Week of 2/1-2/5
Monday: Study for quiz. It's tomorrow! The study guide is attached here.
Convention-Fed. vs. Anti-fed. Study Guide.doc
Tuesday: Quiz Today! No homework
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Week of 1/25-1/28
Monday: Finish Constitution Scavenger Hunt worksheet using the Constitution in the textbook. Due on Tuesday.
Tuesday: No Homework
Wednesday: Watch 20 minutes of Obama's State of the Union Address tonight. Study for quiz using the study guide attached. The quiz will be Tuesday next week (2/2/10)
Convention-Fed. vs. Anti-fed. Study Guide.doc
Friday: Study for quiz. Click on above link for study guide if you lost it. The quiz is on Tuesay.
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Week of 1/19-1/22
Tuesday: (1.) Assignment # 4 for the Election Scrapbook is due this Thursday. The entire Election Scrapbook is due on Friday 1/22.
Wednesday: (1.) Election Scrapbook Assignment # 4 due tomorrow. The entire Election Scrapbook is due on Friday 1/22.
(2.) Don't forget that the Constitutional Convention is on Thursday of this week. Above is the checklist to prepare for it.
Thursday: Constitutional Convention Today! Reminder: Your final Election Scrapbook is due on Friday, tomorrow!
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Week of 1/11-1/15
Monday-Wednesday: Work on Assignment # 2 for the Election Scrapbook. The first draft of both summaries is due this Thursday. See attached. Don't forget to use the websites suggested to help you.
Special Election Scrapbook.doc
Friday: Election Scrapbook Assignment #3 is due on Tuesday.
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Week of 1/4-1/8
We begin our study of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution this week. This unit begins with an examination of how and why the Articles of Confederation failed and the effort by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention to create a new framework for the federal government. Students will have homework this week on this topic answering questions about a reading called, "The Road to Change."
In addition, we are going to take a look at the special election being held in Massachusetts to elect a senator to fill the late Ted Kennedy's seat. Students will be creating a scrapbook chronicling this event. Homework for this will begin at the end of this week.
Monday: No Homework
Tuesday: Using the reading "The Road to Change" answer questions for paragraphs 1-6.
Wednesday: Using the reading "The Road to Change" answer questions for paragraphs 7-12.
Thursday: Using the reading "The Road to Change" answer questions for paragraphs 13-19.
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Week of 12/14-12/18
Monday 12/14: Students should finish pages 1 and 2 of the Revolutionary War packet and use pgs. 177-183 in the textbook to complete page 1 and pgs. 184-189 to complete page 2.
Tuesday 12/15: No homework except for those students that did not finish pages 1 and 2 in the Revolutionary War packet.
Week of November 30-December 4
This week we will be working in class on our Declaration of Independence rewrite in order to be ready to "slam" it on Friday in the library. There will be no homework during this time except to study for the Events Leading to the Revolutionary War test. A study guide will be handed out on Thursday December 3. The test will be Friday December 11, 2009
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Week of November 16-20
Monday-Friday: Oral reports are due for the events leading to the American Revolution.
If you studied any event from Pontiac's Uprising through the Townshend Acts, your project is due on Wednesday.
If you studied from the Daughters of Liberty to the Battle of Bunker Hill, your project is due on Friday.
*Remember that the field trip is Tuesday and there is an early release on Thursday.
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Week of November 9-13
Monday-Thursday: Work on finishing five paragraph summary and designing your poster for the Events project. All final posters with summaries are due this Friday, the 13th! Please refer to my handout for how to design your poster.
I am available after school this week for help. Please don't wait until the last minute!
Week of November 2-6
Monday: Take notes on Events Leading to the Revolution topic you chose.
Tuesday: Finish taking notes.
Wednesday: Write first two supporting paragraphs for Events Leading to the Revolution project.
Thursday: Write third supporting paragraph for Events Leading to the Revolution project.
Week of October 26-30
Monday: 1.) Study for the triangular trade quiz. Use the study guide handed out in class on Friday to study.
2.) Slave memorial and summary due on Thursday.
Tuesday: Same as above.
Wednesday: Slave memorial and summary due on Thursday.
Thursday: Revolutionary Vocabulary due on Friday
Friday: No Homework. Happy Halloween!
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Week of October 19-23
Monday: Read the "First Leg-Voyage To Africa" article and answer questions 1-5 using complete sentences.
Tuesday:
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Week of October 13-16
Thursday: Fill out triangular trade route sheet. Redo open response questions on quiz if you got fewer than 9 out of 13 points.
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Week of October 5-9
Monday-Wednesday: Study for quiz on Pueblo Revolt, King Philip's War, and 13 Colonies. Quiz will be on Thursday. Use the study guide handed out last week to help you study.
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Week of September 29-October 2
Tuesday 9/29: No homework. We will continue to work on our group colonial projects in class.
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Week of September 21-25
Monday 9/21: Finish French and Indian War Worksheet.
Tuesday 9/22: Finish 13 Colonies Map using direction sheet and textbook.
Wednesday 9/23: Finish your colonial regions packet by using the pages in the textbook assigned to your group. (New England: pgs. 93-97, Middle Colonies: 98-102, Southern Colonies: 103-107)
Thursday: No Homework
Friday: No Homework
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Welcome Back To School!
I am very excited to meet the new Cluster F students and begin a new school year. I love teaching eighth graders and I love teaching American History. Get ready to work hard and have fun. Below are the materials you need for Cluster F eighth grade social studies class.
Materials:
*1 two pocket folder (even if you use a three ring binder, you need a two pocket folder)
*1 spiral notebook OR three ring binder (You decide.)
* pencils/pens (I don't loan them out.)
Materials due date:
Thursday 9/10
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