Social+Studies+8th+Grade

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Bring in your social studies textbook and Buckle Down to class -- I am collecting all resources.

Thursday, June 10 - Tuesday, June 15,2010 No homework.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Complete 2008 Multiple Choice Questions

Review website link for extra practice: http://mw.k12.ny.us/schools/middle/em/quiz/ssreview.html

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Complete 2009 Multiple Choice Questions.

Monday, June 7, 2010 Come in with Questions 1-7 complete.

Friday, June 4, 2010 Complete the short answers using ART for your atomic bomb DBQ Ques 1 - 7.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 Read Chapter 29 on WWII

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Complete Units 10 & 11.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Complete Units 10 and 11 for Thursday, June 3rd.

Monday, May 31, 2010 No school.

Friday, May 28, 2010 Units 7 & 8 Buckle Down

Thursday, May 27, 2010 Review note cards Units 1 - 5

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Buckle Down Unit 5 on looseleaf

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 No homework.

Monday, May 24, 2010 Due tomorrow: Assignment #46 1. Define New Deal 2. What were the three New Deal Programs? 3. What is the most effective New Deal Program and why?| What was the least effective New Deal Program and why?

Friday, May 21, 2010 No homework - ice skating trip

Thursday, May 20, 2010 Buckle Down Unit 4 due on loose leaf.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Due on Friday: Buckle Down Unit 4. All Quick Review multiple choice and short answer questions as well as NYS Practice questions at the end of the unit.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Complete all questions in Unit 3 Buckle Down on loose leaf

Monday, May 17, 2010 Complete in Notes 3 of your power point review sheet for Unit 2 the following question: How did geography impact the economies in the different regions of the British colonies? In other words, why did the New England Colonies have a different economy than the Middle or Southern colonies?

Friday, May 14, 2010 Due on Wed May 19, 2010 - Unit 3 on looseleaf of Buckle Down.

Thursday, May 13, 2010 Have entire outline completed including concluding paragraph (remember to have your 5W, key details, and theme in it) and make sure to bring your Buckle Down book to class tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Complete Hamburger outline patties. Make sure you have details from the documents and relevant outside information.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 In your macro top bun include: 1. thesis 2. 5 W's who, what, where, when, why

Monday, May 10, 2010 Research Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party and come in with the following information: a. explain each person/group in detail b. explain what their beliefs are and how they showed those beliefs c. explain all of their different accomplishments are for their causes

Friday, May 7, 2010 No homework

Thursday, May 6, 2010 NYS Math Exam - no homework

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 NYS-Math Exam - no homework

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 No homework

Monday, May 3, 2010 No homework.

Friday, April 30, 2010 No homework.

Thursday, April 29, 2010 No homework.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Complete the short answer responses for Document 1A and 1B in your Civil Rights DBQ packet

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 No homework - NYS ELA exam

Monday, April 26, 2010 No homework - NYS ELA exam

Friday, April 23,2010 No homework.

Thursday, April 22,2010 No homework.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Final copy of political cartoon and snapshot due tomorrow for project presentations.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1. Complete a polished version of your cartoon which has been edited, colored, and revised. 2. Come in with your revised version of your snapshot.

Monday, April 19, 2010 Complete Assignment #42 1. Why did the US get involved in WWI? 2. What policy did this go against that the US had followed previously? 3. What did the Treaty of Versailles state? 4. How did the treaty lead to WWII? Use chapter 27 in History Alive and your Buckle Down book to help you complete this assignment.

Friday, April 16, 2010 1. Complete Draft of Imperialism Political Cartoon 2. Research background information in order to complete the snapshot in class on Monday

Thursday, April 15, 2010 No homework

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 No homework

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 No homework

Monday, April 12, 2010 No homework.

Friday, April 9, 2010 No homework

Thursday, April 8, 202010 If you did not complete the review questions in class, complete it for homework.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Complete Native American/geography review worksheet


 * DUE WED APRIL 7, 2010 UNITS 1 AND 2 OF BUCKLE DOWN SOCIAL STUDIES INTERMEDIATE REVIEW - ALL QUESTIONS ARE TO BE ANSWERED ON LOOSELEAF**

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Complete US expansion: Right or Invasion Worksheet

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1. Get grading sheet signed. 2. Complete Assignment #35

Wednesday, March 16 2010 - Monday March 22, 2010 No homework.

Tuesday, March 15, 2010 Complete Notebook Evaluation Rubric for Marking Period 3

Monday, March 14, 2010 No homework

Friday, March 12, 2010 No homework

Thursday, March 11, 2010 No homework

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Complete Hamburger Outline for Progressivism DBQ Task

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Choose documents which line up with your theme and put them into your hamburger outline.

Monday, March 8, 2010 No homework

Friday, March 5, 2010 For the tasks for the Progressivism DBQ write down which documents go with which task.

Thursday, March 4, 2010 Complete DBQ short answer questions.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Complete Progressivism collage

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Read about 3 more problems during the Progressivism era and add them to the chart for Assignment #33.

Monday, March 1, 2010 Mock ELA - no Social Studies Class

Friday, February 26, 2010 No school - Snow Day!

Thursday, February 25, 2010 RAD

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1. Complete Assignment #33 Muckraker/ Cause of the Problem/ Why its a problem/ Solution/Method Used to Solve Problem/Was this Solution Effective 1. 2. 3.

2. Choose one of the following writing options to complete on loose leaf in 200 words: A. Compare and contrast the methods two of the muckrakers used to solve problems in the early 1900s and evaluate their success. or B. Compare and contrast one issue you investigated from the past (for example the meat packing industry) and how it is being dealt with today.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 No homework

Monday, February 22, 2010 No homework

Friday, February 12, 2010 Enjoy the break!

Monday - Thursday February 8 - 11, 2010 No homework

Friday, February 5,2010 Bring in completed scrapbook for Monday at beginning of class. There is no printing of work during the beginning of class - come prepared ready to make presentations at the beginning of class!

Thursday, February 4,2010 Take drafts of Migration/Immigration project and revise work and complete typing up work

Wednesday, February 3,2010 Take drafts of Migration/Immigration project and revise and type up work

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Completes Parts 5 & 6 of Migration/Immigration Project

Monday, February 1,2010 Completes parts 1 -4 of Migration/Immigration Project

Friday, December 18, 2009 Festival of Lights Extra Credit Assignment Due on Monday

Thursday, December 17, 2009 Complete your 2nd draft for homework and please make sure to bring in your original draft and outline. Complete Reading Notes 24.4, 24.5, and 24.6

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Complete Reading Notes 24.2 and 24.3

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Write first draft of your Native American Boarding Schools Essay

Monday, December 14, 2009 Finish outline sheet for Native American Boarding Schools essay Make sure you have a working thesis, assertions, and evidence

Friday, December 11, 2009 1. Finish organizing your notebook and be ready for a spot check. 2. Complete the focus and background side of your pre-writing assignment on Native American Boarding Schools.

Thursday, December 10, 2009 1. Study for Exam 2. Bring in Notebook and all handouts and be prepared to organize your notebook after the exam!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 1. Bring in Reconstruction note cards for review tomorrow.

2. Come up with 5 possible essay topics (3 should be from post-its in class and 2 should be from the notes you have from it says/i think t- chart you have completed as you did initial research on the Native American boarding schools.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Finish reading Native American Boarding Schools packet and complete the worksheet that goes along with it.

Monday, December 7, 2009 Have at least six notes from Part D in Emily's wiki about student life in Native American boarding schools. Go to: http://emilyoliapuram.wikispaces.com Click on Boarding Schools Project Scroll Down to the section on Life at the Boarding Schools

Friday, December 4, 2009 Create index cards (using actual index cards or looseleaf) where you take all the terms from Reading Notes 22 and put the term on one side and the definition on the other side. The additional terms which need to be completed for homework are:scalawags, carpetbaggers, and explaining how did Lincoln feel about Reconstruction

Thursday, December 3, 2009 Complete your Reconstruction term on the front of your poster paper and complete your illustration depicting whether or not this event moved African Americans towards full citizenship.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 No homework.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Complete Reading Notes 22 and Processing 2. Reading notes and Processing activity will be collected at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Monday, November 23, 2009 Finish Glory Worksheet

Friday, November 13, 2009 Read Emancipation Proclamation and explain what it said and why Lincoln made this proclamation. Answer questions on worksheet you were given at the end of class. If you did not take a worksheet find the Emancipation Proclamation, find it online and answer these questions.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 1. Using the battles listed in Chapter 21, fill out your timeline with these events (mark which region won). 2. Put a box around the turning point battle. 3. Get progress report signed.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Read chapter 21 and complete Reading Notes 21 (which was handed out during class).

Monday, November 9, 2009 Answer the following question on looseleaf after you conduct online research: Why did the North not want the South to secede from the Union?

Friday, November 6, 2009 Complete Project and be ready to hand in at the end of class on Monday. If you need a copy of the project description you may find it at:

http://emilyoliapuram.wikispaces.com/8th+Grade

When you get there click on [|Exploration of Health and Food in MY life.doc]

Thursday, November 5, 2009 Complete Outline for Tomorrow's Essay Exam and write down everything you eat and drink for your health/nutrition project.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Write down what you eat and drink and begin on your health/nutrition project.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 No school

Monday, November 2, 2009 Complete Document 5 - do APPARTS and answer questions

Friday, October 23, 2009 1. Type up bio poem.

2. Type up a paragraph in which you discuss why the person you chose to write your poem about belongs in the Reformers Hall of Fame. Discuss how 2 - 3 of their accomplishments prove why they ought to be in the Hall of Fame.

Thursday, October 22, 2009 Write first draft of Bio-poem

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Read Chapter 18 and complete Reading Notes 18

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 How might the differences between North and South lead to a conflict between these two parts of the country?

Monday, October 19, 2009 Using your History Alive text complete Reading Notes 13 sections entitled: Transportation and Society for both the North and South

Friday, October 16, 2009 Write first draft of bake sale ban essay. Complete outline and staple it to your essay which should be written on looseleaf.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 1. Get test scores signed by parent/guardian 2. Complete both assertions (one for each patty) in your hamburger outline

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Complete Preview 13 worksheet - spoke diagram about your community

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Watch NY 1 (on tv or at ny1.com) for the mayoral debates tonight at 7pm. On looseleaf write down two issues the candidates discuss and how each of them plans on handling this topic for New Yorkers. http://ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/top_stories/107273/ny1-online--2009-mayoral-debate--1--10-13-09-

Monday, October 12, 2009 No school.

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Friday, October 9, 2009 Complete all three journal entries for Trail of Tears assignment and revise painting in textbook to make it more historically accurate.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 Study for Foreign Policy/Manifest Destiny Exam

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Write a draft of Journal Entry 3

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Complete review sheet questions on index cards (bought or handmade)

Monday, October 5, 2009 No homework

Friday, October 2, 2009 Complete entire Manifest Destiny Worksheet Handout

Thursday, October 1, 2009 Write 1st draft of involvement essay

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Revise outline for paper

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Write an outline for your paper on situations when you decide to get involved in your life. In your outline include: 1. topic sentences 2. details 3. evidence to support those details

Extra Credit: Write a three paragraph response in which you share" 1. who is in the run off race, what position is it for, and why is there a run off happening today 2. explain who, if anyone, you hope wins 3. explain who won and why

Both assignments are due tomorrow

Friday, September 25th, 2009 No homework.

Thursday, September 24, 2009 1. Respond to the following statement in 3 - 4 sentences: What is necessary to create peace in our world. 2. Read Worksheet 11A on the Monroe Doctrine and answer the questions at the bottom of the worksheet.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 No homework

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Read 12.3-12.10 and in your notebooks complete the following table: __US Problems / Presidents / Solutions__

Monday, September 21st, 2009 Complete Washington's Ideas on Foreign Policy Worksheet

Extra Credit: Today is the United Nations Day of Peace. In a three paragraph response develop the following ideas: A. Why did the UN start this day of peace? B. What are the goals for this event? C. Is peace possible?

Friday, September 18, 2009 1. Anaylze using active reading strategies Documents 1 and 2 from your civil rights DBQ 2. Complete the short answer questions for Documents 1 & 2 directly on the dbq packet.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 Complete Processing 11 - make sure under the images you draw that you write an explanation for each segment of your advertisement

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Read 11.4 & 11.5 in History Alive Textbook and complete Reading Notes (front AND back) worksheet

September 15, 2009 1. Bring in marble composition notebook and mini stapler. 2. Complete time capsule.

September 14, 2009

1. Get Syllabus Signed by student and Parents. 2. Make a List of 3 - 4 current issues that you are interested in learning/discussing with your peers. For each item explain in 2 - 3 sentences what about this topics is of interest to you.