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?