Week of December 12

GATE 8
Due Friday
Interactive Notebook: Letter to Representatives
Cornell Notes: Pages 116 - 124; Articles of Confederation

7th grade Seminar
Due Friday
JMUN Country page
Visit Edmodo and comment

Seminar 8
Due Wednesday
Completed: Crest, graphic organizers for family, community, government, Anthem, pledge
symbol, map, Constitution, speech

Week of D

Week of December 5

GATE 8
Due Thursday
Prepare for Press Panel: Speeches, questions and debates

Seminar 8
Ongoing: Design a government project
Crest, Society graphic organizer, community graphic organizer

Seminar 7
Due Monday
JMUN 4 topic notes and time sheet
JMUN meeting on Monday at 2:20 in room 102

Week of November 28, 2011

GATE 8
Due Friday
Interactive notebook: Declaration of Independence

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Declaration of Independence research: Statistics to support equal access to the American Dream

Seminar 7
Due Monday
JMUN research 3rd topic

Week of November 14

GATE 8
Due Friday
Revolutionary War Matrix
Interactive notebook: Two Perspectives on the Boston Masacre
Test on the Revolution
Revolution notebook due!

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Revolutionary War Matrix
Test on the Revolution
Revolution notebook due

Seminar 7
Due Friday
Research on one topic and 4 sub topics

Week of November 7

GATE HISTORY 8
DUE THURSDAY
Matrix for events that led to Revolution
Sam Adams, Patrick Henry

Seminar 8 History
Due Thursday
Matrix for Events that led to Revolution
Political Cartoons

Seminar 7
Due Monday 11/14
Mosaic for adaptations to the Middle East
Ongoing: Resarch for JMUN committees

JMUN meeting on Thursday 11/10

week of October 331

GATE 8
Due Wednesday
Quiz on Colonial conditions prior to the revolution.
Due Friday
Interactive notebook poem for Salem Witch Trials, and Taxation without Representation

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Poem for Salem Witch Trials
Due Monday
Matrix for events that led to the Revolution
Due Thursday 11/10
Political Cartoon for the events that led to the American Revolution

Seminar 7
Due Friday
poem for the history of Halloween
Ongoing: JMUN, research the committee topics in order to select a committee that you would be interested in becoming a delegate.

Next JMUN meeting on 11/10

Week of October 24

GATE 8
Due Friday
Interactive notebook: Salutary Neglect
AAPARTS worksheet

Seminar 8
Ongoing: Enlightenment philosophers

Seminar 7
Due Thursday
Final draft of speech for West African Conglict

The Englightenment Webquest

ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHERS

Webquest

ROUSSEAU

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/rousseau.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rousseau/

http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/rous.htm

VOLTAIRE

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/voltaire.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/voltaire/

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0861841.html

LOCKE

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/locke.html

http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke-po/

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/

KANT

http://www.iep.utm.edu/kantmeta/

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/

http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/K1tools.html

Week of October 17

Gate 8 History
Due Friday
Cornell notes: Textbook pages 54 - 61
Interactive notebook - slavery Quilt story

Seminar 8
Due Monday 10/24
4 - Constitutions Poster and graphic organizer

Seminar 7
Due Monday
Speech for West African Conflict

academic league

ACADEMIC LEAGUE

http://www.sporcle.com/

http://www.j-archive.com/

http://greatauk.com/

http://www.math-play.com/Middle-School-Math-Games.html

http://www.nationalacademicleague.org/SearchResults.asp?Cat=30

7th seminar West Africa Webquest

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West Africa webquest

CHILD SOLDIERS

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/

http://www.child-soldiers.org/home

http://www.child-soldiers.org/childsoldiers/child-soldiers

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/15/why-send-us-troops-against-african-bush-fighters/

TRIBAL CONFLICT

http://www.globalissues.org/article/795/cote-divoire

http://www.undispatch.com/450000-displaced-by-cote-divoire-crisis

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2011/0406/Ivory-Coast-crisis-appears-hours-from-end-as-troops-enter-Gbagbo-s-palace

http://www.america.gov/st/democracyhr-english/2011/January/20110105142420selrahc2.004641e-02.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ivory-coast

FAMINE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/10-million-face-famine-in-west-africa-1986875.html

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/afri-j11.shtml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/21/millions-face-starvation-west-africa

http://inventforhumanity.org/2011/blog/sustainable-development-to-prevent-widespread-famine-in-west-africa/

DISEASE

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Disease/diseases_WAfrica.html

http://irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=85433

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/yellowfev/westafrica/en/index.html

http://westafricainsight.org/issues/view/22

BlOOD DIAMONDS/CONFLICT DIAMONDS

http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/business-and-human-rights/oil-gas-and-mining-industries/conflict-diamonds

http://www.stopblooddiamonds.org/

http://geology.com/articles/blood-diamonds.shtml

Week of October 10

GATE 8 History
Due Friday
Quilt square and summary

Seminar 8
Due Thursday
APPARTS primary source town meeting, Capital laws

Seminar 7
Due Monday
West Africa Brochure/Journal
JMUN meeting Thursday at 2:30 - 3:30

Week of October 3

GATE 8 History
Due Tuesday
Colonial brochure slogans, main ideas, illustrations.
Due Monday 10/10
Notebook and quiz on the 3 colonial regions, colonization ppt.

Seminar 8
Due Tuesday
3 perspective on colonization
Due Friday
Slavery quilt matrix
Due Monday
Quilt story

Seminar 7
Due Monday
Adaptation matrix and adaptation to Africa information guide
Continue working on your Migration stories
JMUN meeting on Thursday 10/13

Week of September 26

GATE HISTORY 8
Due Friday
Interactive notebook: colonization
Cornell notes: Pages 36 - 51

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Cornell notes Pages 54 - 61
Due Tuesday 10/4
Colonization - 3 perspectives

Seminar 7
Due Friday
Cornell notes Pages 112 -119
Work on Migration project

JMUN first meeting on Thursday 10/13 r0om 102, 2:30
Academic League first meeting on Monday 10/3 room 956, 2:30

Homework week of September 19

GATE 8
DUE TUESDAY
State map test
DUE THURSDAY
Physiographic map, colored
Physiographic map test
DUE FRIDAY
Interactive notebook, Cross section of the U. S. A.

SEMINAR 8
DUE TUESDAY
Completed Physiographic map for review
DUE THURSDAY
Physiographic map
Physiographic test
DUE MONDAY
GSPRITE for 3 colonial regions
Mapquest, textbook pages 36 - 5

SEMINAR 7
TUESDAY -Bring JMUN binder to class
Geography test
DUE THURSDAY
Type migration project questions and lay out in a professional manner.

Three colonial regions Webquest

THE THREE COLONIAL REGIONS WEBQUEST

NORTHERN COLONIES

http://www.ushistory.org/us/3.asp

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p2.htm

http://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/the-new-england-colonies/

http://www.brtprojects.org/cyberschool/history/ch04/regions.html

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_ne_colonies.html

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/pke/phillips/colonies/newenglandcoloniesresearchpage.htm

MIDDLE COLONIES

http://www.ushistory.org/us/4.asp

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/dahistmc.html

http://www.brtprojects.org/cyberschool/history/ch04/regions.html

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_mid_colonies.html

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/pke/phillips/colonies/middlecolonies.htm

SOUTHERN COLONIES

http://www.ushistory.org/us/5.asp

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/H/1994/ch2_p4.htm

http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/cunniff/americanhistorycentral/06lifeinbcolonies/A_Southern_Pla.html

http://www.brtprojects.org/cyberschool/history/ch04/regions.html

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_s_colonies.html

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/pke/phillips/colonies/southerncoloniespage.htm

Physiographic Map Questions

Mapping the Physiographic Features of the United States QUESTIONS

1. In which ocean is the only island state located?

2. What ocean lies east of the United States?

3. What is the large body of water west of Florida that is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean?

4. Label the five bodies of fresh water that form a border between the United States and Canada. What one name is used to describe all five bodies of water?

5. What body of water lies at 41° north latitude and 112° west longitude?

6. What bay is located just east of our nation's capital?

7. What is the largest bay in California?

8. What river empties into New York City Harbor?

9. What is the largest river, by volume, in the United States?

10. What is the river west of the Appalachians that forms a border between Indiana and Kentucky?

11.What is the name of the river that forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska?

12. What is the major river that flows through the Grand Canyon?

13. What is the name of the river that forms a border between Mexico and the United States?

14. What river runs east from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean?

15. What river forms part of the border between two northwestern states and flows into the Pacific Ocean?

16. What is the huge expanse of flatlands between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River?

17. What extensive flatlands cover most of Nevada and are nearly surrounded by mountains?

18. What is the name of the landform north of 40° north latitude that juts out into the Atlantic like a giant fishhook?

19. What flatlands circle the northern and western coastline of the Gulf of Mexico?

20. What flatlands extend south from Chesapeake Bay to the east coast of Florida?

21.What flatlands in California lie between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Range?

22. What is the main mountain chain that runs through the eastern United States?

23. What is the first mountain range west of the Great Plains?

24. What is the mountain range that separates California and Nevada?

25. What is the tallest mountain in Alaska?

26. What is the highest mountain in California?

27. What is the tallest mountain range in Oregon and Washington?

28. What mountains run along California's coastline?

29. From the top of which mountain range in the United States could you see the Arctic Ocean?

30. What volcano dominates the southern portion of the island of Hawaii?

Week of September 12,2011

GATE history 8
Due Friday
Interactive notebook - Cover page
Due Tuesday September 20th
State map test

Seminar 8 history
Due Monday
Cover page for binder
Thursday 9/22
Geography test on state and physical map

Seminar 7 history
Due Friday
Cover page for history and JMUN binder
Due Monday 9/19
select family member for migration projet

Week of May 30

8th grade
19th century presentations and boards
Due on assigned date.


7th grade
Due Friday
JMUN Binder with reflection
Due Friday 6/10
Success placard

Week of May 2

Seminar 8
Due Wednesday May 11
Manifest Destiny presentation

GATE 8
Due Tuesday May 10
Oregon Trail Flyer
Due Friday May 13
Interactive notebook Southwest Culture

Seminar 7
Due Wednesday
Feudalism ppt. presentation and study guide
JMUN notebook due in order receive permission slip

Next JMUN meeting in on April 19
Conference is on May 25 and 26

Week of April 25

STAR testing
all 8th grade students should review their history review guides.

Next JMUN meeting is on May 19

Week of April 18

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Reconstruction time line
Due Monday
Civil War notebook

GATE 8
Due Thursday
Reconstruction time line
Civil war notebook

Seminar 7
Due Friday
5 JMUN speeches
one speech for each resolution

Week of April 11

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Lincoln/Calhoun letter

GATE 8
Due Friday
Textbook Civil War unit
Complete Reading checks only

Seminar 7
Due Wednesday
Byzantine mosaic

Week of March 28

Seminar 8
Due Friday
A divided nation matrix and letter

GATE 8
Due Friday
Interactive notebook- A divided nation and Lincoln/Calhoun letter

Seminar 7
Due Friday
Fall of Rome - Political Cartoon, notes and bibliography

JMUN next meeting April 21

Week of March 21

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Presidential Time line matrix
quiz on Time line

GATE 8
Due Friday
A Divided Nation Matrix
use textbook pages 438 - 439
Due Monday
INB - Divided Nation

Seminar 7
Due Friday
Roman Empire Cornell notes pp 24 - 35

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Essay on Hamilton/Jefferson

Seminar 7
Kabuki play
Dress Rehearsal Friday
Presentation on Monday

GATE 8
Jacksonian Democracy Cornell Notes (pp.284-293)

JMUN on 4/21

Week of March 7

SEMINAR 8
Due Friday
Read textbook pages 200 -209
INB Jefferson/Hamilton

SEMINAR 8
Dues Friday
2 final JMUN resolutions

GATE 8
Due Tuesday
President cause - effect
Due Monday 3/14
President time-line quiz and Matrix

Next JMUN meeting is on 4/21

Academic league competition on Saturday

Week of February 28

Seminar 8
Due Monday 3/7
Essay for Legal opinion

Seminar 7
Due Wednesday 3/2
China Notebook and essay
Due Thursday 3/3
2 JMUN resolutions

GATE 8
Due Monday 3/7
Hamilton/Jefferson essay and Notebook due

JMUN on Thursday

Week of February 21

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Read pages 178 - 183, The Bill of Rights
Complete Constitution packet
Monday 2/28
Constitution test and Notebook due

Seminar 7
Due Friday
JMUN Resolution #1
Due Thursday, February 3/3
JMUN resolution #2

GATE History 8
Due Friday
Cornell notes pages 200 - 204, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson

JMUN: next meeting 3/3

Week of February 7

GATE 8
Prepare for Court cases on Wed and Thursday
Due Monday
Legal Opinion on Court Cases

Seminar 7
Due Thursday
Revised Position Paper

Week of January 31

Seminar 8
Due Monday, February 7
Metaphor for the three branches of government
Due Friday
constitution Packet

Seminar 7
Position Papers due on Wednesday
Rewrite position papers

GATE 8
Due Friday
Finish Bill of Rights flip chart

Junior Model United Nations meeting on Thursday 2/3

week of January 17

Seminar 8
Prepare for Constitutional Convention

Seminar 7
Prepare for Socratic Seminar on 1/21
Work on JMUN Position Paper due 1/24

GATE 8
Due Friday
INB Metaphor for Constitution
Complete Constitution packet
Study for test on 1/24
After school tutoring for test on Thursday 1/20

Week of January 10

Seminar 8
Due Friday
Letter to your Representative
Due Tuesday
Cornell notes pages 116 -124

Seminar 7
Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Friday 1/21
Work on position paper due Monday 1/24

GATE 8
Due Friday
INB- Letter to your delegate
Create and study notecards

Week of January 3

Seminar 8
Due Monday
Prepare for Press Panel.

GATE 8
Due Friday
Cornell notes pages 144 1-48

Seminar 7
Due Monday
I. D. for Middle East country- What significant conflicts occur?
JMUN: Due Friday Country C. I . A. facts