Saint Mary of the Mills School
Middle School Social Studies [6th-8th Grade]
E-Mail Address: smiskimins@stmaryofthemills.org
CORNERSTONE Clues for Soc Stds.:
-Homework scores of 2.5 or 3 (half credit) tells you the assignment was either LATE or INCOMPLETE.
-Zeros in the Homework column mean the work was NEVER turned in or turned in 2 days late or later (no work accepted more than 1 day late).
***History Round Table:
Open to 5th through 8th Graders
Bring a Book on a History Topic that you are reading.
Be ready to discuss it.
We will meet on Tuesdays from 3:15-4pm in Mr. M's room.
Upcoming Dates:
Tues Feb 21st
Tues March 13th
Tues April 24th
Tues May 22nd
***Miss Stewart's Debate Club
We meet the First and Third Wednesdays of Every Month
--7th and 8th graders welcome!
**Debate Wikispace Page**
http://stmarysdebate.wikispace.com/
***
6th GRADE:
Now Up: Chapter 9--Rome
Last Test: Jan 20th
NEXT Test: Moved to Weds Feb 8th
7th GRADE:
Last test: Jan 23rd
Next up: West Africa (big book)
Next Test: Fri Feb 10th
8th GRADE:
Now Up: Ch 19-Monopolies & 1800's Corporate America
Last Test: Jan 18th
Next Test Tues Jan 31st
Next up: Chapter 20
Summer 2011 Historical Travels (things learned):
1. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia:
With all the costumed re-enactors it was quite cool to hear the language of the 1700s and see the clothing and jobs of the period. My wife put me "in the stocks."
2. Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia:
The "turning point" of the Revolutionary War, here the Colonists turned back the British--trapping them at the bottom of the Virginia Peninsula in this 1781 battle.
3. Jamestwon Settlement, Virginia:
America's "first" settlement from 1607, there are some buildings (half destroyed) still around--like the stone church. There were also displays on archaeological burial excavations--like a young man who died of a gun shot wound to the leg. It was cool to see a 400-year-old skeleton excavation.
4. Bull Run Battlefield, Virginia:
I went during the week of the 150th Anniversary of the first "major" battle of the Civil War (July 21, 1861). I had always heard how much added "excitement" there was during the 1960s (before my time) about the 100th Anniversary of the war. Now I can see it...thanks to the 150th anniiversary. There were some cool displays on civil war era cannons and cannon balls.
5. Fort Clatsop, Oregon (Lewis & Clark's Winter Headquarters):
This is a re-creation of the Fort where the explorers sent the winter on the Oregon Coast after their 2,000 mile "voyage of exploration" west they took on behalf of President Jefferson back in 1803.
6. Oregon Historical Society--Portland, Oregon:
I saw artifacts from the Battleship USS Oregon--the "bulldog" of the US Navy during the 1898 Spanish-American War with Spain.
7. Walnut Canyon, Arizona:
This was really cool. There were Cliff Dwellings from Native American Indians from about 1,000 years ago. The Indians lived in these carved out dwellings in the side of the Cliffs--scary but cool.
8. Trips this Fall--Dealey, Plaza: Dallas, Texas:
There is where President Kennedy was Assasinated in 1963 while on his campaign swing through Texas. A very eerie place. The hair on the back of my neck stood up when I looked out the window Oswald shot the President from.
Famous History Quotes:
BATTLE;
"May God have mercy on my enemies for I shall have none."--General George S. Patton
BRAVERY [wanting to participate];
"Please spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy in battle and I not share (go with them) in its dangers"--Lt Col George Custer
HARDWORK;
"An ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
--General George S. Patton
KNOWING YOUR EMEMIES;
"FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover likes to throw 'trash' around so better to have him IN my tent throwing trash out then OUTSIDE my tent throwing the trash back in."
--President Lyndon B. Johnson
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