Mrs. Velazquez 8th Grade US History Assignments

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

May 22-26

Monday

SV Life Announcements (8^th grade BBQ tickets on sale all week 5.00)

Homestead Notes/Homestead Packet (Final assignments of the year)

Community Service Project Essay Completion/Letters to Self Assignment due Tuesday May 30^th

HW=Community Service Project

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Community Service Project Essay Completion/Letters to Self Assignment due Tuesday May 30^th

HW= Community Service Project

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Movie: Far and Away

HW= Community Service Project

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Movie: Far and Away

HW=Community Service Project due tomorrow don’t forget!!!

 Friday  Yearbook Distribution Day!

SV Life Announcements

Final Binder Reminder Check of the Year! (10pts each week)

Community Service Project is due! (100pt. project)

Movie: Far and Away

HW=Letters to Self Assignment due on Tuesday don’t forget!!

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

May 15-19

Monday

SV Life Announcements/CNN 10/Testing Week Schedule discussed

Grading Reconstruction Packet at the end of the period

The Reconstruction Packet consists of the following graded assignments worth 70 points:

1) Reconstruction after the War Cornell Notes and Summary Paragraph= 20 pts.

2) Reconstruction Questions 1-23 =20 pts.

3) Reconstruction #24 Paragraph response =10 pts.

4) Pantomime Prediction/Response =20pts. 

HW=Complete Missing Work/Community Service hours due next Friday

Tuesday  (Plainsmen Progress Day is after school today!)

SV Life Announcements

CAASP ELA Performance Task Testing (first three periods)

Seeing only periods D, E and F today
Civil War Letters Assignment

HW=Complete incomplete work/Community Service hours due next Friday

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Letter Assignment Day II

HW=Complete incomplete work/Community Service hours due next Friday

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

CAASP Math Performance Task Testing (first three periods)

Seeing only period A and B today

Civil War Letter Assignment

HW= Complete incomplete work/Community Service hours due next Friday

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements/CNN 10

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Civil War Letters Due

Letter to yourself Assignment (due May 30^th)

HW= Complete incomplete work/Community Service hours due next Friday

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

May 1-5

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Complete Lincoln Second Inaugural Address

Emancipation Proclamation

HW=Complete any incomplete work

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Gettysburg Address

Civil War and American Life

HW=Complete any incomplete work

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Santa Barbara Trip Preparation

AmTrak Train introduction/rules review

Students will use the laptop carts to plan their fun filled itinerary utilizing the following website

http://santabarbaraca.com/

http://www.pacificsurfliner.com/

amtrak promotion video to santa barbara

Inside tour of the AmTrak Surfliner Train

HW=Be prepared for tomorrow's Trip (hat, sun glasses, sunscreen, sweatshirt, towels, money, snacks, drinks, etc...)

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Santa Barbara Team Field Trip (students will go to their D period class and then report to the front of the school at 8:00)

**Chaperones taking the bus with us will meet at the front of the school no later than 8:00 and chaperones meeting us at the Chatsworth Train Station will meet us no later than 9:15. 

Please refer to the Santa Barbara Field Trip paper for information

Updates on our trip will go out via the Remind App.

Or you can log on and check the train status here:

http://amtrakcalifornia.com//news/check-train-status

HW=None

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Trip de-brief

CNN 10

Complete all work in Civil War Packet

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

April 24-28

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Packets handed out: Differences that Lead to War

Civil War Battles Part I (in new packet)

HW=Turn in missing/incomplete assignments for the Progress Report on Friday. Check your I.C. grades.

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Battles Part II

The Call to Arms Reading Guide

HW= Turn in missing/incomplete assignments for the Progress Report on Friday. Check your I.C. grades.

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Abraham Lincoln Speeches Day 1

HW= Turn in missing/incomplete assignments for the Progress Report on Friday. Check your I.C. grades.

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Abraham Lincoln Speeches Day 2

HW= Turn in missing/incomplete assignments for the Progress Report on Friday. Check your I.C. grades.

 Friday  (Q4 Progress Reports)

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Civil War and American Life

Introduction to second part of the Dog Tag project: Letter Home

HW=Finalize turning in your Field Trip Slips and Donations to the ASB office ASAP! Last day to pay is May1. Our Field Trip is on Thursday May 1.

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

April 17-21

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Formative Quiz (from the two-day simulation the previous week)

Civil War Generals and Battles Project Day 1 working in conjunction with Mrs. Fulleman in the library

HW=Civil War Generals and Battles research

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Generals and Battles Project Day 2 working in conjunction with Mrs. Fulleman in the library

HW= Civil War Generals and Battles research

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Generals and Battles Project Day 3 working in conjunction with Mrs. Fulleman in the library

HW= Civil War Generals and Battles research

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Civil War Generals and Battles Project Day 4 if needed to finish up and get checked in class for completion

HW=None (unless assignment was not complete)

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Civil War Teacher Lecture (review and explanation of the effects of the Civil War on American lives)

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 27-31

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Rush to the West and California and the Southwest stamping

Reform Packet: Abolitionists and Suffrage

History of Slavery in America

HW=Complete any missing assignments

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Life as a Slave in the South: Field Work, Domestic Work, Family, Children, Religion, Resistance

HW= Complete any missing assignments

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Making a Difference: 12 important historical figures

Question and Answer Research

HW= Complete any missing assignments

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Complete Making a Difference Question and Answer

HW= Complete any missing assignments

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Improving Society

A Call for Women’s Rights

HW=Enjoy Spring Break Week!

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 20-24

Monday

SV Life Announcements

New Seating Chart

Settlement of Texas Notes

Mexican Settlements

HW=Work on any incomplete/missing assignments for HW check on Thursday

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Conflict with Mexico Warm Up Questions 1-7

8-12 answered as a class

The Mexican American War (Handout)

HW=Any incomplete/missing assignments for HW check on Thursday

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

A Rush to the West in pairs (notes and visual boxes)

Vocabulary Triangles 9-12

HW= Any incomplete/missing assignments for HW check on Thursday

Thursday Minimum Day! Open House!

SV Life Announcements

Manifest Destiny Packet Grading (worth 95 points)

Vocabulary Triangles 1-12

Territorial Expansion Map

Mexican Settlement

LIfe in the West Cornell Questions or Pictures/Summary

Trails to the West Map

Conflict with Mexico

Mexican-American War

Extra Credit Geography and History: The Mexican American War

HW= Any incomplete/missing assignments for HW check tomorrow

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

CNN Student News

California and the Southwest

HW=Any incomplete/missing assignments

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 13-17

Q3 Report Cards this Friday! End of the Quarter, Finish Strong!

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Trail Decision #4

Final Fate Challenge

Final Fate Cards

HW=Chapter 4 Entry (for those assigned to complete for project)

Work on Project

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Wagon Masters complete all point logs, trail decisions, etc. to turn in

All groups will have independent work study in order to complete the Dime Novel Project

HW=Be ready to turn in your group project in class tomorrow. All projects are due at the end of the class period tomorrow.  

Wednesday (Penny Wars today at bruch!)

SV Life Announcements

Final Dime Novel Project in class completion and assembly

Final group points and trail decision logs due for winning team consideration

HW=Check Infinite Campus and complete any missing/incomplete work for the final grading due tomorrow

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Vocabulary Triangles 5-8

Oregon Country Reading Guide (group collaboration)

HW=Complete Vocabulary Triangles 5-8

 Friday (End of Q3)

SV Life Announcements/CNN 10

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Trails to the West Map

Final Grade Conferencing

HW=Check Infinite Campus Grades

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 6-10

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Expeditions West Notes (Lewis and Clark Review)

Westward Expansion in the Mid-1800’s Part I (Wagon’s West game notes/historical introduction to westward travel)

Final minutes to decide Trail Decision #1

HW=Work on Dime Novel Project

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Trail Decision #1 Fates in class

Fate Cards Revealed

Territorial Expansion Map

HW= Work on Dime Novel Project

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements/Pennies for Patients Day #1 Turn in!

Trail Decision #2

Complete Territorial Expansion Map

Vocabulary Triangles 1-4

HW= Work on Dime Novel Project

Thursday

SV Life Announcements/Walk to Canyon F and A period

Fate Cards

Life in the West Cornell Notes/Questions or Pictures and 5 sentence summary

HW= Work on Dime Novel Project

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Westward Expansion in the Mid-1800’s Part II (Stops along the way and Oregon or California?)

Life in the West Cornell Notes (F and A period only since they missed yesterday’s class due to the Canyon Visit)

Trail Decision #3

Fate Cards

HW= Work on Dime Novel Project

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

February 13-17 This is Progress Report Week!!!

 **Plainsmen Progress Day is February 28th for any student who wants to re-take the Quiz. 

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Age of Jackson review questions from the packet

Forced to Leave Notes (From Friday)

Native American Removal Map (From Friday)

HW=Complete any missing work/Check Infinite Campus Grades

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Complete Native American Removal Map

Complete work from Andrew Jackson Packet

HW=Packets graded tomorrow/Check Infinite Campus Grades

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Grade Andrew Jackson Packet in Class

Chapter 7: North and South Take Different Paths

Life in the North Class Notes/Cornell Summary and Pictures

North Vocabulary squares

HW=Complete Vocabulary, Cornell Summary, and/or Pictures and Check Infinite Campus grades

Thursday  (Q3 Progress Report)

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Stamp

Warm Up: Fredrika Brenner, A Day Among the Swedes at Pine Lake

Cotton Kingdom in the South: Cornell Notes

Questions/Summary

Primary Source Reading/Questions: 12 Years a Slave

HW=Work on any incomplete assignments/Check Infinite Campus for Progress Report Grades

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

No School

President’s Day Weekend

HW=Work on any incomplete assignments

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

February 6-10

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Jefferson-Monroe Quiz (Chp. 5 and Chp. 6 sections 1, 2)

Open Notes and students can use flash cards they created in class last week

H.W. Packets will be graded tomorrow (complete any missing work)

HW=Relations w/Spain Questions (last page in the New Threats from Overseas Packet

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

New Threats from Overseas Packets graded/stamped

Age of Jackson Packets Distributed

Vocabulary Triangles: Andrew Jackson, Nominating Convention, Suffrage, Caucus, Spoils System

HW=Complete Vocabulary

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Andrew Jackson becomes President Class Notes

Comparing View Points: Jackson and the Spoils System Primary Source Read/Critical Thinking Questions

HW=Complete Spoils System questions

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Andrew Jackson Hero or Villain?

Chp. 6: The Age of Jackson Collaborative Group Assignment

HW=Continue work on Group Assignment/Counselor Activity due tomorrow

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Collect Counselor Activity

Forced to Leave: Indian Removal Act Quick Notes

Native American Removal Map Activity

HW=Complete any missing assignments

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

 Happy New Year!!

January 9-13

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Welcome Back

CNN Student News

Q2 Recap

Q3 Preview (Chapter 5 introduction read in class)

HW=None

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Jefferson Takes Office Warm Up

Jefferson’s Inaugural Address

 **Presidential Farewell Speech tonight at 6pm** Watch it!

HW= Chapter 5 Section 1 Check Your Progress Questions 1-3

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Jefferson’s Presidency and the Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

HW=Complete Lewis and Clark Expedition Summary

Thursday  (Fire Drill during Relax weather permitting)

SV Life Announcements

Exploring the Louisiana Purchase Map Activity

HW=Complete Map

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Lewis and Clark: The Great Journey West Video

Guided Questions 1-7

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

December 12-16

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Review final topic for Wednesday’s assessment

John Adams Presidency Notes

John Adams Primary Source Reading and Questions

HW=Review for Test

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Complete John Adams Primary Source Reading and Questions

Review Topics in final packet for the final

HW=Review for Test

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Q2 Final Online Assessment

HW=None

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

End of Quarter 2

Team Party in the MPR (all day)

HW=None

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

No School! Winter Break Begins!

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

December 5-9

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Complete Judicial Branch

Chapter 4: George Washington Read/Activity

HW=Complete Washington’s Activity and continue to work on Constitution Hunt from the Preamble Packet

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Warm Up: Frist Inaugural Address

Launching a New Nation Notes

Rebellion CD

HW=Complete Rebellion CD and continue to work on Constitution Hunt from the Preamble Packet

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Development of Political Parties: Jefferson v. Hamilton Primary Source Letters

Washington’s Dilemma: 1-2 and Guiding Questions 1-7

HW=Complete Guiding Questions and continue to work on Constitution Hunt from the Preamble Packet

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

The Preamble Packet is due in class

Federalists v. Republicans Cartoon and Box Completion

HW=Complete any incomplete/missing assignments

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

The Legacy of Washington Cornell Notes

Washington Farewell Address and Critical Thinking Questions 1-4

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

November 28-December 2

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Movie continued: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington/Video Guide

HW=Congress in a Flash

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Movie continued: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington/Video Guide

HW=Congress in a Flash

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Movie Conclusion: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

How a Bill Becomes a Law Cartoon Read and Box Fill-In

HW=Congress in a Flash

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Congress in a Flash due today, worth 60 points

The Judicial Branch: Fill-In, True/False, Definitions, Opinion

Supreme Court Cases-You be the Judge

HW=Extra Credit in The Judicial Branch

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

CNN Student News

The Judicial Branch: Constitution Hunt (Use of U.S. Constitution in the textbook for reference)

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

November 21-25

This week is Turkey Week! SV is definitely in the Spirit this Week. Check out all our activities.

Monday (Turkey Bowl Pep Rally at Brunch. There will be an extended brunch)

SV Life Announcements

Student Work Day (students have the period to complete the Preamble assignments to be prepared for grading tomorrow)

HW=Canned Food Donations

Tuesday (Canned Food Drive Items Last Donation Day, Door Decorating Contest at lunch, Color Run after school)

SV Life Announcements

Preamble Packet Graded=80 points

Congress in a Flash assigned (students work in groups)

HW=None

Wednesday (Turkey Bowl after lunch 1:15-2:10. We are the Mean Green Machine going up again White Lightening. All families are invited to attend this event. Check in at the office for a Visitor Pass.)

SV Life Announcements

Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Video Guide Notes

HW=None

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Thanksgiving Day

No School

HW=None

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Thanksgiving Holiday

No School

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

November14-18

Please bring in donated items for our Feed the Children Can Drive all week. Thank you in advance! (Students will earn 1 hour of service credit for every 10 items donated)

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Preamble Packets handed out

Constitution Quick Guide (notes and pictures)

Goals of the Constitution

HW=The Preamble

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

The Bill of Rights Notes

HW=The Bill of Rights Questions

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

5 Principles of the Constitution

Checks and Balances

HW=Checks and Balances Practical Problems 1-4

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Checks and Balances Practical Problems 5-8

Separation of Powers Vocabulary/Chart

HW=Complete any needed work in packet

 Friday 

Q2 Progress Reports

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

The Federal System (State, Federal and Shared Powers)

The Federal System Assessment

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Checklist for Voting (Registered on our online doc, Brought I.D., not on the LOP list)

Mock Election (Voting to take place in the MPR)

Pod stations 1, 2, 3/Pod Station Packet

HW=Continue Election Coverage Questions

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Election Day!! (SV Student News)

Formative: Electoral College

HW=Complete Election Coverage Questions

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Election Reflection completed and packet turned in

Election Results discussion

Summative: Electoral College Paragraph Write

HW=None

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Q2 Progress Reports* (Update: Progress Reports have been extended until 11/18.)

Complete Community Service Letters (optional)

Work on any incomplete assignments

HW=None

 Friday 

Veteran’s Day

No School

HW=

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

October 24-28

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Constitutional Convention Invitation Research/Creation

HW=None

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Constitutional Convention Invitation Final Day in Class

HW=Make sure you submitted CC Invitation through google classroom

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Benchmark Re-Teach (Focusing on Author’s Purpose) or

Enrichment (Salem Witch Trials in the Library with Mrs. Fulleman)

HW=None

Thursday (E period Disaster Drill)

SV Life Announcements

Community Service Letter Writing (optional)

Students can earn up to 2 hours of service credit as we prepare for Veteran’s Day. Letters will be mailed to US Navy Soldiers aboard the USS Ronald Reagan #78

Second Option is to write to an 8^th grade student and/or 6^th grade student who both lost their father who was a Ventura County firefighter. Both students are brother and sister and live here in the Santa Clarita Valley.

**Extra Credit Assignment will be available to students who choose not to participate in either letter writing activity. (United States Coordinate Grid Map)

HW=Complete letters if necessary/Extra Credit Assignment

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Founding Father’s At Work! 3 Plans (in the Constitutional Convention Invitation Packet) Read aloud in class

Complete Questions 1-17 (We will review if all students finish in time)

Students can work on the Extra Credit Coordinate Grid Assignment when finished with questions.

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

September 26-30

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Argumentative Writing Workshop continued from Friday

-Identifying Argumentative Writing Elements Claims, Reasons, Evidence, Counter Claims and Transitional words/phrases

-Loyalist vs Patriot Writing Topic for in class argumentative essay: Who is to Blame the Loyalists or the colonial Patriots?

HW=Watch the Presidential Debate (extra credit offered for completing a debate analysis chart)

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Argumentative Essay in Google Classroom

Class Period codes are:

A period=veympq0    B period=zxh0t9k     D period=u233y6m     E period=eon26o    F period=drg2hs (students to write code on the project packet)

Create a shared google doc with all group members and Mrs. Velazquez

Begin Research/Wrtiing

HW=Research continued for Argumentative Essay

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Class time for Research/Writing Argumentative Essay

HW=

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

A period will miss class time for #Icanhelp school assembly today

Final Class time for Research/Writing Argumentative Essay

HW=Final Draft of Essays are due tonight! (except for A period, due to the assembly the essays will be due on Friday

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Declaring Independence (periods B, D, E, F)

(Final work day on essays for A period only due to missing class Thursday for the assembly)

HW=Enjoy your Fall Break! See you on Wednesday October 5th

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

October 3-7

Monday

Fall Break

No School

HW=None

Tuesday

Fall Break

No School

HW=None

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Declaration of Independence Warm Up Part 1-4

Battle Map of the American Revolution Quick Review

Lecture Notes: Events in American Effect the World! (specifically France and Latin America)

Review: Behind the Declaration (to be started in class and worked on over the next two days as free time permits)

HW=Behind the Declaration (option to work at home or will work tomorrow in class)

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

The Articles of Confederation (Our Nation’s first Constitution)

Governing a New Nation Cause/Effect Chart

HW=Articles of Confederation Cause and Effect Reading (Read first page only, will be doing part 2 in class on Friday)

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Problems with the Articles of Confederation and Growing Problems Class Notes

Articles of Confederation Cause and Effect Part 2

Governing a New Nation Timeline (to be started in class and completed on Monday)

HW=Watch the Presidential Debate on Sunday (extra credit for completing the candidate research form)

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

September 19-23

Monday

SV Life Announcements

CNN Student News

Propaganda Project Day I (Slogan and type identified)

Students work collaboratively in their groups and start to fill out the project collaboration worksheet to help them record their ideas.

Buy Poster (.50 cents in the library, time is giving in class for this)

HW=Project Ideas

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Propaganda Day II (Details and Poster Work)

Students should have finalized the details of their poster following the project rubric as they work on their poster in class.

HW=Project Work

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Final work day for poster completion

All posters collected at the end of the period. Students who need an extra day will not be considered for the poster contest.

Posters, rubric and collaboration sheets collected

HW=None or Students who needed one more day have tonight to finish  

Thursday

SV Life Announcements

Part II Propaganda Project: 5 Paragraph Argumentative Essay introduced

Google Classroom/Code for access given in class

Argumentative Writing Tutorial Day I

HW=

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Part II Propaganda Project:

Student essay writing tutorial continued…

HW=Be prepared to begin your own essay in your groups on Monday

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

Week 2

August 22-26

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Team/Class Syllabus Signatures all due today!

5-10-minute completion of Primary/Secondary Lessons

Community Service Project Handed out/Discussed

Colonies Project Preview

HW=Supplies, Website Subscribe, Class Text Alerts, Fundraiser Fun!

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Founding of the 13 Colonies Review/Chart

Founding of the 13 Colonies Notes

Colonies Project handed out/explained

HW=Brainstorm ideas for the start of the project tomorrow in class

Wednesday

SV Life Announcements

Colony Group Assignments

Colony Project Day 1

HW=Colony Project

Thursday (safety drill during RELAX)

SV Life Announcements

Colony Project Day II

HW=Colony Project

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Colony Project Day III

HW=Last minute finishing touches for the Colony Project to be done on your own

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

First Week (August 15-19)

Monday

SV Life Announcements

Q1 Seating Charts Assigned

Team Outline handed out/discussed (due back signed August 22)

Class/Team Website Preview

HW=Outline Parent Signatures/Website Subscribe/Text Alert Subscribe/Class Supplies

Tuesday

SV Life Announcements

Class Outline handed out/discussed (due back signed August 22)

Class/Team Website Exploration

Community Service Project Handed out

River Rally Service Opportunity/Online Volunteer Registration

HW= Outline Parent Signatures/Website Subscribe/Text Alert Subscribe/Class Supplies

Wednesday (Step It Up School Fundraiser Assembly)

SV Life Announcements

Primary/Secondary Sources

Getting to know your fellow Majestic Mountaineer

HW= Outline Parent Signatures/Website Subscribe/Text Alert Subscribe/Class Supplies/Team Fundraiser

Thursday (Fire Drill during RELAX)

SV Life Announcements

Historian’s Toolkit

HW= Outline Parent Signatures/Website Subscribe/Text Alert Subscribe/Class Supplies/Team Fundraiser

 Friday 

SV Life Announcements

Binder Reminder Check (10pts each week)

Geography: Physical and Political Map Review

HW= Outline Parent Signatures/Website Subscribe/Text Alert Subscribe/Class Supplies/Team Fundraiser