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Monday, February 9, 2009

Assignments Feb 9-13

Changes since the first posting are in red.

Changes as of Friday, Feb 13th are in pink.

Don’t forget: Thursday is ART CLUB. We will be deciding on a mural for the wall between the nurse’s office and the staff lounge. Come and get involved! Also, please remember that all Daily Quizzes are OPEN NOTE, OPEN BOOK.

6th grade:

Essential Question: Describe each of the following: fascism, communism, nationalism, liberalism, and conservatism. This will be due sometime the week of Feb 23rd. The format will be paragraph descriptions (one for each topic). Please think about these as we're studying chapter 9 so you will be prepared when it comes time to write.

Ch. 8 Review Game (Monday in class)

Ch. 8 Test (Tuesday in class)

9.1: terms, read, GR, reading checks (Tuesday night)

“-isms” and causes of WWI (Thursday in class)

edHelper “Causes of World War I” (Thursday night homework)

9.1 Daily Quiz (Monday in class)

9.2: terms, read, GR, reading checks (start Friday in class, finish over the weekend)

Discuss fascism and communism (Monday in class)

edHelper “What is Communism?” (Monday HW)

Looking ahead: we will continue with chapter 9.

7th grade:

Essential Question: What factors have slowed the economic development of the South African countries?

23.1: terms, read, GR, reading checks, map (in class Monday)

Group: Southern Africa’s Physical Geography (in class Tuesday)

23.1 Daily Quiz (in class Tuesday)

23.2: terms, read, GR, reading checks, map (Tuesday night)

Group: “How, When, Where” (Wednesday in class)

23.2 Daily Quiz (Wednesday in class)

23.3: terms, read, GR, reading checks, map (Start Wednesday in class)

Video: South Africa (Thursday in class)

23.3 Daily Quiz (weekend HW)

23.4: terms, read, GR, reading checks, map (Thursday night)


23.4 Daily Quiz (Weekend HW)


Answer the essential question (due Wednesday, Feb 18th)

Looking ahead: we’ll play the ch 23 review game in class Tuesday, and we’ll have the ch 23 test on Wednesday.

8th grade (revised from last week’s posting)

Essential Question: Why is it necessary to know and understand the U.S. Constitution in order to be a good citizen?

Finish discussing the Constitution and the “Exploring the Document” questions (in class Monday and Tuesday)

8.2: read and GR (Thursday)

Discuss the Bill of Rights (Friday in class)

8.2 Daily Quiz (Tuesday in class)

8.3: read and GR (Weekend HW)

GROUP: make posters showing the responsibilities of citizens to hang in hallway (Tuesday in class)

8.3 Daily Quiz (Tuesday HW)

Compose answer to essential question in short essay form (due Friday, Feb 20)

Looking ahead: next week we’ll conduct our survey.