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SOCIAL STUDIES

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Date

Sociology

Eighth Grade History

Senior Government

Second Quarterly Projects due Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Monday

November 17

Finish Inquiries

Treaty of Paris of 1783

Review of Chapter

Notes over informal changes to the Constitution

Review over Chapter 3, section 3

Tuesday

November 18

Finish Inquiries

Review of Chapter 7

Test over Chapter 3, section 3

Wednesday

November 19

Substances for Chapter 7

Chapter 7 test

Assign vocab definitions – Chapter 8 terms #1 – 9 (excluding #3)Define

end of class.

Introduction of Dual Federalism with overhead

Assign: Federalism Projects – due Tuesday, December 2

Thursday

November 20

Chapter 7 Quiz

Study Island : Revolutionary War due no later than November 25.

Layer Cake federalism

Friday

November 21

Social Change Inquiries

Define Chapter 8

Terms #10 – 27.

Marble cake federalism

Date	Sociology	Eighth Grade History	Senior Government Second quarter projects due Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday November 24	Social Change Inquiries	Open work quiz over terms #1 – 27 at the beginning of class Chapter 8 Problems of Peace New State Constitutions A Weak Union Articles of Confederation	Continue covering federalism
Tuesday November 25	Social Change Inquiries	Articles of Confederation Land Ordinance Northwest Ordinance Assign: pictogram of the Northwest Ordinance – due on Tuesday 12/02/08	Second quarter projects due today at the beginning of class Continue covering federalism
Wednesday November 26 No school
Thursday November 27 Happy Thanksgiving		Wishing you and your family a wonderful vacation.
Friday November 29 No School

Date	Sociology	Eighth Grade History	Senior Government
Monday December 1 No school
Tuesday December 2	Social Change Inquiries	Northwest Ordinance Pictogram due Economic problems – Shay’s Rebellion Mt. Vernon Meeting Annapolis Convention Philadelphia Convention Constitutional Convention Agreements	Federalism projects due
Wednesday December 3	Computer lab Responses 1 & 2	Compromise at the Constitutional Convention	Finish federalism projects presentations
Thursday December 4	Ye old Yearbook activity	Open work quiz Ratification Federalist/Anti-Federalist Debate and Compromise	Review of Federalism
Friday December 4	Complete substances for Chapter 8	Review of Chapter 8	Federalism test – Chapter 4

Enrichment Links for eighth grade, senior government and sociology

EIGHTH GRADE:

Corps of Discovery

http://lewisandclark.fateback.com

Chapter 4 Explorers online matching game - http://www.quia.com/mc/48.html

Links related to Chapter 11: Explore the home of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello - http://www.monticello.org

Discovering Lewis and Clark - _{http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/}

_{Go west with Lewis and Clark -}_{http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/index.htm}_l

_{The War of 1812 thinkquest: h}_{ttp://library.thinkquest.org/22916}

Links related to Chapters 6 -8

Interactive crossword puzzle on Early America (it's fun but not easy):http://www.earlyamerica.com/crossword/current/puzzle4.html

Revolutionary War sites

1. Internet Scavenger Hunt:http://mrspskids.tripod.com/rwhunt.html

2. Liberty game:http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/game/gameindex.html

3. The British Are Coming:http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/data/quiz.shtml

4. War simulation-Your are the commander of the Continental Army:

hthttp://library.thinkquest.org/11683/BattleEntrance.html

You Be The Historian and find out about a colonial family:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer

An interactive site to find out about the Salem Witchcraft Trials

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem

Links for chapter 5

Jamestown game: http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

What happened to Virginia Dare?

http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa081699.htm?terms=Roanoke+Island

The voyage on the Mayflower to Plymouth:

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html

visit Plymouth (Plimouth Plantation)h

http://www.plimoth.org/plimexp/default.htm

SENIOR GOVERNMENT:

Where the candidates stand on the issues and how their views compare with yours. Try this interactive graphic:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm

Here is another candidate match site. After you have connected the link, scroll part way down the page until you see "Who's Your Match?" and click on it. There are fewer questions than the one above.

http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/

Have questions about the Electoral College? (aka. the RG syndrome! - inside comment) At this National Archives site, "Frequently Asked Questions" are answered: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html

Link for Chapter 8 work on political parties: http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

Link for Unit 4 work on Congress in Action: http:thomas.loc.gov

The States game

http://games.funschool.com/game_us_state_detective.html?g=1179&category=0&level=0

So...you have conquered the States game, how about World Geography? Try this:

hh ttp://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1186.

Ohio civics program produced by the League of Women Voters of Ohio: includes information about Ohio government organization, practical instruction on voting and ways to get involved in the political process, plus much more.

http://www.ohioimpact.org

Information about the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/about.html

Link for Cabinet Budget Request Presentation

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/browse.html

Chapter 10 links - finding out about PAC's and soft money

http://www.opensecrets.org

http://www.fec.gov

http://www.twyman-whitney.com/americancitizen/links/lobbies.htm

Helpful links in preparing your information on a third political party:

http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm