Monday, January 5, 2009

8th Grade Social Studies: Political Parties: Where Do I Belong?

Here is the website for this project it is due this Friday Jan. 9th. I will go over the Rubrics in class and fill you in with all of the details Tuesday.

http://questgarden.com/45/74/6/070118142018/index.htm

Good Luck!

Friday, December 26, 2008

8th Grade Vacation Assignments

Here is the list of Assignments:
-Rough Draft of Greek gods Paper
-Brother Sam is Dead (Finish Book)
-HSPT Workbook (finish Math section, do all of the Reading section and Spelling section)
-Finish Quarterly Book Report


Greek Paper Layout:
  • Intro.- Introduce both gods, Greek/Roman etc. (5-8 sent.)
  • Body- How are these gods similar? (5-8 sent.)
  • Body- How are these gods different? (5-8 sent.)
  • Conclusion- Sum up the the two gods (diff./sim.), which do you like the best? Why? (5-8 sent.)

I hope all is well, good luck, good studying and we'll see you next year.

Mr. Manjarrez

Monday, December 15, 2008

8th Grade Chapter 5 Test

Here is the pretest notes link for chapter 5. Use these notes in any way you see fit.
http://eduplace.com/ss/hmss/8/laag/99/5.1a.html
http://eduplace.com/ss/hmss/8/laag/99/5.2a.html
http://eduplace.com/ss/hmss/8/laag/99/5.3a.html

Also don't forget to study: Graphic organizers
Republican and Federalists Party details
Presidents of this time (Jefferson, Hamilton,,,)
Presidential Cabinet
War of 1812 and other major events (Sedition Act, Monroe Doctrine,,)
American foreign policy with other countries
Louisiana Purchase
Good Luck!