Homework -- 6/12

8th Grade - Due Monday, 6/15, first draft of graduation speech. Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Due Everyday in L.A.:

• Bring Independent Reading book
• Read 20 minutes
• Have grammar book and notes
• Be ready for character interview

Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

Math Notes - 8th Grade

Math Notes - 7th Grade

Homework -- 6/10

The Boston Field Trip is tomorrow, Thursday 6/11. We will be leaving at 7:30 a.m., so everyone should arrive by 7:15. See the handout, and posting on this site from earlier this week, for the schedule and Items Needed for the Day. Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Due Everyday in L.A.:

• Bring Independent Reading book
• Read 20 minutes
• Have grammar book and notes
• Be ready for character interview

Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: There will be a test Friday, 6/12. Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: Study for test on Part II of Elements handout on Friday, 6/12. Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Social studies notes and reading
• Science - "Elements" handout

Homework - 6/9

NOTE: Tomorrow, Wednesday 6/10, is the last-chance, drop-dead final deadline to bring photos for the yearbook. Reminder: Tomorrow is an early dismissal day, 12:30, for all students. Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Due Everyday in L.A.:

• Bring Independent Reading book
• Read 20 minutes
• Have grammar book and notes
• Be ready for character interview

Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Wednesday, 6/10, complete Wump Hats - Labsheet 2.3A & 2.3B (begun in class). 8th Grade: Due Wednesday, 6/10, do #21 & #22 on p. 3 of "Algebra 1A Final Exam" handout. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: There will be a test Friday, 6/12. Previously Assigned/still due: For Monday, 6/1, study for quiz on "Sequence of Key Events of the 19th Century." Science Assigned today: Study for test on Part II of Elements handout on Friday, 6/12. Previously Assigned/still due: Study for test on Part 1 of Elements handout on Wednesday, 6/10. Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Math binder and handouts - 7th: Labsheets 2.3A & B; 8th: "Algebra" handout
• Social studies notes and reading
• Science - "Elements" handout

Dred Scott Decision - Big Ideas

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1857 Dred Scott Decision by U.S. Supreme Court Big Ideas:

1. Negroes are inferior class of beings, subjugated by the dominant race;
2. Slaves are property; property is protected by Constitution;
3. Missouri Compromise - saying where slavery was/wasn't allowed - is unconstitutional.

Science Notes - 6/8

Social Studies Test

Social Studies Test on Friday, June 11 This will be a matching and a multiple-choice test. You will also be asked to explain two issues that you choose from a list. Topics Covered: 1. The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in New England, including Lowell (including cotton gin) 2. The differences between the economies of the North (urban, industrial) and the South (rural, agricultural) --- you wrote about this! 3. How the United States dealt with the slavery question, as it expanded its territory: Know -

• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Compromise of 1850 (1850)
• Fugitive Slave Act [part of 1850 Compromise] (1850)
• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
• "Bleeding Kansas" (1856)
• Dred Scott decision (1857)

People/Terms to Know:

• factory system
• market economy
• farm economy
• cotton gin
• Eli whitney
• Louisiana Purchase
• abolitionism
• "mill girls"
• blacklist
• Anthony Burns
• Charles Suttle
• Charles F. Lowell
• canals, Erie Canal
• John Brown
• Sen. Stephen Douglas
• "Boston Associates"
• power loom
• entrepreneur
• Dred Scott
• "border ruffians"
• T.W. Higginson

Homework -- 6/8

Language Arts Note: Have L.A. journal in class with you all the time. Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 6/9, in L.A. journal, list at least 10 things from this year in the Prisms that you think could and should be shown on our Prism banners via a visual. Choose one and design a visual for it that could be done with felt pieces in one hour. Color your design with the colors to use. Also, locate and bring to class Practicing Grammar plus your current independent reading book. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 6/6, read pp. 18-185 in Liberty for All. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Wednesday, 6/10, Part 1 of Elements handout. Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Other: Due tomorrow, Tuesday 6/9, returned signed Boston Permission Slip.

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Social Studies reading (Liberty for All)
• L.A. journal
• Science - Elements handout

Boston Field Trip

Boston Field Trip, Thursday 6/11 Itinerary for Day 7:30 Departure from HCCPS to Boston 10:00 Arrival at MIT Museum in Cambridge (snack and recreation) 10:30 Tour of MIT Museum (interactive) Noon Boston Commons (lunch and recreation) 1:00 Short walk to State House 1:30 State House Tour (see legislature in session) 3:00 Down time: Recreation on Boston Commons and Snack 4:30 Institute of Contemporary Art (self-guided tour) 6:00 Dinner at Chau Chow City in Chinatown 7:30 Departure from Boston 10:00 Arrival at HCCPS Items Needed for Day

• morning snack with beverage (Keep light to carry.)
• packed lunch (brown bag lunch)
• afternoon snack with beverage (Keep light to carry.)
• refillable water bottle
• rain gear if wet weather is predicted
• hat
• sunscreen
• appropriate, comfortable clothing for visit to State House, meeting with legislator, and tours
• comfortable walking shoes

NOTE: Please contact Jane or John if you have any questions about this trip.