Teacher+-+7th+&+8th+Grade+Social+Studies

=SOCIAL STUDIES= =**Teacher**: Ms. Izabella Abramova=
 * Email:** msizy103@gmail.com
 * (If you wish to have access to the gradebook of your child please email me) **


 * Visit my wikispace __izzysocialstudies.wikispaces.com__ **


 * Classes**: Social Studies 701, 701, 801, 802

**Homework Policy** 1.No late homeworks unless a letter is provided by a parent/guardian 2. No late homeworks accepted after a week 3. Every day the homework is late,10 points are taken off

**Currant Events homework** 1. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com 2. Associated Press http://www.ap.org/ 3. http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/index.asp

**Journal Entry homework helpful links** 1.http:// www.pbs.org 2. http://histroychannel.com 3. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/ 4. http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

7th Grade Homework:

Term 4
 * ** HW # 1 Due Tuesday 03/08/11 **
 * Journal entry on the way a law is made in the US
 * ** HW # 2 Due Thursday 0310/11 **
 * Current events on law
 * ** Hw # 3 due Monday 03/ 14/11 **
 * Journal entry on checks and balances
 * ** HW # 4 Due Wednesday 03/16/11 **
 * Current Events on Japan
 * ** HW # 5 Due Friday 03/17/11 **
 * Complete the tricycle diagram on the branches of government last page of the chapter packet
 * ** Hw # 6 Due Monday 03/21/11 **
 * Study for a quiz on the Constitution in action, 3 branches of government, how a bill becomes a law.
 * ** HW # 7 Due Thursday 03/24/11 **
 * create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the political ideas of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
 * **Rensizzle week packet due on wed April 6**
 * **HW # 8 Due Friday 04/08/11**
 * Crossword puzzle from the video
 * **Hw # 9 Due Monday 04/11/11**
 * Journal Entry on President Thomas Jefferson
 * Finish outline for the essay
 * ** HW # 10 Due Tuesday **04/12/11
 * Complete the essay on the "new government" and write a paragraph on the essay that you didn't choose
 * ** HW # 11 Due Wednesday 04/13/11 **
 * Complete the review puzzles handout
 * **HW # 12 Due Thursday 04/14/11**
 * Study for a test on the constitution and the new government begins
 * ** HW # 13 Due Friday 04/29/11 **
 * compare and contrast President Barack Obama to former President Thomas Jefferson (venn diagram or t-chart)
 * **HW # 14 Due Monday 05/16/11**
 * Journal entry on an inventor during the industrial revolution
 * **HW # 14 Due Friday 05/20/11**
 * Current events on a technology/ inventions
 * Project Due Frdiay 06/03/11

8th Grade Homework:

Term 4 > **Project on the Holocaust due Thursday 04/28/11** >> create a chart!
 * ** HW # 1 Due Friday 03/09/11 **
 * Page 6 of the WWII video packet
 * ** HW # 2 Due Friday 03/11/11 **
 * Page 10 of the WWII video packet
 * ** Hw # 3 due Monday 03/14/11 **
 * Journal entry on Adolf Hitler
 * ** HW # 4 Due Wednesday 03/16/11 **
 * Current Events on Japan
 * ** HW # 5 Due Monday 03/21/11 **
 * Journal entry on Pearl Harbor
 * ** Hw # 6 Due Thursday 03/24/11 **
 * complete page 7 of the WWII video packet
 * **April 4th WWII presentations due**
 * Rensizzle week packet due on wed april 6
 * **HW # 7 Due Friday** 04/08/11
 * Using the reading notes get a picture for one term from each word bank
 * **HW # 8 Due Monday 04/11/11**
 * Journal Entry on the Holocaust
 * Bring permission slip and $5 for the trip in Friday [[file:Cluster 4 Trip Parental Consent Form.doc]]
 * **HW # 9 Due Tuesday 04/12/11**
 * ** write down at least 5 effects of WWII **
 * ** HW # 10 Due Wednsday 04/13/11 **
 * ** Complete a current events hw on present day human rights violation **
 * **HW # 11 Due Thursday 04/14/11**
 * Study for a test on WWII
 * **HW # 12 Due Friday 04/29/11**
 * **compare and contrast the US to the Soviet Union**
 * **HW # 13 Due Wednesday 05/04/11**
 * Who were the presidents during the cold war and how did eachone interact with Russia?
 * HW # 14 due Monday 05/23/11
 * Journal entry on the baby boom of the 1950s

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 * HW: due Wednesday 05/25/11
 * Compare life in the 1950’s to life toda
 *  **Prioject Due Friday 06/03/11**
 *  **Prioject Due Friday 06/03/11**