Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
8th Grade Test Prep
11.1Thomas Jeffersonpeaceful transitionJames MadisonAlbert GallatinMidnight JudgesWilliam MarburyJohn MarshallMarbury v MadisonJudiciary Act of 1789Judicial Review11.2Toussaint-L'ouvertureLouisiana PurchaseRobert R. LivingstonJames MonroeMeriwether LewisWilliam ClarkLewis and Clark ExpeditionSacagaweaZebulon Pike11.3AlgiersBarbary StatesBritish impressmentLeopard v ChesapeakeChesapeake IncidentembargoEmbargo ActThe Barbary PiratesNon-Intercourse ActTecumsehWilliam Henry HarrisonBattle of TippecanoeWar HawksHenry ClayJames MadisonDeclaration of War, act of Congress
11.4
Constitution v GuerriereU.S. PrivateersBritish BlockadeOliver Hazard PerryBattle of Lake ErieWilliam Henry HarrisonBattle of the ThamesTecumsehCreek IndiansRed EagleAndrew JacksonFort MimsBattle of Horseshoe bendBurning of Washington D.C.Fort McHenryBattle of New OrleansHartford ConventionTreaty of Ghent
12.1
James Monroe
Monroe Doctrine
12.2
Henry Clay
Missouri Compromise
American System
Corrupt Bargain
John Quincy Adams
12.3
nominating conventionsAndrew JacksonDemocratic partyJacksonian DemocracyJohn C. Calhounspoils systemMartin Van Burenkitchen cabinetTariff of Abominationsstates' rightsnullification crisisDaniel WebsterMcCulloch v MarylandNicholas BiddleJackson v BankWhig PartyPanic of 1837William Henry Harrison
12.4
Black Hawk/SaukIndian Removal ActBureau of Indian AffairsTreaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekTrail of TearsSequoyaJohn RossWorcester v GA
11.4
Constitution v GuerriereU.S. PrivateersBritish BlockadeOliver Hazard PerryBattle of Lake ErieWilliam Henry HarrisonBattle of the ThamesTecumsehCreek IndiansRed EagleAndrew JacksonFort MimsBattle of Horseshoe bendBurning of Washington D.C.Fort McHenryBattle of New OrleansHartford ConventionTreaty of Ghent
12.1
James Monroe
Monroe Doctrine
12.2
Henry Clay
Missouri Compromise
American System
Corrupt Bargain
John Quincy Adams
12.3
nominating conventionsAndrew JacksonDemocratic partyJacksonian DemocracyJohn C. Calhounspoils systemMartin Van Burenkitchen cabinetTariff of Abominationsstates' rightsnullification crisisDaniel WebsterMcCulloch v MarylandNicholas BiddleJackson v BankWhig PartyPanic of 1837William Henry Harrison
12.4
Black Hawk/SaukIndian Removal ActBureau of Indian AffairsTreaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekTrail of TearsSequoyaJohn RossWorcester v GA
8th Grade 12.4 Terms
Black Hawk/Sauk
Indian Removal Act
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Trail of Tears
Sequoya
John Ross
Worcester v GA
Indian Removal Act
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Trail of Tears
Sequoya
John Ross
Worcester v GA
Thursday, November 20, 2008
6th Grade Chapters 13 and 14 Exam
10 Important Dates (10)
300 AD
476 AD
1066 AD
1337 AD
1453 AD
1789 AD
1800 AD
1933 AD
1949 AD
1989 AD
WWI/WWII (10)
1914
1939
Holocaust
First nations invaded in WWII
Germany’s allies in WWI
Axis/Allies WWII
Post WWII NATO
Post WWII Germany
Balkan conflict
WWI’s failure causing WWII
Previous Occupants (10)
Greek colonies/Carthage/Rome/Franks/HRE (2)
Holy Roman Empire (2)
Iberian Peninsula (2)
Roman holdings (2)
Byzantine (2)
Miscellaneous P1 (10)
Impressionism
Benelux Mayonnaise habits
30 Years War
sirocco
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moors
Mediterranean
Loess
Peninsulas
City-state (polis)
Miscellaneous P2 (10)
Eastern Orthodox
Mosaics
Barbarians
Constantinople
Nationalism
Cantons
Renaissance
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne
Bastille Day
300 AD
476 AD
1066 AD
1337 AD
1453 AD
1789 AD
1800 AD
1933 AD
1949 AD
1989 AD
WWI/WWII (10)
1914
1939
Holocaust
First nations invaded in WWII
Germany’s allies in WWI
Axis/Allies WWII
Post WWII NATO
Post WWII Germany
Balkan conflict
WWI’s failure causing WWII
Previous Occupants (10)
Greek colonies/Carthage/Rome/Franks/HRE (2)
Holy Roman Empire (2)
Iberian Peninsula (2)
Roman holdings (2)
Byzantine (2)
Miscellaneous P1 (10)
Impressionism
Benelux Mayonnaise habits
30 Years War
sirocco
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moors
Mediterranean
Loess
Peninsulas
City-state (polis)
Miscellaneous P2 (10)
Eastern Orthodox
Mosaics
Barbarians
Constantinople
Nationalism
Cantons
Renaissance
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne
Bastille Day
7th Grade Chap 6 Rome Terms
6.1
750 BC: Latins settle in Tiber Valley
509 BC: Latins defeat Etruscans, Roman State begins
Republic: “thing of the people”, some officials were chosen by people, designed to keep any individual from gaining too much power, the senate was the most powerful part.
Senators: those in the senate, made the laws.
Patricians: members of the land holding upper class, in the senate of the early republic.
Consuls: each year senators elected two consuls, they supervised government business and commanded armies.
Dictator: ruler with complete control over the government ruled for six months and then had to resign; appointed in times of crisis or need.
Cincinnatus: ideal dictator, organized an army, led to victory, celebrated and returned power in 16 days.
Plebeians: farmers, merchants, artisans and traders. The bulk of the population, in early Rome they had no influence in the government.
450 BC: Laws made public
Tribunes: elected by Plebeians to protect their interest in the senate.
Veto: to block a law, Tribunes had the power to veto the laws of the senate on behalf of the plebeians.
Patriarch: Rome is a patriarchal society, father demands total respect.
Women's Roles: women could run business from the home.
Roman Education: boys, and girls learned to read and write regardless
Roman gods: resembled the gods of Etruscans and Greeks.
Jupiter: like Zeus, ruled the sky and other gods.
Neptune: like Poseidon, ruled the sea.
Juno: protected marriage.
Mars: god of war.
Calendar, festivals: calendar outlined festivals to honor the gods, temples were built to host the celebrations.
270 BC: Rome controls most of the Italian Peninsula
Legion: basic Roman military unit, 5000 men.
Citizen Soldiers: Roman armies were made up of these, no pay, provided their own weapons. Raised to value courage, loyalty, and respect for authority.
Conquered autonomy: Rome conquered all, allowed the conquered to maintain their own government.
Roman infrastructure: made up roads and aqueduct, trade routes and brought needed water.
6.2
Carthage: Rome conquered them, city state on the North African coast. Conflict led to the Punic Wars.
246-146 BC: 3 Punic Wars, 1: Rome takes Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia. 2: Hannibal attacks from the north and surprises Rome, Rome attacks Carthage drawing Hannibal away, Hannibal is defeated at Carthage and gives all land except Africa. 3: Rome enslaves and kills all Carthage, salts the earth.
Hannibal: Carthaginian general, led a march through Iberia and Gaul, losing half his forces in the process. Surprise attacks the Italian Peninsula, is drawn away by Rome and is defeated at Carthage.
218 BC: Hannibal's March
Imperialism: Roman domination, politically, militarily, economically.
Provinces: lands controlled or ruled by Rome.
Mare Nostrum: “Our Sea”, what the Romans called the Mediterranean, their empire.
Latifundia: huge estates bought by wealthy families, as Romans conquered more lands.
Tiberius, Gaius Gracchus: among the first to attempt to reform Rome, Tiberius was elected tribune, distributed land, Gaius later used public funds to buy grain for the poor.
Julius Caesar: Roman military commander, politically dominant with his friend Pompey. 59 BC set out to conquer Gaul, victorious. Pompey betrays Julius to the senate, ordering him to disband his army and return to Rome. Julius defies the order, crosses the Rubicon and makes the senate hand over power.
Caesar's Reform: employ the jobless, land to the poor, recognized provincial governments and expanded citizenship.
Caesar's Death: March 44 BC, enemies were worried he would make himself king, stabbed to death. Marc Anthony and Octavian hunt down his enemies.
Marc Antony: Caesar’s chief general, loved Cleopatra of Egypt. Hunted down Caesar’s enemies, quarreled with Octavian and was beaten.
Octavian: Caesar’s grand nephew, joined with Marc to rout out the murders, defeated Marc to become princeps.
Augustus: declared himself princep, same power as a king, end of the republic.
Princeps: all the powers of a king, but not called a king.
census: population count for the purpose of taxes.
Caligula: evil and insane emperor, appointed his favorite horse as counsel.
Nero: evil and insane emperor, blamed and persecuted Christians for burning Rome.
Marcus Aurelius: philosopher emperor, Platonic ideal of philosopher king, practiced stoicism.
Meditations: M.A.’s stoicism writings and his commitment to duty.
Pax Romana: Roman Peace, 200 year span, Augustus to Aurelius, brought peace order and unity to Europe.
Circus Maximus: Rome’s largest racing course, races.
6.3
Virgil, Aeneid: Rome’s grand history and connection to Troy.
satire/satirize: make fun of society, often poetic.
Livy: historian trying to restore Roman virtue.
Tacitus: hailed the Germanic people as superior, marked Octavian as the end of Roman glory.
Engineering: Roman’s science and math construction of useful structures.
aqueducts: bridge like stone structures, brought water into Roman cities.
Ptolemy: proposed the theory that the earth was the center of the universe.
Galen: doctor who created an encyclopedia of medical solutions.
Civil Law: the law that applied to just the Roman citizens.
Law of Nations: all people in the Roman Empire were subject to the law of nations.
Rights of the Accused: presumed innocent until proven guilty
6.1
750 BC: Latins settle in Tiber Valley
509 BC: Latins defeat Etruscans, Roman State begins
Republic: “thing of the people”, some officials were chosen by people, designed to keep any individual from gaining too much power, the senate was the most powerful part.
Senators: those in the senate, made the laws.
Patricians: members of the land holding upper class, in the senate of the early republic.
Consuls: each year senators elected two consuls, they supervised government business and commanded armies.
Dictator: ruler with complete control over the government ruled for six months and then had to resign; appointed in times of crisis or need.
Cincinnatus: ideal dictator, organized an army, led to victory, celebrated and returned power in 16 days.
Plebeians: farmers, merchants, artisans and traders. The bulk of the population, in early Rome they had no influence in the government.
450 BC: Laws made public
Tribunes: elected by Plebeians to protect their interest in the senate.
Veto: to block a law, Tribunes had the power to veto the laws of the senate on behalf of the plebeians.
Patriarch: Rome is a patriarchal society, father demands total respect.
Women's Roles: women could run business from the home.
Roman Education: boys, and girls learned to read and write regardless
Roman gods: resembled the gods of Etruscans and Greeks.
Jupiter: like Zeus, ruled the sky and other gods.
Neptune: like Poseidon, ruled the sea.
Juno: protected marriage.
Mars: god of war.
Calendar, festivals: calendar outlined festivals to honor the gods, temples were built to host the celebrations.
270 BC: Rome controls most of the Italian Peninsula
Legion: basic Roman military unit, 5000 men.
Citizen Soldiers: Roman armies were made up of these, no pay, provided their own weapons. Raised to value courage, loyalty, and respect for authority.
Conquered autonomy: Rome conquered all, allowed the conquered to maintain their own government.
Roman infrastructure: made up roads and aqueduct, trade routes and brought needed water.
6.2
Carthage: Rome conquered them, city state on the North African coast. Conflict led to the Punic Wars.
246-146 BC: 3 Punic Wars, 1: Rome takes Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia. 2: Hannibal attacks from the north and surprises Rome, Rome attacks Carthage drawing Hannibal away, Hannibal is defeated at Carthage and gives all land except Africa. 3: Rome enslaves and kills all Carthage, salts the earth.
Hannibal: Carthaginian general, led a march through Iberia and Gaul, losing half his forces in the process. Surprise attacks the Italian Peninsula, is drawn away by Rome and is defeated at Carthage.
218 BC: Hannibal's March
Imperialism: Roman domination, politically, militarily, economically.
Provinces: lands controlled or ruled by Rome.
Mare Nostrum: “Our Sea”, what the Romans called the Mediterranean, their empire.
Latifundia: huge estates bought by wealthy families, as Romans conquered more lands.
Tiberius, Gaius Gracchus: among the first to attempt to reform Rome, Tiberius was elected tribune, distributed land, Gaius later used public funds to buy grain for the poor.
Julius Caesar: Roman military commander, politically dominant with his friend Pompey. 59 BC set out to conquer Gaul, victorious. Pompey betrays Julius to the senate, ordering him to disband his army and return to Rome. Julius defies the order, crosses the Rubicon and makes the senate hand over power.
Caesar's Reform: employ the jobless, land to the poor, recognized provincial governments and expanded citizenship.
Caesar's Death: March 44 BC, enemies were worried he would make himself king, stabbed to death. Marc Anthony and Octavian hunt down his enemies.
Marc Antony: Caesar’s chief general, loved Cleopatra of Egypt. Hunted down Caesar’s enemies, quarreled with Octavian and was beaten.
Octavian: Caesar’s grand nephew, joined with Marc to rout out the murders, defeated Marc to become princeps.
Augustus: declared himself princep, same power as a king, end of the republic.
Princeps: all the powers of a king, but not called a king.
census: population count for the purpose of taxes.
Caligula: evil and insane emperor, appointed his favorite horse as counsel.
Nero: evil and insane emperor, blamed and persecuted Christians for burning Rome.
Marcus Aurelius: philosopher emperor, Platonic ideal of philosopher king, practiced stoicism.
Meditations: M.A.’s stoicism writings and his commitment to duty.
Pax Romana: Roman Peace, 200 year span, Augustus to Aurelius, brought peace order and unity to Europe.
Circus Maximus: Rome’s largest racing course, races.
6.3
Virgil, Aeneid: Rome’s grand history and connection to Troy.
satire/satirize: make fun of society, often poetic.
Livy: historian trying to restore Roman virtue.
Tacitus: hailed the Germanic people as superior, marked Octavian as the end of Roman glory.
Engineering: Roman’s science and math construction of useful structures.
aqueducts: bridge like stone structures, brought water into Roman cities.
Ptolemy: proposed the theory that the earth was the center of the universe.
Galen: doctor who created an encyclopedia of medical solutions.
Civil Law: the law that applied to just the Roman citizens.
Law of Nations: all people in the Roman Empire were subject to the law of nations.
Rights of the Accused: presumed innocent until proven guilty
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
7th Grade 6.3
Greco-Roman Arts
Virgil, Aeneid
satire/satirize
Livy
Tacitus
Marcus Aurelius/stoicism
mosaic
engineering
aqueducts
Ptolemy
Galen
Civil Law
Law of Nations
Rights of the Accused
Virgil, Aeneid
satire/satirize
Livy
Tacitus
Marcus Aurelius/stoicism
mosaic
engineering
aqueducts
Ptolemy
Galen
Civil Law
Law of Nations
Rights of the Accused
8th Grade 12.3 Terms
nominating conventions
Andrew Jackson
Democratic party
Jacksonian Democracy
John C. Calhoun
spoils system
Martin Van Buren
kitchen cabinet
Tariff of Abominations
states' rights
nullification crisis
Daniel Webster
McCulloch v Maryland
Nicholas Biddle
Jackson v Bank
Whig Party
Panic of 1837
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Democratic party
Jacksonian Democracy
John C. Calhoun
spoils system
Martin Van Buren
kitchen cabinet
Tariff of Abominations
states' rights
nullification crisis
Daniel Webster
McCulloch v Maryland
Nicholas Biddle
Jackson v Bank
Whig Party
Panic of 1837
William Henry Harrison
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
6th Grade Chapter 13 and 14 Terms, so far...
13.1
Mediterranean
Iberian Peninsula
Apennines
Balkan Peninsula
Sirocco
13.2
800 BC
City-states (polis)
King Phillip
Alexander the Great
Byzantine Empire
Barbarian
1453 Constantinople
mosaics
13.3
750 BC
100 AD
200 AD
476 AD
Pope
Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Amerigo Vespucci
Coalition governments
13.4
Moors
Isabella and Ferdinand
Reconquista
Christopher Columbus
General Francisco Franco
dialect
14.1
loess
14.2
Gual
Brittany
600 BC
200 BC
400 AD
Franks
Charlesmagne
Holy Roman Empire
900 AD
1066 AD
100 Years' War
French Colonies
1789 AD
Napoleon
WWI, WWII
NATO
European Union
Bastille Day
14.3
Reformation
Protestants
Thirty Year's War
WWI, WWII
Adolf Hitler
Holocaust
1945
East/West Berlin
1989 Berlin Wall
Chancellor
Oktoberfest
European Union
Mediterranean
Iberian Peninsula
Apennines
Balkan Peninsula
Sirocco
13.2
800 BC
City-states (polis)
King Phillip
Alexander the Great
Byzantine Empire
Barbarian
1453 Constantinople
mosaics
13.3
750 BC
100 AD
200 AD
476 AD
Pope
Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Amerigo Vespucci
Coalition governments
13.4
Moors
Isabella and Ferdinand
Reconquista
Christopher Columbus
General Francisco Franco
dialect
14.1
loess
14.2
Gual
Brittany
600 BC
200 BC
400 AD
Franks
Charlesmagne
Holy Roman Empire
900 AD
1066 AD
100 Years' War
French Colonies
1789 AD
Napoleon
WWI, WWII
NATO
European Union
Bastille Day
14.3
Reformation
Protestants
Thirty Year's War
WWI, WWII
Adolf Hitler
Holocaust
1945
East/West Berlin
1989 Berlin Wall
Chancellor
Oktoberfest
European Union
Monday, November 17, 2008
8th Grade 11.4 Terms
Constitution v Guerriere
U.S. Privateers
British Blockade
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Battle of the Thames
Tecumseh
Creek Indians
Red Eagle
Andrew Jackson
Fort Mims
Battle of Horseshoe bend
Burning of Washington D.C.
Fort McHenry
Battle of New Orleans
Hartford Convention
Treaty of Ghent
U.S. Privateers
British Blockade
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Battle of the Thames
Tecumseh
Creek Indians
Red Eagle
Andrew Jackson
Fort Mims
Battle of Horseshoe bend
Burning of Washington D.C.
Fort McHenry
Battle of New Orleans
Hartford Convention
Treaty of Ghent
Friday, November 14, 2008
7th Grade Rome, 6.1 and 6.2
6.1
750 BC: Latins settle in Tiber Valley
509 BC: Latins defeat Etruscans, Roman State begins
Republic
Senators
Patricians
Consuls
Dictator
Cincinnatus
Plebeians
450 BC: Laws made public
Tribunes
Veto
Patriarch
Women's Roles
Roman Education
Roman gods (stolen from Greeks)
Jupiter
Neptune
Juno
Mars
Calendar, festivals
270 BC: Rome controls most of the Italian Peninsula
Legion
Citizen Soldiers
Conquered autonomy
Roman infrastructure
6.2
Carthage
246-146 BC: 3 Punic Wars
Hannibal
218 BC: Hannibal's March
Imperialism
Provinces
Mare Nostrum
Latifundia
Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Gracchus
Julius Caesar
Caesar's Reform
Caesar's Death
Marc Antony
Octavian
Augustus
Princeps
census
Caligula
Nero
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Pax Romana
Circus Maximus
750 BC: Latins settle in Tiber Valley
509 BC: Latins defeat Etruscans, Roman State begins
Republic
Senators
Patricians
Consuls
Dictator
Cincinnatus
Plebeians
450 BC: Laws made public
Tribunes
Veto
Patriarch
Women's Roles
Roman Education
Roman gods (stolen from Greeks)
Jupiter
Neptune
Juno
Mars
Calendar, festivals
270 BC: Rome controls most of the Italian Peninsula
Legion
Citizen Soldiers
Conquered autonomy
Roman infrastructure
6.2
Carthage
246-146 BC: 3 Punic Wars
Hannibal
218 BC: Hannibal's March
Imperialism
Provinces
Mare Nostrum
Latifundia
Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Gracchus
Julius Caesar
Caesar's Reform
Caesar's Death
Marc Antony
Octavian
Augustus
Princeps
census
Caligula
Nero
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Pax Romana
Circus Maximus
Thursday, November 13, 2008
8th Grade Chapter 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3 terms
11.1
Thomas Jefferson
peaceful transition
James Madison
Albert Gallatin
Midnight Judges
William Marbury
John Marshall
Marbury v Madison
Judiciary Act of 1789
Judicial Review
11.2
Toussaint-L'ouverture
Louisiana Purchase
Robert R. Livingston
James Monroe
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sacagawea
Zebulon Pike
11.3
Algiers
Barbary States
British impressment
Leopard v Chesapeake
Chesapeake Incident
embargo
Embargo Act
The Barbary Pirates
Non-Intercourse Act
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison
Battle of Tippecanoe
War Hawks
Henry Clay
James Madison
Declaration of War, act of Congress
Thomas Jefferson
peaceful transition
James Madison
Albert Gallatin
Midnight Judges
William Marbury
John Marshall
Marbury v Madison
Judiciary Act of 1789
Judicial Review
11.2
Toussaint-L'ouverture
Louisiana Purchase
Robert R. Livingston
James Monroe
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sacagawea
Zebulon Pike
11.3
Algiers
Barbary States
British impressment
Leopard v Chesapeake
Chesapeake Incident
embargo
Embargo Act
The Barbary Pirates
Non-Intercourse Act
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison
Battle of Tippecanoe
War Hawks
Henry Clay
James Madison
Declaration of War, act of Congress
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
8th Grade Religion Paragraphs
Catholic Social Teaching: 7 Key Themes
-Define the duty, and state why it came to be instituted.
-State your relationship to it.
-State its relationship to you.
1. Sanctity of human life, dignity of the person
2. Call to family, community and participation
3. Right and responsibilities
4. Option for the poor
5. Dignity of work, rights of workers
6. Solidarity
7. Care for God's creation
-Define the duty, and state why it came to be instituted.
-State your relationship to it.
-State its relationship to you.
1. Sanctity of human life, dignity of the person
2. Call to family, community and participation
3. Right and responsibilities
4. Option for the poor
5. Dignity of work, rights of workers
6. Solidarity
7. Care for God's creation
8th Grade Homework
11.2: Louisiana Purchase through page 342.
They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?
50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?
They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?
50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?
7th Grade Rome Notes
Finish 6.1 notes.
They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?
50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?
They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?
50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?
6th Grade Homework
Finish 13.2 notes on Greece.
They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?
50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?
They will be graded by the following standards:
50%: Structure
Is your outline efficiently constructed in the manner in which it delivers your information?
Is your outline easily accessible so that when you return to study it is effective?
50%: Detail
Are your facts clearly construction, can their significance be recongized?
Is the information composed enough to represent the relationship of the information?
Nation Junior Honor Society Standards
Although it is a long ways away, here are the standards you should strive for in your academics and citizenship.
Criteria for National Junior Honor Society
Grades 6, 7, 8
Quality and discretion as a citizen
Involvement in extracurricular activities
Leadership in elected or appointed positions in school, community, or work
In and out of school community service
Work experience, recognition, and awards
GPA of 3.75 as of May 1, 2009
Criteria for National Junior Honor Society
Grades 6, 7, 8
Quality and discretion as a citizen
Involvement in extracurricular activities
Leadership in elected or appointed positions in school, community, or work
In and out of school community service
Work experience, recognition, and awards
GPA of 3.75 as of May 1, 2009
Thursday, October 30, 2008
6th Grade Head of State and Government Types for West Europe
Andorra
Albert Pintant
Parliamentary Democracy
Austria
Heinz Fischer
Federal Republic
Belgium
Tyves Leterme
Federal Parliamentary Democracy with a Constitutional Monarchy
Denmark
Margrethe II
Constitutional Monarchy
Finland
Tarja Halonen
Republic
France
Nicolas Sarkozy
Republic
Germany
Horst Koehler
Federal Republic
Greece
Karalos Papoulias
Parliamentary Republic
Iceland
Olafur Grimsson
Constitutional Republic
Ireland
Mary McAleese
Republic, Parliamentary Democracy
Italy
Giorgio Napolitano
Republic
Liechtenstein
Otmar Hasler
Constitutional Monarchy
Luxembourg
Grand Duke Henri
Constitutional Monarchy
Malta
Edward Fenech-Adami
Republic
Monaco
Albert II
Constitutional Monarchy
Netherlands
Jan Peter Balkenende
Constitutional Monarchy
Norway
Jens Stoltenberg
Constitutional Monarchy
Portugal
Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva
republic; parliamentary democracy
San Marino
Federico Pedini Amanti
Republic
Spain
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Parliamentary Monarchy
Sweden
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Constitutional Monarchy
Switzerland
Pascal Couchepin
Confederation turned Federal Republic
United Kingdom
James Gordon Brown
Constitutional Monarchy
Vatican City
Benedict XVI
Pope
Albert Pintant
Parliamentary Democracy
Austria
Heinz Fischer
Federal Republic
Belgium
Tyves Leterme
Federal Parliamentary Democracy with a Constitutional Monarchy
Denmark
Margrethe II
Constitutional Monarchy
Finland
Tarja Halonen
Republic
France
Nicolas Sarkozy
Republic
Germany
Horst Koehler
Federal Republic
Greece
Karalos Papoulias
Parliamentary Republic
Iceland
Olafur Grimsson
Constitutional Republic
Ireland
Mary McAleese
Republic, Parliamentary Democracy
Italy
Giorgio Napolitano
Republic
Liechtenstein
Otmar Hasler
Constitutional Monarchy
Luxembourg
Grand Duke Henri
Constitutional Monarchy
Malta
Edward Fenech-Adami
Republic
Monaco
Albert II
Constitutional Monarchy
Netherlands
Jan Peter Balkenende
Constitutional Monarchy
Norway
Jens Stoltenberg
Constitutional Monarchy
Portugal
Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva
republic; parliamentary democracy
San Marino
Federico Pedini Amanti
Republic
Spain
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Parliamentary Monarchy
Sweden
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Constitutional Monarchy
Switzerland
Pascal Couchepin
Confederation turned Federal Republic
United Kingdom
James Gordon Brown
Constitutional Monarchy
Vatican City
Benedict XVI
Pope
Friday, October 24, 2008
8th Grade Chapter 8 Terms
Bill of Rights: the first ten amendments to the constitution, guarantee specific rights to the citizen.
Constitution: a basic set of principles that set the powers and duties of government
republicanism: support for a representative form of government
limited government: all leaders and citizens are subjects to the laws, no one has absolute power
Virgnia Statute of Religious Freedom: drafted by Thomas Jefferson, gave freedom of worship, 1786, by 1833 all other colonies adopt
suffrage: voting rights
Articles of Confederation: failed first version of U.S. government, had no power to raise an army or secure taxes.
ratification: to make official approval, amendments were ratified
Land Ordinance of 1785: Confederation Congress sells land to individuals in order to raise funds
Northwest Ordinance of 1787: created the Northwest Territory, work of the Confederation Congress
Northwest Territories: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
tariff: taxes on imports and exports
interstate commerce: trade between 2 or more states, early U.S. allowed interstate tariffs.
inflation: decrease in value of currency
debtor: a person who owes money
creditor: people who lend money, providing a line of credit
depression: a steep drop in economic activity combined with unemployment rates
Shay's Rebellion: a farmer revolt in Western Massachusettes, shut down the government, led by Daniel Shay.
Constitutional Convention: Philadelphia meeting of colonial delegates to form a Constitution
James Madison: considered to be the father of the Constitution
Virginia Plan: 1787 designed 3 branches with a legislative branch determined by population.
New Jersey Plan: legislative branch with set equal numbers.
The Great Compromise: modern U.S. Congress with 2 houses, one of population and one of guaranteed numbers.
3/5th's Compromise: a slave accounts for 3/5ths of a person in obtained congressional delegates.
Popular Sovereignty: the political authority is derived from the people
Federalism: system of government where power rests in a central authority
leglislative branch: law making body of government, composed of 2 houses.
executive branch: President and all law-enforcement.
judicial branch: interpret the law.
checks and balances: keeps any one branch from assuming too much power.
Federalists: supported the ratification of the Constitution, loose construction
Antifederalists: people who opposed the Constitution, strict construction
Loose vs Strict Construction: rights of the individual or the powers of the government
Constitution: a basic set of principles that set the powers and duties of government
republicanism: support for a representative form of government
limited government: all leaders and citizens are subjects to the laws, no one has absolute power
Virgnia Statute of Religious Freedom: drafted by Thomas Jefferson, gave freedom of worship, 1786, by 1833 all other colonies adopt
suffrage: voting rights
Articles of Confederation: failed first version of U.S. government, had no power to raise an army or secure taxes.
ratification: to make official approval, amendments were ratified
Land Ordinance of 1785: Confederation Congress sells land to individuals in order to raise funds
Northwest Ordinance of 1787: created the Northwest Territory, work of the Confederation Congress
Northwest Territories: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
tariff: taxes on imports and exports
interstate commerce: trade between 2 or more states, early U.S. allowed interstate tariffs.
inflation: decrease in value of currency
debtor: a person who owes money
creditor: people who lend money, providing a line of credit
depression: a steep drop in economic activity combined with unemployment rates
Shay's Rebellion: a farmer revolt in Western Massachusettes, shut down the government, led by Daniel Shay.
Constitutional Convention: Philadelphia meeting of colonial delegates to form a Constitution
James Madison: considered to be the father of the Constitution
Virginia Plan: 1787 designed 3 branches with a legislative branch determined by population.
New Jersey Plan: legislative branch with set equal numbers.
The Great Compromise: modern U.S. Congress with 2 houses, one of population and one of guaranteed numbers.
3/5th's Compromise: a slave accounts for 3/5ths of a person in obtained congressional delegates.
Popular Sovereignty: the political authority is derived from the people
Federalism: system of government where power rests in a central authority
leglislative branch: law making body of government, composed of 2 houses.
executive branch: President and all law-enforcement.
judicial branch: interpret the law.
checks and balances: keeps any one branch from assuming too much power.
Federalists: supported the ratification of the Constitution, loose construction
Antifederalists: people who opposed the Constitution, strict construction
Loose vs Strict Construction: rights of the individual or the powers of the government
8th Grade Chapter 7 Terms Defined
First Continental Congress: debated how to respond to the growing problems with Britain, 56 delegates.
Minutemen: Boston colonial militia.
Lexington/Concord: one of the first engagements, resulted when British went to claim the militia’s weapons
Redcoats: the British regulars.
Second Continental Congress: created the Continental Army, but decided not to secede.
Continental Army: to defend against the British, led by Virginian George Washington.
George Washington: led the Continental Army, more failures than success.
Olive Branch Petition: the colonial request for peace sent to King George III, was denied.
Benedict Arnold: was a general at the taking of Ft. Ticonderoga, would eventually betray the Patriots.
Ethan Allen: from Vermont, took part in the taking of Ft. Ticonderoga.
Ft. Ticonderoga/Lake Champlain: a key waterway held by the British, taken by the Colonial Army.
Bunker/Breed's Hill: 1000 British casualties, compared to 400 Colonial casualties, preceded the siege of Boston.
Henry Knox: moved cannons 300 miles in winter to the siege of Boston.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense: appealed to a great population of colonists, in favor of separating from Britain.
Thomas Jefferson: drafted the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence (Unalienable Rights): stating reasons for separating from Britain.
Patriots/Loyalists: Patriots placed their faith in the new government, Loyalists in Great Britain
Mercenaries: soldiers of fortune, in the Revolutionary War they were primarily Hessians for Britain.
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation: provided freedom to African enslaved if they fought for the crown.
Molly Pitcher: nickname for women soldiers, originally a woman who manned the cannons after her husbands injury.
Battle of Trenton: Washington silently crossed the Delaware River and captured the British fort with 5 American casualties.
Battle of Princeton: Washington faked the British out with campfires and attacked them in the morning from the other side.
John Burgoyne: British who planned to recapture Ticonderoga and cut the Continental Army off from its supply.
Battle of Brandywine Creek: Howe crushes Washington, Continental Army loses twice as many as Brits.
Battle of Saratoga: Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold drive out Burgoyne, he surrenders.
Marquis de Lafayette: Frenchman supported the American Revolution financially and morally.
Friedrich von Steuben: worked to train and drill the Continental Army, instructed through fear and respect knowing no English.
John Paul Jones: ferocious Scotsman who sailed on behalf of the Colonies with French support, won many crucial victories.
Battle of Vincennes: George Rogers Clark recaptured this town in after allying with natives to siege Detroit.
Horatio Gates: fed his troops to rich of a meal making them sick, defeated by the British.
Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox, French practitioner of guerilla warfare against the British.
guerilla warfare: hit and run warfare
Comte de Rochambeau: brought the French Army to aid Washington in the Battle of Yorktown.
Battle of Yorktown: Washington forced Cornwallis’ surrender, effectively ending the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris 1783: Great Britain recognized colonial independence with the Great Lakes as the northern boundary.
Minutemen: Boston colonial militia.
Lexington/Concord: one of the first engagements, resulted when British went to claim the militia’s weapons
Redcoats: the British regulars.
Second Continental Congress: created the Continental Army, but decided not to secede.
Continental Army: to defend against the British, led by Virginian George Washington.
George Washington: led the Continental Army, more failures than success.
Olive Branch Petition: the colonial request for peace sent to King George III, was denied.
Benedict Arnold: was a general at the taking of Ft. Ticonderoga, would eventually betray the Patriots.
Ethan Allen: from Vermont, took part in the taking of Ft. Ticonderoga.
Ft. Ticonderoga/Lake Champlain: a key waterway held by the British, taken by the Colonial Army.
Bunker/Breed's Hill: 1000 British casualties, compared to 400 Colonial casualties, preceded the siege of Boston.
Henry Knox: moved cannons 300 miles in winter to the siege of Boston.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense: appealed to a great population of colonists, in favor of separating from Britain.
Thomas Jefferson: drafted the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence (Unalienable Rights): stating reasons for separating from Britain.
Patriots/Loyalists: Patriots placed their faith in the new government, Loyalists in Great Britain
Mercenaries: soldiers of fortune, in the Revolutionary War they were primarily Hessians for Britain.
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation: provided freedom to African enslaved if they fought for the crown.
Molly Pitcher: nickname for women soldiers, originally a woman who manned the cannons after her husbands injury.
Battle of Trenton: Washington silently crossed the Delaware River and captured the British fort with 5 American casualties.
Battle of Princeton: Washington faked the British out with campfires and attacked them in the morning from the other side.
John Burgoyne: British who planned to recapture Ticonderoga and cut the Continental Army off from its supply.
Battle of Brandywine Creek: Howe crushes Washington, Continental Army loses twice as many as Brits.
Battle of Saratoga: Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold drive out Burgoyne, he surrenders.
Marquis de Lafayette: Frenchman supported the American Revolution financially and morally.
Friedrich von Steuben: worked to train and drill the Continental Army, instructed through fear and respect knowing no English.
John Paul Jones: ferocious Scotsman who sailed on behalf of the Colonies with French support, won many crucial victories.
Battle of Vincennes: George Rogers Clark recaptured this town in after allying with natives to siege Detroit.
Horatio Gates: fed his troops to rich of a meal making them sick, defeated by the British.
Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox, French practitioner of guerilla warfare against the British.
guerilla warfare: hit and run warfare
Comte de Rochambeau: brought the French Army to aid Washington in the Battle of Yorktown.
Battle of Yorktown: Washington forced Cornwallis’ surrender, effectively ending the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris 1783: Great Britain recognized colonial independence with the Great Lakes as the northern boundary.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
7th Grade Ancient Greece Terms Defined
Dori: Spartan spear with a metal counterweight that is also lethal.
Xiphos: Phalanx close quarters sword
Trireme: swift and agile boats, primarily propelled by hundreds of oarsmen.
Immortals: Persian unit using wicker shield, wore tiaras.
Lamellar: armor layered with linen, leather and bronze, ancient Kevlar.
Wicker: the shield material used by the Persian army.
Hoplite: Greek unit carrying the hoplon shield with the Argive grip.
Phalanx: Greek shield wall, composed of sealed shields and two rows of spear.
Agoge: Spartan childhood warrior training.
Helots: the slave that a Spartan must kill in secret in order to become a man.
Acropolis: the high city dedicated to the gods.
aristocracy: government ruled by a land holding nobility.
oligarchy: government ruled by a merchant nobility.
polis: the Greek city state.
democracy: a government ruled by the people.
Archon: the highest Athenian office
legislature: a law making government body
barboroi: all non-Greek speakers
direct democracy: all citizens participating in the government
ostracism: banished from the public.
Homer: created the Iliad and the Odyssey, a blind poet
Solon: great reformer of Athens
Pisistratus: redistributed land in Athens from the haves to the have-nots.
Cleisthenes: created the general assembly and expanded the legislature.
Thucydides: historian in the age of Pericles
Peloponnesian War: ended Athenian domination, Sparta crushed Athens aided by plague.
Xerxes: Persian King at the time of the Battle of Thermopylae.
Themistocles: Athenian naval leader and politicians, won the Persian wars.
Leonidas: one of the Spartan kings, gave his life at Thermopylae.
Dienekes: Leonidas’ lieutenant, “Then we shall have our battle in the shade.”
Herodotus: Greek historian who chronicled the engagement at Thermopylae
Marathon: the Persians were defeated, runner told of the victory, cried “Nike!”, and died.
Ionia: led a rebellion against Persia aided by Athens.
Athens: the birthplace of Western democracy.
Sparta: the premier warrior state of Greece.
Thermopylae: the Hot Gates, 7000 Greeks vs 300,000 Persians.
Delphi: where the Oracle resided that stated the terms of Leonidas’ sacrifice.
Hellespont: the 1 mile stretch of sea west of the Dardanelles that Xerxes crossed.
Artemesium Straight: where Themistocles held the Persian navy to aid Thermopylae
Persia: modern day Iran, led a punitive military engagement against Greece.
Xiphos: Phalanx close quarters sword
Trireme: swift and agile boats, primarily propelled by hundreds of oarsmen.
Immortals: Persian unit using wicker shield, wore tiaras.
Lamellar: armor layered with linen, leather and bronze, ancient Kevlar.
Wicker: the shield material used by the Persian army.
Hoplite: Greek unit carrying the hoplon shield with the Argive grip.
Phalanx: Greek shield wall, composed of sealed shields and two rows of spear.
Agoge: Spartan childhood warrior training.
Helots: the slave that a Spartan must kill in secret in order to become a man.
Acropolis: the high city dedicated to the gods.
aristocracy: government ruled by a land holding nobility.
oligarchy: government ruled by a merchant nobility.
polis: the Greek city state.
democracy: a government ruled by the people.
Archon: the highest Athenian office
legislature: a law making government body
barboroi: all non-Greek speakers
direct democracy: all citizens participating in the government
ostracism: banished from the public.
Homer: created the Iliad and the Odyssey, a blind poet
Solon: great reformer of Athens
Pisistratus: redistributed land in Athens from the haves to the have-nots.
Cleisthenes: created the general assembly and expanded the legislature.
Thucydides: historian in the age of Pericles
Peloponnesian War: ended Athenian domination, Sparta crushed Athens aided by plague.
Xerxes: Persian King at the time of the Battle of Thermopylae.
Themistocles: Athenian naval leader and politicians, won the Persian wars.
Leonidas: one of the Spartan kings, gave his life at Thermopylae.
Dienekes: Leonidas’ lieutenant, “Then we shall have our battle in the shade.”
Herodotus: Greek historian who chronicled the engagement at Thermopylae
Marathon: the Persians were defeated, runner told of the victory, cried “Nike!”, and died.
Ionia: led a rebellion against Persia aided by Athens.
Athens: the birthplace of Western democracy.
Sparta: the premier warrior state of Greece.
Thermopylae: the Hot Gates, 7000 Greeks vs 300,000 Persians.
Delphi: where the Oracle resided that stated the terms of Leonidas’ sacrifice.
Hellespont: the 1 mile stretch of sea west of the Dardanelles that Xerxes crossed.
Artemesium Straight: where Themistocles held the Persian navy to aid Thermopylae
Persia: modern day Iran, led a punitive military engagement against Greece.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
8th Grade Chapter 8 Terms
8.1
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
John Locke
constitution
republicanism
limited government
Virgnia Statute of Religious Freedom
suffrage
Articles of Confederation
ratification
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Northwest Territories
8.2
Foreign Relations under the Articles of Confederation
Interstate ""
tariff
interstate commerce
inflation
debtor
creditor
depression
Shay's Rebellion
8.3
Constitutional Convention
James Madison
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
The Great Compromise
3/5th's Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
leglislative branch
executive ""
judicial ""
checks and balances
8.4
Federalists
Antifederalists
Loose vs Strict Construction
Federalist Papers
amendments
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
John Locke
constitution
republicanism
limited government
Virgnia Statute of Religious Freedom
suffrage
Articles of Confederation
ratification
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Northwest Territories
8.2
Foreign Relations under the Articles of Confederation
Interstate ""
tariff
interstate commerce
inflation
debtor
creditor
depression
Shay's Rebellion
8.3
Constitutional Convention
James Madison
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
The Great Compromise
3/5th's Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
leglislative branch
executive ""
judicial ""
checks and balances
8.4
Federalists
Antifederalists
Loose vs Strict Construction
Federalist Papers
amendments
Bill of Rights
Monday, October 20, 2008
7th Grade Chapter 5 Terms
5.1
Minoan
Knossos
Mycenaeans
Homer
5.2
polis
acropolis
monarchy
aristocracy
oligarchy
phalanx
helots
Athens
Sparta
democracy
Solon
archon
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
legislature
barboroi
5.3
Pericles
direct democracy
stipend
jury
ostracism
Thucydides
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian League
Delian League
5.4
TBA
Minoan
Knossos
Mycenaeans
Homer
5.2
polis
acropolis
monarchy
aristocracy
oligarchy
phalanx
helots
Athens
Sparta
democracy
Solon
archon
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
legislature
barboroi
5.3
Pericles
direct democracy
stipend
jury
ostracism
Thucydides
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian League
Delian League
5.4
TBA
7th Grade Persian Wars Film Terms
People:
Cyrus
Darius
Xerxes
Themistocles
Leonidas
Dienekes
Herodotus
Places/Events
Marathon
Ionia
Athens
Sparta
Thermopylae
Delphi
Hellespont
Artemesium Straight
Persia
Salamis
Plateae
Misc.
Dori
Xiphos
Trireme
Immortals
Lamellar
Wicker
Hoplite
Phalanx
Agoge
Cyrus
Darius
Xerxes
Themistocles
Leonidas
Dienekes
Herodotus
Places/Events
Marathon
Ionia
Athens
Sparta
Thermopylae
Delphi
Hellespont
Artemesium Straight
Persia
Salamis
Plateae
Misc.
Dori
Xiphos
Trireme
Immortals
Lamellar
Wicker
Hoplite
Phalanx
Agoge
Friday, October 17, 2008
6th Grade Canada, Chapter 7 Terms
7.1
Canadian Shield
potash
pulp
newsprint
7.2
Erik the Red/Leif Erikson: Norse explorers who came to the America's in 1000 AD *
Vinland: The Norse name for the North American region, roughly Newfoundland
smallpox
Seven Years' War/French and Indian War
provinces
dominion
Metis
federation
7.3
regionalism
maritime
Inuit
Canadian Shield
potash
pulp
newsprint
7.2
Erik the Red/Leif Erikson: Norse explorers who came to the America's in 1000 AD *
Vinland: The Norse name for the North American region, roughly Newfoundland
smallpox
Seven Years' War/French and Indian War
provinces
dominion
Metis
federation
7.3
regionalism
maritime
Inuit
8th Grade Homework
All chapter 7 terms will be defined by Tuesday and checked for a full homework grade.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
8th Grade Chapter 7 Terms
7.1
First Continental Congress
Declaration of Rights
minutemen
Thomas Gage
Lexington/Concord
Recoats
Second Continental Congress
Continental Army
George Washington
Olive Branch Petition
Benedict Arnold
Ethan Allen
Ft. Ticonderoga/Lake Champlain
Bunker/Breed's Hill (Battle of)
Henry Knox
7.2
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence (Unalienable Rights)
Patriots/Loyalists
7.3
mercenaries
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
Molly Pitcher
William Howe
7.4
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Princeton
John Burgoyne
Battle of Brandywine Creek
Battle of Saratoga
Bernardo de Galvez
Marquis de Lafayette
Friedrich von Steuben
John Paul Jones
7.5
Battle of Vincennes
Horatio Gates
Francis Marion
guerilla warfare
Comte de Rochambeau
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris 1783
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
6th Grade Canada Exam Details
There will be 60 specific points on the exam, 10/28/2008
Gridwork (9)
Capital: Ottawa
Currency: Canadian Dollar
Area: 3.9 Million square miles
Population: 31.6 million people
Languages: English and French
Life Expectancy: Male 76, Female 83
Per Capita GDP: $24,800
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper
Government: Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy forming a Federation
Province and Territory Capitals (13)
Edmonton, Alberta
Victoria, British Columbia
Manitoba, Winnipeg
New Brunswick, Fredericton
St. John's, Newfoundland
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Toronto, Ontario
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Quebec, Quebec
Regina, Saskatchewan
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Physical Map (9)
Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans
Beaufort and Labrador Seas
Baffin and Hudson Bays
Coast and Rocky Mountains
Political Map (14)
All provinces and territories of Canada
Ottawa
Chapter 7 Terms (15)
TBA
Gridwork (9)
Capital: Ottawa
Currency: Canadian Dollar
Area: 3.9 Million square miles
Population: 31.6 million people
Languages: English and French
Life Expectancy: Male 76, Female 83
Per Capita GDP: $24,800
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper
Government: Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy forming a Federation
Province and Territory Capitals (13)
Edmonton, Alberta
Victoria, British Columbia
Manitoba, Winnipeg
New Brunswick, Fredericton
St. John's, Newfoundland
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Toronto, Ontario
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Quebec, Quebec
Regina, Saskatchewan
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Physical Map (9)
Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans
Beaufort and Labrador Seas
Baffin and Hudson Bays
Coast and Rocky Mountains
Political Map (14)
All provinces and territories of Canada
Ottawa
Chapter 7 Terms (15)
TBA
Friday, October 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
8th Grade Pocahontas Response
You will write using complete sentences in paragraph form. Articulate your ideas in a manner which will convince me that you are worth breathing my air.
Cite specific historical inaccuracies within the film. Do so by addressing character action, your historical knowledge of early 1600's Virginia, and the war politics and relationship between the British settlement and the native Powhatan. (1-2 Paragraphs)
Analyze the character interaction in the film and derive Disney's agenda in its construction of the film. What motivated the films formation, what lessons remain within the story and how does it attempt to achieve the sublime. (1-2 Paragraphs)
Detail the true historical lessons of Pocahontas, John Smith and Jamestown. What did the film leave out that is most critical to humanity's mistakes in 1600's Colonial Virginia. (1-2 Paragraphs)
These will be collected on Friday, and will be accompanied by extensive group discussions.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
6th Grade Chapter 19 Test and Gridwork, Exam 10/14/08
Chapter 19 Terms: (7)
Oasis
landlocked
nomads
caravans
silk road
yurt
mosques
Grid Requirements: (32)
All Capitals
Highest and Lowest: Per Capita GDP, population, area
3 of your Choosing: currency, male/female life expectancy, chiefs of state, languages, and government type (2 of the 3 may be republic)
Oasis
landlocked
nomads
caravans
silk road
yurt
mosques
Grid Requirements: (32)
All Capitals
Highest and Lowest: Per Capita GDP, population, area
3 of your Choosing: currency, male/female life expectancy, chiefs of state, languages, and government type (2 of the 3 may be republic)
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Wish me luck!
Thompson vs LSAT is this weekend.
I will know the results by November.
Thanks for all of your good behavior this short week.
Keep it up as I will be on edge waiting for the results!
-Matt
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
6th Grade Grid Topics
Capital, Per Capita GDP, Currency, Life Expectancy M/F, Population, and Area
Nation
1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Belarus
4. Georgia
5. Kazakhstan
6. Kyrgzstan
7. Russia
8. Tajikistan
9. Turkmenistan
10. Ukraine
11. Uzbekistan
Chief of State
1. Serzh SARGSIAN
2. Ilham ALIYEV
3. Aleksandr LUKASHENKO
4. Mikheil SAAKASHVILI
5. Nursultan A. NAZARBAYEV
6. Kurmanbek BAKIEV
7. Dimitri MEDVEDEV
8. Emomali RAHMON
9. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW
10. Viktor A. YUSHCHENKO
11. Islom KARIMOV
Government Type
1. Republic
2. Republic
3. Republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
4. Republic
5. Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
6. Republic
7. Federation
8. Republic
9. Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
10. Republic
11. Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Nation
1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Belarus
4. Georgia
5. Kazakhstan
6. Kyrgzstan
7. Russia
8. Tajikistan
9. Turkmenistan
10. Ukraine
11. Uzbekistan
Chief of State
1. Serzh SARGSIAN
2. Ilham ALIYEV
3. Aleksandr LUKASHENKO
4. Mikheil SAAKASHVILI
5. Nursultan A. NAZARBAYEV
6. Kurmanbek BAKIEV
7. Dimitri MEDVEDEV
8. Emomali RAHMON
9. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW
10. Viktor A. YUSHCHENKO
11. Islom KARIMOV
Government Type
1. Republic
2. Republic
3. Republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
4. Republic
5. Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
6. Republic
7. Federation
8. Republic
9. Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
10. Republic
11. Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Monday, September 29, 2008
8th Grade Exam Terms Defined
5.2
Triangle Trade: the trade route from the Caribbean to the North Americas and Africa.
Mercantilism: the concept that there is a finite amount of gold in the world, gather all of it to you.
Navigation Acts: trade restricted to England
Middle Passage: the trip from Africa to North America, high death rates for slaves.
5.3
Southern Agriculture: large cash crop plantations, mixed with subsistence piedmont farming.
Slave Codes: specific laws aimed at controlling slaves, stopping them from organizing, educating, and revolting.
New England Industry: lumber, textiles, ship building. Fishing industry.
Middle Colonies Staple: staple crops such as corn, wheat, barley, oats. 6.1
King Phillip’s War: Metacomet, 1675 tensions over land and imminent threat of violence led to combat, ended in Phillip’s defeat.
Albany Plan of Union: Ben Franklin drafted it, for the colonies to unite under one banner and remove their individual autonomy (except Georgia would be left out). The colonies opted to remain as it.
French and Indian War: Fort Duquesne (French) and Fort Necessity (British) started this conflict in the Ohio River Valley, 1754-1763. French and Indians lost.
Treaty of Paris: 1763 Great Britain and France end the war, all French land East of the Mississippi, Spanish Florida, and Canada.
6.2
Ohio River Valley: area of high native population and great British interest, King George III says don’t go there, but they did anyways.
Pontiac’s Rebellion: Pontiac led natives in the Ohio River Valley, failed at Fort Detroit and gave up.
Proclamation of 1763: King George III, no settlement West of Appalachians. Ignored.
6.3
Sugar Act: passed by Parliament in 1764, set a tax on molasses and sugar imported to the colonies.
Committees of Correspondence: organized local colonial governments in order to resist British interference.
Boycott: to refuse to by certain goods.
Stamp Act: required payment for a stamp on all paper products, 1765
Sons of Liberty: organized against the stamp act, boycotts and intimidation.
Declaratory Act: Parliament has the power to make laws to the colonies, reaction to the Sugar Act being repealed.
6.4
Townshend Acts: 1767, placed duties on imported glass, paint, paper, tea, and lead.
Writs of Assistance: allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods as defined under the Townshend Acts.
John Hancock’s Liberty: his ship, tax collectors in Massachusetts accused him of smuggling, Sons of Liberty supported Hancock, the governor brought in troops as a result.
Propaganda: ideas facts and marketing and advertising to further one’s cause.
Boston Massacre (Crispus Attucks): 1770, snowball fight becomes gun play, soldiers open fire and kill 5. Crispus Attucks, African American dockworker is first martyr.
Tea Act: 1773, flooded the colonial market with cheap tea directly from India Tea Company, crushed local competition.
Boston Tea Party: colonists destroy tea in the Boston Harbor as a reaction to the Tea Act.
Intolerable/Coercive Acts: Spring 1774. Closed Boston Harbor, removed the Massachusetts Charter, royal officials sent to Britain, and forced quartering of British soldiers, and made Thomas Gage governor. Violation of colonists rights.
Triangle Trade: the trade route from the Caribbean to the North Americas and Africa.
Mercantilism: the concept that there is a finite amount of gold in the world, gather all of it to you.
Navigation Acts: trade restricted to England
Middle Passage: the trip from Africa to North America, high death rates for slaves.
5.3
Southern Agriculture: large cash crop plantations, mixed with subsistence piedmont farming.
Slave Codes: specific laws aimed at controlling slaves, stopping them from organizing, educating, and revolting.
New England Industry: lumber, textiles, ship building. Fishing industry.
Middle Colonies Staple: staple crops such as corn, wheat, barley, oats. 6.1
King Phillip’s War: Metacomet, 1675 tensions over land and imminent threat of violence led to combat, ended in Phillip’s defeat.
Albany Plan of Union: Ben Franklin drafted it, for the colonies to unite under one banner and remove their individual autonomy (except Georgia would be left out). The colonies opted to remain as it.
French and Indian War: Fort Duquesne (French) and Fort Necessity (British) started this conflict in the Ohio River Valley, 1754-1763. French and Indians lost.
Treaty of Paris: 1763 Great Britain and France end the war, all French land East of the Mississippi, Spanish Florida, and Canada.
6.2
Ohio River Valley: area of high native population and great British interest, King George III says don’t go there, but they did anyways.
Pontiac’s Rebellion: Pontiac led natives in the Ohio River Valley, failed at Fort Detroit and gave up.
Proclamation of 1763: King George III, no settlement West of Appalachians. Ignored.
6.3
Sugar Act: passed by Parliament in 1764, set a tax on molasses and sugar imported to the colonies.
Committees of Correspondence: organized local colonial governments in order to resist British interference.
Boycott: to refuse to by certain goods.
Stamp Act: required payment for a stamp on all paper products, 1765
Sons of Liberty: organized against the stamp act, boycotts and intimidation.
Declaratory Act: Parliament has the power to make laws to the colonies, reaction to the Sugar Act being repealed.
6.4
Townshend Acts: 1767, placed duties on imported glass, paint, paper, tea, and lead.
Writs of Assistance: allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods as defined under the Townshend Acts.
John Hancock’s Liberty: his ship, tax collectors in Massachusetts accused him of smuggling, Sons of Liberty supported Hancock, the governor brought in troops as a result.
Propaganda: ideas facts and marketing and advertising to further one’s cause.
Boston Massacre (Crispus Attucks): 1770, snowball fight becomes gun play, soldiers open fire and kill 5. Crispus Attucks, African American dockworker is first martyr.
Tea Act: 1773, flooded the colonial market with cheap tea directly from India Tea Company, crushed local competition.
Boston Tea Party: colonists destroy tea in the Boston Harbor as a reaction to the Tea Act.
Intolerable/Coercive Acts: Spring 1774. Closed Boston Harbor, removed the Massachusetts Charter, royal officials sent to Britain, and forced quartering of British soldiers, and made Thomas Gage governor. Violation of colonists rights.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Student Council, except Classroom Representatives, Speeches Tomorrow
Speeches will be 2 minutes or less.
If you wanted to run for a position and I did not get a letter of intent from you, you may still give a speech.
Please come talk to me as soon as possible or e-mail my school address as soon as possible.
President Candidates
Claire Caulfield
Hannah Heffner
Shea Seigert
Shea Seigert
Vice President Candidates
Barbara Cleary
Sean Mallea
Luke Marria
Thomas Russell
Carlie Sharpes
Community Service Chair
Mikel Asla
Rebecca Fitz
Max Mallane
Secretary
Natalie Hickman
Anna Marria
Corrine Pennington
Matt Ryden
6th Grade Chapters 17 and 18 defined
17.1
Taiga: forest of evergreen trees that grows south of the tundra.
Steppe: wide flat grassland.
17.2
The Rus and Kiev: The Rus are the Viking invaders who set up the trade city of Kiev
Mongol Influence: roughly in the 1200’s AD, Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan took control over the region, forcing them to pay tribute, and separating the genders.
Czar: it is the Russian word for Caesar, acted as an emperor for the Kingdom of Muscovy, controlled Russia from 1400’s to 1917.
Peter the Great: Unified Russia, first Czar
abdicate: to leave or give up power1917: abdication of the Czar, Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin takes power
Bolshevik: Russian word for majority, largely a political party of industrial workers, later changed their name to Communists.
USSR 1922: drafted a Communist constitution, unified surrounding nations under Russian dominance.
Cold War: post WWII stand off between the democratic West and the communist east. Differences in ideology, economy, and society.
1991 Collapse: the Russian economy is broken, the nations disband, end USSR.
Russian Orthodox: the Russian twist on Eastern Orthodox introduced by Methodius and Cyril.
1957 Sputnik: Russia launches the first satellite into space.
17.3
4 Regions: Volga, Moscow, St Petersburg, Urals
Kremlin: the center of government in Russia’s Moscow
light industry: textiles, etc, causes generally less pollution than heavy industry
heavy industry: machinery construction, heavy metal work, more pollution than light industry.
17.4
Siberia's area and comparisons: vast untapped natural resources in a sleeping frozen wasteland of death, huge.
1891 Trans-Siberian Railroad: the single greatest source of transportation in the region, connects all major cities. Moscow-Novosibirsk-Vladivostok
Lake Baikal: home to the only freshwater seal, protected by the government.
17.5
Vladivostok: a key port on the Pacific, it is frozen up during the winter, just recently opened because it was a key military port during the cold war.
Sakhalin Oil: there is oil there.
Kuril Islands Fish: that’s where they fish.
18.1
Mt. Elbrus: highest point in Europe. Russian Caucasus
18.2Cyrillic Alphabet: constructed by Cyril and Methodius of Eastern Orthodox mission, Used Greek letters to represent Russian/Slavic phonemes.
serfs: peasant class, loyal to land and lord. Work the earth to be protect militarily.
Cossacks: defiant horse riding serfs, revolted and became key military for the Czar.
Muscovy Empire: rise of the Czar tradition, the Russian nobility.1
917:Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia gain independence.
1922: those 3 join the USSR.
Chernobyl: site in Ukraine of a nuclear meltdown, 1986
Meaning of Belarus: White Russians
18.3
500's BC: Caucasus region is controlled by Persian Empire (modern Iran)
650 AD: comes under control of the Muslim Empire
Georgian Language: pre-Cyrillic alphabet, in use since at least the 400’s AD.
1988 Armenian: earthquake destroys 1/3 of industry
Oil Azerbaijan: key economic nutrient
Taiga: forest of evergreen trees that grows south of the tundra.
Steppe: wide flat grassland.
17.2
The Rus and Kiev: The Rus are the Viking invaders who set up the trade city of Kiev
Mongol Influence: roughly in the 1200’s AD, Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan took control over the region, forcing them to pay tribute, and separating the genders.
Czar: it is the Russian word for Caesar, acted as an emperor for the Kingdom of Muscovy, controlled Russia from 1400’s to 1917.
Peter the Great: Unified Russia, first Czar
abdicate: to leave or give up power1917: abdication of the Czar, Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin takes power
Bolshevik: Russian word for majority, largely a political party of industrial workers, later changed their name to Communists.
USSR 1922: drafted a Communist constitution, unified surrounding nations under Russian dominance.
Cold War: post WWII stand off between the democratic West and the communist east. Differences in ideology, economy, and society.
1991 Collapse: the Russian economy is broken, the nations disband, end USSR.
Russian Orthodox: the Russian twist on Eastern Orthodox introduced by Methodius and Cyril.
1957 Sputnik: Russia launches the first satellite into space.
17.3
4 Regions: Volga, Moscow, St Petersburg, Urals
Kremlin: the center of government in Russia’s Moscow
light industry: textiles, etc, causes generally less pollution than heavy industry
heavy industry: machinery construction, heavy metal work, more pollution than light industry.
17.4
Siberia's area and comparisons: vast untapped natural resources in a sleeping frozen wasteland of death, huge.
1891 Trans-Siberian Railroad: the single greatest source of transportation in the region, connects all major cities. Moscow-Novosibirsk-Vladivostok
Lake Baikal: home to the only freshwater seal, protected by the government.
17.5
Vladivostok: a key port on the Pacific, it is frozen up during the winter, just recently opened because it was a key military port during the cold war.
Sakhalin Oil: there is oil there.
Kuril Islands Fish: that’s where they fish.
18.1
Mt. Elbrus: highest point in Europe. Russian Caucasus
18.2Cyrillic Alphabet: constructed by Cyril and Methodius of Eastern Orthodox mission, Used Greek letters to represent Russian/Slavic phonemes.
serfs: peasant class, loyal to land and lord. Work the earth to be protect militarily.
Cossacks: defiant horse riding serfs, revolted and became key military for the Czar.
Muscovy Empire: rise of the Czar tradition, the Russian nobility.1
917:Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia gain independence.
1922: those 3 join the USSR.
Chernobyl: site in Ukraine of a nuclear meltdown, 1986
Meaning of Belarus: White Russians
18.3
500's BC: Caucasus region is controlled by Persian Empire (modern Iran)
650 AD: comes under control of the Muslim Empire
Georgian Language: pre-Cyrillic alphabet, in use since at least the 400’s AD.
1988 Armenian: earthquake destroys 1/3 of industry
Oil Azerbaijan: key economic nutrient
8th Grade Religion Year Goals
1. Prepare for High School
2. Grow in understanding of the Church
3. Closer to God
4. Be Excited in Faith
5. Learn more about Church history
Specific details and points of interest subtopics:
Preparation for High School
Philosophy of the Bible
Symbolism in the Bible
Key points of Catholicism relationship to history
Morality and reality
Historicism and conflicts in Biblical ideas
Prepare you for confirmation
The true nature of the Catholic Church, not Protestant musings
Biblical story, historical context, history and modern social uses
Assume an adult role in the Church
The Church’s stance/view on war, Just War
Full understanding and list of the parable
Psalm’s history, application, and celebration
Catholic expectations of High Schoolers
The Book of Revelation: aspects of the Mass and History
Cultural context of Biblical behaviors
Exploration of other holy texts, and other translations
Real Biblical timeline: publishing, collecting, etc
History of the Catholic Church
Papal stories
Open discussion of eras of Church errors
Pope John Paul II and Benedict Specifically
Church Hierarchy
Beyond Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Vatican History
History of Prophets of the Church
Rare and unused Saints
How one becomes a recognized Saint
What is Vatican II
Closer to God
Discussions on miracles, large and small
Apparitions
Getting over the cheese hurdle
Discuss issues of faith with lower grades
Addressing disillusionment
The Church’s stance on key moral issues
2. Grow in understanding of the Church
3. Closer to God
4. Be Excited in Faith
5. Learn more about Church history
Specific details and points of interest subtopics:
Preparation for High School
Philosophy of the Bible
Symbolism in the Bible
Key points of Catholicism relationship to history
Morality and reality
Historicism and conflicts in Biblical ideas
Prepare you for confirmation
The true nature of the Catholic Church, not Protestant musings
Biblical story, historical context, history and modern social uses
Assume an adult role in the Church
The Church’s stance/view on war, Just War
Full understanding and list of the parable
Psalm’s history, application, and celebration
Catholic expectations of High Schoolers
The Book of Revelation: aspects of the Mass and History
Cultural context of Biblical behaviors
Exploration of other holy texts, and other translations
Real Biblical timeline: publishing, collecting, etc
History of the Catholic Church
Papal stories
Open discussion of eras of Church errors
Pope John Paul II and Benedict Specifically
Church Hierarchy
Beyond Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Vatican History
History of Prophets of the Church
Rare and unused Saints
How one becomes a recognized Saint
What is Vatican II
Closer to God
Discussions on miracles, large and small
Apparitions
Getting over the cheese hurdle
Discuss issues of faith with lower grades
Addressing disillusionment
The Church’s stance on key moral issues
6th Grade Chapter 18 Terms
18.1
Mt. Elbrus
18.2
Cyrillic Alphabet
serfs
Cossacks
Muscovy Empire
1917
1922
Chernobyl
Meaning of Belarus
18.3
500's BC
650 AD
Georgian Language
1988 Armenian
Oil Azerbaijan
Mt. Elbrus
18.2
Cyrillic Alphabet
serfs
Cossacks
Muscovy Empire
1917
1922
Chernobyl
Meaning of Belarus
18.3
500's BC
650 AD
Georgian Language
1988 Armenian
Oil Azerbaijan
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
7th Grade Chapter 28 Exam Grade Breakdown
Mode: 87
Median: 83
Mean: 75
100:111
97:11
93:1
90:111
87:1111
83:111
80:11
77:11
70:1
67:1
63:111
57:11
53:11
50:1
33:1
Median: 83
Mean: 75
100:111
97:11
93:1
90:111
87:1111
83:111
80:11
77:11
70:1
67:1
63:111
57:11
53:11
50:1
33:1
Monday, September 22, 2008
6th Grade and 8th Grade Exams Sept 30th
6th Grade former Soviet Union map (22 terms), Chapter 17, and Chapter 18 terms.
8th Grade Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 Exam.
6th Grade Chapter 17 Terms
Your tests will be composed of these terms, Chapter 18 terms to come, the 11 physical features, and the 11 nations on next Tuesday.
17.1
Taiga
Steppe
17.2
The Rus and Kiev
Mongol Influence
Czar
Peter the Great
abdicate
1917
Bolshevik
USSR 1922
Cold War
1991 Collapse
Russian Orthodox
1957 Sputnik
17.3
4 Regions
Kremlin
light industry
heavy industry
17.4
Siberia's area and comparisons
1891 Trans-Siberian Railroad
Moscow-Novosibirsk-Vladivostok
Lake Baikal
17.5
Vladivostok
Sakhalin Oil
Kuril Islands Fish
17.1
Taiga
Steppe
17.2
The Rus and Kiev
Mongol Influence
Czar
Peter the Great
abdicate
1917
Bolshevik
USSR 1922
Cold War
1991 Collapse
Russian Orthodox
1957 Sputnik
17.3
4 Regions
Kremlin
light industry
heavy industry
17.4
Siberia's area and comparisons
1891 Trans-Siberian Railroad
Moscow-Novosibirsk-Vladivostok
Lake Baikal
17.5
Vladivostok
Sakhalin Oil
Kuril Islands Fish
7th Grade Chapter 28.1, 28.2 and 28.3 Exam
Tomorrow you have a test if you are in 7th grade. Put your game face on.
Terms are online, the exam was drafted with you in class.
8 people matching, 12 generic term matching, and 10 true or false questions
Friday, September 19, 2008
This Weekend's Recommended Viewing
An old favorite of mine, an 80's classic. Figure some one needs to respark an interest. And who doesn't love Jessica Rabbit?
Student Government
On Monday I require a letter of intent declaring which position you will be running for.
President: 8th Grade
Vice President: 7th/8th Grades
Community Service Chair: 6th/7th/8th Grades
Secretary: 6th/7th/8th Grades
Class Room Representatives: Every Class
Speeches will be shared on Thursday morning of next week and elections will be held on Monday September 29th.
President: 8th Grade
Vice President: 7th/8th Grades
Community Service Chair: 6th/7th/8th Grades
Secretary: 6th/7th/8th Grades
Class Room Representatives: Every Class
Speeches will be shared on Thursday morning of next week and elections will be held on Monday September 29th.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
6th Grade Chapters 17/18/19 Map Terms
Physical:
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Bering Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
Barents Sea
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Kamchatka Peninsula
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Political:
Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Chapter 28, Section 1, 2 and 3 Defined
28.1
Rasputin: Czarena’s personal advisor, socially unsound, controlled government through her, healed her hemophiliac son, other government officials feared his power and killed him.
Proletariat: growing class of industrial worker, the impetus and focus of any communist/Marxist movement. From their ranks Lenin based his revolution, claimed them as the majority (Bolshevik).
Czar Nicholas II: tried to lead Russian troops on the front lines of WWI, leaving power to his German wife. He was an inept general. Eventually would be shot for the Bolshevik Revolution.
Czarina Alexandra: German born, was left to lead the nation in her husband’s absence, dominated by Rasputin, would be shot alongside her family for the Bolshevik Revolution.
World War I (The Great War): Russian army was appropriately supplied or led, millions died from lack of infrastructure and equipment, revealing the backwardness of Russia.
1917 Revolution: battlefield failure and shortages at home collapsed the monarchy, Czar abdicates. Lenin and the Bolsheviks begin to organize. Peace treaty was signed with Germany.
Petrograd: St. Petersburg, named during war, women and workers revolt chanting bread, soldiers refuse to fire, making Czar’s power nonexistent.
Lenin: father of the revolution, instituted NEP, died in 1924, adapted Marxist ideas to fit Russian condition. Did not endorse Stalin. Spent time in the gulags with his wife for his revolutionary ideas, was hiding out in Germany, and they sent him back to Russia to destabilize the nation. Led the Bolsheviks to power, and drafted a constitution in 1922 forming the USSR.
Krupskaya: Lenin’s wife and fellow revolutionary.
Bolshevik: Russian for majority, comprised of actually a small amount of the industrial workers in Russia. Lenin’s party, and primary supporters, name would eventually be changed to Communists. Moscow was set as their capital, the Kremlin their building.
Duma: elected national legislature in Russia.
March Revolution: Bolshevik phase 1 government take over, abdication of the Czar.
November Revolution: Bolshevik phase 2 government take over, shot the Czar. Take over the provisional government, bloodless surrender.
Karl Marx: German philosopher, predicted the rise of the working class to overthrow capitalism. Lenin’s philosophies are based upon his work.
War Communism: peasant grow in surplus to feed the cities, factory work his forced, soldiers are prepared. The Czar’s old generals are kept to train and organize troops. Instituted a command economy and took over all banks, stores, and factories. Trotsky organizes the army very effectively.
Commissar: communist party official to teach party principals and ensure loyalty, specifically to former Czarists working for the government.
28.2
Command Economy: the government controls all factors of production. Soviets mismanaged, punished and rewarded inappropriately. Heavy industry was a success, light industry was poor quality, and everyone starved because the peasants were not rewarded for their labor.
Collectives: large farms, operated by peasants, owned by government. The peasants had to pool their equipment and beasts of burden. As a reaction the Kulaks and those with power destroyed their tools and only grew enough to feed themselves as a reaction to government meddling.
Lenin: died, expressed doubt about Stalin. Staling claims his validity from Lenin’s wishes, he is pickled and placed in public display, raised to the level of a god within Russian social governing.
Stalin: Lenin dies, Stalin works to secure power from his secretary position, secured his position by placing those loyal to him in key positions. Drives out and kills Trotsky. Institutes 5 Year Plan, The Great Purge. Improves industry, destroys agriculture. Megalomaniac and places flatterers in key positions, kills those that are experienced.
Trotsky: chief contender for Lenin’s replacement upon his death. Marxist thinker, excellent speaker and had played a huge role in the Bolshevik revolution. Lost to Stalin, was driven out of the party, fled to Mexico and was killed by one of Stalin’s agents in 1940.
N.E.P.: New Economic Policy, allowed capitalist ventures to inspire the economic slow down. Kept control of banks, foreign trade and large industry, made private small business for profit allowed. The government stopped seizing surplus, allowed them to sell their extra and hold their land. Started by Lenin, ended by Stalin.
Kulaks: wealthy peasants, the government took their land and punished them for their success. Dead or Gulagged.
1922: USSR Drafted Constitution, 18 year old suffrage, and Lenin expresses his doubts about Stalin.
The Great Purge: Stalin’s paranoia, has old Bolshevik supporters and heroes killed, Gulags or dead. 1936-1938: 4 million party members killed, and many military leaders as well.
Comintern: Lenin’s world revolution program for communism against capitalist imperialism.
U.S.S.R.: United Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1922 with a constitution, a democratic socialist concept. United Old Russian Empire, multinational European and Asian nations. All republics were meant to share equal power, Russia dominates in reality.
5 Year Plan: Stalin’s 5 Year Plan to create a modern industrial power. 1928 it began, focused on heavy industry and transportation. Nationalized the economy. Heavy industry was a success, light industry was a failure.
Gulag: Russian Siberian prison camps where dissenters were shipped in order to die over a long period of exposure and starvation. Hugs and tickles.
28.3
Totalitarian state: a state of unlimited government control, Russia secret police controlled. Dissenters sent to camps (gulags) or killed, instituted mass state efforts for propaganda.
Propaganda: it is national advertisement, Russian propaganda focused on the godliness of Lenin and Stalin and the Soviet Socialist ideals.
Pravda: Russian newspaper, Russian word for truth, linked their enemies to failures and blame. Primary form of Soviet propaganda.
Atheism and state worship: USSR becomes atheistic, killed religion subversion, converted churches to offices but tolerated Islam.
Islamic tolerance: to secure national interests in Asia, and the Muslim peoples and nations new to the republic Islam was tolerated.
Soviet Elite: industrial managers, military leaders, scientists and some artists and writers. Allowed to shop at special stores and given the best apartments.
Women’s revolutionary role: played an equal part in the revolution pre1917, asked their needs to be addressed, the party concerned itself little with their concerns, contributed economically but had little or no voice in government except for Alexandra Kollontai.
Socialist Realism: Stalin’s mandated art form, heralded Communism, artists would sneak in subtle acts of defiance.
Censorship: The state controlled all art and media, in order to write you had to play their game and write their stories. Dissent was met with death and punishment.
Rasputin: Czarena’s personal advisor, socially unsound, controlled government through her, healed her hemophiliac son, other government officials feared his power and killed him.
Proletariat: growing class of industrial worker, the impetus and focus of any communist/Marxist movement. From their ranks Lenin based his revolution, claimed them as the majority (Bolshevik).
Czar Nicholas II: tried to lead Russian troops on the front lines of WWI, leaving power to his German wife. He was an inept general. Eventually would be shot for the Bolshevik Revolution.
Czarina Alexandra: German born, was left to lead the nation in her husband’s absence, dominated by Rasputin, would be shot alongside her family for the Bolshevik Revolution.
World War I (The Great War): Russian army was appropriately supplied or led, millions died from lack of infrastructure and equipment, revealing the backwardness of Russia.
1917 Revolution: battlefield failure and shortages at home collapsed the monarchy, Czar abdicates. Lenin and the Bolsheviks begin to organize. Peace treaty was signed with Germany.
Petrograd: St. Petersburg, named during war, women and workers revolt chanting bread, soldiers refuse to fire, making Czar’s power nonexistent.
Lenin: father of the revolution, instituted NEP, died in 1924, adapted Marxist ideas to fit Russian condition. Did not endorse Stalin. Spent time in the gulags with his wife for his revolutionary ideas, was hiding out in Germany, and they sent him back to Russia to destabilize the nation. Led the Bolsheviks to power, and drafted a constitution in 1922 forming the USSR.
Krupskaya: Lenin’s wife and fellow revolutionary.
Bolshevik: Russian for majority, comprised of actually a small amount of the industrial workers in Russia. Lenin’s party, and primary supporters, name would eventually be changed to Communists. Moscow was set as their capital, the Kremlin their building.
Duma: elected national legislature in Russia.
March Revolution: Bolshevik phase 1 government take over, abdication of the Czar.
November Revolution: Bolshevik phase 2 government take over, shot the Czar. Take over the provisional government, bloodless surrender.
Karl Marx: German philosopher, predicted the rise of the working class to overthrow capitalism. Lenin’s philosophies are based upon his work.
War Communism: peasant grow in surplus to feed the cities, factory work his forced, soldiers are prepared. The Czar’s old generals are kept to train and organize troops. Instituted a command economy and took over all banks, stores, and factories. Trotsky organizes the army very effectively.
Commissar: communist party official to teach party principals and ensure loyalty, specifically to former Czarists working for the government.
28.2
Command Economy: the government controls all factors of production. Soviets mismanaged, punished and rewarded inappropriately. Heavy industry was a success, light industry was poor quality, and everyone starved because the peasants were not rewarded for their labor.
Collectives: large farms, operated by peasants, owned by government. The peasants had to pool their equipment and beasts of burden. As a reaction the Kulaks and those with power destroyed their tools and only grew enough to feed themselves as a reaction to government meddling.
Lenin: died, expressed doubt about Stalin. Staling claims his validity from Lenin’s wishes, he is pickled and placed in public display, raised to the level of a god within Russian social governing.
Stalin: Lenin dies, Stalin works to secure power from his secretary position, secured his position by placing those loyal to him in key positions. Drives out and kills Trotsky. Institutes 5 Year Plan, The Great Purge. Improves industry, destroys agriculture. Megalomaniac and places flatterers in key positions, kills those that are experienced.
Trotsky: chief contender for Lenin’s replacement upon his death. Marxist thinker, excellent speaker and had played a huge role in the Bolshevik revolution. Lost to Stalin, was driven out of the party, fled to Mexico and was killed by one of Stalin’s agents in 1940.
N.E.P.: New Economic Policy, allowed capitalist ventures to inspire the economic slow down. Kept control of banks, foreign trade and large industry, made private small business for profit allowed. The government stopped seizing surplus, allowed them to sell their extra and hold their land. Started by Lenin, ended by Stalin.
Kulaks: wealthy peasants, the government took their land and punished them for their success. Dead or Gulagged.
1922: USSR Drafted Constitution, 18 year old suffrage, and Lenin expresses his doubts about Stalin.
The Great Purge: Stalin’s paranoia, has old Bolshevik supporters and heroes killed, Gulags or dead. 1936-1938: 4 million party members killed, and many military leaders as well.
Comintern: Lenin’s world revolution program for communism against capitalist imperialism.
U.S.S.R.: United Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1922 with a constitution, a democratic socialist concept. United Old Russian Empire, multinational European and Asian nations. All republics were meant to share equal power, Russia dominates in reality.
5 Year Plan: Stalin’s 5 Year Plan to create a modern industrial power. 1928 it began, focused on heavy industry and transportation. Nationalized the economy. Heavy industry was a success, light industry was a failure.
Gulag: Russian Siberian prison camps where dissenters were shipped in order to die over a long period of exposure and starvation. Hugs and tickles.
28.3
Totalitarian state: a state of unlimited government control, Russia secret police controlled. Dissenters sent to camps (gulags) or killed, instituted mass state efforts for propaganda.
Propaganda: it is national advertisement, Russian propaganda focused on the godliness of Lenin and Stalin and the Soviet Socialist ideals.
Pravda: Russian newspaper, Russian word for truth, linked their enemies to failures and blame. Primary form of Soviet propaganda.
Atheism and state worship: USSR becomes atheistic, killed religion subversion, converted churches to offices but tolerated Islam.
Islamic tolerance: to secure national interests in Asia, and the Muslim peoples and nations new to the republic Islam was tolerated.
Soviet Elite: industrial managers, military leaders, scientists and some artists and writers. Allowed to shop at special stores and given the best apartments.
Women’s revolutionary role: played an equal part in the revolution pre1917, asked their needs to be addressed, the party concerned itself little with their concerns, contributed economically but had little or no voice in government except for Alexandra Kollontai.
Socialist Realism: Stalin’s mandated art form, heralded Communism, artists would sneak in subtle acts of defiance.
Censorship: The state controlled all art and media, in order to write you had to play their game and write their stories. Dissent was met with death and punishment.
8th Grade Chapter 5 Terms
5.1
Privy Council
Bicameral Legislature
House of Burgesses
John Peter Zenger
libel
5.2
Triangle Trade
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Middle Passage
5.3
Southern Agriculture
Slave Codes
New England Industry
Middle Colonies Staple
Women's mixed economic roles
5.4
revival
Great Awakening
Old Light and New Light
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Gilbert Tennent
5.5
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Method
New England Primer
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Franklin
Puritanical Literature's Author List
Privy Council
Bicameral Legislature
House of Burgesses
John Peter Zenger
libel
5.2
Triangle Trade
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Middle Passage
5.3
Southern Agriculture
Slave Codes
New England Industry
Middle Colonies Staple
Women's mixed economic roles
5.4
revival
Great Awakening
Old Light and New Light
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Gilbert Tennent
5.5
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Method
New England Primer
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Franklin
Puritanical Literature's Author List
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
6th Grade Chapter 5 Grade Breakdown
Grade Brackets and Statistics are as follows:
100:1111111111111
97:1
94:11111111
88:11111
85:111
82:11111
79:1
76:11111
71:111
68:1
65:11
59:11
56:1
100:1111111111111
97:1
94:11111111
88:11111
85:111
82:11111
79:1
76:11111
71:111
68:1
65:11
59:11
56:1
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
8th Grade Religion Homework
Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23~Joseph's Father
Matthew 27.5 and Acts 1:18~Judas' Fate
Genesis 4:1 and Genesis 4:17~Cain's wife
Discuss these Biblical conflicts of data, address possible historic sources for these text based differences, and state validity of one, or state why it need not be addressed within the study as a Christian.
A paragraph of each is more than reasonable, but if you feel yourself going wild, write as much as the spirit moves you.
Matthew 27.5 and Acts 1:18~Judas' Fate
Genesis 4:1 and Genesis 4:17~Cain's wife
Discuss these Biblical conflicts of data, address possible historic sources for these text based differences, and state validity of one, or state why it need not be addressed within the study as a Christian.
A paragraph of each is more than reasonable, but if you feel yourself going wild, write as much as the spirit moves you.
8th Grade Chapter 4 Exam Grade Breakdown
Grade Breakdown
Average: 90.3
Mode: 100
100:111111111111
97:1
93:111
90:111
87:11111
83:11
80:1
77:1111
73:1
63:1
This is what the exam looked like...
Name: 8th Grade Chapter 4 Exam
Matching People: (10)
1.__ Pocahontas: a. openly discussed religion in public, claimed God spoke to people through other means than the Bible.
2.__ John Smith: b. Governor of Mass. Bay Colony, 1630’s.
3.__ John Rolfe: c. minister, father of American democracy.
4.__ Wahunsonacock: d. governor of the Plymouth colony, helped draft the Mayflower Compact.
5.__ William Bradford: e. Pocahontas’ father, leader of the Wampanoag, died in 1618 in the Americas
6.__ Squanto: f. tobacco success with Jamestown, made the settlement economically viable
7.__ Thomas Hooker: g. wanted to form a secular state, criticized mistreatment of natives, formed Providence
8.__ Anne Hutchinson: h. diplomatic daughter of Wahunsonacock, married John Rolfe
9.__ John Winthrop: i. made Jamestown work to eat, decreasing starvation and exposure deaths.
10.__ Roger Williams: j. knew some English, helped them overcome the poor soil quality in the area.
True / False: (20)
11. T / F Nat Bacon led an army of former interpretive dancers to war, attacking the Co-Op to obtain their organic produce.
12. T / F Jamestown was a French settlement established in 1324, on the corner of Dewy, Cheatum and Howe.
13. T / F The Headright System paid settlers for every Powhatan head or scalp they returned in honor of the crown.
14. T / F The Mayflower Compact was drafted in England and took away all the rights of women.
15. T / F The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut formed a democratic government, voting regardless of church
16. T / F The Great Migration happened 1630's-1640's when tens of thousands of English left for the Americas.
17. T / F Giles Corey’s last words were, “I shot Tupac”.
18. T / F The Massachusetts General Court 1644 was a quadcameral executive body that organized dances.
19. T / F Kansas was the sanctuary of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
20. T / F Lord Vlasic found Pickleville with a charter from King Charles as a haven for Catholics.
Average: 90.3
Mode: 100
100:111111111111
97:1
93:111
90:111
87:11111
83:11
80:1
77:1111
73:1
63:1
This is what the exam looked like...
Name: 8th Grade Chapter 4 Exam
Matching People: (10)
1.__ Pocahontas: a. openly discussed religion in public, claimed God spoke to people through other means than the Bible.
2.__ John Smith: b. Governor of Mass. Bay Colony, 1630’s.
3.__ John Rolfe: c. minister, father of American democracy.
4.__ Wahunsonacock: d. governor of the Plymouth colony, helped draft the Mayflower Compact.
5.__ William Bradford: e. Pocahontas’ father, leader of the Wampanoag, died in 1618 in the Americas
6.__ Squanto: f. tobacco success with Jamestown, made the settlement economically viable
7.__ Thomas Hooker: g. wanted to form a secular state, criticized mistreatment of natives, formed Providence
8.__ Anne Hutchinson: h. diplomatic daughter of Wahunsonacock, married John Rolfe
9.__ John Winthrop: i. made Jamestown work to eat, decreasing starvation and exposure deaths.
10.__ Roger Williams: j. knew some English, helped them overcome the poor soil quality in the area.
True / False: (20)
11. T / F Nat Bacon led an army of former interpretive dancers to war, attacking the Co-Op to obtain their organic produce.
12. T / F Jamestown was a French settlement established in 1324, on the corner of Dewy, Cheatum and Howe.
13. T / F The Headright System paid settlers for every Powhatan head or scalp they returned in honor of the crown.
14. T / F The Mayflower Compact was drafted in England and took away all the rights of women.
15. T / F The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut formed a democratic government, voting regardless of church
16. T / F The Great Migration happened 1630's-1640's when tens of thousands of English left for the Americas.
17. T / F Giles Corey’s last words were, “I shot Tupac”.
18. T / F The Massachusetts General Court 1644 was a quadcameral executive body that organized dances.
19. T / F Kansas was the sanctuary of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
20. T / F Lord Vlasic found Pickleville with a charter from King Charles as a haven for Catholics.
Monday, September 15, 2008
8th Grade Religion
Top notch discussion today! Go, go awesome Catholic open-mindedness for science! And a heavy hitting critical moment on politicians duty to the predominant views espoused by their faith.
The visual above relates to our discussion topics on creationism, evolution, big bang theory, fundamentalism and John Paul II's comments on them. Not making a values judgment, nor by any means am I saying the timeline is exact or without bias. The wealth of resources like this do not use favorable language towards the Catholic Church. Be that as it may, that does not exclude its use from your scholarly eyes. 4000 BC? O RLY? We happy few that are not fundamentalists will be further exploring the context of these date assignments and the Catholic view of chronology.
And tomorrow: bring your Bibles for credit. There will be a written assignment associated with the days text based discussion tomorrow.
If you read this feel free to begin considering the subjective nature of disagreeing passages in The Bible and how we use them to apply to the great wealth of our human condition.
8th Grade and 6th Grade Social Studies Exams
United States Chapter 4 Exam is tomorrow.
Geography Chapter 5 Exam is tomorrow.
Put your game faces on.
Geography Chapter 5 Exam is tomorrow.
Put your game faces on.
7th Grade Chapter 28.1 and 28.2 Terms
28.1
Rasputin
Proletariat
Czar Nicholas II
Czarina Alexandra
World War I (The Great War)
1917 Revolution
Petrograd
Lenin
Krupskaya
Bolshevik
Duma
March Revolution
November Revolution
Marx
War Communism
Commissar
28.2
Command Economy
Collectives
Lenin
Stalin
Trotsky
N.E.P.
Kulaks
1922
The Great Purge
Comintern
U.S.S.R.
5 Year Plan
Gulag
Rasputin
Proletariat
Czar Nicholas II
Czarina Alexandra
World War I (The Great War)
1917 Revolution
Petrograd
Lenin
Krupskaya
Bolshevik
Duma
March Revolution
November Revolution
Marx
War Communism
Commissar
28.2
Command Economy
Collectives
Lenin
Stalin
Trotsky
N.E.P.
Kulaks
1922
The Great Purge
Comintern
U.S.S.R.
5 Year Plan
Gulag
8th Grade Chapter 4 Defined
4.1
Pocahontas: diplomatic daughter of Wahunsonacock, married John Rolfe to solidify peaceful relations between the British and Wampanoag. Died 1617 in England
John Smith: made Jamestown work to eat, decreasing starvation and exposure deaths.
Bacon's Rebellion 1676: Nat Bacon led an army of former indentured servants to war, attacking the natives to obtain their land. Burned Jamestown after the governor protested his actions, died of a fever, 23 of his followers were hanged.
Jamestown (1607): English settlement, corner of a malarial swamp, entirely too close to the natives, nobles refused to work, starvation, exposure, failed gold mining, successful tobacco operation.
Powhatan: Wampanoag are part of this Native confederacy, neighbors of Jamestown.
John Rolfe: tobacco success with Jamestown, made the settlement economically viable, married
Pocahontas to temporarily have peaceful relations with the Powhatan.
Wahunsonacock: Pocahontas’ father, leader of the Wampanoag, died in 1618 in the Americas, had hot/cold war relations with the English settlers.
Headright System: English system rewarded rich men with large families that paid their way across with a land grant.
4.2
Puritans: Church of England, seek to fix, leave during economic downturn , receive land grant from the King, start their own hyper-religious colonies.
Mayflower 1620: drafted offshore before landing, renegotiated basic laws of man, one of the earliest “American” legal documents.
William Bradford: governor of the Plymouth colony, helped draft the Mayflower Compact.
Squanto: local native of Plymouth area, knew some English, helped them overcome the poor soil quality in the area.
4.3
Mass. Bay Charter/Company: Thomas Hooker: minister, father of American democracy.
The Fundamental Orders of CT 1639: CT democractic government, all men can vote not based on church membership.
Great Migration 1630's-1640's: tens of thousands of English left for the Americas (North and Caribbean) and happened because of a weak economy and religious persecution.
Salem Witch Trials and Giles Corey: “More Weight”, accused if you had something others’ wanted.
Anne Hutchinson: openly discussed religion in public, as a woman, claimed God spoke to people through other means than just the Bible, kicked out and went to Rhode Island.
John Winthrop: Governor of Mass. Bay Colony, 1630’s.
Roger Williams: wanted to form a secular state, criticized mistreatment of natives, formed Providence with the intention of tolerance and fair dealings with natives.
Mass. General Court 1644: bicameral legislative law making body for Massachusetts.
Rhode Island: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson ran here and set up communities of religious tolerance, Providence and Aquidneck.
4.4
Lord Baltimore's Charter 1632: founded Maryland from King Charles I, intended refuge for English Catholics.
Toleration Act of 1649: presented by Lord Baltimore, restriction on Christian’s religious rights is a crime, law of tolerance.
Carolina 1663: Charles II gave a charter for this land in 1663.
N/S Carolina 1712: the Carolina colonies split based upon differences in agriculture and society.
William Penn and the Quakers: protestant, Society of Friends, set up Pennsylvania in West New Jersey.
Oglethorpe's Shield 1733: Georgia Colony of Savannah, anti-plantation, no slavery, changes to large rice plantations. Intended to shield British from Spanish.
Pocahontas: diplomatic daughter of Wahunsonacock, married John Rolfe to solidify peaceful relations between the British and Wampanoag. Died 1617 in England
John Smith: made Jamestown work to eat, decreasing starvation and exposure deaths.
Bacon's Rebellion 1676: Nat Bacon led an army of former indentured servants to war, attacking the natives to obtain their land. Burned Jamestown after the governor protested his actions, died of a fever, 23 of his followers were hanged.
Jamestown (1607): English settlement, corner of a malarial swamp, entirely too close to the natives, nobles refused to work, starvation, exposure, failed gold mining, successful tobacco operation.
Powhatan: Wampanoag are part of this Native confederacy, neighbors of Jamestown.
John Rolfe: tobacco success with Jamestown, made the settlement economically viable, married
Pocahontas to temporarily have peaceful relations with the Powhatan.
Wahunsonacock: Pocahontas’ father, leader of the Wampanoag, died in 1618 in the Americas, had hot/cold war relations with the English settlers.
Headright System: English system rewarded rich men with large families that paid their way across with a land grant.
4.2
Puritans: Church of England, seek to fix, leave during economic downturn , receive land grant from the King, start their own hyper-religious colonies.
Mayflower 1620: drafted offshore before landing, renegotiated basic laws of man, one of the earliest “American” legal documents.
William Bradford: governor of the Plymouth colony, helped draft the Mayflower Compact.
Squanto: local native of Plymouth area, knew some English, helped them overcome the poor soil quality in the area.
4.3
Mass. Bay Charter/Company: Thomas Hooker: minister, father of American democracy.
The Fundamental Orders of CT 1639: CT democractic government, all men can vote not based on church membership.
Great Migration 1630's-1640's: tens of thousands of English left for the Americas (North and Caribbean) and happened because of a weak economy and religious persecution.
Salem Witch Trials and Giles Corey: “More Weight”, accused if you had something others’ wanted.
Anne Hutchinson: openly discussed religion in public, as a woman, claimed God spoke to people through other means than just the Bible, kicked out and went to Rhode Island.
John Winthrop: Governor of Mass. Bay Colony, 1630’s.
Roger Williams: wanted to form a secular state, criticized mistreatment of natives, formed Providence with the intention of tolerance and fair dealings with natives.
Mass. General Court 1644: bicameral legislative law making body for Massachusetts.
Rhode Island: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson ran here and set up communities of religious tolerance, Providence and Aquidneck.
4.4
Lord Baltimore's Charter 1632: founded Maryland from King Charles I, intended refuge for English Catholics.
Toleration Act of 1649: presented by Lord Baltimore, restriction on Christian’s religious rights is a crime, law of tolerance.
Carolina 1663: Charles II gave a charter for this land in 1663.
N/S Carolina 1712: the Carolina colonies split based upon differences in agriculture and society.
William Penn and the Quakers: protestant, Society of Friends, set up Pennsylvania in West New Jersey.
Oglethorpe's Shield 1733: Georgia Colony of Savannah, anti-plantation, no slavery, changes to large rice plantations. Intended to shield British from Spanish.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Recommended Listening
The man is Muddy Waters, do yourself a favor and get acquainted.
Rolling Stone/Catfish Blues
Got My Mojo Working
Baby Please Don't Go
The Rolling Stones picked their name from his song. Foghat, Cream and Led Zeppelin all have remakes of some of his works.
And if you want the album that started it all go for "Muddy Waters at Newport 1960".
Friday, September 12, 2008
6th Grade Chapter 5 Definitive Resource
5.1
Culture: a learned system of shared beliefs and behaviors that guide an individual's actions.
Ethnic Groups: shared cultural aspects such as religion, history, language, holidays, and food.
Race: inherited physical or biological traits, not to be confused with ethnic groups.
Diffusion: the spread of one's culture or behaviors into new areas of humanity.
Acculturation: borrowing aspects of another culture as the result of long term contact.
Symbol: a sign that stands for something, for example: a flag, word, shape, color.
History: events that shape and bring together aspects of one's culture.
Environment: the natural factors that affect one's history, culture, and behaviors.
Domestication: the process by which plants or animals become dependent on people for their survival. Cattle, sheep, maize, wheat etc.
Subsistence agriculture: growing only the food required to feed yourself and your dependents.
Commercial agriculture: growing in surplus in order to sell and feed others for profit in order to buy additional critical goods.
Civilization: highly complex society composed of law, writing, and some specification of heirarchy.
5.2
Population density: the number of people for a measured unit of area.
Population growth: how many people are born measured against how many people die within a specific area and time period.
Primary industry: directly involve a natural resource or raw materials.
Secondary industry: change raw materials into a finished product.
Tertiary industry: handle the selling of goods to be provided to the consumer.
Quaternary industry: address research and administration of goods.
Gross National Product (GNP): the collected value of all goods and services in a year associated with the economy of one specific nation.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): the collected goods and services produced specifically within one nation.
Developed countries: nations primarily composed of secondary, tertiary and quaternary industries.
Developing countries: 2/3rds of the world, dependent mostly upon primary industry.
Factors of production: the elements and drives that decide what is produced in an economy.
Market economy: producers and consumers control the factors of production.
Command economy: the government controls the factors of production.
Traditional economy: custom and tradition (religion) control the factors of production.
Democracy: an election based government ruled by the will of the people.
Unlimited government: total control of their citizenry.
Limited government: government is held accountable to and by its citizenry.
5.3
Scarcity: unlimited wants coupled with limited goods
Global carrying capacity: the maximum number of species and population that the earth is able to support.
Culture: a learned system of shared beliefs and behaviors that guide an individual's actions.
Ethnic Groups: shared cultural aspects such as religion, history, language, holidays, and food.
Race: inherited physical or biological traits, not to be confused with ethnic groups.
Diffusion: the spread of one's culture or behaviors into new areas of humanity.
Acculturation: borrowing aspects of another culture as the result of long term contact.
Symbol: a sign that stands for something, for example: a flag, word, shape, color.
History: events that shape and bring together aspects of one's culture.
Environment: the natural factors that affect one's history, culture, and behaviors.
Domestication: the process by which plants or animals become dependent on people for their survival. Cattle, sheep, maize, wheat etc.
Subsistence agriculture: growing only the food required to feed yourself and your dependents.
Commercial agriculture: growing in surplus in order to sell and feed others for profit in order to buy additional critical goods.
Civilization: highly complex society composed of law, writing, and some specification of heirarchy.
5.2
Population density: the number of people for a measured unit of area.
Population growth: how many people are born measured against how many people die within a specific area and time period.
Primary industry: directly involve a natural resource or raw materials.
Secondary industry: change raw materials into a finished product.
Tertiary industry: handle the selling of goods to be provided to the consumer.
Quaternary industry: address research and administration of goods.
Gross National Product (GNP): the collected value of all goods and services in a year associated with the economy of one specific nation.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): the collected goods and services produced specifically within one nation.
Developed countries: nations primarily composed of secondary, tertiary and quaternary industries.
Developing countries: 2/3rds of the world, dependent mostly upon primary industry.
Factors of production: the elements and drives that decide what is produced in an economy.
Market economy: producers and consumers control the factors of production.
Command economy: the government controls the factors of production.
Traditional economy: custom and tradition (religion) control the factors of production.
Democracy: an election based government ruled by the will of the people.
Unlimited government: total control of their citizenry.
Limited government: government is held accountable to and by its citizenry.
5.3
Scarcity: unlimited wants coupled with limited goods
Global carrying capacity: the maximum number of species and population that the earth is able to support.
8th Grade Chapter 4 Terms
4.1
Pocahontas
John Smith
London Company
Bacon's Rebellion 1676
Jamestown (1607)
Powhatan
John Rolfe
Wahunsonacock
Headright System
4.2
Puritans
Mayflower 1620
William Bradford
Squanto
Elizabeth Warren
Plymouth Colony
4.3
Mass. Bay Charter/Company
Thomas Hooker
The Fundamental Orders of CT 1639
Great Migration 1630's-1640's
Salem Witch Trials and Giles Corey
Anne Hutchinson
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Mass. General Court 1644
Rhode Island
4.4
Lord Baltimore's Charter 1632
Toleration Act of 1649
Carolina 1663
N/S Carolina 1712
William Penn and the Quakers
Oglethorpe's Shield 1733
Pocahontas
John Smith
London Company
Bacon's Rebellion 1676
Jamestown (1607)
Powhatan
John Rolfe
Wahunsonacock
Headright System
4.2
Puritans
Mayflower 1620
William Bradford
Squanto
Elizabeth Warren
Plymouth Colony
4.3
Mass. Bay Charter/Company
Thomas Hooker
The Fundamental Orders of CT 1639
Great Migration 1630's-1640's
Salem Witch Trials and Giles Corey
Anne Hutchinson
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Mass. General Court 1644
Rhode Island
4.4
Lord Baltimore's Charter 1632
Toleration Act of 1649
Carolina 1663
N/S Carolina 1712
William Penn and the Quakers
Oglethorpe's Shield 1733
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Rafi Eitan
Today's dinner table discussion prompts! Goooooooooooooooo!
"Any way to bring him for trial in The Hague is a possibility."
-Rafi Eitan,
an Israeli Cabinet minister, stating that it is acceptable to kidnap Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
-Rafi Eitan,
an Israeli Cabinet minister, stating that it is acceptable to kidnap Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
and from Ahmadinejad himself...
"They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets."
"The West claims that more than six million Jews were killed in World War II and to compensate for that they established and support Israel. If it is true that the Jews were killed in Europe, why should Israel be established in the East, in Palestine?"
6th Grade Chapters 1 and 4 Exam Breakdown
The overall grading spread is listed below.
Certain graces were allowed to each student, these graces will become progressively scarce as time goes by.
Read and follow the instructions, study the terms that you are told to study directly from the book and your grades will improve.
100:1111111
98:111
96:1111111
94:11
91:1111111
89:1111
87:11111
85:111
83:11
81:1
79:111
77:1
72:1
70:1
68:1
51:1
Certain graces were allowed to each student, these graces will become progressively scarce as time goes by.
Read and follow the instructions, study the terms that you are told to study directly from the book and your grades will improve.
100:1111111
98:111
96:1111111
94:11
91:1111111
89:1111
87:11111
85:111
83:11
81:1
79:111
77:1
72:1
70:1
68:1
51:1
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Does Geico offer Hadron insurance? Or should I stick with USAA?
Will we be crushed by the weight of our own intellect? Pretty poetic way to go; make sure you have your loved ones nearby when they fire this baby off!
October 21, 2008 is ignition, so maybe you can save a few bucks this year and not buy a costume. Or see how much debt you can run up over the next 40 days...
Or for those that don't enjoy a good panic (Mrs. McClure I am looking at you) just try and think of the "science" that could benefit from it. But science isn't worth much unless you put SOCIAL in front of it! Am I right? Am I right?
HADRON SUPERCOLLIDED!
7th Grade Russia Part 1 Exam Breakdown
The overall grading spread is listed below.
Certain graces were allowed to each student, these graces will become progressively scarce as time goes by.
Read and follow the instructions, study the terms that you are told to study directly from the book and your grades will improve.
100:111
94:111111111
89:1111111
86:11
83:1
80:11
77:1
71:11
69:1
66:11
49:1
43:1
Certain graces were allowed to each student, these graces will become progressively scarce as time goes by.
Read and follow the instructions, study the terms that you are told to study directly from the book and your grades will improve.
100:111
94:111111111
89:1111111
86:11
83:1
80:11
77:1
71:11
69:1
66:11
49:1
43:1
8th Grade History Exam Chapters 2 and 3 Breakdown
The overall grading spread is listed below.
Certain graces were allowed to each student, these graces will become progressively scarce as time goes by.
Read and follow the instructions, study the terms that you are told to study directly from the book and your grades will improve.
100:1
98:1
95:1
90:11
88:111
85:11111111
83:11111
80:11111
78:1
73:111
68:11
58:1
Certain graces were allowed to each student, these graces will become progressively scarce as time goes by.
Read and follow the instructions, study the terms that you are told to study directly from the book and your grades will improve.
100:1
98:1
95:1
90:11
88:111
85:11111111
83:11111
80:11111
78:1
73:111
68:11
58:1
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Summary of Tuesday Sept 9th
If you didn't know, there is speculation that Kim Jong-Il (North Korean Dictator) had a stroke. Either way, he hasn't been making himself very visible for the nation's 60th birthday.
September 16th Exams are as follows:
U.S. History Chapter 4
Geography Chapter 5
World History you have another week to worry and study more. Hardy-harhar.
If you were absent today you will be taking your exam as soon as possible.
Chapter 4 notes will be checked on Friday for U.S. History.
Chapter 5 notes will be check on Friday for Geography
Chapter 28.1 and 28.2 notes will be checked on Friday for World History.
If you have no credit for your book cover, come see me for late credit.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tests, Tomorrow, All Social Studies
Geography, World History and United States History: you have tests tomorrow.
Geography Chapter 1 and 4.
World History 10.2, 17.5 and 23.5 on Russian Empire
United States History Chapters 2 and 3
Geography Chapter 1 and 4.
World History 10.2, 17.5 and 23.5 on Russian Empire
United States History Chapters 2 and 3
Friday, September 5, 2008
8th Grade Chapter 3 Terms
3.1
conquistadores
Hernan Cortes
Moctezuma II
Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
Inca
3.2
Council of the Indies
pueblos
missions
presidios
Encomienda System
Bartolome de las Casas
El Camino Real
Peninsulares
Criollos (creoles)
Mestizos
3.3
Nada
3.4
France: Great Lakes and Mississippi
Netherlands: Peter Minuit: New York, New Jersey
Peter Stuyvesant: New Sweden
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke (Croatan)
conquistadores
Hernan Cortes
Moctezuma II
Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
Inca
3.2
Council of the Indies
pueblos
missions
presidios
Encomienda System
Bartolome de las Casas
El Camino Real
Peninsulares
Criollos (creoles)
Mestizos
3.3
Nada
3.4
France: Great Lakes and Mississippi
Netherlands: Peter Minuit: New York, New Jersey
Peter Stuyvesant: New Sweden
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke (Croatan)
Thursday, September 4, 2008
6th Grade Chapter 4 Terms
4.1
renewable resource
Elements plants require
Fertilizers
erosion
terraces
desertification
deforestation
reforestation
4.2
arid/semiarid
watershed
aqueducts
aquifers
desalinization
modern water treatment
acid rain
inversions
global warming/ global climate change
4.3
nonrenewable resource
minerals (4 properties)
metallic vs nonmetallic
malleable
4.4
Nonrenewable energy resource
fossil fuel
petroleum
coal
natural gas
renewable energy resource
water, wind, sun, geothermal
?nuclear energy
renewable resource
Elements plants require
Fertilizers
erosion
terraces
desertification
deforestation
reforestation
4.2
arid/semiarid
watershed
aqueducts
aquifers
desalinization
modern water treatment
acid rain
inversions
global warming/ global climate change
4.3
nonrenewable resource
minerals (4 properties)
metallic vs nonmetallic
malleable
4.4
Nonrenewable energy resource
fossil fuel
petroleum
coal
natural gas
renewable energy resource
water, wind, sun, geothermal
?nuclear energy
7th Grade 23.5 Terms
Russian Geography 1800
Political Climate choking Economic future
Boyer’s power
Serfdom’s jobs
Alexander I phases 1 and 2
Decembrists
Nikolas I
Alexander II
Crimean War 1855
1861 Emancipation
Agrarian failure and Urban success
Zemstvos
Alexander II’s other reforms
Political Climate choking Economic future
Boyer’s power
Serfdom’s jobs
Alexander I phases 1 and 2
Decembrists
Nikolas I
Alexander II
Crimean War 1855
1861 Emancipation
Agrarian failure and Urban success
Zemstvos
Alexander II’s other reforms
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
6th Grade Chapter 1 Critical Terms
Chapter 1 Terms
Perspective (spatial)
geography
urban
rural
local
regional
global
5 themes
6 essential elements
absolute and relative location
subregions
diffusion
human and physical geography
cartography
meteorology
climatology
Perspective (spatial)
geography
urban
rural
local
regional
global
5 themes
6 essential elements
absolute and relative location
subregions
diffusion
human and physical geography
cartography
meteorology
climatology
7th Grade World History Critical Terms 10.2 and 17.5
10.2
Kiev
Slavs
Varangians (Vikings)
Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Western Orthodox
Cyril and Methodius
Cyrillic Alphabet
Princess Olga
Yaroslav
Mongol: Golden Horde and Muslims
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible
"Time of Troubles"
17.5:
Peter the Great Topics: 1689
Black Sea, Warm Port
Swedish War
Beard Tax and Boyers
Westernization
Russian Orthodox
Bering Etc.
Absolute Rule
St. Petersburg
Mercantilism Philosophy
Catherine the Great Topics: 1762
How she rose to power
Education
Slavs
Dividing of Poland
Tradition of Absolute Rule
This week we will finish up with Chapter 23.5 for the Exam being held next Tuesday, September 9th.
Kiev
Slavs
Varangians (Vikings)
Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Western Orthodox
Cyril and Methodius
Cyrillic Alphabet
Princess Olga
Yaroslav
Mongol: Golden Horde and Muslims
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible
"Time of Troubles"
17.5:
Peter the Great Topics: 1689
Black Sea, Warm Port
Swedish War
Beard Tax and Boyers
Westernization
Russian Orthodox
Bering Etc.
Absolute Rule
St. Petersburg
Mercantilism Philosophy
Catherine the Great Topics: 1762
How she rose to power
Education
Slavs
Dividing of Poland
Tradition of Absolute Rule
This week we will finish up with Chapter 23.5 for the Exam being held next Tuesday, September 9th.
8th Grade Critical Terms from Chapter 2
Medici Family
Astrolabe
Renaissance: Da Vinci and Michaelangelo
Ferdinand and Isabella
Reconquista
Christopher Columbus
Silk Road
Hispaniola
Line of Demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchange
Explorers:
Columbus
De Gama
Cabral
Cabot
Vespucci
Balboa
Magellan
Chapter 3 will be devoured this week, your exam will be held on Sept 9th of next week (Tuesday).
Astrolabe
Renaissance: Da Vinci and Michaelangelo
Ferdinand and Isabella
Reconquista
Christopher Columbus
Silk Road
Hispaniola
Line of Demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchange
Explorers:
Columbus
De Gama
Cabral
Cabot
Vespucci
Balboa
Magellan
Chapter 3 will be devoured this week, your exam will be held on Sept 9th of next week (Tuesday).
Thursday, August 28, 2008
In Summary...
All Social Studies courses should have their text books covered for tomorrow, Friday August 28th.
8th Grade United States History should have all of chapter 2.1 to 2.3 completed by the beginning of the period unless otherwise assigned by person.
7th Grade World History should have the entirety of 17.5 notes finished by the beginning of the period.
6th Grade Geography should have chapter 1 notes completed. If you are so inclined continue on to chapters 4 and 5.
There is no religion homework.
Tomorrow will be a series of discussion led on the topic of current events both United States and the world at large. Feel free to bring in other sources of information for discussion if you see fit.
8th Grade United States History should have all of chapter 2.1 to 2.3 completed by the beginning of the period unless otherwise assigned by person.
7th Grade World History should have the entirety of 17.5 notes finished by the beginning of the period.
6th Grade Geography should have chapter 1 notes completed. If you are so inclined continue on to chapters 4 and 5.
There is no religion homework.
Tomorrow will be a series of discussion led on the topic of current events both United States and the world at large. Feel free to bring in other sources of information for discussion if you see fit.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
7th Grade World History 17.5 Notes Due Friday
Notes on 17.5 in its entirety are due on Friday.
Time in class will be made available to you on Thursday to make progress, plan your time around it appropriately so that you are not up nights.
Time in class will be made available to you on Thursday to make progress, plan your time around it appropriately so that you are not up nights.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
6th Grade Geography 1.1 Notes to Completion
Homework for Geography today is to finish notes on 1.1.
Page 3 was demonstrated in class with proper structure and attention to detail.
Please follow suit with pages 4 and 5 at home. Running page numbers, proper headings, etc.
This will be checked tomorrow, Wednesday August 27th.
Page 3 was demonstrated in class with proper structure and attention to detail.
Please follow suit with pages 4 and 5 at home. Running page numbers, proper headings, etc.
This will be checked tomorrow, Wednesday August 27th.
7th Grade World History Homework
Notes on 240-241. Running page numbers, critical information and appropriate headings.
This assignment should work within a 15 minute window of time. If you are taking more time than this for two pages of notes try new tactics in note taking.
Do not read the text in full and then return to the information to take notes. Effectively manage your time by pausing after you encounter facts to write them down, return to the information. Rinse. Repeat.
This assignment should work within a 15 minute window of time. If you are taking more time than this for two pages of notes try new tactics in note taking.
Do not read the text in full and then return to the information to take notes. Effectively manage your time by pausing after you encounter facts to write them down, return to the information. Rinse. Repeat.
8th Grade U.S. History 2.1 Notes
Chapter 2, section 1, pgs 32-37 notes are due tomorrow, August 27th.
The notes should inculde all critical detail within the section with running page numbers in the margins and appropriate headings.
The notes should inculde all critical detail within the section with running page numbers in the margins and appropriate headings.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Week of August 25 Agenda
United States History: Next Exam Day is Tuesday September 9th.
Notes 2.1-2.4
Discussion Topics: European factors leading to exploration, names and nations of explorers, the Columbus myth and reality, other nautical accomplishments of the era, and the Columbian Exchange.
On Friday time will be allotted for discussion of current events and their relationship to the United States. Specifically the Presidential Election, Iran, Russia and the Olympics.
World History: Next Exam Day is Tuesday September 9th.
Now don't be scared, this isn't for this week only. For the next large chunk of time the World History courses will be Russia/Soviet Union/Cold War Centric. Here is a complete list of all applicable text spots.
10.2 (240-243), 17.5 (431-435), 19 Enrichment (491), 23.5 (584-589), Chapter 28.1 - 28.3 (700-719), pg 773 Non-Aggression Act, pg 778 Leningrad, pg 785 Red Army, 31.5 (791-795), ph 807 Global Cold War, 33.4 (843-848), 33.5 (849 - 855). FIN.
This week's focus will be on assessing the classroom's knowns and unknowns about Russia/Soviet Union/Cold War and coming up with detail oriented discussion points for your dinner tables.
On Friday current events of the globe will be entertained with specific focus on Georgia and the Olympics.
Geography: Next Exam Day is Tuesday September 9th.
Chapter 1.1 to 1.3 Notes, and 4.1 and 4.2 Notes.
The class will be led through the note expectations by me on Tuesday. Details such as running page numbers, specific headings and how to critically assess detail with the utmost haste.
Wednesday will be an opportunity for the class to demonstrate their residual geography skills by trying out their luck on a United States map and a world map.
Chapter 1 will be addressed on Tuesday - Thursday, Chapter 4 will begin on Thursday and be addressed during Friday leading into a discussion on Global current events.
8th Grade Religion: Next Exam Day is Wednesday September 3nd.
Workbooks will be distributed on Tuesday the 26th of August. We will be diving right into its Catholic vocab and discussions and the natural processes of the Church and its faith formation.
Chapter 1 will be exhausted this week and tested on Wednesday.
Notes 2.1-2.4
Discussion Topics: European factors leading to exploration, names and nations of explorers, the Columbus myth and reality, other nautical accomplishments of the era, and the Columbian Exchange.
On Friday time will be allotted for discussion of current events and their relationship to the United States. Specifically the Presidential Election, Iran, Russia and the Olympics.
World History: Next Exam Day is Tuesday September 9th.
Now don't be scared, this isn't for this week only. For the next large chunk of time the World History courses will be Russia/Soviet Union/Cold War Centric. Here is a complete list of all applicable text spots.
10.2 (240-243), 17.5 (431-435), 19 Enrichment (491), 23.5 (584-589), Chapter 28.1 - 28.3 (700-719), pg 773 Non-Aggression Act, pg 778 Leningrad, pg 785 Red Army, 31.5 (791-795), ph 807 Global Cold War, 33.4 (843-848), 33.5 (849 - 855). FIN.
This week's focus will be on assessing the classroom's knowns and unknowns about Russia/Soviet Union/Cold War and coming up with detail oriented discussion points for your dinner tables.
On Friday current events of the globe will be entertained with specific focus on Georgia and the Olympics.
Geography: Next Exam Day is Tuesday September 9th.
Chapter 1.1 to 1.3 Notes, and 4.1 and 4.2 Notes.
The class will be led through the note expectations by me on Tuesday. Details such as running page numbers, specific headings and how to critically assess detail with the utmost haste.
Wednesday will be an opportunity for the class to demonstrate their residual geography skills by trying out their luck on a United States map and a world map.
Chapter 1 will be addressed on Tuesday - Thursday, Chapter 4 will begin on Thursday and be addressed during Friday leading into a discussion on Global current events.
8th Grade Religion: Next Exam Day is Wednesday September 3nd.
Workbooks will be distributed on Tuesday the 26th of August. We will be diving right into its Catholic vocab and discussions and the natural processes of the Church and its faith formation.
Chapter 1 will be exhausted this week and tested on Wednesday.
Homework For Friday
On Friday book covers are due for all of my classes.
I require that they are covered with brown paper bag covers.
After they are covered with brown bag then they may be covered with those spandex covers, or with duct tape.
Nice to see you all again.
Friday, brown bag book covers. Make it happen.
I require that they are covered with brown paper bag covers.
After they are covered with brown bag then they may be covered with those spandex covers, or with duct tape.
Nice to see you all again.
Friday, brown bag book covers. Make it happen.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
School begins!
Hey there party people, trying out an experimental option for the students to have a look at their social studies activities.
Currently comments cannot be viewed as I wish to ensure the appropriateness of the exchanges taking place.
As topics and time goes by I will consider this as a discussion area for parents, students, and teachers at St. Joseph's.
In the meantime...
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