Links for 6th grade essential question

Essential Question: Describe fascism, communism, nationalism, liberalism, and conservatism.

As we discussed in class, you'll need one paragraph for each ideology. We've already completed the rough drafts for fascism, communism, and nationalism. This weekend, you'll write rough drafts for liberalism and conservatism.

Here are some links to help you write and improve your descriptions:
Modern History Sourcebook: fascism, nationalism
Wikipedia's definition of liberalism, conservatism
msn encarta communism

Remember that the paragraph (one for each ideology) should include the following:
-topic sentence that tells the definition of the ideology
-2 to 3 detail sentences that explain the definition (try giving a real example of it from history)
-a concluding sentence

Help with Works Cited!

Here is a link courtesy of one of my fellow teachers:

EasyBib.com

Just make sure you pick MLA style. Have fun making an easy works cited!

Extra Credit DUE FEB 27

For 5 points, submit your answer (with proper heading) directly to me by Feb 27, 2009.

Q: What did Adolf Hitler call his "perfect race?"

A: The ___ARYAN____ Race

Assignments for the Week of Feb 23 (Subject to Change, Check Back Often)

Feb 23rd, 2009
Any changes I make will be in red. Please make sure you check back often.

6th grade
Essential Question (due Monday at the end of class): Describe each of the following: fascism, communism, nationalism, liberalism, and conservatism.
□ Go over edHelper World War II (Monday in class)
□ finish "Read Aloud" about Luncia Gamzer (Monday in class)
□ review fascism, communism, and nationalism (in class Wednesday)
□ write rough draft descriptions for fascism, communism, and nationalism (Wednesday HW)
□ edHelper-“Forming Opinions” (Thursday in class)
□ discuss liberalism and conservatism (Thursday in class)
□ write rough draft descriptions for liberalism and conservatism (Thursday HW)
□ write final draft descriptions to turn in by the end of the period (Monday in class)

7th grade
□ start group poster about Asian country (Monday in class)
□ finish group poster about Asian country (Tuesday in class)
□ present projects to the class and enjoy lunch courtesy of Trina’s family (Wednesday in class)
□ Go over map questions from last week (Thursday in class)
□ Go over section 24.1 (Thursday in class)
□ 24.2: terms, read, reading checks, GR, edHelper "Marco Polo" (weekend HW)
□ Web Activity-meet in computer lab! (MONDAY in class)

8th grade
These terms might be helpful
This is a great review of main ideas we've recently studied
NOTE: I'm trying to pull just what we need, so you'll notice I've included readings from sources other than our textbook. Keep in mind that you can still refer to your textbook if you are confused or you want a different explanation of the same material.
□ tally up survey data (Monday in class)
□ Essential Question due Tuesday at the beginning of class
□ Read “Ratifying the Constitution” (Tuesday)
□ Read “Challenges for A New Nation: Organizing the Government” (Tuesday)
□ Read “Federalists and Anti-Federalists” (Tuesday)
□ Would you have been a Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Why? pssst-practice your thesis writing skeeeeellss (Tuesday HW)
□ Share HW (Wednesday in class)
□ Read 9.2: terms, read, reading checks, GR (Wednesday HW)
□ Go over 9.2 (Thursday in class)
□ Partner Activity: SRQ #3 pg 277 (Thursday in class)
□ Read “Challenges for A New Nation: Foreign Policy Challenges” If that article seems hard to understand, try section 9.3 in your book instead. (Thursday HW)
□ Group Activity: SRQ#3 pg 282 (Monday in class)
□ 9.4: terms, read, reading checks, GR (Monday HW)

8th grade Essential Question

Why is it necessary to know and understand the U.S. Constitution in order to be a good citizen?
You've known about it, so here's the due date: Tuesday, Feb. 24th. I'll be giving you a rubric in class on Friday. Keep in mind that this is a persuasive essay. I know your language textbook has information on how to write persuasive essays. Use the index to help you find the section. I also have a bunch of Write Source books in my classroom that you can take home with you over the weekend.
Click here for the rubric in case you left it at school.

Here are some useful sites - please make sure your parents are ok with you accessing YouTube.
structure
YouTube - the only difference I expect is that you do NOT use I, me, you, we, us, etc in your essay.
About.com
OWL Writing Lab (Purdue)

We'll practice writing some thesis statements in class Friday. I'll probably use some of these prompts.

Print Powerschool for Plethora of Points!

Aaah, alliteration. What's plethora?

Anyway, I'm extending the opportunity for 10 bonus points. If you AND your parents log in to your powerschool account, you can click on your social studies grade and see a list of your assignments. PRINT THAT PAGE, have your parents SIGN it, and then turn it in to me.
If you need to, your parents can stop in the library to use the printers.

I'll accept these between now and the end of the quarter. You can only take advantage of this ONCE.

TIP: your parents can sign up for email updates so they'll get an email when your grade changes. Gotta love technology.

Extra Credit DUE FEB 20

5 points!

Here's the trivia question:
Who invented the cotton gin (1793) and a way to manufacture muskets using interchangeable parts (1798)?

Write your answer on looseleaf with a proper heading. Hand your answer directly to me on or before Friday, Feb 20th. No answers will be accepted after that.

Answer: Eli Whitney!

Assignments for the week of Feb 17 (subject to change, check back often)

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE CHANGES IN RED

Feb 17, 2009

Please remember to take advantage of all extra credit opportunities!

6^th Grade

□ 9.2 due, discuss communism and fascism (Tuesday in class)

□ edHelper “What is Communism” (Tuesday HW)

□ 9.2 Daily Quiz (in class Wednesday)

□ 9.3 (read, terms, GR, reading checks) (Wednesday HW)

□ Group “Before and After” (Thursday in class)

□ 9.3 Daily Quiz (Thursday in class)

□ 9.4 (read, terms, GR, reading checks) (Thursday HW)

□ Read Aloud: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust (Friday in class)

□ edHelper “World War II” (weekend HW)

7^th Grade

□ Grade 23.3 and 23.4 Daily Quizzes (in class Tuesday)

□ Ch. 23 Review Game (in class Tuesday)

□ Essential Question DUE WEDNESDAY: "What factors have slowed the economic development of the South African countries?"

□ Ch 23 Test (Wednesday in class)

□ Unit 7 Preparation (Wednesday after the test):

□ pg 535 #’s 1-4

□ pg 536 #’s 1-3

□ pg 537 #’s 1-4

□ pg 538 #1

□ pg 539 #’s 1-2

□ 24.1 (read, terms, reading checks, locate) (Wednesday HW)

□ Group Research in the library: China, Mongolia, and Taiwan (Thursday in class)

□ 24.1 Daily Quiz (Thursday HW)

□ Finish Group Research (Friday in class)

□ 24.2 (read, terms, reading checks, locate) (weekend HW)

8^th Grade

□ Group: Make posters showing the responsibilities of citizens to hang in the hallways (Tuesday, Wednesday in class

8.2 and 8.3 Daily Quizzes-OPEN BOOK, OPEN NOTE, not open friend! (Thursday in class)

□ Create bank of survey questions (Thursday in class - 8B will finalize it since 8S has PE)

□ Conduct survey at home - please ask adult family members - don't forget to call relatives (weekend HW)

□ Conduct survey at school (Friday in class)

We will go to Meijer on Grape Road @1pm on Saturday to survey shoppers. I am in the process of finalizing this information, so please be aware that it is subject to change. Sorry for any inconvenience. It is NOT mandatory--only those 8th graders who volunteer will do the Meijer survey.

Essential Question Due TUESDAY! Click here for the rubric.

Congratulations Corpus!

Yesterday, Feb 11th, was a winning day for Corpus Christi School!
First, our Cougar Quizbowlers showed excellent trivia sense against St. Thomas Elkhart. The final score was Corpus Christi 270, St. Thomas 175.
Later that evening, 60 middle schoolers (over half!) showed up to help Corpus Christi win the You Can Lend A Hand attendance contest at the Notre Dame Women's Basketball game. We won the grand prize: $300!

Don't Forget ND Bball

Don't forget to attend the ND Women's basketball game TONIGHT at 7pm for 10 extra credit points. Here's what you do:
- bring the voucher you received with your BK books
- tell the ticket counter you're with Corpus Christi and you'd like to sit in section 111
- wear your red cougar paw shirt
- find me in section 111 to tell me you're there

Voila! 10 points!

Blog Trivia (Extra Credit) due Feb 13

(Jeopardy style)

A: Found in Southeastern Massachusetts, this peninsula is a famous vacation area
Q: (submit to me on looseleaf by Friday, Feb 13) CAPE COD!

Make sure you hand the extra credit directly to me. Do not leave it out anywhere for someone to steal your answer. :)

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.

6^th 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.

7^th 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.

8^th 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.

How to Respond to the Essential Question

In other words, how to be a superstar writer. No joke.

See this document.

Assignments Starting Feb 2nd, 2009

Read this document to see what we'll be doing in the near future. See the post above for help in writing your essays. I'll post other supporting links and such this week.
Don't forget to check out the extra credit opportunities below!