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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

6th Grade Chapter 5 Grade Breakdown

Grade Brackets and Statistics are as follows:
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94:11111111
88:11111
85:111
82:11111
79:1
76:11111
71:111
68:1
65:11
59:11
56:1

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.

8th Grade Chapter 4 Exam Grade Breakdown

Grade Breakdown
Average: 90.3
Mode: 100

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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.

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.

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

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.

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".

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

For those who doubt it: I do have a heart.

Study for your tests. Hugs.

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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).