May 17th - 21st

All Classes - Prepare for finals. All social studies finals will be held on Friday.

May 10th - 14th

Date: 05/14/10                                

6^th – Study for your final. Your final exam will be next Friday.

8^th – Continue to research for your debate. Begin to formulate your ARE.

World History  –  Study for your final. Your final exam will be next Friday.

America History – Read your assigned speech. Examine the document and be prepared to explain how it defined the presidency of the person you are researching.   

Date: 05/13/10                                    Due: 05/14/10

6^th – No homework

8^th – Continue to research for your debate. Begin to formulate your ARE.

World History  –  Outline the section assigned in class. Be prepared to discuss your section with the class.

America History – Read your assigned speech. Examine the document and be prepared to explain how it defined the presidency of the person you are researching.   

Date: 05/12/10                                    Due: 05/13/10

6^th – We discussed John Locke and natural rights today in class. Ask your parents what rights they feel are the most important.

8^th – Continue to research for your debate. Begin to formulate your ARE.

World History  –  No homework.

America History – Begin research on your American Presidents project.  

Date: 05/11/10                                    Due: 05/12/10

6^th –  Consider what we learned today about the achievements of Galileo and Copernicus answer the following questions:

1.      How does this make you feel about history and the accomplishments of human beings?

2.      Do you feel that discoveries about space are important, or should we only be concerned about what is happening here on Earth?

8^th – Continue to research for your debate. Begin to formulate your ARE.

World History  –  Read about your assigned country and complete the WS.

America History – No homework. 

Date: 05/10/10                                    Due: 05/11/10

6^th –  Complete your storyboard on the Spanish Conquistadors. Be sure to include three factors that motivated the Conquistadors and 4 advantages they had over the native Americans.

8^th – Continue to research for your debate.     

World History  –  No homework.

America History – Complete your episode pattern organizer on the Cold War. 

May 3rd - 7th

Date: 05/06/10                             

No homework this weekend!

Date: 05/06/10                                    Due: 05/07/10

6^th –  Complete the Inca side of your Civilizations of the Americas Foldable

8^th – Finish the outline for your practice debate.   

World History  –  No homework.

America History – Read page 1037-1043. Answer question 3-5 on your Vietnam WS.

Date: 05/05/10                                    Due: 05/06/10

6^th –  Answer the following questions in a complete paragraph: Based on what you have learned should we celebrate Columbus Day? Why or why not?

8^th – Finish the outline for your practice debate.    

World History  –  Answer the following questions after reading page 809-813 and 848-849

1.       Why did relations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. break down following WWII?

2.       Describe the purpose of the UN and how it is organized.

3.       Describe the Marshal Plan. What was it? What was its purpose? Was it a success or failure?

4.       What role did the Atomic Bomb play in the Cold War?

America History – Read page 1037-1043. Answer question 3-5 on your Vietnam WS.

Date: 05/04/10                                    Due: 05/05/10

6^th –  For extra credit create a foldable for the following historical figures: Christopher Columbus. Be sure to include their major accomplishments

8^th – Review the elements of a argument. ARE  

World History  –  Congrats on finishing Unit 9. Rest up and get ready for Unit 10!

America History – Read page 1030-1036. Answer the second question on your Vietnam WS.

Date: 05/03/10                                    Due: 05/04/10

6^th –  For extra credit create a foldable for the following historical figures: Leif Erikson, Prince Henry and Vasco da Gama. Be sure to include their major accomplishments

8^th – No homework  

World History  –  Unit exam is tomorrow. Study!

America History – Read page 1024-1028. Answer the first question on your Vietnam WS.

April 26th-30th

Date: 04/30/10 

No homework. Enjoy the weekend!

Date: 04/29/10                                    Due: 04/30/10

6^th –  No homework.

8^th – Complete the ‘Evidence’ side of your practice worksheet.  

World History  –  Complete the Worksheet ‘One Survivor Remembers’. Unit exam will be next Monday. Begin to study!

America History – No homework.

Date: 04/28/10                                    Due: 04/29/10

6^th –  Answer the following two questions concerning the story a Midsummer Night’s Dream:

1.      How was this story similar to the stories of the Greeks and Romans?

2.      How was this story different from the stories of the Middle Ages?

8^th – Complete the Reasoning side of your practice worksheet.   

World History  –  No homework. Unit exam will be next Monday. Begin to study!

America History – No homework.

Date: 04/27/10                                    Due: 04/28/10

6^th –  Tomorrow we will be reading ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Some students have returned home with their reading and will read the story on their own tonight as homework.

8^th – Study the six traits of debate. All students should have a complete explanation of each trait in their notes.  

World History  –  Answer questions 4-9 on the Combat and War worksheet. 

America History – Considering what you have learned about the Cold War arms race, do you feel that the arms race endangered the lives of Americans, or do you feel it helped to guarantee their safety? Explain your answer in a 1 paragraph response.

Date: 04/26/10                                    Due: 04/27/10

6^th –  Complete your Renaissance and Reformation foldable.

8^th – Complete your Civil Rights Essay. Students should be coming home with step by step instructions on what is expected. Final draft was due Monday. This will count as their Unit Exam.

World History  &nda sh;  Answer questions 1-3 on the Combat and War worksheet.  

America History – If you were not here for the movie you may need to read the following: 81-883 and 884-888 and 889-890

Title: Atomic Café

1. Why were people so afraid of communism taking root in the U.S.?
2. What did people and the government (McCarthy especially) do about it?
3. Why were the people of the U.S. so afraid of the Atomic Bomb?
4. What did the U.S. government do to try to alleviate this fear? 

April 19th - 20th

Date: 04/22/10                                    Due: 04/23/10

6^th –  Study unit vocabulary: Reformation, Protestant, Renaissance, Humanism

8^th – Begin your Civil Rights Essay. Students should be coming home with step by step instructions on what is expected. Final draft is due Monday. This will count as their Unit Exam.

World History  –  Read page 799-808

America History – Read page 868-880 (due Friday)

Date: 04/21/10                                    Due: 04/22/10

6^th –  N/A

8^th – Complete your Civil Rights Cube

World History  –  Read page 793-798

America History – Read page 868-880 (due Friday)

Date: 04/20/10                                    Due: 04/21/10

6^th –  Bring supplies to set up your folder for Unit 9.

8^th – Complete your biography questions if not already complete.

Who was murdered?

How old were they?

What was their race?

Who killed them?

Why were they killed?

World History  –  Write a letter to one of the major world leaders discussed in this lesson. In your letter you should summarize their goals and then explain how these goals might lead to negative consequences, both for their people and the world.

America History – N/A