This Week in American History Class...

REMEMBER!

Your timeline project is DUE TOMORROW.

The last day your missing work will be accepted for credit is THIS WEDNESDAY (by 4:00)

You have a Current Events Presentation (election-related) THIS FRIDAY.

Your complete binders are due THIS FRIDAY.

Eighth Graders! Do Not Forget Freshman Orientation This Wednesday

Freshman Orientation

When:  Wednesday, March 21st

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Where:  MSJC Room 927  (in the 900 building)

This is a very important overview of the transition to high school.  Both the student and parent should plan on attending. Come learn about the programs available, classes, expectations and activities for our 9th grade.
*Biomedical Pathway       *Engineering Pathway
*Business Pathway      *CP Classes
*Activities       *Sports

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.

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.

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!

Seventh Grade Websites

Here is the site on the Empire of Ghana that we worked with yesterday.

Here is the site on the Anansi stories that you will be working with this week.

Seventh Grade Map of Africa Assignment

Here are the requirements for the Map of Africa assignment we have been working on last week and this week. It is due Friday.

Your map must be in color, must be neat, and ready to display. It needs to have:

• the equator
• North, South, East, and West
• five cities
• three rivers
• the Sahara Desert
• and two of the following:
• trade routes
• migrations of the Bantu
• five empires
• religious diversity of Africa today
• nations of Africa today
• or... (come up with something else and get it approved by me)

I look forward to seeing them!

Questions for Chapter Three, Section Two

• What was Shay's Rebellion, and how did it encourage some to support the Constitutional Convention?
• What were the various proposals for how states would be represented? What was the eventual compromise?
• How was slavery an issue?

You should be able to answer the questions based on your in-class reading and our discussions. I will collect these on Wednesday.

Update for Seventh Grade

Tomorrow the assignment we have been working on in class all week is due (by the end of class); as a reminder, this assignment is from Chapter Three, Section One, and consists of:

• the Reading Checks
• questions Four, Five, and Six from the Section Review
• Map questions from page 211
• Map questions from page 213

We also discussed the map assignment today in class. I will post the details on that soon. The map will not be due until next Friday.

There will NOT be a quiz tomorrow.

History Questions on Articles of Confederation

The first two questions are three and four from the Section Review, the next two were written on the board:

• Draw a diagram to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Confederation government.
• Imagine you are on a committee to write a new state constitution. List three freedoms you want attached to your state's constitution. Explain why you believe it is important to guarantee those rights.
• What problems -- internally and externally -- did the states face?
• How did the United States handle expansion into the West?

I am looking for detail and specificity in your answers. I will collect them on Friday.

This Week in Seventh Grade History (October 11th-15)

This week we are finishing our unit on Islam with Tuesday's test and beginning our next unit on the great trading empires of Medieval Africa.

We will likely have some bookwork, take some notes, and have a small quiz on Friday.

Remember that this Friday is a half-day for the SRA Gala. Hope to see you there!

This Week in Eighth Grade History (October 11th-15th)

This week we are looking at the attempts of the newly independent United States of America to form new governments.

We will be doing some bookwork, taking some notes, and having a quiz on Friday.

Remember that this Friday is a half-day for the SRA Gala. Hope to see you there!

Assembly on Friday

Tomorrow is our monthly Awards Assembly. Students, please wear either formal wear or -- for this assembly only -- you may wear western or cowboy attire.

See you there!

This Week in Seventh Grade History (October 3rd-7th)

This week we are finishing up our unit on Islam. This means there will be a test on Friday. We also have our keynote due this Tuesday and another assignment due on Friday. We'll also take some notes and do some review before the test on Friday.

Make sure you are using your time wisely in class and getting things done on time.

The keynote is due tomorrow. The assignment due this Friday is the Chapter Two Assessment, questions One through Eighteen. Students can do number twenty-two or twenty-six for extra credit.

This Week in Eighth Grade History (September 26th-30th)

We are continuing to look at the War for American Independence this week, with a closer look at the Declaration of Independence and perhaps some other documents. There will be groupwork done in class (as assignments) and likely a quiz on Friday.

This Week in Seventh Grade History (September 26-30)

We will continue our look at Islam this week.

Our big project that we are working on is our Islam Keynote. Students have chosen their topics and begun gathering facts and illustrations for their presentations. I will give you an example keynote this week to help you know what I am looking for. The keynote will be due Tuesday of next week.

Students also need to read Section Three from Chapter Two and answer questions one through four and number six from the Section Review. Number four should be a full paragraph answer. There will be class time to work on this; it is due Thursday.

There will likely be a quiz this Friday. Make sure your notes are complete! Review them before the quiz!