PROGRESS REPORTS!

Hello  parents and students

        Just a quick reminder, progress reports will be sent home by all teachers on Tuesday September 4th 2012. 

Have a great Labor Day Weekend,

Ms. Van

7th and 8th Grade Homework Due August 22 2012

7th Grade:  The 7th grade students need to explain their understanding of, "Popular Sovereignty."

Hint:  During the 1850's new states were requesting to enter the Union as either free states or slave states.  This decision often came from the government.  However, in 1854 with the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the idea of allowing the people, of each new territory, to vote on whether they wanted to live in free or slave state was the new approach to this difficult issue.

8th Grade: The 8th grade students need to answer the following questions:

1. Explain why the Committee of Correspondence was important in the unification of the American Colonists.
2. How did the Committee of Correspondence work to get information to all the American Colonists?
3. What is the Committee of Correspondence?
4. Who created the Committee of Correspondence?

7th and 8th Grade Quiz Friday August 17 2012

7th Grade:  7th Graders will have a quiz tomorrow based on the division that plagued The United States in the mid 1800's leading to the Civil War.  The Questions will be straight forward and focus on the main ideas covered in class so far.

TOPICS TO STUDY:

• The divide in the country was between the North and the South
• The Southern Economy was based on agriculture (Farming)
• The Northern Economy was based on industry
• North was against slavery and the South was for slavery
• Henry Clay was known as, "The Great Compromiser"
• Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri who took his master to court
• Constitution is the Supreme Law of our Land
• First ten amendments of the Constitution are known as The Bill of Rights
• 5th amendment protects peoples right to own property
• Congress is both the House of Representatives and the Senate

8th Grade:  The 8th graders will have a quiz based on the 13 colonies!

TOPICS TO STUDY

• Define Colony:  A Colony is land in one part of the World that belongs to a country outside that territory
• Name the 3 sections the 13 colonies were divided into: New England, Middle, and Southern
• Name one Colony in each section
• The French and Indian War: Why did it start, Who was fighting, What was the outcome?
• The Ohio River Valley: The Life Source
• The Iroquois: Native Americans who lived in the Ohio River Valley
• Read through your notes!

Good Luck, study, and you will all do great!

Ms. Van

Homework 8/13/2012

7th Grade:  7th Grade students are required to go over and fix their answers on, "The Missouri Compromise," Handout.  This Handout was given to the students Friday for today, however, I would like the students to take a second look at their answers before we go over them in class.  Students should make sure answers are in a complete sentence and that they have the right answers. They can also look at their notes to help them with the last question on the handout.

8b: 8th grade students have a blank map of Africa.  8b has to fill the countries in and color the map for tomorrow, Tuesday August 14th. 8a will have this map due Wednesday August 15th. 

Any questions please feel free to contact me!

Have a great night,

Ms. Van

Homework 8/8/2012

8th Grade:  Students are required to answer the following question for class tomorrow:

                 How did the British gain French territory in North America?



7th Grade:  Students need to re-answer question #3 on the "Division" handout from last night.  I discussed the expectations for this question in class today.  Any further questions please feel free to contact Ms. Van.

Have a great night,

Ms. Van

Homework August 7th 2012

8th Grade:  No homework tonight, however, the students began chapter 5 on the Road to the American Revolution and the goal was to complete section 1 in class as well as the terms for section 1.  Students who do not complete this section by tomorrow August 8th will be required to finish section 1 for homework as well as the additional question which I will post tomorrow.

7th Grade:  7th Grade students have to complete the handout I gave them called, "The Division," they must read the handout and answer the 3 questions that follow in complete sentences.  In addition, there are a few students who did not have an opportunity to take the online United States Map test and these students will be required to take the test tomorrow with their groups.

Have a great night,

Ms. Van

Welcome Back 2012-2013 School Year!

Welcome Back students and parents.  This year is off to a great start and I am so excited to see familiar faces as well as all the new faces in the 7th grade and even a few in 8th grade. The students are faced with many new challenges in Junior High and I am positive all will rise to the occasion. 

Homework: 7th Grade Students need to finish United States Map States and Capitals as well as color. They will have a group map test tomorrow on the computer.

8th Grade Students have 2 questions to answer regarding the statue of liberty.  They are in their note books.

Finally, 7b and 7a have an assignment in Junior Scholastic on the Civil War article.  They need to write down the 10 facts of the Civil War, and define the terms in yellow.

Looking forward to a great year and seeing all families at open house on August 29th, 2012.

Ms. Van