5 Social Studies 8 Assignments

🖼️ Use the attached slideshow to add pictures of your drawing to the slides and, ultimately, your video. 
🎤 You will record your audio once you convert your slideshow to Google Vid 
🙋🏽‍♂️ If you need to record your audio before choosing all images, you can continue to create your images in Google Video.

📕 Read Lesson 15, Section 5
🕹 Complete the Reading Check below the reading  
❓Respond to the questions at the end.

📷 Watch each video. 
📕 Read each Lesson where it has the "Green" button. 
❓Complete the questions that go along with each reading.

This was completed in class on Thursday, 3/5. It is posted here as a resource. 

Read or Listen to the article attached. 

Respond to the Reading Comprehension Questions to the best of your ability. 

Follow the attached directions for the Etched In History

Read the directions carefully and read the information from the readings. 

You will need to understand this information in order to complete the assignment for Question #24, which you will complete on paper. 

Read or Listen to the Newsela Article about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 

Respond to the Reading Comprehension Quiz

Look through the slide deck in order to gain additional information about John Adams. It will be useful for the Cover Page and the John Adams Flyer. 

Opportunity for up to 3 points of Extra Credit.

Topics Need to Know for Quiz on Thursday, 1/22
George Washington's Cabinet 
Beliefs of Jefferson and Hamilton 
Warnings Presented by Washington's Farewell Address

Complete the attached slide deck and use it to fill out your handout. Digital copy of the handout is attached for reference.

Read OR listen to the article. 
Answer the Reading Comprehension Questions. 
Fill out the Graphic Organizer. 

Complete the directions for the map based upon each question. 

Respond to the questions in complete sentences.

Complete this activity to the best of your ability. The Bill of Rights is one of the most important topics you will learn all year. 

This is going to be graded based upon accuracy. 

Read through all of the directions in the Pink packet. 
Do NOT based your superhero on a real person. You can base it on fictional characters.  
You will have class today. 20 minutes of class on Monday. Due Date: Wednesday, December 10. 

This is a Product grade, as it is testing your knowledge and application of the Three Branches of Government.

Attach a photo of your Constitutional Super Hero to this assignment.

#1: Complete EdPuzzle: Articles of Confederation 

#2: Geography Challenge 1790 (pages 142-143)

#3: Work on TCI Lesson 8 Introduction, Lesson 8 Section 1, Lesson 8 Section 2 and Lesson 8 Section 3. For Sections 1-3 complete the reading check and questions at the end of the reading.

Our Veterans Day Assembly is just around the corner! As a reminder, we encourage you to dress nicely on the day of the event to show respect and appreciation for all those who have served our country.

If your veteran will be attending, please encourage them to wear their uniform if they wish. There will be a reception following the celebration to honor our guests.

To help us prepare, please complete the Google Form linked below if you have a veteran or parent attending the event. Do not count yourself in the total, as all students are already included in our headcount.

👉 RSVP to the linked Google Form below

On the day of the event:
If you have a veteran attending, you will be excused from your flex class a few minutes early to meet your guest and sit together in the chairs on the gym floor.
All other students will sit in the bleachers with their flex class.
Students with veterans attending are also invited to the reception in the breezeway after the assembly to enjoy some snacks with their guest.
Please reach out if you have any questions.

We look forward to celebrating this special day with you!

Open note reading quiz, can you goldenrod handout to help you.

Use pages 84-85 to follow the step-by-step directions to label the map. Make sure to respond to the questions in complete and full sentences. 

New England Colonies 

Rhode Island (Section 3) pg. 52
Connecticut (Section 4) pg. 53Middle Colonies 

New York (Section 5) pg. 54
Pennsylvania (Section 6)pg.  55Southern Colonies 

Maryland (Section 7) pg. 56
Virginia (Section 8) pg. 57
Georgia (Section 9) pg. 58
You and your partner are going to read about a colony from each of the three regions (New England, Middle, and Southern.) Add a comment in Google Classroom about which colony you and your partner have chosen from each region. 
Read about each colony and draw the spoke diagram in your notebook. You will complete one per a colony.  
Pick one that you and your partner are most interested in to do more research on. 

Grab a TCI textbook. 
Group read pages 35-37 (Jamestown) and page 51 (Plymouth). Can also use the information from the EdPuzzle (Google Classroom Assignment #14)  
Use the link in Google Classroom for storyboardthat.com
Login with Google  
Top Box: Create a scene to represent/demonstrate the information. Bottom Box: Create a caption to go with the information. 
First box: Slogan for Settlement 
Second box: Location of Settlement 
Third Box: Reason for Settlement 
Fourth Box: Difficulties Faced 
Fifth Box: Forms of Government

Reading the Introduction and Section 1. 

Complete the questions at the end of the Introduction and Section 1. 

Complete EdPuzzle about the Geography of the 13 Colonies. (Google Classroom Assignment #16)

Your teacher will assign you one of these regions.  Complete the TCI questions, and then work with your group to finish the task on the next slide.  Before clicking on the region, make sure you have logged into TCI through Clever. 

Lesson 1 Sections 3-11 
Find the picture that matches your group.

Once you have watched the two EdPuzzles then complete the Primary vs. Secondary Sources handout and glue it after the Political Map.

See the attached slides for the directions for the maps. 

This is NOT homework, will finish in class on Wednesday (first 10 minutes).

Please go over this syllabus with your family. 

Fill out the Google Form WITH your family.