Week of April 16-20

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- Canadian Packets are due. The packets will be checked and the students should have the first three pages done. Students will receive a reading assignment today which is due tomorrow.

Tuesday- Reading assignments will be collected
               Lesson 2: Climate, Atlantic provinces, Great Lakes Provinces
               Canada VS. US assignment

Wednesday- Final Canadian Political Map Review
                  - Canada Bonus sheets and Review Sheets

Thursday - Canada Political Map Quiz
               - Canada Video Questions sheet following Quiz

Friday- Review Canada's Physical Features
          - Current Event Quiz

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- Lesson 3: Japanese Geography
               Japanese Culture Sheets are distributed

Tuesday- Final Political map review
               Poltical map bonus sheets

Wednesday- Asia Political Map QUIZ

Thursday- Introduction to the Korean Peninsula
                Students will be working on the Korea: In Class Project (DUE MONDAY)
Friday- Complete Project
            Current Events Quiz

TENTH GRADE
Monday- Pass back and discuss 60's TESTS
             - Begin Vietnam Chapter
             - Lesson 1: Origins of the Vietnam War/ Timeline/ Maps

Tuesday- Lesson 2: Americanization of the War 1964-1967
             - Students will receive discussions Questions which are due tomorrow

Wednesday- Public Opinion of the war: Morale up and down
                     VIETNAM CULTURE PROJECT: In Class
                     Students will choose a song from the sixties that was a protest song and
                      explain the lyrics.

Thursday- Vietnam REVIEW: Students should study their maps and lessons 1-3 for a quiz
                  We will also be working on Projects

Friday- VIETNAM QUIZ

Week of April 9-13

SEVENTH GRADE
Thursday- Students will be beginning the CANADIAN Geography Chapter
                They will receive a take home quiz which is due TOMORROW
Friday- Collect Take Home Quizzes
          - Students will work on their map packets

EIGHTH GRADE
Thursday- Map Packet Discussion and Political Map Review
Friday- Lesson 2: Chinese Geography
            Study Political Maps

TENTH GRADE
Thursday- 60's Jeopardy Review
Friday- Chapter Test

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 !!!!!!

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

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

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

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