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Social Studies Friday October 30, 2020

10/30/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
All classes -
Current Events #2 -

Read the article "Young Voters and the 2020 Elections" then respond to the question below.

What Do You Think?
Do you think you will vote regularly once you turn eighteen? Why or why not? What factors will affect your decision to participate (or not)?
Write your response in one paragraph. Pay attention to capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:
Newsela: What everyone should know about Reconstruction.
Due 10-30-2020

Social Studies Thursday October 29, 2020

10/29/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
1) Should Columbus Day be renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day in honor of Native Americans? Write a one-page argumentative statement that makes clear your reasoning. Draw on material from the video, textbook and class discussion. Homework is due Friday, Oct. 30

2)Study pages 34-41 for Friday's assessment on Christopher Columbus,

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Wednesday October 28, 2020

10/28/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
Today and tomorrow, ALL classes study for their quiz on Friday, except UCLA that will do theirs on Thursday.

Topics
UChi and UCLA - Latitude and longitude, Parts of a Map, Types of Maps

UVA and MIT - Latitude and Longitude, Parts of a Map, Five Themes of Geography

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
1) Should Columbus Day be renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day in honor of Native Americans? Write a one-page argumentative statement that makes clear your reasoning. Draw on material from the video, textbook and class discussion. Homework is due Friday, Oct. 30

2)Study pages 34-41 for Friday's assessment on Christopher Columbus,

columbus-day-pro-con-36049-article_and_quiz.pdf
File Size:	294 kb
File Type:	pdf

2020-21-textbook_pages_34-41-columbus.pdf
File Size:	5845 kb
File Type:	pdf

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Tuesday October 27, 2020

10/27/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
Today and tomorrow, ALL classes study for their quiz on Friday, except UCLA that will do theirs on Thursday.

Topics
UChi and UCLA - Latitude and longitude, Parts of a Map, Types of Maps

UVA and MIT - Latitude and Longitude, Parts of a Map, Five Themes of Geography

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Should Columbus Day be renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day in honor of Native Americans? Write a one-page argumentative statement that makes clear your reasoning. Draw on material from the video, textbook and class discussion. Homework is
Due Thursday, Oct. 29.

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Monday October 26, 2020

10/26/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Should Columbus Day be renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day in honor of Native Americans? Write a one-page argumentative statement that makes clear your reasoning. Draw on material from the video, textbook and class discussion. Homework is due Thursday, Oct. 29.

2020-21-textbook_pages_34-41-columbus.pdf
File Size:	5845 kb
File Type:	pdf

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Friday October 23, 2020

10/23/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:Write a response of 7-10 sentences: answer the following question:

What are some ways that the U.S. government can protect the voting rights of ALL Americans?

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Thursday October 22, 2020

10/22/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade: All classes - Review your notes and definitions from Monday and today.

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade: Write a response of 7-10 sentences answering the following question:

-How do you think the climate, geography and abundance of animals (buffalo, elk, deer, etc.) of the Great Plains region affected how the Sioux Native American group developed their culture (way of life)?

-You can use the attached Newsela article or research from outside sources in your response.

-This assignment is due Friday, October 23.

native-americans-fight-back-elections-46546-article_and_quiz.pdf
File Size:	346 kb
File Type:	pdf

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Wednesday October 21, 2020

10/21/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:Write a response of 7-10 sentences answering the following question:
-How do you think the climate, geography and abundance of animals (buffalo, elk, deer, etc.) of the Great Plains region affected how the Sioux Native American group developed their culture (way of life)?

-You can use the attached Newsela article or research from outside sources in your response.

-This assignment is due Friday, October 23.

lib-sioux-native-americans-29380-article_and_quiz.pdf
File Size:	307 kb
File Type:	pdf

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Monday October 19, 2020

10/19/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade: No social studies homework today.

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Pretend you are a newspaper reporter investigating life on an American reservation. You will be the author of a one-page article on the struggles of everyday life for Native Americans. Base your report on information gathered from Internet websites that reveal the rigors of contemporary life for Native Americans who remain on reservations. Make sure to list all the sources that you use for your article. Due: Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:

Social Studies Friday October 16, 2020

10/16/2020

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade: Current Events #1 - All Classes

current_events_1.docx
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File Type:	docx

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Pretend you are a newspaper reporter investigating life on an American reservation. You will be the author of a one-page article on the struggles of everyday life for Native Americans. Base your report on information gathered from Internet websites that reveal the rigors of contemporary life for Native Americans who remain on reservations. Make sure to list all the sources that you use for your article. Due: Monday, Oct. 19.

elem-hist-native-american-iroquois-28738-article_and_quiz.pdf
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File Type:	pdf

Mr. Antoine:
8th Grade:
Good Afternoon and Great Day Queen and King Scholars!
The 10 - 16 social Science Quiz (On The effects of Jim Crow...) is due at the end of the day. Please complete the quiz which we began on Class kick, in class earlier today.
To earn full credit, scholars must display evidence of:

1) Annotating

2) Deconstructing the question prompts/ GROSA multiple choice strategy

3) RACE short response strategy

*Points will be deducted for no evidence of the requirements
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