This Week in Seventh Grade History (November 28th - December 2nd)

Students, you did great on your poems, for the most part.

We will continue our work on Chapter Four, Section Four, The Ming Dynasty. Read the section and then read the Reading Checks, questions One, Three, Five, and Seven from the Section Review. Then read the Analyzing Primary Sources on pages 288 and 289 and answer the document-based questions One through Five.

There will be a test on Friday.

This Week in Eighth Grade History (November 28th - December 2nd)

Today we will be discussing and turning in the lists of the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson that we created last week and this week. We will also spend some time on the questions on the Louisiana Purchase. Those questions should be answered from reading this page. Here are the questions:

1. Why did Jefferson make the Louisiana Purchase? How much was it and how much land did it cover?
2. What was surprising about Jefferson's decision to make the Louisiana Purchase?
3. Who do you think opposed the Louisiana Purchase and why?

Eighth Grade Questions on John Adams' Administration

Today in class students read a few pages from the textbook on the administration of John Adams, specifically the Quasi-War and the Alien and Sedition Acts. We also took notes in class.

Here are the questions. Thorough answers are due on Wednesday:

1. What were the effects of the Quasi-War?

2. What were the Alien and Sedition Acts? Why were they passed? How did people respond to them and why?

This Week in Seventh Grade History (November 14th - 18th)

This week we will be reading Sections Two and Three of Chapter Four. For Section Two, students must answer the Reading Checks and Section Review Questions One, Two, Four, and Five. For Section Three, students must answer the Reading Checks and Section Review Questions One through Six.

Students must also pick an eight-line poem from this page, or an eight-line excerpt from a longer poem. Students must email their eight lines (along with the title and the name of the poet) and memorize their lines by November 28th. Students can recite on the 21st for extra credit.

Today's Seventh Grade Quiz

Today's Eighth Grade Quiz

Update on Eighth Grade Campaign Poster

Your 1796 election campaign poster needs to have a picture of the candidate, some patriotic symbols (flag, eagle, Lady Liberty are the most common), and something referring to what your candidate stands for. You might also refer to the candidate's political party.

It needs to be on a separate piece of unlined paper, and in color. The poster is due Thursday.

This Week in Eighth Grade History (November 7th-11th)

We will continue our look at the first three Presidents of the United States this week.

Today we continued our assignment from the book that we started last week in class. Students need to read Sections Two and Three of Chapter Five and answer the following: Section Two Reading Checks and Section Review Two and Four; Section Three Reading Checks and Section Review One, Two, Four, and Six. Remember that the artistic portion of number six must be brought in on a separate piece of paper so that I can display them.

There will be further assignments later in the week.

This Week in Seventh Grade History (November 7th-11th)

This Monday, the Africa Tests were returned. They need to be returned to me tomorrow signed by a parent. If they are not, students will receive a zero for homework and might have to write an essay for me during zero-zeros.

We also started Chapter Four on Medieval China. In Section One, students need to define the highlighted terms of the section, answer questions one and two from the first Using Geography Skills, and questions One through Five and Seven from the Section Review. This will be due on Wednesday.

We will probably have another assignment later in the week.

Update on Eighth Grade Presentation

Yes, students, we will start hearing presentation on your Constitutional issues TOMORROW!

Remember your issue must be from october 2010 to now. You must tell us in your presentation who is involved, where, what, and when. More importantly: tell us what the Constitutional issues are, and any future implications.

I look forward to seeing them!