This document provides a review for an 8th grade American History exam covering several topics: 1) The American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, U.S. Constitution, A New Nation, War of 1812, and Westward Expansion. Students are to answer review questions by scanning QR codes that link to class blog posts, videos, and documents. The teacher notes that this online review allows students to access material without printing but some may not have devices that can scan QR codes.

1. History Review - 8th Grade
Use the QR code to the right to access the
class blog for review.
American Revolution
1. What 4 factors contributed to the Americans winning the war?
2. What was the main problem faced by Americans after the war?
Articles of Confederation (A.O.C.)
1.Who had most of the power under the A.O.C.? Why?
2. Could the national government collect taxes under the A.O.C.?
3. List one negative consequence caused by the lack of money
collected by the early American government.
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Legacy of the
American
Revolution
video
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2. U.S Constitution
1. Name the three branches of the government.
2. What is the name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
3. Define Checks and Balances.
A New Nation
1. Under Article 2 of the Constitution, what group of people elects
the President of the United States?
2. How is the number of electoral votes for each state determined?
More information from
the National Museum of
American History
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Full text of the
United States
Constitution
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3. War of 1812
1. Who was the President of the United States when the war began?
2. Which group of people received help from Great Britain, causing
the US to declare war against Great Britain?
3. What famous song was written during the Battle of Fort
McHenry in Baltimore?
Westward Expansion
1. Name two the first states formed west of the Mississippi River.
2. Which mountain range created a barrier to further westward
expansion?
3. What is the name of the belief that the United States should own
all land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Song file
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4. Classroom usefulness
This lesson would be used as a review for a final exam, or an end of
quarter exam. Since I am not currently teaching the material, I am
unsure of the exact content covered by an 8th grade American
History class. I think this would be a purposeful lesson because the
kids can review the material without seeing the answers on the
page. It would also allow them to do the review online without
printing out the PowerPoint. Any number of QR codes could be
used to add audio, video and text material to aid in the review of the
material.
While this same review could be accomplished by hyperlinking the
URLs in on-online document on the teacher’s website, blog or
Moodle course; students may find the QR codes new and
interesting and could be more likely to complete the entire review.
One concern is that not all students will have access to a device that
will scan the codes. My daughter who is a Junior in high school
says there are several students in her classes without smartphones
and the cameras on the one-to-one devices provided by the school
do not seem to have a high enough resolution to read the QR codes.
Julie Westrick
EDUC 300
Spring 2015