Read this first: Assignments Jan. 26-30
I'm posting this info here since Catholic Schools Week will disrupt our normal schedule.
6th Grade:
Industrial Revolution Part 1
Industrial Revolution Part 2
Inventions Chart
Top 10 Significant Industrial Revolution Inventors
Invention of the Steam Engine
Industrial Revolution Quiz
Essay question (response due Friday, January 30th):
Why do you think the steam engine was such an important invention of the Industrial Revolution?
(hint: consider its impact on history)
7th Grade:
Africa
Lonely Planet Travel Site
Arkive
Writing Activity (response due Friday, January 30th):
"Imagine that you have been awarded an all-expenses-paid vacation to East Africa. Write a letter to your travel agent explaining what you want to do on your trip. List and describe physical features want to see and African wildlife and historical sites you would like to explore."
8th Grade:
The meaning of the word "enigma"
Constitution Creation
Delegate Dossiers
Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Smoothing Out the Bumps
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Complete a written response that includes the following:
- Four 3-5 sentence descriptions of the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, the 3/5 Compromise, and the Great Compromise.
- Then answer the following persuasive essay question:
"Why should we consider the Constitutional Convention Delegates (The Founding Fathers) to be American heroes?" (hint, give three reasons in a thesis statement, then describe each reason in its own paragraph, then give a conclusion)
