Welcome to Mr. Pineda!!!!!

I would personally like to WELCOME Mr. Pineda to our Junior High Team. Mr. Pineda will be taking over all responsibilities as the Junior High Social Studies Teacher for the remainder of the year. This change comes as I leave to my new position with the school as Vice Principal.

Parents please keep an eye out for the weekly newsletter for contact and classroom information for the remainder of the year.

I would personally like to thank all the parents and students for making my time in Junior High a rewarding and memorable.

Chapter 7 Take-Home Assessment (DUE FRIDAY 4/19/13)

Just a reminder 7th and 8th Grade both have a take-home assessment that is DUE tomorrow.
This assessment is an open-note assessment. All answers must be in complete sentences.

Discussion Question 16 (DUE Tuesday 4/9/13)

Should the US ban the sale of plastic water bottles? Why or Why not?

Requirements:
-Create a topic sentence by restating the question.
-Use complete sentences
-Double-spaced
-Length Requirements:
      7th: 15 sentences
      8th: 20 sentences


****** Student w/ modifications will need to meet the following length requirements*******

7th: 1 page (double-spaced)
8th:1 1/2 pages (double spaced)

Homework 4/4/13 (DUE 4/5/13) 7th and 8th

Both grade levels recieved a homework assignment that will be due tomorrow.

7th Grade: Causes of the Industrial Revolution (Only Question under Part A, not Part B)
8th Grade: Shays' Rebellion Primary Source Worksheet

Discussion Question #15 DUE THURSDAY (7th and 8th)

"Should students spend more time in school? Why or why not?"

Each student must write a written response to this question. The following are the format requirements:

-Include Question
-Topic Sentence (Restate Sentence)
-Double-space
- Minimum Length:
7th (15 sentences)
8th (20 sentences)


*** Students with modifications have the following length requirements:
7th Grade: 1 1/2 pages
8th Grade: 2 pages

Junior High Announcements/ Reminders

*Friday, March 29th: 7pm-9am(Saturday): JUNIOR HIGH  REWARD LOCK-IN

*Monday, April 1st: NO SCHOOL Spring Recess

*Tuesday, April 2nd: Vocabulary Quiz
                                      (7th and 8th Grade) Chapter 7
                                 Chapter 6 Retake Day
                                     ( @ lunch w/ original test signed by Parent/Guardian)
                                                   8th Grade Graduation Trip Information Night
                                                         @6pm in Mrs. Johnson's Room

Vocabulary Scramble (7th Grade DUE Thurs. 3/28 and 8th Grade DUE Fri. 3/29)

Directions: Students must take each vocabulary word and mix-up the letters to create a "scrambled" word. (Please highlight or underline the scrambled word). Then the student must provide a clue (definition or fact) about the word to help determine the scrambled word. Each word should be provided with a spot labeled as "Answer" for the original vocabulary word.

Example: Using the vocabulary word "capital"

1. laaptic 
clue: money or wealth
Answer: ______________

Extra Credit: Get a friend or family member to solve each scramble word and have them sign their name for EXTRA CREDIT.

8th Grade Vocabulary DUE Thursday 3/26/13

Chapter 7: The US Constitution

1. constitution
2. executive
3. economic depression
4. Daniel Shays
5. Shays' Rebellion
6. The Articles of Confederation
7. James Madison
8. The Virginia Plan
9.legislative branch
10. executive branch
11. judicial branch
12. The Great Compromis
13. The New Jersey Plan
14. Three-Fifths Compromise
15. Gouverneur Morris
16. ratify
17. Federalists
18. Antifederalists
19. amendment
20. The Bill of Rights

Chapter 7 Vocabulary Due WEDNESDAY 3/27/13

(7th Grade: The Industrial Revolution)

Directions: students must define each of the following words from the chapter.

1. anesthetic
2. Agriculture Revolution
3. enclosure
4. smelt
5. capital
6. urbanization
7. tenements
8. labor unions
9. utilitarianism
10. socialism
11. means of production
12. Communism
13. Karl Marx
14. proletariat
15. Marxism

Yearbook Announcements

If any parents have pictures (field-trips, buses, lunches, classroom, etc...) that you would like to see in the yearbook, please send to Ms. Eva ASAP. You can send via email or just take her the camera to see if she can download onto her computer. All yearbook pictures need to be turned into Eva no later then Friday, March 29th.

If you need any more information, please feel free to leave a comment and email me.

aperez@hesglendale.org

Paul Revere Commerical (Extra Credit)

Directions:

1. Go to the following link and watch the short commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPsYnUw7rI&playnext=1&list=PL3A31C28AB4727F75&feature=results_video

2. Answer the following question in the comment section of this post:
         -In the commercial it shows how the technology of cell phones could of changed Paul Revere's famous ride to warn colonist that British troops were invading.  What are some other changes that might of took place during the American Revolution, if cell phones were available during this time?

-Answer must be in complete sentences and a minimum of 5 sentences.

Famous Quotes (Extra Credit) 3/19/13

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

                                                               ------ Who said this?

Discussion Question 14 (Due Friday 3/1/13)

Should school officials be able to search your locker? Is it a violation of your rights as an American citizen? Why or why not?

Each student must write a written response to this question. The following are the format requirements:

-Include Question
-Double-space
- Minimum Length: 
       7th (15 sentences)
       8th (20 sentences)


*** Students with modifications have the following length requirements:
7th Grade: 1 1/2 pages
8th Grade: 2 pages

Famous Quote (2/26/13)

"Ability is nothing without opportunity." ---- Who said this?

Chapter Vocabulary (Due Wednesday 2/27/13)

The following are a list of vocabulary words by grade level. Each student is responsible for writing down the definition for each key word, person or phrase. (8th Grade must also include a sentence.)

7th Grade (End of Chapter 6)
1. Napoleon Bonaparte
2. plebiscite
3. Napoleonic Code
4. annexed
5. blockade
6. Nationalism
7. guerrilla warfare
8. abdicated
9. Battle of Waterloo
10. legitimacy

8th Grade (Chapter 6)
1. Thomas Paine
2. Richard Henry Lee
3. resolution
4. preamble
5. grievance
6. Nathan Hale
7. mercenary
8. alliance
9. cavalry
10. enlist
11. continental
12. John Paul Jones
13. privateer
14. Charles Cornwallis
15. guerrilla
16. Francis Marion
17. Nathanael Greene
18. traitor

Chapter Assessment (MONDAY 2/25/13)

Both 7th and 8th Grade will be having a Chapter Assessment on Monday 2/25/13. Each student may use a 3X5 index card to place notes to help aid them on the test. Students will modification The Assessments will be covering the following information:

7th Grade: The French Revolution
-Major Events
-Dates of Events
-Summary of Events
-Effects of Events


8th Grade: The Road to the American Revolution
-Major Events
-Dates of Events
-Summary of Events
-Effects of Events

***Students have already received a list of major events. However, one can be provided upon request in the comment section below.******

Timeline Project

ALL Timelines must be done on a poster board. Please contact Ms. Perez if there are any comment or concerns about getting a poster board.

7th Grade: French Revolution Timeline  (Due Wed 2/20/13)

Create a timeline that includes the following events:
1. Tennis Court Oath
2. Storming of the Bastille
3. 1789 Declaration of Man
4. Women's March on Versailles
5. Execution of Louis XVI
6. Reign of Terror

Each event should include the following information:
-When                      -What happened              -Picture/illustration for each event
-Where                     - Effect




8th Grade: Pre-American Revolution Events Timeline (Due Thurs 2/21/13)

Create a timeline that includes the following events:
1. Intolerable Acts
2. First Continental Congress
3. The Shot Heard Round the World
4. Second Continental Congress
5. Battle of Bunker Hill


Each event should include the following information:
-When -What happened -Picture/illustration for each event
-Where - Effect

Famous Quote (Extra Credit) 2/12/13

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
                    ------ Who said this???

Unit Assessment/ Writing Assignment (Due Monday 2/11/13)

Impact of the Enlightenment Writing Assignment/Assessment

 

DUE on MONDAY 2/11/13

 

Now it is time to apply what you have learned.  In essay form, you are going to respond to the following:

 

Explain how enlightenment thinking affected political and social thought.

 

Your essay will be graded on the following criteria:

• Clear and effective Introduction                                                                 10pts
• Supported statements about political and social effects                              30pts
• Clear and effective Conclusion                                                                   10pts
• Two pages, single-spaced (8^th Grade);One pages, single-spaced (7^th)           10pts 
• Writing Process (Organizer, Rough Draft, Final Copy)                 40pts  

                                                                     Total: 100pts                                 

Use the following essay outline to organize your thoughts:

Introduction: What is the goal of the paper?

Political Effects: ·         How did Enlightenment thinkers change the way people viewed the gov’t?       ·         How did they say gov’t should be ran?

 

Social Effects: How did Enlightenment thinkers change the way people answer the question “why?”       How did they change the way people viewed human nature?

Conclusion:  Restate and wrap-up

 

 

Discussion Question #12 (Due THURSDAY 1/7/13)

Thomas Hobbes believed that all human beings were selfish, searching for power but also rational (logical). Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Requirements:
Question must be written
Double-spaced
8th Grade- 2 pages minimum
7th Grade- 1 1/2 pages minimum