Mr. Peters - Room 208 - Social Studies 2008 - 2009
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS and HOMEWORK
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Tuesday, June 16 - Day 2 Final Exam Review - Questions 25-53 - Finish for Homework
Monday, June 15 - Day 1 Final Exam Review - Questions 1-24 - Finish for Homework
Friday, June 12 - Finish Mapwork: "Territorial Expansion" - No Homework
Thursday, June 11 - Review "3 Branches of Government" Packet - Passout Packet: "Territorial Expansion" - Begin Mapwork - No Homework
Last HISTORY MYSTERY of the year : As you already know the 13 Colonies became the 13 Original United States of America - but what was the 14th, 15th, and 16th States to join the Union (and the year they did so) ? Find out and email the answer up until 6/12/09 - good luck !
Wednesday, June 10 - Chapter 11 NY State Workbook : "NY State and the US Constitution" - Finish for Homework - Contest : "American Revolution" Connect the Dots (optional)
Tuesday, June 9 - Packet : "The Three Branches of Government" - Finish for Homework
Monday, June 8 - Chapter 10 NY State Workbook : "How the NYS Constitution was Written" - Finish for Homework
Friday, June 5 - Continue Working on Packet "The US Constitution" - No Homework
Thursday, June 4 - Videostream 5 Facts : "The US Contitution" - Passout Packet: "The US Constitution" - No Homework
HISTORY MYSTERY : The "Declaration of Independence" was ratified on July 4, 1776 - a committee of five men were instructed by the 2nd Continental Congress to compose the statement to be sent to the British. Thomas Jefferson wrote the rough draft - but who else was on the "committee" ?
Answer : Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Ben Franklin
Wednesday, June 3 - Review Constitutional Convention Compromises - No Homework
Tuesday, May 19 - Notes: NY State Workbook Chapter 9 "NY during the American Revolution" - Period 2 No Homework - Periods 5,6,7,8 Homework : "American Uniform"
Monday, May 18 - Finish Mapwork "Major Battles" - Period 2 Homework : "American Uniform"
Friday, May 15 - 1/2 Day - Staff Development - Period 2 Finish Mapwork "Major Battles" - No Homework
HISTORY MYSTERY : On Thursday, December 16, 1773 the Sons of Liberty destroyed 342 chests of British Tea in the Boston Harbor - Name the 3 ships that carried the hated British tea ?
Answer : The Dartmoutn, The Beaver, and The Eleanor
Thursday, May 14 - Continue Mapwork : "Major Battles" - No Homework
Wednesday, May 13 - Begin Mapwork : "Major Battles of the Revolutionary War" - No Homework
Tuesday, May 12 - Review "Declaration of Independence" - Homework : Pages 35 E - 35 F (Questions 1-7)
Monday, May 11 - Finish "April Morning" - Passout "Declaration of Independence" - No Homework
Friday, May 8 - New 5 Facts "April Morning" - No Homework
Thursday, May 7 - Continue 5 Facts "April Morning" - No Homework
Wednesday, May 6 - Finish Comparisons - 5 Facts "April Morning" - No Homework
Tuesday, May 5 - Comparing Strengths and Weaknesses - No Homework
Monday, May 4 - Notes: "The Revolutionary War Begins" - No Homework
Friday, May 1 - Review Homework - Finish "Causes" Notes - 5 Facts "Seeds of Liberty" - No Homework
Thursday, April 30 - Finish Reading Play: "What a Riot" - Continue Notes "Causes of the Revolutionary War" - Homework: Pages 33 C - D
Wednesday, April 29 - Review Homework "Bias: The Boston Massacre" - Play: "What a Riot" - No Homework
Tuesday, April 28 - Notes: "The Boston Massacre" - Homework: "Bias-Boston Massacre" Questions 1-5
Monday, April 27 - Passback "French and Indian War" Quiz - Notes: "The Causes of the Revolutionary War" - No Homework
Friday, April 24 - QUIZ on "The French and Indian War" - No Homework
Thursday, April 23 - Final Social Studies Notebook Check - Classwork: Start Essay Final Copy - Homework: Finish "The French and Indian War" Essay + Study for Quiz
Wednesday, April 22 - Finish Essay Directions - Start "The French and Indian War" Essay Rough Draft - Homework: Finish Rough Draft
Tuesday, April 21 - Passback "Gustavas Vassa" Listening Quiz - Continue Notes: "The French and Indian War" - Begin Essay Directions "The Battles of Fort Duquesne and Quebec" - No Homework
Monday, April 20 - 4th Quarter Begins - Passout 3rd Quarter Grades - New Seats - New Country Club - New Credit System - 8th Period wins 3rd Quarter Competition - Notes: "The French and Indian War" - No Homework
Thursday, April 9 - Final Day of 3rd Quarter - Credit System Closes - All Late Assignments Due - Check Homework Questions - 5 Facts: "The Underground Railroad" - No Homework
Wednesday, April 8 - Passout Notes: "The Slave Trade" - Read "Gustavus Vassa" Story - "Listening Quiz" - Questions 1-8 Homework
Tuesday, April 7 - Review Intro Work from Chapter 5 and 6 - No Homework
Monday, April 6 - Intro Worksheets to New Unit "The Revolutionary War" - No Homework
Friday, April 3 - Unit Exam Writing Section - No Homework
HISTORY MYSTERY : As you know from the Colonial Jobs we have been studying, a Blacksmith turns iron into useful items such as horseshoes, axes, knives, etc..... but do you know what a "Belly Builder" did for a living ?
Correct Answers earn +5 Credits and must be emailed to me by 4/3/09
Answer : Belly Builders assembled the 'insides' of a piano !
Thursday, April 2 - COLONIAL PERIOD UNIT TEST - Start Studying !
Tuesday, March 31 - American Nation Textbook Review Sheet "Colonial Period" - Homework: Study for Unit Test
Monday, March 30 - "Founding the Colonies" Review Sheets (Finish for Homework)
Friday, March 27 - Continue Packet "Colonial Period: Life and Times" - Homework: Finish "Life and Times" Pages 29 B-C
Thursday, March 26 - Review "Zenger Case" Homework - Passout Packet "Colonial Period: Life and Times" - No Homework
Wednesday, March 25 - Finish Notes: "Colonial Life in New York" - Homework: "The Zenger Case" Questions Page 45
Tuesday, March 24 - Review "Democratic vs. Undemocratic" - Notes: "Colonial Life in New York Under English Rule" - No Homework
Monday, March 23 - Notes: "Colonial Period: Government" - Homework: "Democratic / Undemocratic" Pages 28 B + C
HISTORY MYSTERY : William Penn is known for his kind treatment of the Indians native to Pennsylvania - name the tribe that maintained good relations with Penn and the Quakers ?
Correct Answers earn +5 Credits and must be emailed to me by 3/19/09
Answer: LANAPE INDIANS
Thursday, March 19 - Complete Major Trade Products Fill Ins 27A + B - Homework: Triangular Trade Route Maps Page 27 C
Wednesday, March 18 - Finish Auction - Passout Packet "Colonial Period: Trade and Commerce" - No Homework
Tuesday, March 17 - Continue "Antique Auction" - No Homework
Monday, March 16 - Check Homework Page 26 C - Start "Colonial Antique Auction" - No Homework
Friday, March 13 - Period 2 - Passout Packet "Colonial Period: The Economy" - Homework: "Skilled Craftsmen" Page 26 C (Questions 1-25 due: Monday, March 16)
Thursday, March 12 - Continue Packet "The Economy" - Homework "Skilled Craftsmen" Page 26 C (Questions 1-25 due: Monday, March 16)
Wednesday, March 11 - Finish Packet "The People" - Passout Packet "Colonial Period: The Economy" - No Homework
Tuesday, March 10 - Collect Homework Ads 24b - Continue Packet "The People" - Homework: Page 24e Mapwork
Monday, March 9 - Collect FINAL COPY of Essay "Settlers Cross the Atlantic" - Passout Packet: "Colonial Period: The People" - Homework: Page 24b "Advertisement"
Friday, March 6 - Finish Essay Rough Draft - Homework: FINAL COPY "Settlers Cross the Atlantic" Essay
Thursday, March 5 - Begin "Settlers Cross the Atlantic" Essay Rough Draft - No Homework
Wednesday, March 4 - Review Homework Pages 38 + 39 - Passout Essay "Settlers Cross the Atlantic" - Read Background Notes - No Homework
Tuesday, March 3 - Finish Notes "Life for Early Europeans" - Homework : Pages 38 + 39
Monday, March 2 - 13 Colonies Map Retakes - Passout NY State Workbook Chapter 6 "Life for Early European Settlers in NYS" - No Homework
Friday, February 27 - 13 Colonies Pass/Fail Map Quiz - Finish Packet "The English Settle America" - No Homework
Thursday, February 26 - 13 Colonies Pass/Fail Map Quiz
Wednesday, February 25 - Notes: "William Penn and the Quakers" - Homework: Quaker Readings and Questions (23 B-C) - Study for 13 Colonies Map Quiz (Begins Thursday)
Tuesday, February 24 - Check and Review 19b - 5 Facts "The Salem Witchcraft Trials" - Reminder: 13 Colonies Pass/Fail Map Quiz Begins Thursday, February 26th
Monday, February 23 - Reading: "The Salem Witchcraft Trials" - Homework Questions 1-5 Page 19b - Period 7: Portfolio due date changed to 2/25
Friday, February 13 - Newspaper Bingo (+5-10 Credits) - No Homework
Thursday, February 12 - Play: "Anne Hutchinson" - No Homework - Period 7 "Portfolio # 2" (due 2/25)
Wednesday, February 11 - Correct Pilgrims Contest - No Homework
History Mystery - The Pilgrims famously made their voyage accross the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower in 1620 - but there was suppose to be two ships to have crossed the Atlantic - what was the name of the 2nd ship that never made the crossing ?
Correct Answers earn +5 Credits - all answers must be emailed to me using the link above !
Answer : The Speedwell
Tuesday, February 10 - Contest: "The Puritans" - Finish for Homework
Monday, February 9 - Passout 2nd Quarter Grades - New Seats - New Country Club - 3rd Quarter Credit System Opens - Reading: Section 1 Chapter 4 "The Puritans" - No Homework
Friday, February 6 - "The First Thanksgiving" Activity Packet - Finish for Homework
Thursday, February 5 - Periods 2,5,6,8 Collect Contests "Mayflower Math" + Record Winners - 5 Facts: "Plimouth Plantation" - No Homework - Period 7 Finish "Pilgrim Game" - Homework: Portfolio # 1 (due Friday 2/6)
Wednesday, February 4 - Periods 2,5,6,8 Contest: "Mayflower Math" - Homework: "Symbols at Sea" - Period 7 "Pilgrims Game" - No Homework
Tuesday, February 3 - Period 2 Finish "Pilgrims Game" Homework: "Church and State" -Periods 5,6,8 Finish "Pilgrims Game" - Homework: "Symbols at Sea" - Period 7 Passback "Jamestown" Quiz and Review - 5 Facts: "The Jamestown Settlement" - Homework: Portfolio # 1 (due 2/6/09)
Monday, February 2 - Periods 2,5,6,8 - Notes: "The Pilgrims Game" - Homework: "Church and State" - Period 7: Listening Comprehension Quiz "Jamestown" - No Homework
Friday, January 30 - Passback Quiz - 5 Facts "The Jamestown Settlement" - No Homework - Period 7: PORTFOLIO # 1 (due 2/6/09)
Thursday, January 29 - Reading / Listening Comprehension Quiz "The Jamestown Settlement" - No Homework
Monday, January 26 - Passout Notes: "Map Exercise - The 13 Colonies" - Homework Questions 1-10 (Page 15 b-c)
Friday, January 23 - Finish and Review Chapter 4 Intro Worksheet - No Homework
Thursday, January 22 - Check Chapter 4 Vocabualry - Passout "13 Colonies" Intro Worksheet - No Homework
Wednesday, January 21 - Passback Unit Tests and Constructed Response -Passout 13 Colonies Map - Homework: Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Tuesday, January 20 - Writing Part of "Exploration" Unit Test - No Homework
Friday, January 16 - Period 2 "Age of Exploration" UNIT TEST
Thursday, January 15 - Period 5, 6, 7, 8 "Age of Exploration" UNIT TEST
Wednesday, January 14 - "To Tell The Truth : Henando Cortes" - Homework : Study for "Age of Exploration" UNIT TEST
Tuesday, January 13 - Check Homework and Review - Go Over Contest Map - Videostream "Magellan" - No Homework
Monday, January 12 - Finish Reading "Magellan" - Contest "Magallan's Voyage Around the World" Connect the Dots - Homework Page 8c Questions 1 - 4
Friday, January 9 - Reading: Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Around the World - No Homework
Thursday, January 8 - Finish Notes :"Exploration of NY State Area" - Chapter 5 Review Questions - 5 Facts: "The Dutch and New Amsterdam"
Tuesday, January 6 - Notes: "NY During Age of Exploration" - Henry Hudson Videostream - No Homework
Monday, January 5 - Notes: New York During the Age of Exploration - Homework: Writing and Thinking Questions 1 - 3
HISTORY MYSTERY : In miles, what is the approximate length of one degree of Latitude, one minute of Latitude, and one second of Latitude ?
Answer :69.05 Miles
Thursday, December 18 - QUIZ : "Christopher Columbus"
Wednesday, December 17 - Finish Movie : "The Discovery" - Columbus Quiz Cancelled until Thursday 12/18 - SSR Reading: "Pedro's Journal" - Homework : Study for Quiz
Tuesday, December 16 - 5 Facts : "The Discovery" - Study for Columbus Quiz
Monday, December 15 - 5 Facts : "The Discovery" - No Homework
Thursday, December 11 - Passback "Columbus : Listening Quiz" - 5 Facts : "The Discovery" - No Homework
Wednesday, December 10 - Passback Contest Winners - Play : "The Fateful Voyage" - No Homework
Tuesday, December 9 - Collect and Correct "Columbus Unscramble Contest" - Listening Quiz : "Columbus" - No Homework
Tuesday, November 18 - Continue Mapwork : "Europe Trades" - No Homework
Monday, November 17 - Quiz Make Ups - Mapwork : "Europe Trades with the East" - Lynch Middle School No Homework Night !
Friday, November 14 - QUIZ : "Explorers Come to the New World" - No Homework
Thursday, November 13 - Continue Mapwork "Explorers" Fill In Boxes Page 5B - Study For Quiz "Explorers Come to the New World" - Notebook Check Friday
Wednesday, November 12 - New Country Club, New Credit System, Passback 1st Quarter Grades, New 2nd Quarter Assigned Seats, Passout Mapwork : "Explorers Come to the New World" - Homework : Finish Page 5 A - Prepare "3 Ring Binder" for Check
Friday, November 7 - Mapwork : Explorers Come to the New World - No Homework
Thursday, November 6 - Review Chapter 3 Intro Worksheet - 5 Facts "Discover the World" - No Homework
Wednesday, November 5 - Finish
Classwork "Exploration" - Review Homework : Chapter 3 Vocab Building
Tuesday, November 4 - Review Upcoming Notebook Check - Passout Classwork "Exploration" - Homework : Chapter 3 Vocab Building
Monday, November 3 - Passback and Go Over 'Unit 1 Review' Homework, Bingo, Constructed Response, and the Unit Test Scantron - No Homework
Friday, October 31 - Unit Test Make Ups - Newspaper Bingo
Thursday, October 30 - "Native Americans" UNIT TEST
Wednesday, October 29 - "Constructed Response" short answer written portion of Unit Exam - Study for UNIT TEST - Period 7 : Native Americans Research Paper due Thursday, October 30 - Study for Unit Test
Tuesday, October 28 - Native Americans Unit Test Review "Jeopardy" - Study for UNIT TEST
Monday, October 27 - "American Nation" Chapter 2 Study Guide - Homework : Unit 2 Review Sheet
Friday, October 24 - Review Wordfind Definitions - 5 Facts : "Native American Myths - Study for Wednesday's Unit Test - Period 7 : Research Paper Set Up - Homework : Work on Final Copy - Study for Unit Test
Thursday, October 23 - Finish NYS Workbook Chapter 4 - Homework : Wordfind + Definitions - Period 7 : Finish Native American Tribe Research Outline
Wednesday, October 22 - Notes: "How Iroquois Governed Their Lives" - No Homework
Tuesday, October 21 - Per. 2568 Notes: "How the Iroquois Governed Their Lives" Homework: Kinship Chart - Period 7 QUIZ: Seneca Village Reading No Homework
Monday, October 20 - Per. 2568 Finish Questions (1 - 3) Page 21 - Period 7 Seneca Village Questions (1 - 16) and Study for Quiz
Friday, October 17 - QUIZ: "Seneca Village" Reading
Thursday, October 16 - SSR : "Seneca Village" - Homework : Seneca Village Reading Questions - Study for Quiz
Wednesday, October 15 - Review 5 Facts Credits Quiz - Finish Chapter 3 Questions - No Homework
Tuesday, October 14 - Finish Notes "Time and Space" - 5 Facts: "Life in the Woodlands" Video - No Homework
Friday, October 10 - Notes: "How the Iroquois Used Space and Time - No Homework
Thursday, October 9 - Period 2 5 6 8 Review Page 15 Answers No Homework - Period 7 "They Were Here First" Reading Comprehension Quiz No Homework
Wednesday, October 8 - Period 2 "They Were Here First" Reading No Homework - Period 5 6 8 Passout Chapter 3 New York State Workbook Finish Page 15 for Homework - Period 7 in Library for Research Paper
Tuesday, October 7 - Period 2 "Archeology Dig" No Homework - Period 5 6 8 "They Were Here First" Reading Comprehension Quiz No Homework - Period 7 in Library for Native Americans Research Paper
Monday, October 6 - "Anthropology and Archeology" - No Homework
Friday, October 3 - 1/2 Day Staff Development - No Homework
HISTORY MYSTERY: "Mohawk" is the English name for the Indians that lived right here in the Amsterdam area over 500 years ago. Question: How did the Mohawk people refer to themselves during this time period ?
Answer : Kanienkeh, or Kanienkehaka, or Kanien'Kahake meaning "People of the Flint"
Thursday, October 2 - Finish Reading Ch: 2 "NY during Indian Times" and complete Review Questions - Passout "Digging for Clues to the Past" - No Homework
Wednesday, October 1 - Check Homework Page 9 Questions 1-4 - Passout Notes and Read - No Homework
Tuesday, September 30 - Passback Contest and Announce Winners - Passout New York State Workbook Chapter 2 "New York during Indian Times" - Homework : Page 9 Questions 1-4
Monday, September 29 - Passback QUIZ and review - Passout Contest and Correct - No Homework
Friday, September 26 - QUIZ: "The First Americans" - Finish and Collect Contest
Thursday, September 25 - Check Homework 3 ABC - Review Homework - Passout Page 3 D and Complete Question 6 - Passout "First Americans" Contest - Study for "First Americans" QUIZ
Wednesday, September 24 - Finish Chapter 2 Intro - Passout Notes: "The First Americans" - Homework: Pages 3 A, B, C
Tuesday, September 23 - Check Chapter 2 Vocabulary Homework - Finish Chapter 2 Worksheet - No Homework
Friday, September 19 - Textbook Introduction - Textbook Credits Quiz - Chapter 2 Vocabulary - No Homework
Thursday, September 18 - Review "Native American" Overheads - No Homework
Wednesday, September 17 - Collect any late "ME" Posters - Credit System Review - "Native American" Overhead Transparency Activity - No Homework
Tuesday, September 16 - Announce Student Council Election Winners - Collect "ME" Posters - Finish "Credit System" - No Homework
Monday, September 15 - Student Council Classroom Representatives Election - Recheck Notebooks - Finish Pre Test - Homework : "ME" Poster
Friday, September 12 - NOTEBOOK CHECK - "Pre Test"
Thursday, September 11 - Collect Parent Rules Letter - Review Rules - Continue Credit System - Remind Notebook Check Friday
Wednesday, September 10 - Collect Late Infos - Finish Rules - Passout Parent Rules Letter (Please have it signed and back by Friday) - Passout "Credit System " - No Homework
Tuesday, September 9 - Collect "INFOS" - Passout "Rules" - Homework: Late Infos
Monday, September 8 - Review Class Requirements - Go Over 9 Dot Activity - Passout "INFOS" Finish for Homework
HISTORY MYSTERY: (+ 5 Credits) If you can come up with the answer to the question below email me using the link at the top of my School Notes webpage :
In honor of "Constitution Day" - what State was the 1st to ratify (pass) the United States Constitution thus establishing the current government for our country ?
ANSWER: Delaware
Friday, September 5 - 9 Dot Activity - Class Requirements - "Schoolnotes.com" Website Introduction - No Homework
Thursday, September 4 - First Day of Classes - Welcome Back !
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