Powers of Congress

Limits on Congress

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Constitution test Friday (3 branches chart, vocabulary, and legislative process)

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Projects due Friday

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Constitutional Vocabulary due Wednesday

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Chapter 6 Definitions 7-14 due Wednesday

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Preamble summary and memorization

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Medieval Definitions 8-14 due next Wednesday

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Preamble/ Finish Separation of Powers handout

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Middle Ages Definitions/Illustrations 1-7

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3 Branches of Government Chart

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Ch 6 Definitions due Thurs.

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Memorize Preamble...extra credit? -say it in one breath!

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Explain the importance of the first seven events assigned for your upcoming project and draw a picture that illustrates the main idea/accomplishment for each.
Extra Credit.... pg. e343 #1-7

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Chapter 6 Section 2 Worksheet
Due: Monday
Extra Credit Opportunity: pg. 343 #1-7 due by next Wednesday

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pg. 225 #1-4 due Thursday

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Ch 6 Sec 1 worksheet due Wednesday

No Homework!  Enjoy the break!

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Ch 6 Worksheet

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pg. 155 #1-3

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Chapter 6/7 Test Next Wednesday, Review due Tuesday

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Chapter 1 Section 2 Guided Reading Worksheet
Chapter 1 Test Next Wednesday, Review due Tuesday

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Finish preparing for debates

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Evaluate/rank the causes of the American Revolution in order from most to least important and then explain your rankings.

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Chapter 6 Section 1 Worksheet (front only, not part B)

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Complete Rome Indictment

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Finish Rome Walkthrough drawings

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Complete the "Persuasive Writing Template" from the Roman Republic packet.

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Finish the reading on Polybius and fill in the "Headings and Highlights" chart.

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pg. 151 #1-4

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pg. 143 #1-7

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Aspects of Slavery Videos Due!

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Read Chapter 1 Section 1 and answer questions on pg. 143 #1-7 due Friday (10/30)

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Slavery video write-up due
*Don't forget parent signature

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Extra Credit?

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You need to search for a video/clip related to the aspect of slavery that you/group was assigned for your documentary.  With parent supervision, watch at least 10 minutes related to this aspect of slavery and summarize what you learned in 1/2-1 full page.  A parent signature is required at the bottom of the page identifying that the movie was approved and that the assignment was completed.

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Students will not have homework for the next week as they are working on a district mandated technology exercise in class.  There currently is an extra credit assignment available however.  This assignment requires that they create a crossword puzzle for all the chapter 9 vocabulary terms.  Due by Friday.

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North American Slave Narratives due Friday
Follow the prompts on the handout
Slavery Documentary Project assigned, due Monday (10/26)

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Test Monday- Study!
Finish Conquest of Aztec/Inca handout

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Test Review due Friday!  You should be at least half done...

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Test Review due Friday

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Finish Incan Origins Handout

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Test Tomorrow!  Reviews due.

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read pgs. 462-3 and answer questions 3 and 5 on 463

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Chapter 3-4 Test Friday, Review due Friday!
Finish Salem Webquest

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Finish Aztec Notes/Drawings

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Finish Aztec Note/comic drawings

No Homework!  Enjoy the break!

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Bacon's Rebellion Comic

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Bacon's Rebellion Comic due Friday

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read pgs. 465-468 and answer questions #1-5

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Work on colonial matrix and maps, due Thursday

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pg. 89 #1-4

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Quiz tomorrow!
(open note)
Mesoamerican Physical/Cultural Maps

pg. 455 #1-5

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pg. 89 #1-4

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pg. 455 #1-5

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Finish webquest "On the Trail of Captain John Smith"

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Work on Map of Latin America

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read pgs. 85-88 in your textbook and list the reasons both why the early colonies failed and succeeded

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States Test Tomorrow!  Study!

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Quiz on geographic features- study.

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Study for your 50 States Test this Friday! - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html
Green sheets due this Friday

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Green sheets due this Friday

Welcome back!

Please write the following quote at the bottom of your course outline (green sheet) to be turned in by this Friday: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts."  -Winston Churchill

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Final Project: Civil War Board Game due Friday

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Final Project: Japanese Children's Story due Friday

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Essay: Argue why slavery was the cause of the Civil War.  Include political, economic, and social reasons.
Due Friday- last assignment for "walking" grades!

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Chapter 5 Section 2 Outline
Due Friday

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pg. 447
complete chart of physiographic aids/hinders to the underground railroad
*Use those features to create a poem/song that advises how a slave could escape to freedom

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Study for Chapter 4 Test (Monday)

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Chapter 4 Test Review due Wednesday

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pg. 287 #1-7 due 5/11
Chapter 4 Test Review due 5/13

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Test Review

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Test Review due last day of the week for each class
Test Ch 9-10 beginning of next week

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4/23-4/27
Star Spangled Banner Worksheet

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4/23-4/27
pg. 259 #1-7
Confucianism Handout

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Jeff. Evaluation

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Finish Chinese Dynasty Report Cards

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Jefferson Evaluation 4/24

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China Maps 4/22

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Jefferson Evaluation

Extra Credit: Presidential rap/video due Friday

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Extra Credit Explorer Project due Friday

No work over the break!  Have a wonderful week off!

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Jeffersonian Packet

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imovie projects

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Era of Jeffersonian Policies packet due Tuesday
A&S Acts Broadcast due Monday

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European Explorer Trailer due next week.

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3/26-3/30
Presidential Evaluation of John Adams

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Continue working on news reports, due Tuesday, beginning of period

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Finish "inferences" worksheet

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News Coverage of Alien and Sedition Acts

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3/16-3/19
pg. 492 #1-6

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PBS news handout due Monday
Scripts for news feed- based on Alien and Sedition Acts handout

Extra Credit: To be handed out Thursday
-read the comparative summary of the American and French Revolutions and fill out the Comparative Diagram
-Due Monday 3/16

Assignment issued Friday, 3/13.  HAT: Alien and Sedition Acts- due Monday


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Update: ABC Reformation books due Tuesday, 3/17.

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PBS News worksheet
due: 3/16

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ABC Reformation books
due: 3/16

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Reformation ABC book due 3/16
-Make binding with creative title (not Reformation ABC Book!)
-For each of the 24 letters of the alphabet (you can skip any two) you need to:
1.find a word that starts with that letter related to the reformation
2.big first letter, gothic
3. define the word in context and explain why it's important to the reformation or make sure that you explain the word in the context of the reformation
4. illustrate the vocabulary term
5. either the writing or the pictures must be hand written
-provide a table of contents page at the beginning with your letters/words in the order they appear with page numbers

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Quiz Friday- Hamilton vs Jefferson
Finish Wash Eval

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Finish Reformation Dossier Q's

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Washington's Presidential Evaluation
Due Friday, 3/6

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pg. 443 #1-7
Due 3/4

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pg. 307 #1-4

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Finish ch 8 sec. 1 & 2 worksheet as well as spoke/web diagrams for both sections

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Test Review due Thursday

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Supreme Court Cases

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Machiavellian Q's

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Civil Rights 4-Square and both paragraphs answering the following prompts:
1. Explain how the Reconstruction Amendments paved the way for the Civil Rights movement.
2. Explain how/why 1st amendment rights were crucial to this movement.

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Upcoming Constitution Final
3 Branches Chart
How a bill becomes law process
Vocabulary
Branch Powers and checks
Bill of Rights

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Florence Walkthrough Letter
DaVinci's Notebook
Renaissance Figure Oral Report Preparation

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Constitution Review

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Chapter 7 Section 2 Review #1-7

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Study for Constitution Test this Friday.
-3 branches chart
-vocabulary
-Bill of Rights
- govt. powers

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pg. 391 #1-5

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Due next Thursday
pg. 391 #1-5

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Bill of Rights Quiz tomorrow

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Chapter 6 Test tomorrow

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Constitution Vocabulary
Study for Bill of Rights Quize Friday
www.icivics.org  "Do I have a right?"

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Study for Friday's Chapter 6 Test
Test review due tomorrow

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Finish white house web quest.  Extra credit due tomorrow.
1. List the Presidential line of succession and the current office holders.
2. Read any article on President Obama, summarize it, and explain what his role was in the article and how it relates to his job.

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Medieval Walkthrough Q's (due tomorrow)
Chapter 6 Test Review (due next week)

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1/6-1/8
Complete the handout, "A Day in the Life: Medieval Europe."