Last few weeks!



Well the last few weeks of school are here!  We will be exploring a variety of Social Studies areas... from current events,  our 30 human rights, and facts on our last three presidents.  I hope you exit this class better than when you arrived in August! Remember the "golden rule:" treat others like you want to be treated! (Two quizzes and one test left). Have a great Summer!

Count down!



The end of the year count down is here! We are now studying the Carter and Reagan era and working our way up to the 1990s.  Like always: take your notes, study them, listen in class and your next test grade should be great!! I hope this year has been filled with fasinating history, so we can live in a better prepared present and future!

Testing

Don't forget next week is ARMT testing (Tue and Wed).  Many things we have done in Social Studies will also help in testing areas.  Think about all the maps, graphs, reading, writing, projects, and thinking we've done since August.  This will give you even MORE brain power for testing! Remember to take your time, get enough sleep and eat breakfast.  Get ready to SHOW OFF how much you know!

Project

Information on our next project went out today.  It's due, April 12th (Thursday).  Remember you have a choice between FarceBook or a Decade Project.  The earliest infomation shouldn't be before 1880 and the latest should be 1990s.

Civil Rights

Be ready for a simple quiz on Friday (MLK, JFK, Freedom Riders, Sit-ins...)

Just for fun!

This is a fun game if you have all your studying done!  :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

Cold War and The 1950s

A test will be given on The Cold War and The 1950s Friday, March 9th.  Next week we will begin studying The Civil Rights Movement. Details on your next project are soon approaching!

The Cold War

This week we have been studying The Cold War.  If you read our class blog, you won't be surprised at Friday's pop quiz!!  :)

WWII test

Because of the length of WWII, our test has been delayed from last Friday until this Thursday, February 23rd.

WWII

This week we will be taking notes on WWII, in book groups, and watching various WWII video clips.  There will be a note test Friday. 

WWII

Using a text book and discussing things, is one way of learning. However, in a time of war, like WWII, technology can make history come alive. Our country and others really sufffered to get where we are today....freedom!
***Don't forget that your permission slip to view various WWII video clips must be turned in by Monday, NO later than Tuesday, Febuary 14th.****

Transition week...

This week we will be taking a break from normal note taking... For a day or so, we will be discussing trademarks and advertising.  You will see what process is taken by government...from logos, trademarks, and patents--late 1800s up to 2012!

We will also spend one class period on Eleanor Roosevelt and see how she influenced America. Remember she was married to FDR during The Great Depression.

Next, we are heading into WW11.



The Great Depression

This week we will be moving into the Great Depression Era.  We will be taking notes, and watching The Waltons (a show portraying a family in the 1930s).

A bell work test will be given this Friday. 

The note test on the Depression will be the  following Friday, February 3rd.

Coming up...

Students/Parents,

Here's what you can expect coming up in Social Studies. We will have a bell work test this week.  As always, it's open notebook.  If you are copying and doing your daily work, making an "A" is a guarantee!

Next Friday is our note test from the 1920's/Jazz Age.

Your time capsules have been very interesting!  I hope some of you really do bury them and come back in ten or twenty years to discover what you and the world was up to in 2011!  Has anyone thought about putting part of our class blog in one?  :)

2nd Semester!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone gives 100% in this 2nd semester! We will continue studying the 1920s/Jazz Age. This test will be given on Thursday, January 12th.

From there, we will be covering The Great Depression.

Details on a very simple project (time capsule) will be given out this week.  Criteria will be discussed and you will copy down the notes on the board.  This will be used as your project guide.