Week of October 1-5

GEOGRAPHY 8
Monday
MAP PACKETS ARE DUE !!! - Make sure your Europe Map Packet is complete
We will practice the Political features of Europe
*** During this week, you can always be studying your European countries

Tuesday
Lesson 2: NW Europe
Stonehenge Article
STUDY MAP

Wednesday
The North Ireland Conflict Lesson
ESPY Video about the Catholic-Protestant relationship
STUDY MAP

Thursday
Final European MAP REVIEW
STUDY MAP

Friday
European Political Map Quiz
Current Event Quiz

CIVICS 8

Monday- Friday

During this week, the students will be working on a "MOCK TRIAL" during our study of the judicial branch of government. Each student will be assigned a role in the trial and we will prepare our cases and then go through the actual trial at the end of the week.

During the week, You should be studying your transcripts of the case and making sure that you are prepared for your specific role in the judicial process.

AMERICAN HISTORY 1

Monday- Pass back and discuss Tests and Current event articles
             - Lesson 1, Chapter 4 LIFE IN THE COLONIES
Lesson 1- Tradtional vs. New forms of government.
              - complete the chart assignment for HW

TUESDAY - FRIDAY
COLONIAL FAMILY PROJECT
Students will  be working on a project the remainder of the week in which they will be put into groups which are colonial "families" and they will have to depict what they're family would do during colonial times.
Students should be working on the Projects during the week in class and at home.

September 24-28

8th Grade Geography
Monday
JEOPARDY REVIEW GAME - Study your chapter 1 Study Guide for the test

Tuesday
CHAPTER 1 TEST

Wednesday
Intro to Regional Geography
Europe Take Home Quiz Due Tomorrow

Thursday
European Map Packets Completion
Map Packets are due monday
**** CURRENT EVENTS DUE TOMORROW ******

Friday
September Current Event Summary Day
Collect Articles

8th Grade Civics
Monday
Congressional Amendment Activity- Students should have their amendments to the Constitution
ready for class. We will simulate amending the Constitution.

Tuesday
DO I HAVE A RIGHT?? - I Civics Game from the website
Print out the receipt for completion

Wednesday
Analyzing the Amendments to the Constitution
Creative writing assignment

Thursday
Introduction of the Three Branches of Government
"GOVERNMENT FAMILY TREE" assignment

Friday
Win The White House - I civics Game
Print out the receipt for completion

9th Grade American History
Monday
Colony Matching activity
Students will create a Graphic organizer with the information from the colonies

Tuesday
Spanish Colonies Guided Reading Assignment

Wednesday
Jeopardy Review Game Chapter 3
Study FOR YOUR TEST

Thursday
CHAPTER 3 TEST

Friday
SEPTEMBER CURRENT EVENT DAY

September 17-21

Geography 8
Monday-Friday
Students will be working on a major In-Class Project this week in Geography Class. They will be
comparing American Culture with various cultures around the world by using images that they can
find in magazines or newspapers. Along with the poster aspect of the project, students will be writing
a paper on their findings. The project will be done Monday through Thursday and it will be due on Friday.

Civics 8
Monday
Jeopardy Review: Review for Chapter 1

Tuesday
UNIT 1 TEST

Wednesday
Pass back and review test
Directions for Democracy Lesson 1 Unit 2

Thursday
Directions for Democracy Part 2
Students will complete the reading and worsheet assignment
Worksheet is DUE TOMORROW

Friday
Collect Worksheets
Constitution WEBQUEST

American History 1
Monday
Students will be working on their Colony Brochures
*** Brochures are due at the end of class on Tuesday

Tuesday
Final Brochure work day
Students will receive their Colonial Note packets
Students will begin discussing their colony with their partner

Wednesday
Regional Discussion Today
Students will break up into groups according to region and discuss their colonies founding

Thursday
Colonial Discussions
Work to complete the rest of the notepacket

Friday
REGIONAL QUIZZES
Complete notepackets due MONDAY

September 10 - 14

Geography 8
Monday
World Population Lesson
Map Skills Review - Study and practice your map skills throughout the week.

Tuesday
8 Major cultural Traits lesson
Map Skills Review

Wednesday
Complete Cultural Traits Lesson
Final MapSkills Review

Thursday
Map Skills Quiz

Friday
Introduction to Cultural Comparison Project

8th Grade CIVICS
Monday
Civic Heroism Webquest Assignment

Tuesday
Immigration Webquest Assignment

Wednesday
Letters to Politicians introduction
STUDY GUIDES ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR UNIT 1 EXAM

Thursday
Peer edit letters and work on final draft

Friday
Review Unit 1
Finalize letters to be mailed
STUDY STUDY STUDY

9th Grade  American History 1
Monday
Chapter 1 Jeopardy Review

Tuesday
Chapter 1 Test

Wednesday
Introduction to Chapter 2

Thursday
Complete Lesson 1 Chapter 2
Intro to the Colony Travel Brochure project

Friday
Work on Travel Brochure projects

September 3 - 7

8th Grade Geography
Monday- No School

Tuesday- Map Quizzes will be passed back
            - Lesson 3: Developed vs. Developing nations
            - Begin HDI In Class Project

Wednesday- Complete Map Assignment
                 - Group Discussion on the uses of HDI

Thursday- Lesson 4: Map Skills Practice
              - Review the 5 Themes

Friday- 5 Themes of Geography Quiz
         - Map skills practice


8th Grade Civics
Monday- No School

Tuesday- Collect Community action Projects
            - Lesson 3: Rights vs. Responsibilities
            - Just the Facts lesson and homework sheet due tomorrow

Wednesday- Collect Just the facts worksheet
                - Rights vs. Responsibilities chart
                - I- CIVICS navigation

Thursday- CAST YOUR VOTE - I Civics interactive game

Friday- Responsibility laucher lesson on I Civics

9th Grade American History
Monday- No School

Tuesday- Pass back Exploration maps
            - Europeans compete Lesson 3
            - Section Reviews Sec 1,2,3

Wednesday- France and Netherlands Jigsaw activity

Thursday - Finish Jigsaw activity and discussion
               - Spain vs. France in class assignment

Friday - Chapter 1: Jeopardy Review Game