Friday, March 30, 2012

Week of 4/2 - 4/6

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- U.S. RAFT Projects are Due !!!!
             - U.S. Jeopardy Review / CHAPTER TEST TOMORROW STUDY STUDY STUDY !!

Tuesday- U.S. Chapter TEST

Wednesday- Go Over Test
                  - Intro to Canada
                  - Students will receive a Canada Take Home Quiz which is due when they get back

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- Intro to ASIA
             - Students will receive a Take Home Quiz for Asia

Tuesday- Take Home Quizzes are due
             - Students will receive their MAP PACKETS - DUE TOMORROW

Wednesday- Check Map Packets
                   - Lesson 1: Intro to asia Movie

TENTH GRADE
Monday- Civil Rights Packets are DUE !!
             - Students will discuss Civil Rights in class

Tuesday- 60's personalities and Counterculture
               Hippies and Woodstock: Lesson on social change

Wednesday- Music and cultural influence of the 60's
                  - Hendrix, The Who, and everyone who made a statement

HAVE A WELL DESERVED BREAK !!!!!!

Friday, March 23, 2012

Week of 3/26-3/30

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- Students will be given a Project that will be due at the end of the week.
               We will be reviewing materials from the regions of the U.S.
Tuesday- State abbreviation review #1
               Work on Project
Wednesday- State Abbreviation review #2
                  - Work on Project
Thursday- Final State Abbreviation review
              - Work on project
              - Current Event Articles are DUE TOMORROW !!!!
Friday- U.S. Abbreviation Quiz
            Current Event Articles are due

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- S Africa Notesheets will be handed out and they will be completed for tomorrow
             - Students also receive an In-Class Project regarding African Capital cities.
                the PROJECT is due Thursday
Tuesday- Discuss S.Africa/ Students will work on their Africa Captial City projects
Wednesday- Students will receive their Africa STUDY GUIDES
                  - Review Sheets will also be handed out
                  - Students will complete their Africa Capital City PROJECTS- DUE TOMORROW!!!
Thursday- AFRICA BINGO REVIEW GAME - STUDY STUDY STUDY
              - Current Events are due tomorrow
Friday- AFRICA CHAPTER TEST
         - Current Event articles are due

TENTH GRADE
Monday- JFK- The New Frontier/ JFK's Domestic program
               Criticisms of the Kennedy Administration- Legacy
Tuesday- JFK Assassination/ Background and Conspiracies
Wednesday- LBJ The Great Society/ Johnson's Administration
Thursday- Students will receive a CIVIL RIGHTS Packet
              - We will discuss the background of the Civil Rights Movement and the
                 students will then work to complete the packet
Friday- CURRENT EVENT ARTICLES ARE DUE
          - We will discuss the first section of CIVIL RIGHTS

Friday, March 16, 2012

Week of 3/19 - 3/ 23

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- U.S. West Region Notepackets
                U.S. Regions worksheet is distributed
Tuesday- Good Citizenship Test
             - U.S. Culture Packets
Wednesday- U.S. Capital City Review
                  - U.S. Culture Packet Discussion/ STUDY CAPITALS
Thursday- U.S. Capital City REVIEW/ BINGO GAME STUDY
Friday- U.S. Capital City QUIZ

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- Open Book Quizzes are DUE
             - Begin Central Africa and GENOCIDE UNIT

Tuesday- Finish Central Africa
             - Introduce Hotel Rwanda/ BEGIN MOVIE PRESENTATION

WED- FRIDAY
HOTEL RWANDA- Movie and Writing Assignment/ Anything not Completed is DUE monday

TENTH GRADE
Monday- Complete 1950's Culture Packets/ Review Sheets
Tuesday- Jeopardy Review Game
Wednesday- 1950's Test
Thursday- Pass back tests and Begin next Chapter : CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Friday-March for Freedom/ Lesson 2

Friday, March 9, 2012

Week of 3/12 - 3/16

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE
**** PSSA WEEK*****
Due to the irregular schedules, we will not be meeting everyday.
Students should have all of their portfolio assignments together for Monday.
The portfolios will due during the week according to the day that we have class.
Portfolios are due on the following days:
7th Grade                                                 8th Grade
Period 1- Tuesday                                    4th Period- Thursday
Period 2- Tuesday                                    5th Period - Friday
Period 3- Wednesday

TENTH GRADE
Monday- Cold War Projects are due
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday- NO CLASS

Thursday- 50 Personalities check and discussion

REMEMBER COLD WAR/ 50's TEST NEXT WEEK

Friday, March 2, 2012

Week of 3/5 - 3/9

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- U.S. POLITICAL MAP QUIZ  STUDY YOUR MAPS !!!! VOCAB IS DUE !!!!
Tuesday- North East U.S. Note Packet / Review Physical Maps of the United States
Wednesday- Begin South Note Packet/ Review Physical Maps/ North and South Similarities and
                     Differences Sheet
Thursday- Finish South Notesheet/ Final Political Map Review -TEST TOMORROW
Friday- U.S. Physical Map QUIZ

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- Vocab is DUE !!/ Final Political Review TEST TOMORROW STUDY MAPS
                Begin North Africa Lesson
Tuesday- AFRICA Political MAP QUIZ/ Finish North Africa
Wednesday- Begin Lesson 3 NIGERIA/ Review physical maps
Thursday- Finish Nigeria/ Review Physical Maps/ Physical Map Bonus Sheets
Friday- Students will begin W.Africa Packets/ FINAL PHYSICAL REVIEW - TEST MONDAY

TENTH GRADE
Monday- The Red Scare Lesson/ Spy Cases/ Restricted Freedoms 1950's
Tuesday- McCarthyism- The Rise of Joseph McCarthy/ Legacy of the Red Scare
Wednesday- Suburbia and the BABY BOOM / Truman vs. Eisenhower
Thursday- PROJECTS ARE DUE TOMORROW/ 50's Popular Culture - Begin Packet
Friday- Project Presenations - Work on packets