WELCOME TO GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES AT PARKER MIDDLE
Hello Parker scholars and/or parents/guardians-
Class update: We are currently covering the American Civil War (or the 'War between the States'). Soon in class we will get to see students as ABE (they will be wearing 'beards' with tall hats and uttering the famous words of the Gettsbury Address). At the end of this month, we are excited to be welcoming Mr. David Jennings, a Union Civil War reinactor (see link at bottom to Southcoast Historical's website).
CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS: *MAY IS ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS HERITAGE MONTH: Celebrate it!
We will be learning about a remarkable young Civil War soldier's story which is connected with this topic.
PLEASE NOTE- Students should keep a S.S. notebook which includes class notes. *Students who are absent need to get the class notes on the day that they return.*
IMPORTANT: THURSDAY is extra-help afternoon- students may stay for help in any subject or to make-up Social Studies work.
**AS THIS SCHOOL YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE: PLEASE KNOW THAT I HAVE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED ALL THE RESPECT STUDENTS FROM THE 'CLASS OF 2009' HAVE SHOWN ME THIS YEAR. I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST IN YOUR FUTURE. YOU'RE GOING TO GO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!**
Thanks, Mrs. Houlker, grade 8 S.S.
quotes from Gertrude Stein: "History takes time. History makes memory."
and from Thomas Jefferson: "I like the promise of our future better than the history of our past."
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."
from Alex Haley, author of ROOTS and descendant of Kunta Kinte!
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