(11 - 12) SS8 - This week's homework

Due Tuesday, 10/01/13:
Read the Native American selection passed out to your group in class

Written - on a separate sheet of paper to turn in:
1. Summarize in list form about six key points with examples from the text if necessary.

2. Question 2 - Comparison:
a. Make a T table.
b. On the left column label it "What I know about NA culture" and make a list of three things that you know.
c. In the right column, label it "What this piece of writing tells me about NA culture.

3. Performance ideas:
a. make a list of six essential scenes or parts needed to perform the piece.

Bring your reading selection. Prepare to put a performance together with your group due 10/02 or 10/03 in Block.

10/1
1. Map - Part One complete

10/2 or 10/3 - Block
1. NA Reading performance
2. North American physical features test.

10/4 - North American Physical Features map.

If you had Mr. Rodgers last year, and after Sept. 26 you are still receiving

posts from the LASS7 blog, I hopefully have figured out how to delete your email from the follower list.  If you still get a post from the LASS7 blog, then please email me.

Likewise, former students from last year should try to follow this years SS8 blog for the current class.
Let me know if there are any problems following this years blog.

Physical Features Map technique and color suggestions

Here are a few suggestions for improving your map over the minimum requirements.

Drawing Suggestions:
1. Find the best direction to hold your pen or pencil when drawing. As you draw, maintain that position and turn the page instead of your hand position.

Color Suggestions:
1. Use all caps and red ink for Plateaus, Deserts, and Plains labels
2. Use a blue extra fine sharp felt pen or blue rollerball pen to trace your rivers

3. Use blue ball point to label rivers.
4. Use black ball point to label states and smaller mountain ranges.

5. Use a tan or orange colored pencil to color mountains
6. Use baby blue to color the Great lakes

Label Suggestions:
7. Label at least Lake Erie and Lake Ontario outside of those lakes
8. Label all of the states north of Virginia along the East Coast in the Atlantic Ocean and draw a line next to each state. Maine can be labeled inside of the state.
9. Use the abbreviations W (West), R (River), L (Lake)

ADDED requirement - label Canada and Mexico.

US States review web games for the Friday States Quiz

Try these review/quiz games:

USA States - Level One - Online Learning

I like to learn - United States Map Quiz

Purposegames.com - The States of the USA

If you find another site that offers a different format, please send me a link. I will add that link to this page.

Guiding questions this week and next

1. Why is the Iroquois Confederacy so pivotal in the history of early Indian - colonial contact?
2. How do we develop a vocabulary of place in order to discuss American history?

Homework this week including the map assignment and quizzes for next

We will continue our discussions, readings, and films in class about Native Americans while we work on our first map this year. This first map will help us speak about places that will be referred to all year in the course.

9/24 - Potato reading - reader response will be collected on 9/25 or 9/26 (due to the late posting on 9/23).

Here is the physical map and states schedule for the next two weeks:

Handout with directions

Map copy

Due - Detail
9/27 - US States quiz - know all 50 states to identify 20 during the quiz - 10 points max (1/2 pt each)

10/1 - map step part one - see handout

10/2 or 10/3 - Block - Physical map quiz - see handout list 10 points max

10/4 - map complete - see handout

Reading and written response due Tuesday - The potato

Here is the handout reading for tonight's homework:

Columbian Exchange between America and Europe...

pdf version here

Write out the answers to the questions on a separate piece of paper.

Homework will be posted around 6:30. I am in a teacher meeting.

The Song is long...

Who will read? If you read this, read the one section called Hiawatha's Wooing. On Monday, be able to explain the length of the entire poem. With this section, find references to the romance or idea of the "noble savage."

Binder Tabs for Social Studies with Mr. Rodgers

Five binder dividers labelled as follows:
Label and descriptions
1. Current work - current assignments and projects due yet
2. Notes - class notes from presentations and research
3. Handouts - Handouts and readings
4. Guidelines  - including  Syllabus
5. Rubrics - Rubrics and general assignment directions

Thursday Night - Print out and read Song of Hiawatha

1. Search and find the text of the poem above on the internet. Print it out.
2. Underline five lines of interest (big ideas).
3. Circle five words that need clarification.
4. Look for passages that reveal the idea of a "the noble savage"

Close reading notes of Red Jacket, "We like our religion..." reading get here.

Syllabus for SS8 - due by Block Day (Wed or Thurs)

Here is the Class Syllabus for SS8.

1. Students should PRINT this out and read it.
2. Parents must read and sign the syllabus at the top after they have read it.
3. The syllabus should be placed in the section of the class binder.

Due by Block class on Wednesday or Thursday at the beginning of class.

HW due Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 - 2 Native American Readings notated

For tonight's reading, for each entry -
1. Underline five sentences that get to the main points of the piece.
2. Circle four words that need clarification or definition.
3. Be prepared to discuss each piece in class tomorrow.

Bring your movie notes to class, as we continue to watch selections from The Black Robe.

Bring a parent signed copy of the class syllabus to class tomorrow.

No block schedule this week AND Quiz rewrite directions with HW due on 918.

FYI - there are no block classes this week. We will have all periods of instruction this week. Wednesday we get out at the normal time. Thursday we get out at 1 pm Early Release for Back to School Night.

0918 - Due at beginning of class
1. What are four areas of American History I want to learn about - write up - four outlined lists

2. Rewrite of pop-quiz if you kept it. Bring your original quiz as well. Here are the directions:
a. Explain 2 different concepts from the chapter and one example with details (3 different elements)
b. Explain how well you read the chapter at first, and how well you reread the material to rewrite this pop quiz.

SS8 - Weekly Overview - Sept. 16 - 20

Guiding Questions for the week of 0916 - 0920/13
SS7 - Textbook, Rome, Geography
What are the time frame boundaries and concepts studied in SS8?
What topics seem interesting in SS8 based on the text and beyond?
What are different ways we can study and learn about American History?

Daily Record - 
Activities and Homework due at beginning of class 
(follow updates in future posts for in class activities and any additional HW and due dates)

0916 - Due at beginning of class
1. Nothing

In class -
Assign SS8 textbook and book contract
Pre-read activity SS textbook - what looks good and parts of the book
Early Native American Cultures of North America
Class Syllabus - brief overview (due printed and signed on 091913)


0917 - Due at beginning of class
1. Read SS8 - Chapter One - prepare for short quiz on content
2. Organize Class binder (five dividers and labels needed in class)

In class -
SS8 - Ch1 Quiz
Note taking strategies for SS8 text
Essential Question writing
Discuss the HW

FYI - there are no block classes this week. We will have all periods of instruction this week. Wednesday we get out at the normal time. Thursday we get out at 1 pm Early Release for Back to School Night.

0918 - Due at beginning of class
1. What are four areas of American History I want to learn about - write up - four outlined lists
2. Rewrite of pop-quiz if you kept it. Bring your original quiz as well. Here are the directions:
a. Explain 2 different concepts from the chapter and one example with details (3 different elements)
b. Explain how well you read the chapter at first, and how well you reread the material to rewrite this pop quiz.

In class -
Discuss HW - what are the areas of student interest?
Native American activities

0919 - Due at beginning of class
1. Native American reading - literature review
2. Class Syllabus - printed and signed with parent signature (in class binder)
3. Write three EQ's and bulleted answers.

In class -
Discuss EQ questions
Film clips

0920 - Due at beginning of class
Ch 1 EQ Quiz

In class -

HW - due Friday - 6 events placard

HW - Due Friday - My personal history shape
1. use 8-1/2 x 11 piece of paper
2. Using the middle two thirds of the piece of paper, draw the following image that covers that space:a. The shapes and lines of your personal history.b. trace it over in black ink.
3. label six personal events in ink where they would occur on the shapes and/or lines.
4. On the top of the page title the page: The personal history of (your name).
5. On the bottom of the page, give the name of the shapes in smaller letters than the title, then...
6. Explain how this shape relates to your personal history at different points. Answer the question - why does this shape work best to explain my historical

Sample layout of 6 event time shape placard


Agency v Structuralism notes

On our discussion of Agency and Structuralism, here are some comments by SS8 - period 6 that you may consider to help you do this assignment:
Your life is like an interactive novel where you are given choices and you can follow a certain path (agency)What are other factors that also influence our personal histories (structuralism)What other forces and factors influence your personal life?

Journal Entry due block day (Wed - 6th, Thur - 5th)

Write a journal that deals with the following description:

Describe an important personal event that changed everything. Explain causes or reasons why  this event occurred. Explain the important details of the event. If you can not complete the page, explain another personal event.

length: a minimum of 170 words, about a full page of college rule notebook paper.

Do not type or edit in any way.

Must be handwritten.

Welcome... Homework due Tuesday

I would like to welcome everyone back from a longer than usual summer. I am looking forward to this year. Like you, I have to get up a bit earlier than last week and have been working overtime to get ready for the new school year.

Homework due Tuesday:
1. Follow the correct blog for your class. In the upper right corner, type in an email address in the space "follow blog." Each time the blog is updated, you will receive an email.

a. LASS7 Core - blog - Rodgers LASS7 Core - address - http://eliottrodgers.blogspot.com
b. SS7, period 3 - blog - Mr. Rodgers SS7 - address - http://rodgersss7.blogspot.com
c. SS8, period 5 or 6 - blog - Mr. Rodgers SS8 - address - http://rodgersss8.blogspot.com

2. Send me an email to erodgers@lcmschools.org
a. using your school assigned lcmschools.org address.
b. in the subject write your first and last name
c. you may write a message with any concerns you have

3. Get each parent to send an email to erodgers@lcmschools.org
a. the name of each parent
b. the best email to reach each parent at.
c. the best phone number to reach each parent during the day after 3:30 pm
d. an indication which of the parents is the regular primary contact for school calls
e. your parents may write a message with any concerns they have.