• 5th Grade - Civil War Generals Word Find
  

• 6th Grade - Write a journal entry as if you had just spent a day in the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
  

• 7th Grade - What do you think about Indian Removal? Why?
  

• 8th Grade - Create a list of stereotypes in popular culture.
  

• Earth Science - p. 558, # 2c, 3c
  

No Homework for the Weekend!

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - Response to Galileo Trial - Can Science and Religion get along?
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - "Civil Rights Milestones" Worksheet
  

• Earth Science - "Reflections of Solar Radiation" Workesheet
  

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - Test Thursday
  

• Earth Science - p. 537, # 1-10 AND p. 539, # 1-5

• 5th Grade - "Life of a Slave" Worksheet
  

• 6th Grade - Find one Bible verse to support the views of Galileo and/or one to support those of the Catholic Church of the era.
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - Test Thursday
  

• Earth Science - p. 537, # 1-10 AND p. 539, # 1-5
  

Cold War Study Guide - 8th Grade

TEST THURSDAY

Format

10-10-10-1

Key Terms and People

Unites States

Russia

Russian Revolition

Yalta Conference

Potsdam Conference

Sputnik I

Explorer I

Korean War

26^th of July Movement

Cuban Revolution

Fulgencio Batista

Fidel Castro

Trade Embargo

Bay of Pigs

Cuban Missile Crisis

Interstate Highway Act of 1956

Communist Revolution in China

Mao Zedong

Marshall Plan

Containment Policy

Domino Theory

Truman Doctrine

Levittown

George Kennan

Alger Hiss

Klaus Fuchs

Joseph McCarthy

GI Bill

HUAC

blacklisted

Yuri Gagarin

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Suburbs

The Baby Boom

National Defense Education Act

Harry S Truman

Korean War

Demilitarized Zone

Space Race

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - Research Galileo for Trial
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - Finish Worksheet - Answers on notebook paper.
  

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

No Homework for the Weekend

Enjoy Spring!

• 5th Grade - Journal due at the END of class Friday.
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework
  

• Earth Science - p. 515, # 2 a, b, c
  

Hectic Week

Parade Tomorrow - 6th Grade parents end in a sandwich for your child. Lunch at 12:30, Talent show at 1:30.

New Quarter begins tomorrow!

Era of Good Feelings Test - March 16th

Test is not finalized. I just want to get this in your hands before the weekend. I will add more to it tomorrow, so please check back.

Test Format

• True / False - 10
• Matching - 10
• Multiple Choice - 10
• Essay - 1

Key Terms and Concepts

• Andrew Jackson
• John Quincy Adams
• James Monroe
• James Madison
• Democratic-Republicans
• Henry Clay
• Peculiar Institution
  
• John C. Calhoun
• Eli Whitney
• Cotton-Gin - effects on slavery
• Free Soil
  
• Haitian Revolution - effects on slavery
• John Marshall Court
  
• Second Bank of the United States
• McCullough vs. Maryland
• Missouri Compromise
• Election of 1824
• Arguments Against Slavery
  
• Election of 1828
• Corrupt Bargain
• Rachel Jackson
• Monroe Doctrine
• Colonization Movement and Liberia
• More to Come...
  

Earth Science Study Guide

The test is not finalized, but I want to get this in your hands before the weekend.

Date - Tuesday, March 16th

Unit 3 - Chapters 12-14

Format

• True/False - 5
• Matching - 5
• Multiple Choice - 10
• Interpreting Diagrams - 7
• Listing - 6
• Short Answer - 3
• Essay - 1

Key Terms and Concepts

• Waves - Origins, Effects, etc.
• Wave Height, Wave Length
• Breakers
  
• Salt Water vs. Fresh Water
• Currents
• Coriolis Effect
  
• El Nino
• Conservation
• Atoll
  
• Water Treatment
• Water Cycle
• Erosion
• Groins
  
• Types of Wetlands
• Plankton, Nekton, Benthos
• Irrigation
• Upwelling
• Tides - Causes, Seasons, etc.
• Spring Tides, Neap Tides
  
• Pollution
• Salinity
  
• Permeable
  
• Aquifers
• Watershed
• Estuary
• Features of the Ocean Floor
• Trench, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Volcanic Islands, Abyssal Plain, etc.
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Ocean Exploration and Innovation
  
• Food Web
• Water Density
  

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - Test TUESDAY (Will Post Study Guide Soon)
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework
  

• Earth Science - 9 Questions From Handout
  

• 5th Grade - Why did we need rules for each group to get along?
  

• 6th Grade - Find out ONE THING about the word Tokugawa.
  

• 7th Grade - Test TUESDAY (Will Post Study Guide Soon)
  

• 8th Grade - List or Paragraph - "What threatens you today?"
  

• Earth Science - Test TUESDAY (Will Post Study Guide Soon)
  

• 5th Grade - Gold Rush Word Find
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - What's the worst that could happen?
  

• 8th Grade - Test Tomorrow
  

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

• 5th Grade - Create a Character
  

• 6th Grade - Topic Sentences for In-Class Essay
  

• 7th Grade - Find out ONE THING about the "Monroe Doctrine"
  

• 8th Grade - Test Wednesday
  

• Earth Science - Finish Open-Book Quiz if you did not in class.
  

8th Grade - World War II Study Guide

World War II Test

Resources

- Notes

- War Bonds Poster

- Mein Kampf

- A-Bomb / Internment Discussion

Causes

Expansion

- Poland

- Ethiopia

- Manchuria

Allied Powers

Axis Powers

Blitzkreig

Poland and France

Neville Chamberlain

Radar

Battle of Britain

Pearl Harbor

Kamikazes

Iwo Jima

Bushido

USS Missouri

Operation Barbarossa

Why?

Dictators

- Benito Mussolini

- Hideki Tojo

- Josef Stalin

- Adolph Hitler

Operation Torch

D-Day

Island Hopping

August 6, 1945

V-E Day

Midway

Battle of the Bulge

Mein Kampf

Internment Camps

Support for War at Home

- Rationing

- War Bonds

Tip: Know which term or person is in the European theater, Pacific, or at home.

8th Grade - World War II Study Guide

World War II Test

Resources

- Notes

- War Bonds Poster

- Mein Kampf

- A-Bomb / Internment Discussion

Causes

Expansion

- Poland

- Ethiopia

- Manchuria

Allied Powers

Axis Powers

Blitzkreig

Poland and France

Neville Chamberlain

Radar

Battle of Britain

Pearl Harbor

Kamikazes

Iwo Jima

Bushido

USS Missouri

Operation Barbarossa

Why?

Dictators

- Benito Mussolini

- Hideki Tojo

- Josef Stalin

- Adolph Hitler

Operation Torch

D-Day

Island Hopping

August 6, 1945

V-E Day

Midway

Battle of the Bulge

Mein Kampf

Internment Camps

Support for War at Home

- Rationing

- War Bonds

Tip: Know which term or person is in the European theater, Pacific, or at home.

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - "Mein Kampf" Selection - Include the rebuttal in your answer.
  

• Earth Science - No Homework

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - Response to Class
  

• 8th Grade - Response to Class
  

• Earth Science - No Homework