In 8th grade today we will be analyzing the differences in the United States from 1820-1854 using the following maps:
1820- https://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson1/
1854- https://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/
Links to all kinds of subjects:
http://gildedagehistorychannel.com/
Food/ Dining:
https://www.nwhm.org/articles/extreme-dining-gilded-age
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/etiquette/dining-and-dinners/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dinner-horseback-horse-king
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/foods-americans-once-loved-eat-180955683/
http://observer.com/2015/03/whats-on-the-menu-historic-menus-go-digital-tap-into-new-yorkers-food-memories/
Journalism:
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/Journalism/index5534.html?page_id=6
https://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html
Art and Literature:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/38f.asp
Mapping Early New York/ Urban Growth:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/gilded-age-mapping-gilded-age-new-york/
Child Workers:
www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos/
Fashion-
https://styleevolution.weebly.com/the-gilded-age.html
https://bellatory.com/fashion-industry/FashionHistoryEdwardianFashionTrends1890s1914
Labor Unions-
https://aflcio.org/about/history
Women's Suffrage-
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/timeline/womans-suffrage-timeline
The 8th grade will assess the experience of the Civil War's military commanders using this link:
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/cmdrs/
The Bill of Rights is alive every day in the United States! Read about it here:
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/teaching-with-current-events/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/index.htm
The 8th grade is studying the Constitution.
This link will help them to decode the primary document.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/about
Research Sites for Deserts:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/deserts
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/desert-biome/
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php
www.worldwildlife.org/habitats/deserts
Research Sites for Jungles/ Tropical Rainforests:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php
www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/ecosystems_amazon/rainforests/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Christopher Columbus Biographies
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-christopher-columbus/2015/10/08/3e80f358-6d23-11e5-b31c-d80d62b53e28_story.html
exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/christopher-columbus/
Ted ED talk and video
youtu.be/GD3dgiDreGc
Adam Ruins Everything video
https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/9/16447180/christopher-columbus-day-adam-ruins-everything?fbclid=IwAR3evKfvf0f1bbKlqkgknqtV44Uqqqhn_MnKhLaViO7nfzw6_zp1kKyfLYM
"What Really Happened.." video
https://youtu.be/aF_unlvjccA
Indigenous People's Day
https://youtu.be/H6x9EA1rZwQ
Indigenous People Map
native-land.ca/
Tribal Resources
www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_tribes_regions.php
Tribes in New Hampshire
www.nh.gov/folklife/learning-center/traditions/native-american.htm
classes will study the impact of European colonization on the Wampanog tribe of New England.
1. Read this:
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/the-wampanoag-side-of-the-first-thanksgiving-story-TmMLTgQs40aJT_n9T3RMIQ/
2. Now read the second article
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/11/27/wampanoag-dividedoverwhethertojoinplymouththanksgivingfestivitie.html
https://constitutioncenter.org/learn/hall-pass
Gilded Age resources:
Links to all kinds of subjects:
http://gildedagehistorychannel.com/
Food/ Dining:
https://www.nwhm.org/articles/extreme-dining-gilded-age
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/etiquette/dining-and-dinners/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dinner-horseback-horse-king
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/foods-americans-once-loved-eat-180955683/
http://observer.com/2015/03/whats-on-the-menu-historic-menus-go-digital-tap-into-new-yorkers-food-memories/
Journalism:
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/Journalism/index5534.html?page_id=6
https://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html
Art and Literature:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/38f.asp
Mapping Early New York/ Urban Growth:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/gilded-age-mapping-gilded-age-new-york/
Child Workers:
www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos/
Fashion-
https://styleevolution.weebly.com/the-gilded-age.html
https://bellatory.com/fashion-industry/FashionHistoryEdwardianFashionTrends1890s1914
Labor Unions-
https://aflcio.org/about/history
For a closer look at the 14th amendment, we will use this website today (interactive Constitution.)
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv/about-the-14th-amendment-and-its-clauses/clause/14
On Wednesday, January 16th, the 8th grade needs to complete the following:
https://www.docsteach.org/activities/student/the-civil-war-as-photographed-by-mathew-brady
Civil War Sites for 8th grade project:
Civil War Trust- list of battles: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/battles?field_war_tid[]=1
National Park Service Civil War Sites: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
PBS' series "The Civil War": http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/
The Atlantic magazine retrospective: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2012/02/
Civil War Medicine Museum: http://www.civilwarmed.org/
Civil War photographs- then and now: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2015/jun/22/american-civil-war-photography-interactive
Civil War photojournalism or primary documents (letters, maps, etc.): go to the Library of Congress- www.loc.gov and search for what you'd like!
Underground Railroad: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-secret-history-of-the-underground-railroad/384966/
Role of Women:
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/women-in-the-civil-war
women who disguised themselves as men: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-women-who-fought-in-the-civil-war-1402680/
Thursday, November 8, students will run their own Presidential campaign, courtesy of iCivics:
https://www.icivics.org/games/win-white-house
To celebrate the solstice and accompanying winter holidays and break, today in class we will be using the following links:
Krampus-
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil/
Shmutzli-
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/schmutzli--the-swiss-santa-s-sinister-sidekick/7082046
Mari Lwyd-
https://museum.wales/articles/2014-06-14/Christmas-customs-The-Mari-Lwyd/
Winter Solstice-
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/what-is-the-winter-solstice/
8th grade is learning about World War One.
Life in the trenches:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8sssbk#orb-banner
8th grade is learning about the Spanish American War and watching PBS' "The Crucible of Empire." They are answering questions and discussing the film for a project grade. Here is more information on the Spanish American War:
Library of Congress information, by region:
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/index.html
PBS special on the Spanish American War:
PBS, “Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War,” including background essay, interviews with historians, and the film transcript (http://www.pbs.org/crucible/)
Women's Social Reform Movements:
Women's Christian Temperance Union:
https://www.wctu.org/history.html
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/womans-christian-temperance-union
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/roots-of-prohibition/
Hull House:
www.hullhousemuseum.org/
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-houses/hull-house/
savingplaces.org/stories/128-years-of-justice-jane-addams-and-chicagos-hull-house#.WstgTS7wbIU
National Consumers' League
http://www.nclnet.org/
Women's Trade Union League
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/nwtul.html
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
http://ilgwu.ilr.cornell.edu/history/
National Women's Suffrage Association
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/nwsa-organize
lwww.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/043.html
American Woman Suffrage Association
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/awsa-organize/
https://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/043.html
Agencies assisting refugees in conflict zones:
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/emergencies.html
www.msf.org/en/humanitarian-issues
www.rescue.org/
https://www.mercycorps.org/
https://www.unicef.org/
How Refugees Get Resettled:
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/resettlement.html
https://www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america
www.state.gov/j/prm/releases/factsheets/2017/266447.htm
https://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/09/16/44485/what-happens-when-refugees-arrive-in-america-a-loo/
online simulation of a refugee in crisis attempting to flee to Europe:
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32057601
"touring" a series of refugee camps in Greece
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/greece/
GRASSLANDS:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/grasslands/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/grasslands.php
TUNDRA:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-biome/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-threats/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html
We will be answering our questions on the temperate forest and taiga forest. Here are a few links to help finish those questions from the movie!
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotemperate.php
https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes/boreal-forests-taiga
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Taiga
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/taiga.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/taiga/
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep8c.htm
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm
Transcript for the BBC Planet Earth "Forest":
https://subsaga.com/bbc/science/planet-earth/10-seasonal-forests.html
information about jungles (tropical rainforests).
1. Choose one question you're interested in to explore from the document shared to you by Ms. Kelly.
2. Research the answer, using the links below, or other sites you find, that DO NOT INCLUDE WIKIPEDIA.
(We are going to broaden our research - there is plenty online!)
3. Answer your questions, in four sentences or more. Share the Google Doc with Ms. Kelly!
[email protected]
Here are some websites that can assist with research:
Information on the rainforests/ jungles:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php
www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/ecosystems_amazon/rainforests/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Information on tribes that live in jungle/ rainforest ecosystems:
https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/uncontacted-brazil
https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes
On October 4, the 7th grade will analyze maps and how they change.
They will use a pre- World War One map:
http://geoalliance.asu.edu/sites/default/files/maps/EU_BeforeWW1.pdf
And a modern map of Europe:
http://geoalliance.asu.edu/sites/default/files/maps/EU-NAME.pdf
On September 11, 2017, the 7th grade will be looked at the interactive timeline from that day:
http://timeline.911memorial.org/#Timeline/2
They will also be selecting an artifact to write about:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-september-11-terror-attack-belongings-911/
The 8th grade will be writing an informational essay based on notes they've taken during "CNN 10". The topic is their choosing, but they must make sure they are using reputable websites for their research. The following is a short list of sites that can help! (But by all means not an exhaustive one..)
www.cnn10.com
This site has all the transcripts and links to past shows.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/
The official site for the Supreme Court for any follow up on cases.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
The CIA World Fact Book is a great starting place for any information needed on any country in the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/us
The Guardian is a UK based paper that has extensive reporting on US and international issues.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Geographic society has information on countries, animals, and ecosystems.
https://www.khanacademy.org/coach/dashboard
Khan Academy has articles and videos on many subjects.
http://foreignpolicy.com/
Foreign Policy - global magazine on policy, economics,
Students will be writing an argumentative essay on the Second Amendment.
Resources to be used are here:
www.billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/headlines/gun-rights/
1820- https://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson1/
1854- https://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/
Links to all kinds of subjects:
http://gildedagehistorychannel.com/
Food/ Dining:
https://www.nwhm.org/articles/extreme-dining-gilded-age
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/etiquette/dining-and-dinners/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dinner-horseback-horse-king
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/foods-americans-once-loved-eat-180955683/
http://observer.com/2015/03/whats-on-the-menu-historic-menus-go-digital-tap-into-new-yorkers-food-memories/
Journalism:
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/Journalism/index5534.html?page_id=6
https://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html
Art and Literature:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/38f.asp
Mapping Early New York/ Urban Growth:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/gilded-age-mapping-gilded-age-new-york/
Child Workers:
www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos/
Fashion-
https://styleevolution.weebly.com/the-gilded-age.html
https://bellatory.com/fashion-industry/FashionHistoryEdwardianFashionTrends1890s1914
Labor Unions-
https://aflcio.org/about/history
Women's Suffrage-
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/timeline/womans-suffrage-timeline
The 8th grade will assess the experience of the Civil War's military commanders using this link:
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/cmdrs/
The Bill of Rights is alive every day in the United States! Read about it here:
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/teaching-with-current-events/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/index.htm
The 8th grade is studying the Constitution.
This link will help them to decode the primary document.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/about
Research Sites for Deserts:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/deserts
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/desert-biome/
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php
www.worldwildlife.org/habitats/deserts
Research Sites for Jungles/ Tropical Rainforests:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php
www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/ecosystems_amazon/rainforests/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Christopher Columbus Biographies
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-christopher-columbus/2015/10/08/3e80f358-6d23-11e5-b31c-d80d62b53e28_story.html
exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/christopher-columbus/
Ted ED talk and video
youtu.be/GD3dgiDreGc
Adam Ruins Everything video
https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/9/16447180/christopher-columbus-day-adam-ruins-everything?fbclid=IwAR3evKfvf0f1bbKlqkgknqtV44Uqqqhn_MnKhLaViO7nfzw6_zp1kKyfLYM
"What Really Happened.." video
https://youtu.be/aF_unlvjccA
Indigenous People's Day
https://youtu.be/H6x9EA1rZwQ
Indigenous People Map
native-land.ca/
Tribal Resources
www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_tribes_regions.php
Tribes in New Hampshire
www.nh.gov/folklife/learning-center/traditions/native-american.htm
classes will study the impact of European colonization on the Wampanog tribe of New England.
1. Read this:
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/the-wampanoag-side-of-the-first-thanksgiving-story-TmMLTgQs40aJT_n9T3RMIQ/
2. Now read the second article
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/11/27/wampanoag-dividedoverwhethertojoinplymouththanksgivingfestivitie.html
https://constitutioncenter.org/learn/hall-pass
Gilded Age resources:
Links to all kinds of subjects:
http://gildedagehistorychannel.com/
Food/ Dining:
https://www.nwhm.org/articles/extreme-dining-gilded-age
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/etiquette/dining-and-dinners/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dinner-horseback-horse-king
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/foods-americans-once-loved-eat-180955683/
http://observer.com/2015/03/whats-on-the-menu-historic-menus-go-digital-tap-into-new-yorkers-food-memories/
Journalism:
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/Journalism/index5534.html?page_id=6
https://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html
Art and Literature:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/38f.asp
Mapping Early New York/ Urban Growth:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/gilded-age-mapping-gilded-age-new-york/
Child Workers:
www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos/
Fashion-
https://styleevolution.weebly.com/the-gilded-age.html
https://bellatory.com/fashion-industry/FashionHistoryEdwardianFashionTrends1890s1914
Labor Unions-
https://aflcio.org/about/history
For a closer look at the 14th amendment, we will use this website today (interactive Constitution.)
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xiv/about-the-14th-amendment-and-its-clauses/clause/14
On Wednesday, January 16th, the 8th grade needs to complete the following:
https://www.docsteach.org/activities/student/the-civil-war-as-photographed-by-mathew-brady
Civil War Sites for 8th grade project:
Civil War Trust- list of battles: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/battles?field_war_tid[]=1
National Park Service Civil War Sites: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
PBS' series "The Civil War": http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/
The Atlantic magazine retrospective: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2012/02/
Civil War Medicine Museum: http://www.civilwarmed.org/
Civil War photographs- then and now: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2015/jun/22/american-civil-war-photography-interactive
Civil War photojournalism or primary documents (letters, maps, etc.): go to the Library of Congress- www.loc.gov and search for what you'd like!
Underground Railroad: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-secret-history-of-the-underground-railroad/384966/
Role of Women:
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/women-in-the-civil-war
women who disguised themselves as men: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-women-who-fought-in-the-civil-war-1402680/
Thursday, November 8, students will run their own Presidential campaign, courtesy of iCivics:
https://www.icivics.org/games/win-white-house
To celebrate the solstice and accompanying winter holidays and break, today in class we will be using the following links:
Krampus-
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil/
Shmutzli-
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/schmutzli--the-swiss-santa-s-sinister-sidekick/7082046
Mari Lwyd-
https://museum.wales/articles/2014-06-14/Christmas-customs-The-Mari-Lwyd/
Winter Solstice-
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/what-is-the-winter-solstice/
8th grade is learning about World War One.
Life in the trenches:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8sssbk#orb-banner
8th grade is learning about the Spanish American War and watching PBS' "The Crucible of Empire." They are answering questions and discussing the film for a project grade. Here is more information on the Spanish American War:
Library of Congress information, by region:
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/index.html
PBS special on the Spanish American War:
PBS, “Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War,” including background essay, interviews with historians, and the film transcript (http://www.pbs.org/crucible/)
Women's Social Reform Movements:
Women's Christian Temperance Union:
https://www.wctu.org/history.html
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/womans-christian-temperance-union
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/roots-of-prohibition/
Hull House:
www.hullhousemuseum.org/
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-houses/hull-house/
savingplaces.org/stories/128-years-of-justice-jane-addams-and-chicagos-hull-house#.WstgTS7wbIU
National Consumers' League
http://www.nclnet.org/
Women's Trade Union League
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/nwtul.html
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
http://ilgwu.ilr.cornell.edu/history/
National Women's Suffrage Association
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/nwsa-organize
lwww.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/043.html
American Woman Suffrage Association
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/awsa-organize/
https://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/043.html
Agencies assisting refugees in conflict zones:
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/emergencies.html
www.msf.org/en/humanitarian-issues
www.rescue.org/
https://www.mercycorps.org/
https://www.unicef.org/
How Refugees Get Resettled:
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/resettlement.html
https://www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america
www.state.gov/j/prm/releases/factsheets/2017/266447.htm
https://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/09/16/44485/what-happens-when-refugees-arrive-in-america-a-loo/
online simulation of a refugee in crisis attempting to flee to Europe:
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32057601
"touring" a series of refugee camps in Greece
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/greece/
GRASSLANDS:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/grasslands/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/grasslands.php
TUNDRA:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-biome/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra-threats/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html
We will be answering our questions on the temperate forest and taiga forest. Here are a few links to help finish those questions from the movie!
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotemperate.php
https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes/boreal-forests-taiga
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Taiga
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/taiga.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/taiga/
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep8c.htm
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm
Transcript for the BBC Planet Earth "Forest":
https://subsaga.com/bbc/science/planet-earth/10-seasonal-forests.html
information about jungles (tropical rainforests).
1. Choose one question you're interested in to explore from the document shared to you by Ms. Kelly.
2. Research the answer, using the links below, or other sites you find, that DO NOT INCLUDE WIKIPEDIA.
(We are going to broaden our research - there is plenty online!)
3. Answer your questions, in four sentences or more. Share the Google Doc with Ms. Kelly!
[email protected]
Here are some websites that can assist with research:
Information on the rainforests/ jungles:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php
www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/ecosystems_amazon/rainforests/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Information on tribes that live in jungle/ rainforest ecosystems:
https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/uncontacted-brazil
https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes
On October 4, the 7th grade will analyze maps and how they change.
They will use a pre- World War One map:
http://geoalliance.asu.edu/sites/default/files/maps/EU_BeforeWW1.pdf
And a modern map of Europe:
http://geoalliance.asu.edu/sites/default/files/maps/EU-NAME.pdf
On September 11, 2017, the 7th grade will be looked at the interactive timeline from that day:
http://timeline.911memorial.org/#Timeline/2
They will also be selecting an artifact to write about:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-september-11-terror-attack-belongings-911/
The 8th grade will be writing an informational essay based on notes they've taken during "CNN 10". The topic is their choosing, but they must make sure they are using reputable websites for their research. The following is a short list of sites that can help! (But by all means not an exhaustive one..)
www.cnn10.com
This site has all the transcripts and links to past shows.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/
The official site for the Supreme Court for any follow up on cases.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
The CIA World Fact Book is a great starting place for any information needed on any country in the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/us
The Guardian is a UK based paper that has extensive reporting on US and international issues.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Geographic society has information on countries, animals, and ecosystems.
https://www.khanacademy.org/coach/dashboard
Khan Academy has articles and videos on many subjects.
http://foreignpolicy.com/
Foreign Policy - global magazine on policy, economics,
Students will be writing an argumentative essay on the Second Amendment.
Resources to be used are here:
www.billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/headlines/gun-rights/
These are past links from earlier classes.
7th grade curriculum this year has covered the five themes of geography with extensive focus on analyzing maps and the data they present and what it means. The 7th grade has also studied monotheistic religions; governments and economy; and conflict in the Middle East. Grade 8 has focused on the political and cultural history of the United States including: the creation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights; The Civil War, and everything since then. |