7th Grade Homework

Handouts “Latitude in North America” and “Created by Nature”

Due:

701 & 702: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

709: Thursday, October 1, 2015

7th Grade Homework

1. Read handout “Lines of Longitude and Latitude” and answer the following questions on Journal 2: What are Lines of Longitude and Latitude used for? 

2. Complete packet “Locate Cities in Europe”. 

Due:

701 & 702: Friday, September 25, 2015

709: Tuesday, September 29, 2015

7th Grade Homework

1. Complete all color activities on both handouts "Let's Travel the Earth" and "Land and Water". 

2. Study for the quiz using notes "Map Skills" and all of the handouts about the continents and oceans. 

Due:
701&702: Monday, September 21, 2015

709: Friday, September 25, 2015

7th Grade Homework

1. Handout “Locating the Continents & Oceans” 

2.Draw a map of your neighborhood. Include the 5 parts of a map. 

Due: 

701 & 702 - Thursday, September 17th, 2015 

709 - Monday, September 20th, 2015

8th Grade Summer Packet

I hope everyone is having a productive summer! Here are just a few assignments to keep you thinking over the summer. Also, this will help you remember what we were covering in 7th grade American History. The images below are in the order in which the questions in your packet are. The third page of your packet titled "Three Branches" can be done without outside sources. Read and study the 4th and 5th pages, as you will be quizzed the first week of school

701 & 702 Homework (June 10th, 2015)

Homework: Read “Money, Money, Money, Money” 1. How did Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson views on how the country should grow differ? 2. Define: capital, credit, collateral, bond, interest, free enterprise. 3. What’s another reason why the Articles of Confederation was abolished?

8th Grade: Journals 31-40

Journal 31 - Why did California become a state so quickly? What year was it?

Journal 32 – How did the United States change in the 1800s compared to the Antebellum way of life? Use “Preface Antebellum” and the following words: Antebellum, Andrew Jackson, democracy, vote, industrialization, happiness.

Journal 33 – Read the handout on “Expansionism” and take a stand: for or against Expansionism. Explain why you chose that stand. (1897)

Journal 34 – What should a country do to ensure that its trade routes and political influence are secured?

Journal 35 – A reason often given for taking territory was that the backward people who lived there needed the blessings of civilization. Would you agree with that attitude? Why? Or Why not?

Journal 36 – Define Yellow Journalism. What did Yellow Journalism cause in the United States?

Journal 37 – How would you convince a group of friends to play a game by your rules?

Journal 38 – Knowing how the Panama Canal was built, and how the U.S. acquired Hawaii, describe how the U.S. was behaving towards other countries at this time. (provide 2 pieces of evidence)

Journal 39 – How does Geography give the United States an advantage to build a colonial empire?

Journal 40 – What were the difficulties in building the Panama Canal?