GeoBee

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas break! I am busy preparing for next quarter, but I wanted to give anyone who might wander over here a heads-up. We will be participating in the National Geographic GeoBee when we return in January. If you want to start getting ready, use the link to take daily quizzes. Have a great break!

Merry Christmas ! ! !

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework
  

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

• 5th Grade - Complete Worksheets from Classwork
  

• 6th Grade - Finish Classwork (Outline and Definitions)
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework
  

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

• 5th Grade - copy definitions - assembly, legislation, militia, delegates
  

• 6th Grade - copy definitions - land bridge, Bering Strait, Middle America, rain forests, tropical
  

• 7th Grade - Test Wednesday
  

• 8th Grade - Midterm Wednesday

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

Volcano News

20,000 Evacuated as Philippine Volcano Oozes Lava

Good Job!

Excellent job, kiddos!

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - copy definitions - land bridge, Bering Strait, Middle America, rain forests, tropical
  

• 7th Grade - Test Wednesday
  

• 8th Grade - Midterm Wednesday

• Earth Science - Midterm Tuesday
  

7th Grade Test Wednesday

Chapter 6 – The American Revolution, 1776 – 1783 – p. 160-189 (Study Guide, p. 188)

Chapter 7 – A More Perfect Union, 1777 – 1790 – p. 190-215 (Study Guide, p. 214)

Test Format

Matching – 10

Multiple Choice – 10

Short Answer – 10

Essay – 1

Key Terms, People, and Themes

Revolutionary War

French and Spanish Help

Privateers

Nathan Hale

Marquis de Lafayette

Francis Marion

John Paul Jones

Valley Forge

Yorktown

Lord Cornwallis

British Focus on the South

Continental Army

Enlistment Term

Reasons for Victory

Treaty of Paris

Conditions

Early struggles for the country

Economic Depression

Shays Rebellion

Articles of Confederation

Details and reasons

weaknesses

Constitutional Convention

Who was in charge?

republic

federal system

checks and balances

separation of powers

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

Great Compromise

3/5 Compromise

Slave Trade

Bill of Rights

Government

Legislative Branch

House of Representatives

Senate

Duties

Judicial Branch

Supreme Court

Duties

Executive Branch

President

Essay

How did the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances address the fears many of the framers of the Constitution had about a strong federal government, as well as their memories of British rule?

Next Week

No Homework this weekend. 8th graders should prepare for finals.

Science - Tuesday
Social Studies - Wednesday

7th Grade Social Studies Test Guide Coming SOON..

8th Grade Social Studies Midterm Study Guide

Format – All question are three points, except the 10-point essay.

Short Answer / Listing – 5
Matching – 11
Short Answer (complete sentences) – 14
Essay – 1 of 2


Key Themes and Concepts – These come from your notes, but you may use your book to look them up. No information from notes conflict with your book. Most are from chapters 8 through 12.


Branches of the Government
Powers of Each Branch
Bill of Rights (First Ten Amendments)
dry farming
Election of 1876
transcontinental railroad
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
“Gospel of Wealth”
horizontal integration
vertical integration
Gustavus Swift
Thaddeus Lowe
entrepreneur
Thomas Edison
Ghost Dance
George Custer
time zones
Boom and Bust
monopoly
goal of unions
open range
impact of barbed wire
political machines
steerage
Laissez-Faire
“The Gilded Age”
Ellis Island
Angel Island
nativism
ethnic neighborhoods
individualism
patronage
Social Darwinism
Assassination of James Garfield
Populism / Populist Party
Disfranchisement of African American voters
segregation
Jim Crow
Jose Marti
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DeBois
Ida B. Wells
definition of lynching
imperialism
yellow journalism
Theodore Roosevelt
“Remember the Maine”


Essay – Two of the following essays will appear as the choices on your exam. You will choose ONE.

a. How did America emerge as an international power during the last half of the 19th Century? Be sure to include economic, military, and any other relevant means.

b. Millions of different Americans lived in the United State at the turn of the twentieth century. What struggles did the nation face internally with so many different backgrounds, cultures, and views? Be sure to include economic, racial, ethnic, and military struggles.

c. How do some people argue the Spanish-American War led to sectional reconciliation at the expense of civil rights for African Americans?

Earth Science Midterm Study Guide

Format

Matching – 15

Multiple Choice – 15

Essay – 2 (5 points each)

Material Covered

Chapter 3 – Minerals

Chapter 4 – Rocks

Chapter 5 – Plate Tectonics

Chapter 6 – Earthquakes

Chapter 7 - Volcanoes

Key Terms and Themes

Moh’s Hardness Scale

- Hardest mineral?

Gemstones

Ore

Crystallization

Smelting

Iron Ore

Inorganic vs. organic

Convection

Radiation

Element

gemstones

Stress

Cementation

Sea-floor spreading

The Rock Cycle

Pyroclastic flow

Tusnamis

Volcanic neck

Ring of Fire

Properties of minerals

luster, streak, color

Reasons for different sizes of crystals

Properties of rocks

texture

Formation of Rocks

Sedimentary rock

Igneous rock

Metamorphic rock

Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift

Faults

Subduction

Breaks in the Earth’s Lithosphere

Convection currents (in soup)

Mid-ocean ridges

Stress (on rocks)

Seismograph

s-waves

p-waves

surface waves

liquefaction

hot spot

active volcano

dormant volcano

extinct volcano

Essay questions will address connections between chapters.

5th Grade - fun day! Projects due tomorrow!

Thanks to all the parents who made today possible!

No Homework

5th and 6th, Work on Projects

Pompeii and Ancient Rome

Want to walk through the streets of Pompeii? CLICK HERE, then click on "Street View".

If you download Google Earth, you can also fly through the streets of Ancient Rome!

• 5th Grade - Work on Project
  

• 6th Grade - p. 239, # 2-5
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - p. 405, # 3-5

• Earth Science - Study - TEST MONDAY
  

• 5th Grade - Work on Project <-- CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT.
  

• 6th Grade - Work on Project
  

• 7th Grade - Review Notes
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework

• Earth Science - Study for Test
  

Volcanoes Study Guide

I still don't know the exact date of the test we will have on volcanoes. It will be Monday or Tuesday of next week, but here's the study guide to begin studying.

Test Format

True / False – 6
Matching – 8
Multiple Choice – 6
Interpreting Diagrams – 2
Interpreting Graphs – 6
Essay - 2

Terms and Themes

Definition and diagram of a volcano
Location of Volcanoes
Density
Types of Lava
Types of Eruptions
Types of Volcanoes
Be able to Identify Types of Volcanic Land Forms
Silica
Explosive eruption
cinder cone volcanoes
volcanic neck
pyroclastic flow
Ring of Fire
Why do volcanoes erupt?
Dormant volcanoes
viscosity
composite volcanoes
element
magma
active volcanoes
shield volcano
chemical property
hot spot
quiet eruption
geyser
pipe
caldera
magma chamber
vent
crater
physical property
chemical property
fertility of volcanic soil
geothermal energy

• 5th Grade - p. 209, # 1-5
  

• 6th Grade - p. 229, # 2-5
  

• 7th Grade - Review Notes
  

• 8th Grade - Finish Reading p. 392-397 - Pick up where we left off in class. Use the reading to answer: p. 397, # 3-5
  

• Earth Science - Finish Guided Reading
  

• 5th Grade - Work on Project
  

• 6th Grade - Work on Project
  

• 7th Grade - Review Notes
  

• 8th Grade - p. 384, # 3-5

• Earth Science - Guided Reading Worksheets
  

• 5th Grade - p. 203, # 1-5
  

• 6th Grade - p. 221, # 1-5
  

• 7th Grade - Definitions: blockade, privateers, guerrilla warfare
  

• 8th Grade - No homework
  

• Earth Science - No Homework

Ancient Roman Newspaper Project

Ancient Roman Newspaper Uncovered!

Charleston, SC –

Archeologists recently discovered an ancient piece of text in the land surrounding Rome. Because of the meticulous work of Latin and Greek scholars, we know now that this artifact is a completely intact newspaper from the era.*

Today, reading a community’s newspaper is an excellent way to see what they care about. Reading the Post and Courier tells you about Charleston, what we think, what we buy, what we sell, what we do for fun, and even what we eat!

Your task is to create a newspaper from Ancient Rome! You need to write this from the perspective of ancient Rome. In other words, write in present tense and as if you do not know what the future holds.

Presentation is very important for this project. It can be typed or hand-written, but it must not be on notebook paper and it must look like a newspaper.

You will work in groups of THREE for this project. Be sure to include a name for each person in your group below each of their articles. Pay attention throughout class. Use details from lectures and the book to write your newspaper.

This project will count as a test grade and is due Wednesday, December 9th. Each paper must contain the following:

Ten (10) Points Each

1) Map – City? Peninsula? Empire?

2) Article on the Roman Republic

3) Article on the Roman Empire

4) Article on the Christianity

5) Article on Byzantium

6) Roman Soldier – Picture? Interview?

7) Roman Theater – Review of a play? Celebrity gossip?

8) Political Cartoon – Make fun of some aspect of Roman culture.

9) 3 Advertisements – What would Romans buy?

10) Overall Design – This must look like a newspaper.

* There was no printing press, so this is a little problematic. Suspend disbelief, please.