Welcome students and parents to the 2014/15 school year! This is my web page. Here you will find most of the information you need about assignments, due dates, up-coming tests dates and study tools for you to use. Please make use of this site each day and you will never be out of the loop
New Info!! Portfolio
March 4th -Odd classes your letter to a family member is due for corrections.
March 5th-Even classes your letter to a family member is due for corrections.
March 11- Odd classes last day to send letter to family member.
March 12- Even classes last day to send letter to family member.
April 3-Spring break begins.
April 13-return from Spring Break.
April 13-Odd classes Pedigree due.
April 14-Even classes Pedigree due.
April 20-Odd classes Timelines due.
April 21-Even classes Timelines due.
Social Studies Test Retake Requirements for Ch. 18
If you are going to retake the test over Ch. 18 , you need to do a brief outline of each of the lessons in the chapter. There are 5 lessons and each, 18.2-18.7 must be outlined. The outline can be brief, but informative and should focus on the main idea of each lesson. It can be typed or handwritten. If you hand write it I have to be able to read it, otherwise, I will not accept it. You must also have a parent sign this outline stating that you have read the chapter and studied for at least one hour. You may take the test again anytime between Jan. 28th and Feb. 2nd, but not before you have the outline and reading done and outline signed. You must make arrangements with me prior to taking the test. I give retakes during lunches, before and immediately after school.
How Can I Help My Student With Social Studies?
1. Read each night for 10 to 15 minutes each night from the text book.
2. Discuss what your student has read. Relate it to something from your life or theirs.
3. Quiz them on the vocabulary words. They are the words in blue in the text.
4. Review their workbook with them and check the quality of their answers.
5. Have them watch the video clips I put on this site.
6. Visit this site often.
New Newspage due date-As of Dec. 2 the due date for the Newspage assignment is January 15th
2/24/15 -There has been no homework for several days. We have been doing debates and starting more of the portfolio project. Morning classes will have their portfolio info by weeks end.
SOCIAL STUDIES LINK TO SLAVERY-THE MAKING OF AMERICA http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JACOBS/hjch23.htm
1/26/15 - Social Studies students in 3rd and 5th hour blocks are taking the test over chapter 18 today. 2nd and 6th blocks will take the test tomorrow. We have been watching a documentary on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and were able to finish it today. The 2/6 block will finish tomorrow. After tuesday, we will be starting to watch Slavery And The Making of America in preparation for the next few units. More details to follow.
Forensics students, the Crime Scene Color pdf below is to be used with Crime Scene Basics worksheet
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1/20/15 Social Studies - We have done work in the work book together, pages 126-27 and will do pages 128-31 the next time I see you. The Test for Ch 18 will be next Mon. and Tue.
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01/06/15 - Social Studies Students THERE WILL BE NO CH. 15 TEST WEDNESDAY or THURSDAY. It will be Friday. Also, the above document is a study guide for the Ch. 14 Test. You will, be able to use this study guide on the test and it is worth 50 points. The vocabulary words for the chapter will be due at the beginning of class period Friday and the Study Guide/Outline will be handed in with the test. Students from Monday will be able to use the notes from class on their test or stop in and pick up or print out, the teacher generated Study Guide from above and use it. Students need to do ONE of either of these assignments (the Monday assignment for 3rd and 5th hours or the teacher generated S.G. form Tuesday) for a grade equaling 50 points and due Friday after they take the test.
12/30/14 Forensics Students We will be starting Kennedy Assassination Presentations Thursday when we return from Christmas break
Social Studies - No new homework for the break!! Enjoy
12/16 Forensics - this is the keynote example you use as a guide.
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12/10 Social Studies - Wed. and Thu. students Workbook pages 98-100 are due. I will hand out the Ch. 14 test Study Guide (I will not be giving answers in class prior to the test) and assign the Geography Challenge on page 194 in the text. The Ch. 14 test will be Friday and the 5 vocabulary words from the chapter along with the Geography Challenge will be due Friday as well. One class, my Mon. Wed. block class may have a conflict with a scheduled concert event and may need to take the test Monday. Students will be working on their Newspage assignment in class today and Thursday.
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12/8 Social Studies - Workbook pages 98-100 assigned. Due Wed. and Thu. Test Study Guide will be handed out Wed. & Thu.
12/5 - Social Studies - Workbook pages 95-97 assigned and due on Monday and Tuesday. Students need to follow the instructions in the workbook carefully to see that they are doing it correctly. I will be leading them in the instructions during class today, but a quick look from a parent would be a good thing for them. Students, have an adult in the home look over your work to see that you are doing it correctly.
The test over Ch. 14 will be Friday, December 12.
11/19 - New due date for Portfolio News Page = Jan. 16th. Ch 12 Study Guide is due Friday 11/21 for all classes. Note Sheets for Ch. 12 are due Monday, Nov. 24th for 3rd and 5th hours and Nov. 25th for 2nd and 6th hours. The Chapter 12 test is still set for Nov. 24th & 25th.
11/17 Assigned workbook page 79 to be completed by Wed. and 12.1-12.4 note sheet also to be completed for Wed. Tuesday students will also do these same assignments tomorrow and due Thursday. Test over Ch. 12 will be Mon and Tue. of next week.
11/14 - We have started Ch. 12 Currently, students are learning about the symbolism found in the Great Seal of the United States. Students are designing their own Great Seal, front and back. Their seals are due Monday and Tuesday respectively. At this time, I plan the Ch. 12 test for November 24th & 25th. Students are also working on the first part of their Social Studies component . This project is called "News Page" and we have been working on it in class. The final product is due by Friday, November 21st and should be placed in my dropbox by titling it "the hour they see me on Friday"_username_newspage as an example 5_hagcra_newspage .
11/06 TEST DATE CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE VETS PRESENTATIONS WE WILL HAVE TESTS (CH. 11) ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT WEEK.
11/3 - Chapter 11 Test will be Friday, 11/7 for all Social Studies classes. You will find a study guide for the test below. No homework for Monday classes (11/3)
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10/27 - Monday classes, the assignment below Chapter 11 Questions, is due Wednesday. Tuesday classes, yours are due Thursday.
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10/20 Monday, Oct. 20 - See All Classes S.S. students begin poster presentations to class
Tuesday, Oct. 21 - 8th to Medowbrook for play
Wed. & Thu. Oct. 22 &23 - S.S. students finish?? presenting poster presentations, Review workbook pages 64-67 Hand out Study Guide for test.
Friday, Oct 24 - Review Study Guide
Mon.,Oct. 27 & Tue., Oct. 28 - Ch. 10 Test End of Marking Period
10/17 TEST DATE CHANGE!!!!!! We will now be taking the test over Ch 10 Mon. and Tue. Oct. 27 and 28. We are seeing all classes on Monday Oct. 20 and will begin poster presentations then. HAVE YOUR CLASS QUIZZ IN MY DROP BOX PRIOR TO CLASS. Poster presentations will end on Wed. & Thu. Oct 22 and 23 depending on when I see you. Workbook - You may do any 2 pages from page 64 -67. 2nd hour, you will have done more workbook pages than the others classes, my apologies. I will make it up to you in some way. We will go over answers to these pages after the end of presentations on Wed. & Thu. Oct. 22 & 23. I will also hand out a study guide for the test these days. Friday Oct. 24th we will go over the study guide and you should be ready for the test the following Mon. and Tue. PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO BE IN ATTENDANCE ON THESE TEST DAYS AS IT IS THE END OF THE MARKING PERIOD AND YOU WILL HAVE LITTLE TIME TO MAKE UP THE TEST IF YOU ARE ABSENT.
For practice, on the Bill of Rights, you should go to http://billofrightsinstitute.org click on games and play any of them that are about The Bill of Rights.
10/15 We are working on Chapter 10, The Bill of Rights. Students are working in groups on learning about the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. I have divided the students into 4 groups that corispond to lessons 10.3 - 10.6. The groups used T3 (ask them what T3 means) as a reading strategy to help them understand what they are reading. In the groups, students are dissecting the amendments and putting them into plain terms that 8th graders would understand. They are illustrating the amendments and telling how the amendments relate to them/us. On Monday, each group will present their poster to the class and "teach" the class about their amendments. Once this has been done, the groups have written short quizzes to give to their classmates to determine whether or not the class understands what they taught them. It will be a great teaching and learning experience for all!!
Once the poster project is done, you need to do pages 64-67 in your workbooks. These pages will be due next Wednesday or Thursday depending on when I see you. Currently, I am planning your test for next Wed. & Thu. as well so be ready on those days unless I tell you otherwise.
Students Not Attending School - Please be reading Ch 10 and do workbook pages 64-67. Also, please take any 2 of the 4 cases from pages 68-71 in the workbook and answer the questions at the bottom of the pages. I know the questions are for groups, but try your best to do them on your own. I can send Ch. 10 tests home when you feel you are ready. Same for test study guides. Just let me know. Hope you are doing well : )
10/3 - 2,3, and 6th hours, workbook pages 54-59 are due either Monday or Tuesday depending on when I see them. 5th hour, your vocabulary words are due Monday. 2, 3, and 6th hours, REMEMBER YOU HAVE A CHAPTER TEST ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY DEPENDING ON WHEN I SEE YOU.
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9/30 We have started Chapter 9 this week. The chapter focuses on the Constitution and the 3 branches of government: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Everything we have done so far has been in class so no homework. Students are working in groups, reading the lessons from the chapter and then answering questions from cards from the following topics: 3 Branches of Gov't, The Amendment Process, Checks & Balances and The Federal Process. The cards they are using stay in class so there is no homework............yet. If on Wed. and Thu. students don't finish, I will find a way for them to have the cards available for finishing the assignment at home. The next test will be Wed. and Thu. Oct. 8 and 9. Please have your student read and re-read the chapter at home. Study with them if you can and discuss some of the material, it will help them prepare for the test. Thank You for your involvement!! : )
9/24 - Chapter 8 test. Tomorrow, the test will be taken by the 2nd and 6th hours. If you plan to retake the test please read the requirements above.
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9/16/14 - We are studying the Constitution and Articles of Confederation at this time. Today and tomorrow classes will be working on workbook assignments for Chapter 8, lessons 1 - 12, pages 48-51. We are reading the lessons in groups and working through the workbook pages in groups also. On Monday and Tuesdy, I will go over the workbook pages with the students and provide answers. This means that students need to have the pages done at that time.
IF you have been absent during any of the days both last week and this, you are responsible for having Chapter 8 read and the workbook done from page 47 through page 51 by Monday, September 22 and Tuesday, September 23.
Today I gave out a study guide for the Chapter 8 test. The test will be given Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
9/10/14-Today and tomorrow, we will be finishing our Appalachian Trail video. We have done a map activity of the United States where students identified landforms such as rivers, mountains, plains etc. In order to better understand these features and how they caused hardship for those who ventured west, we are going to be composing a journal/diary of experiences as if the students are settlers from the late 1700's. As we watch sellected video of the landforms, students will be keeping their fictiional diary. My hope is that seeing these obstacles will create a better understanding of the fortitude these early settlers demonstrated.
We also began our first lesson in Chapter 8 of the text. We read page 103 and compared an activity we did Monday and Tuesday to the Articles of Confederation. These comparisons were written in the student's workbooks on page 47. I am expectine that their first Ch. test will be the week of September 22. Stay tuned, this date could change depending on how lessons progress.
Important - Social Studies students need to check this web site every day. Sometimes twice a day! This is where I will post assignments, give dates of special projects, and in general keep you posted on anything and everything relating to 8th Grade Social Studies. Forensics students should not need to be as diligent about checking the site. If an assignment is posted here, you are responsible for it. In this day and age, posting on the board is as out of date and my wardrobe. So please make a habit out of checking this page, it is your responsibility.
9/3- 8th Grade Social Studies- Today, 3rd and 5th hours were assigned a physical map of the U.S. The map has direstions on what to do for the assignment. It is due at class time, Friday 9/5
2nd and 6th hours will have the same assignment given on 9/4 and still due on 9/5
