anticipating and answering reader concerns and counterarguments.

Analyzing text
Critical thinking
Cause and effect
Persuasive Writing
Making inference
Visual analysis
Research
September 5, 2006

Introduction
Background for the Teacher
Guiding Questions
Learning Opportunities
Assessment
Guided Discussion Questions
Instructional Plan
Materials Needed
Groupings
Checking for Student Understanding
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Closure
Extention
English Learners
G.A.T.E. Students

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Graphic Organizer for research (blackline master) | Word
Writing Prompt (blackline master) | Word
Persuasive Rubric | Word
Research Rubric | Word
Pre/post test (blackline master) | Word
Vocabulary review | Word
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Reference List | Word

Wikipedia – John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Leland Stanford – Wikipedia
Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford
Andrew Carnegie – Wikipedia
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution

February 22, 2007
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The Miller Family | 3rd Grade Level
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3rd Grade the Miller Family/Post Test

   
The first teacher in Riverside was…
Marion Miller.
Isabella Miller.
Alice Miller.
Allis Miller.
   
The name Frank Miller’s first hotel was…
The Mission Inn Hotel.
The Adobe Hotel.
The Glenwood Hotel.
Victoria Hotel.
   
After Frank Miller died, ____________ took over the daily operations of the hotel.
Frank Jr.
Isabella Miller
Marion Miller
Allis and DeWitt Hutchings
   
Frank Miller also built a house in…
Laguna Beach.
Rubidoux.
San Bernardino.
Europe.
   
Two years after the death of Frank Miller’s first wife, he married…
Marion Clark.
Alice Hutchings.
Isabella Hardenberg.
Vicki Kelley.
   
An entrepreneur is…
a person who works as manager of an industry.
someone who owns her/his own business at considerable risk.
a person who travels the world looking for artifacts.
a person who is famous for forming unions for new industry.
   
An industrialist is someone who…
owns or manages an industrial enterprise.
does research on rival industries.
works in an industrial position.
invents tools for industrial use.
   
To commemorate is to…
complain
celebrate.
discuss.
honor the memory.
   
Commerce is…
a factory.
a business contract.
trade; business.
an industrial complex.
   
An artifact is…
information on a particular art form.
the art of a specific culture.
any useful object made by human beings.
proof of citizenship.
   
 
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