8th Grade

Harvard - Read Chapter 3 and answer questions from Chapter 1&2 in complete sentences in S.S. notebook.

Yale & Princeton - Read Chapter 2 and answer questions from Chapter 1&2 in complete sentences in S.S. notebook

8th Grade

This week we will be starting the novel Chasing Lincoln's Killers to end our unit on the Civil War.

7th Grade

Monday
Room 207 no homework
Room 209 Albany Plan of Union handout
Room 206 Albany Plan of Union handout

8th grade

Tuesday we will watch the movie Glory in the auditorium. We will have shortened classes and I will give you an assignment to complete about the movie that will be used as a writing and social studies grade for 2nd quarter. Enjoy the weekend 

7th grade

Rubric for colony project 

I apologize I forgot the rubric at school. For those who wish to hand it in on Monday for the extra credit I will accept it and hand it back to you with the rubric to make any corrections. Answer each question and make a brochure for the colony. The presentation will be included as a social studies grade as well as 2nd quarter speaking grade. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

7th Grade

Grades are updated for 2nd Quarter

Monday
Completed Chapter 4 Section 1 & 2 worksheet in class.
Homework Study for Quiz on Friday (Names & Terms)

Wednesday
Field Trip
Continue to study

Friday
Chapter 4 Section 1&2 Quiz
Start Section 3

8th Grade Week of November 4-8

Tuesday
First day of 2nd Quarter
We will finish up the outline for Chapter 15
We will watch a video on Civil War
I will give you a study guide to help you study for Chapter 15 test.

Thursday
Chapter 15 test
Start Chapter 16 outline and names and terms

Friday
Start novel Lincoln's Killer

Chapter 15 Study Guide

Names and Terms
Compromise of 1850
Platform
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Free-Soil Party
Wilmot Proviso
Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Popular Sovereignty

What subject did most Northern whites and Southern whites agree on?

How did the Supreme Court add to the tension over slavery in 1850s?

How was the Republican Party formed?

What events effected the outcome of the 1860 president election?

Why was the Kansas Territory called the “Bleeding Kansas”?

Why did John Brown led an attack on Harpers Ferry?

What was the Lincoln-Douglas debate about?

How did Southern leaders justify secession?

Why did the Southern states decide to secede after the election of 1860?

7th Grade November 4-8

1st day of 2nd Quarter
Today 
I collected the 13 colony maps if you did not hand them in please hand them in Wednesday for 1/2 credit if I do not receive them on Wednesday they will be MISSING in gradebook.
Also I gave out a study guide that will help you prepare for test on Wednesday. Study Guide is below.

Wednesday
Chapter 3 Test
We will also start Chapter 4 outline and names and terms.

Friday
We will continue with the outline for Chapter 4 and complete the graphic organizer for homework on PowerPoint.

Chapter 3 Study Guide

Names & Terms:
Pilgrims
James Oglethrope
John Smith
Quakers
Proprietary Colony
Royal Colony
King Phillip's War
Peter Stuyvesant
William Penn
Representative Assembly
Joint-Stock Company

What was the patroon system?
Why did King Phillip's War begin?
What was the New England Way?
What lesson was learned through the Salem witchcraft trials?
Why did the colony of Roanoke fail?
What was the importance of the Spanish Armada?
What was the purpose behind the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

7th Grade

Today we went over the main ideas of the colonies and summarized ideas of the section 1. Then we read Section 2.
No Homework tonight.
Friday we will outline section 2 and watch a video on the 13 Colonies

8th Grade

Today we read Chapter 15 Section 1 and outlined the section.
Homework create 2 webs using the Compromise of 1850 and Wilmot Proviso as the main idea and add at least 4 details about each.
Thursday we will be working more on the tensions between the North and South and if time we will start reading section 2.
I have all test and quizzes entered in Gradebook, but I am still grading the project. Hopefully I will be able to get them back to you by the end of the week.

7th Grade

Today in class we read Chapter 3 Section 1 and completed an outline for the section independently and together.
Homework
Complete 5 webs of key figues and their roles: Sir Walter Raleigh, John Smith, John Rolfe, Powhatan, and Nathaniel Bacon.

8th Grade

Today you will be given a project about Slavery that will be due next week Thursday.

Next week...
Quiz on chapter 14
Test on chapter 14
Project due ** Remember late projects will be given maximum half credit.

7th Grade

Questions due Friday on The Columbian Exchange in your notebook.

1. Describe how the Columbian Exchange impacted the New World.
2. Describe how the Columbian Exchange impacted the Old World.
3. How did the Columbian Exchange make the Spanish conquest of the New World easier?
4. How does the Columbian Exchange impact your daily life?

Next week...
Quiz on Wednesday
Test on Friday 

7th Grade

Complete the Graphic Organizer with Timeline
 

1497-1498 =  Cabot looks for Northwest Passage on behalf of England.  1524 = Verrazzano searches for Northwest Passage on behalf of France.	1. Why did these explorers search for the Northwest Passage?
1534- 1536 = Jacques Cartier explores St. Lawrence River for France. 1564 = Spanish destroy French fort in Florida.	2. What caused the conflicts between the English, French, and Spanish?
1588 = English Navy destroys Spanish Armada	3. What led to the destruction of the Spanish Armada?
1608 = Champlain founds Quebec 1626 = Dutch establish New Amsterdam on Manhattan River.	4. What was the goal of the colonies of Quebec and New Amsterdam?

7th Grade

Finish Map and questions for class on Wednesday

8th Grade

Study over the weekend!!!
Chapter 13 Test Tuesday

7th Grade

Define Names and Terms Chapter 2 Section 1 in notebook.

8th grade

It was so nice seeing many of you and meeting your parents at open house.
Due tomorrow: manifest destiny project
Next week: chapter 13 test Tuesday 9/17

7th grade

It was so nice seeing many of you and meeting your parents tonight at open house.
Due tomorrow: Explorer foldable
Next week: starting chapter 2

7th Grade

Due Tomorrow....
 Room 206
Foldable 

•Create a foldable or a tri-fold each of the following explorers should have their own section.

•Christopher Columbus

•Vasco da Gama

•Bartolomeu Dias

•Inside of their foldable write 3-5 facts about each explorer, and draw a map of their route.

•Also include 2-3 sentences about why their exploration was important to the western world.

 

Room 207&209

Read pages 49-53 & answer questions pg. 53 #3 a., b., c.

8th Grade

Homework over the weekend...
If not finished define Names & Terms on page 412 and read the section.

For next week...
Group work in class on Texan Independence and the War with Mexico. You will be presenting information to the class.
Manifest Destiny Project will be given out on Tuesday and due Friday 9/13
Quiz on Chapter 13 Friday 9/13
Test on Chapter 13 Tuesday 9/17

Enjoy your weekend!!

7th Grade

Homework over the weekend...
Answer main idea questions a., b., c. on pages 37 &43 in notebook

7th Grade

Fill in graphic organizer in notebook. Use notes and textbook to help complete using section 1
Read Chapter 1 Sections 2 and 3 for Friday

8th Grade

Fill in Graphic Organizer in your notebook from Section 1 pgs. 393-397

Read Sections 2 & 3 pgs. 400-411

7th Grade: Landforms of North America Due Friday 8/30 Fill in the Map as best you can

Reminder: Books covered by Friday and Parent e-mail for 5 extra credit points

7th Grade Questions Due Wednesday/ 8th Grade Questions Due Thursday

—Questions? Hand-in 7pts.

1.What is the relative location of your home?

2.What are three characteristics of the region in which you live?

3.What are at least three ways in which you have recently interactive with the environment?