Mrs. Gaucher
8th Grade -
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1. We just
finished up with laptop use this past week.
The major project is due this Thursday. I’m stressing quality and not
quantity. Kids are to check off their
hand-written notes as they integrate them into the written pieces. Topics this week include prejudice and
discrimination and Hitler. |
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5. Study for
CE Quiz |
6. WWII Quiz
Tuesday. Joel Song Wednesday |
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9.Study for
WWII quiz tomorrow |
10. Joel Song
due tomorrow |
11. Moving
Toward War packet and reading due tomorrow |
12. Study for CEQuiz |
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16. No School Martin Luther King Day |
17. Terrible Things reading and questions |
18. Genovese Questions |
19. ½ Day
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20. ½ Day
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23. Assigned
Holocaust Project… ½ Day Conferences |
24. ½ Day
conferences |
25. Holocaust
Project note check tomorrow |
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27. Work on
Holocaust Project due Next Thur: 2/1 |
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30. UN handout |
31. Colin Powell
handout |
1st Holocaust Project due tomorrow |
2nd Study for CE quiz tomorrow Teachers give high school recommendations |
3rd Ms. DeLong comes to Civics to meet with each student
about their schedule individually!!! |
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December 2011 |
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Next week, the students will be tested on The Bill
of Rights unit. They will be writing a
five paragraph essay in class on Tuesday and Wednesday… |
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5. T.L.O. Case due Wed. |
6. T.L.O. due
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7. Cressman case due tomorrow |
8. Study
for CE Quiz |
9. No HW |
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12. Furman V.
Georgia case due Wed. |
13. Furman V.
Georgia case due tomorrow. |
14. Unit
Review sheet due tomorrow |
15. Study for
CE Quiz: History literacy |
16. Study for
Bill of Rights Exam: Monday… |
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19. Prep Essay outline for tomorrow… |
20. KWL Chart |
21. Iraq
reading /questions |
22. Treaty of
Versailles |
23. Enjoy your
break! |
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November 2011 |
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We will be focusing on the ten amendments this week
and applying them to
real life situations. We’ll also learn
a song to help students remember the ten amendments… |
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8. 1stAmendment
Superhero due Tomorrow. |
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10. NO School |
11. No School |
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14. Flag-burning
reading and questions due Wed. |
15. High
School Visit: No period G |
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17. Study for
CE Quiz |
18. Make 1st
amendment vocab flashcards |
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21. Daniel
Hauser Reading & ? due tomorrow |
22. Study for
1st amendment matching quiz History Lit notes due tomorrow |
23. ½ Day Study 10 amendment Flashcards! |
24. Happy |
25. Thanksgiving! |
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28. Scenarios Due tomorrow 10 Amendment quiz due tomorrow…. |
29. Amendment Song due and 10 amendment quiz is
tomorrow… |
30 Origins of 4th Amendment due tomorrow. |
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October 2011 |
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We have finished up the Constitution
unit and are onto the Bill of Rights.
We will be examining the first amendment this week. Our field trip to Boston is this
Friday. The kids
current events quiz will be this Thursday.
We’ve been following the “Occupy Wall Street” story and this is
perfect for our unit of study right now.
A new batch of students has been assigned history literacy topics for
the month of November. The topics are
the Assassination of JFK, the Assassination of |
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4. Constitution organization sheet due
tomorrow. Ch.
3 Section 1 & 2 handout due Thursday. Preamble
Oral next Friday. |
5. Ch 3 Sec. 1 & 2 handout due tomorrow Optional Extra Credit due this Friday: What is the CE story Solyndra about?? |
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10. Columbus Day! |
11. No School for kids |
12. Lejsagr flashcards due tomroow. Read Ch. 3 Sections 3 & 4. Handout due Friday. Preamble Oral Test Friday. Extra Credit due Friday: Describe what is going on in Egypt right now… |
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Chapter
3 & 4 handout due and Preamble Oral tomorrow! |
14. History Lit kids work on 3 typed responses… |
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17. Article 1, 2,3 Category handout due tomorrow. |
18. Tree or cartoon mini-project… Due Next Monday Study
for Constitution quiz tomorrow… |
19. Continue to work on Tree! |
20. . Study for CE Quiz |
21. Work on mini project choice 1 or 2 due mon. Unit
Review Sheet due Tuesday |
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24. Review Sheet due tomorrow |
25. Study for Constitution exam tomorrow. |
26. Prep & study notes for short answer test porption |
27. History
Lit presentation tomorrow. Questions are due.
This only affects three students per class! |
28. 1st amendment handout due Monday |
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31. Read Ch 4 and complete handout due Wednesday… |
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This week we’ll be looking reviewing acts to the American Revolution and looking at the Articles of Confederation. We’ll be focusing on skills like separation fact from opinion, & identifying primary V. secondary documents using content from this period. Kids should be getting in at least 10 min. per day of the national news. |
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12. Covered book/organization check tomorrow |
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Study
for Current Events quiz: tomorrow! |
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19. Kid Nation questions due tomorrow… Optional Extra Credit Due Wed.: What is the symbol for the Democratic party? What is the symbol for the Republican party? Explain how these symbols came about! |
20. Political party stereotypes reading and 2 questions due tomorrow & kid nation questions. |
21. pg. 333 (1-5)due tomorrow. Hand in your Venn diagram if
you did not finish in class today! |
22. Study for CE Quiz tomorrow! |
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26. Read Chapter 1, Section 3. Complete section 3 on pg. 15 (2-5) Due tomorrow Optional Extra Credit: What are the initials for the NASA satellite that entered the earth’s atmosphere on Friday.? Due Wed. |
27. Begin studying for Acts to Revolution Quiz this thursday |
28. Read Ch. 2 in text and complete handout due next Monday. |
29. Revolution comic strip due
next Tuesday Study for CE Quiz tomorrow |
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