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Social Studies Friday November 30, 2018

11/30/2018

Ms. Victor:
6th Grade: Lesson 2 Life in Ancient Egypt pp. 45 to 48 worksheet

Mr. Dayan:
8th Grade: Complete Abraham Lincoln writing from class today. Make any revisions suggested by teacher during class. Make sure to use your packet for evidence.

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Social Studies Thursday November 29, 2018

11/29/2018

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Ms. Victor:
Grade 6 (All classes): Study for Lesson 1 Quiz - The Nile River

Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade: The Rhode Island Colony project is due 11/30 (Friday)

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Social Studies Wednesday November 28, 2018

11/28/2018

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Ms. Victor:
6th Grade: Ancient Egypt and Kush worksheet

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Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade: The Rhode Island Colony project is due 11/30 (Friday)

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Social Studies Monday November 26, 2018

11/26/2018

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Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade: The Rhode Island Colony project is due 11/30 (Friday)

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Mr. Dayan:
8th Grade:
Brandeis/Caltech/Johns Hopkins:
Prepare for Lincoln Debate: (The debate will commence on Wednesday when we return. Everyone will be expected to participate.)

Complete "Organizing the Evidence" worksheet, and be prepared to argue both sides of the "Lincoln on Race" debate.
Other notable topics to consider when preparing for the debate include;

True North and the value of a compass quote
Lincolns desire to secure the Border States
Question the reliability of the sources for each document (Political Speech vs Personal Letter to a Friend.)
Lincoln's dilemma between balancing the Radical and Conservative Republicans
Why did Lincoln play the long game?
Was Emancipation a moral or military measure?

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Social Studies Wednesday November 21, 2018

11/21/2018

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Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
UVA - continue on your project. Due Monday, November 26

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Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Analyze former President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Proclamation (2013).
Answer the six questions provided on the worksheet. You must cite evidence from President Obama's proclamation in your answers.
This assignment is due November 26 (Monday).

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Mr. Dayan:
8th Grade:
Brandeis/Caltech/Johns Hopkins:
Prepare for Lincoln Debate: (The debate will commence on the Monday we return. Please email me with any questions over the weekend. Everyone will be expected to participate.)

Complete "Organizing the Evidence" worksheet, and be prepared to argue both sides of the "Lincoln on Race" debate.
Other notable topics to consider when preparing for the debate include;

True North and the value of a compass quote
Lincolns desire to secure the Border States
Question the reliability of the sources for each document (Political Speech vs Personal Letter to a Friend.)
Lincoln's dilemma between balancing the Radical and Conservative Republicans
Why did Lincoln play the long game?
Was Emancipation a moral or military measure?

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Social Studies Tuesday November 20, 2018

11/20/2018

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Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
UVA - continue on your project. Due Monday, November 26

ancient_egypt_research_project.pdf
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Social Studies Monday November 19, 2018

11/19/2018

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Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
UVA - continue on your project. Due Monday, November 26
MIT - wksh. The Earliest Egyptians
UChi and UCLA - wksh. The Egyptian Dynasties

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Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Create a Venn Diagram comparing the Puritans and the Pilgrims.
The Newsela articles distributed in class, "Puritan Life and Dissent in Colonial New England" and "They Sailed on the Mayflower and Struggled to Build a Home: the Pilgrims" will help supply the information for this assignment.

Mr. Dayan:
8th Grade:
Brandeis:

Complete "Lincoln" Guiding Questions A-D
Hot Question; In what ways does document D corroborate one's response to the question of whether Lincoln was a racist or not?

Caltech/Johns Hopkins:

Complete "Lincoln" Guiding Questions A-D

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Social Studies Friday November 16, 2018

11/16/2018

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Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
UVA - Work on power point project Ancient Egyptian Civilization (due Wednesday, November 21
MIT - Draft of Moral Focus Essay - Self-control and Wksh. Two Rivers in Mesopotamia
UChi and UCLA - Wksh. Two Rivers in Mesopotamia

Mr. Dayan:
8th Grade:
Brandeis:

Review and annotate Lincoln Documents A-D
Complete Venn Diagram; three things Lincoln and Douglas agree on, and three disagreements

Caltech:

Review and annotate Lincoln Documents A-D
Answer Guiding Questions for Document C

Johns Hopkins:
Take Home Quiz

Read and annotate Lincoln Documents A-D
Complete Guiding Questions for Documents A-D

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Social Studies Wednesday November 14, 2018

11/14/2018

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Mr. Bruning:
7th Grade:
Complete the worksheet, "A Cutaway View of the Mayflower."
Owing to scheduling changes due to interim testing and parent/teacher conferences this assignment is due November 19 (Monday).

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Social Studies Friday November 9, 2018

11/9/2018

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Ms. Victor:
6th Grade:
UCLA - Prepare for ELA InterimComplete worksheets -
MIT & UVA - A Selection from the Code of Hammurabi
UChi - The Sumerians: Bartering

Mr. Dayan:
Brandeis/Cal Tech/Johns Hopkins:
Instructions for take home quiz:

Read and Annotate each Document and identify the main arguments and strategies(Religion, Law, Reason.) used by abolitionists.
Corroborate/Compare one text and one image. How do they Connect? How are they different?
Contextualize; You are a free citizen in the 1830's. Which document would appeal or persuade you most to support the abolitionist movement? Why?

Question Formulation Technique:
Q Focus: What was New York City's role in Abolition and the Underground Railroad?

Select one question you produced from "The New York Times Underground Railroad Clip" that you wish to explore further. https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/1194817113647/weekend-explorer
Weekend Explorer - Video - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com
Follow a freedom trail through pre-Civil War Brooklyn, from a church basement in Brooklyn Heights to a safe haven in Crown Heights.
This assignment can be done by hand or as a PowerPoint presentation. It will be graded as a quiz. Due tomorrow. I will not be accepting late entries.
Slide 1 or Page 1:Type the Question Answer the question using three bullet points

Type the Question
Answer the question using three bullet points

Slide 2 or Page 2:

Select a relevant image, media clip, or something outside the box
Describe how your image, media clip, etc. connects to the content of your question

Slide 3 or Page 3:

Provide links to your sources

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