Mr. Kniss' Classes

 

 

 

8th Grade 
US History

History's Fun Facts

Mon, May 12--  Gettysburg Movie and assignment

 

American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle" 1864.

Tues, May 13--Guest Speaker

Washington DC Trip meeting in Auditorium, 7:00 pm

 

 

American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory, 1865.

Wed, May 14-- Guest Speaker

Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony., 1607.

Thur, May 15--Gettysburg Movie and Assignment

 

 

 

1869 - Woman's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Fri, May 16--Guest Speaker

 

1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.