Domus Opus:
Wednesday, Feb. 22: 1) "Nobles and Peasants" WS due tomorrow. 2) CE
"Honoring Whitney Houston by Lowering the Flag: Did Governor Christie Do
Right?" due Friday, Feb. 24.
Thursday, Feb. 16: 1) Continue working on your outline for the Middle Ages
project. The outline is due Feb. 22, the day we return to school. Outlines
should not be written in complete sentences and should be formatted in a
numbered/lettered outline. Be ready to present on Wednesday -- you should know
your topic without reading from your outline. 2) "At Home: A Short History of
Private Life" WS also due Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Wednesday, Feb. 15: 1) Continue working on your outline for the Middle Ages
project. The outline due date has been moved to Wednesday, Feb. 22. Outlines
should not be written in complete sentences and should be formatted in a
numbered/lettered outline (see summary above). Be ready to present on
Wednesday. 2) Quiz on Byzantine empire tomorrow. Documents available on
Handouts page.
Monday, Feb. 13: 1) Complete Section 7-2 Checkpoint Qs and Definitions – due
tomorrow. 2) After reading the 5 W’s of Cyberspace (the first entry appearing
on the Web Page Links page of this TeacherWeb), complete "Evaluating a
Website: Is It a Dog?" WS -- also due tomorrow. 3) Continue working on your
outline for the Middle Ages project (if the server is agreeable, you will have
time in class tomorrow to do research). The outline is due Thursday. 4) Quiz
on Byzantine empire on Thursday.
Thursday, Feb. 9: Begin researching your Middle Ages topic that was assigned
today. Remember, we will also spend some time in class next week doing research.
Wednesday, Feb. 8: 1) CE "Facebook Moves to Sell Stock and Go Public" due
tomorrow. 2) Written requests for “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” topics can be submitted
in writing tomorrow at the beginning of school. Be sure to include your name
and top five selections, if you are making a request. All documents
distributed in class today are available on the Handouts page.
Tuesday, Feb. 7: Nolo Domus Opus.
Monday, Feb. 6: Read Section 7-1 (pages 214-218) and complete Checkpoint Qs
and Definitions. Also answer the following: What was Charlemagne’s legacy?
Due tomorrow.
Friday, Feb. 3: 1) CE "Super PACs Heat Up 2012 Elections" – now due Monday.
2) Read Section 7-1 (pages 214-218) and complete Checkpoint Qs and
Definitions. Also answer the following: What was Charlemagne’s legacy?
Thursday, Feb. 2: CE "Super PACs Heat Up 2012 Elections" – due tomorrow (not
Monday).
Tuesday, Jan. 31: 1) Read "The Justinian Code: Selected Excerpts" and
complete "The Justinian Code: Primary Source Analysis" – due tomorrow. If you
find it difficult to read the primary source document and then answer the
questions on the other side of the handout, you can access it online and view
another copy from my TeacherWeb’s Handouts page. 2) Read "Justinian &
Theodora" and complete "Justinian & Theodora: Two Accounts by Procopius" – due
Thursday.
Monday, Jan. 30: 1) "An Empire in Transition – Graphing Sheet" due tomorrow.
2) Read "The Justinian Code: Selected Excerpts" and complete "The Justinian
Code: Primary Source Analysis" due Wednesday. If you find it difficult to read
the primary source document and then answer the questions on the other side of
the handout, you can access it online and view another copy from my
TeacherWeb’s Handouts page.
Friday, Jan. 27: 1) Signed gradesheet due Monday. 2) "Section 9-1: The
Byzantine Empire" worksheet now also due Monday.
Wednesday, Jan. 25: 1) "The Barbarian Invasions" due tomorrow. 2) State of
the Union Address extra credit due tomorrow. 3) Read pages 282-288 of the
textbook and complete "Section 9-1: The Byzantine Empire" WS – due Friday.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: 1) CE "After an Online Firestorm, Congress Shelves
Antipiracy Bills" due tomorrow. 2) Extra Credit opportunity for next marking
period, the State of the Union Address chart and worksheet, due Thursday. 3)
"The Barbarian Invasions" now due Thursday.
If you did not pick up the documents in class, copies of all documents are
available for download from the Handouts page.
Friday, Jan. 20: "What Is an Empire?" due Monday. A copy of the document is
available on the World History Handouts page. If you're looking to get a head
start on the current event homework due later this week, you can download the
article and worksheet (both .doc and .pdf versions available) from the
Handouts page. It's on the antipiracy legislation we discussed last week --
Congress has listened to some of your voices.... :)
Thursday, Jan. 19: 1) Emperor’s Spinmaster due tomorrow. 2) "What Is an
Empire?" due Monday.
Monday, Jan. 18: 1) Get a good night’s sleep so that you are awake and alert
for tomorrow’s timed writing assessment in social studies. 2) Emperor’s
Spinmaster due Friday, Jan. 20. Be sure to check the rubric and the project
description on the Handouts page of the TeacherWeb. 3) Period 2 students: be
sure to check with me or the website tomorrow to see what you missed.
Thursday, Jan. 12: 1) Emperor’s Spinmaster due next Friday, Jan. 20. If you
were absent today, contact me to obtain an emperor candidate. Be sure to check
the rubric and the project description on the Handouts page of the TeacherWeb.
Click on the Ancient Rome links on the left to do research on the Internet.
2) Read Section 5-5 (pages 173-177) and complete the graphic organizer you
received in class. At the bottom of the graphic organizer record two examples
of current decline in the U.S. for each of the four categories. I encourage
you to ask an adult or older sibling at home for their ideas. Also record the
Section 5-5 defined terms on the back of the page. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday, Jan. 11: 1) Read the project description received in class today,
"You’re the Emperor’s Spinmaster." You can research the emperors on the
“Ancient Rome Links” page of my TeacherWeb. If you know who your preferred
candidates are, prepare a list of your top 3 in writing and submit it to me
first thing tomorrow morning. 2) In preparation for tomorrow’s class, read
and highlight the 2-sided reading "First … Some Basics on Taxes. ..."
Monday, Jan. 9: CE "America's Unlevel Field" due Wednesday. Reading and
worksheet are available on the WH Handouts page.
Friday, Jan. 6: Nolo Domus Opus. Have a great weekend!!
Monday, Jan. 3: 1) your typed 2-3 paragraph response to question 7 of
“Treasuring Urban Oases” is due tomorrow; 2) CE Caucuses Empower Only Some
Iowans also due tomorrow; 3) CE Iraq War Officially Ends due Thursday; 4) The
Buzzwords of 2011 due Friday.
Friday, Dec. 23: The following four assignments are due after break:
1) "New Year’s Resolutions for 2012" – remember you can work with an adult to
get ideas for this assignment (due Tues);
2) "Twenty New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Your Writing" (also due Tues.);
3) your typed 2-3 paragraph response to question 7 of "Treasuring Urban Oases"
-- see next paragraph below (due Wed.); and
4) CE Iraq War Officially Ends (due Thurs.).
With respect to your “Treasuring Urban Oases” response, Question 7 reads as
follows: "The article poses the question 'What makes high-density
neighborhoods pedestrian friendly?' Select two of the public spaces noted in
bold in the article and explore them online (or experience them in person if
you happen to go to NYC!). In a 2-3 paragraph typed response, briefly
describe the history of each public space you have chosen and the features
that make it an 'urban oasis' for city dwellers and visitors."
You will need to do some online research; see my Weblog’s December 19 entry on
the “What We Did Today” page for online resources to complete this assignment.
Thursday, Dec. 22: NYTimes Op-Ed “A New Kim. A New Chance?” due tomorrow. See
Wednesday HW for assignments due after the break.
Wednesday, Dec. 21: 1) An outline of your response to Q 7 of the "Treasuring
Urban Oases" WS is due tomorrow. Question 7 is as follows: "The article poses
the question 'What makes high-density neighborhoods pedestrian friendly?'
Select two of the public spaces noted in bold in the article and explore them
online (or experience them in person if you happen to go to NYC!). In a 2-3
paragraph typed response, briefly describe the history of each public space
you have chosen and the features that make it an 'urban oasis' for city
dwellers and visitors." You will need to do some online research; see the
Weblog’s December 19 entry on the “What We Did Today” page for online
resources to complete this assignment.
2) The following three assignments are due after break: a) "New Year’s
Resolution for 2012" (due Tues., 1/3); b) "Twenty New Year’s Resolutions to
Improve Your Writing" (also due Tues., 1/3); and c) your typed 2-3 paragraph
response to question 7 of "Treasuring Urban Oases" (due Wed. 1/4).
Monday, Dec. 19: 1) Read the New York Times article “Treasuring Urban Oases.”
Answer questions 1-6 on the worksheet – your responses to questions 2-5
should be in complete sentences. Due tomorrow.
2) Create an outline of your response to question 7 of “Treasuring Urban
Oases.” Due Thursday. You will need to select two of the public spaces noted
in bold in the article and do some online research on their history and
features. To conduct your research, use the web links listed under today's
homework on the "What We Did Today" page of my weblog.
Tuesday, Dec. 13: 1) "Got Latin?" WS is due tomorrow. (The worksheet and the
reference sheet is available on the Handouts page. 2) Section 5-2 Checkpoint
Qs & Defs (pages 155-160) is due Friday. Please also answer the following
question: What famous phrase comes from the life of Julius Caesar and means
that there’s no turning back? (Nota bene: You will find the answer in your
reading.)
Monday, Dec. 12: 1) Return signed gradesheet. 2) Study for tomorrow’s quiz on
Alexander the Great and the current event on why a couple of Supreme Court
justices are being asked to recuse themselves from a case concerning the
constitutionality of the national heath care legislation. (Think about it: if
just one justice recuses himself or herself, then the decision could end up in
a 4-4 tie!) A copy of the answer sheet to this current event assignment is
posted on the World History Handouts page.
Friday, Dec. 8: 1) Study for Tuesday’s Alexander the Great quiz – spend some
time with your study guide and the documents listed at the bottom of the study
guide. I will post answer keys to the two documents we completed in the past
two days. 2) We will review the Section 5-1 homework that was due today on
Monday. Have it ready!
Thursday, Dec. 8: 1) Section 5-1 Checkpoint Qs & Definitions (pages 150-154)
–due tomorrow. 2) Begin studying for Tuesday’s Alexander the Great quiz –
spend some time with your study guide.
Wednesday, Dec. 7: 1) "It’s Greek to Me" WS – due tomorrow. Be sure to look
up and write down the vocabulary words (e.g., Adonis, Amazon) you do not know.
2) Section 5-1 Checkpoint Qs & Definitions (pages 150-154) – now due Friday.
Tuesday, Dec. 6: 1) CE "Justices Urged to Bow Out on Healthcare" -- due
tomorrow. 2) Section 5-1 Checkpoint Qs & Defs (pages 150-154) – due Thursday.
Monday, Dec. 5: 1) Review for tomorrow’s quiz on the legacies of ancient
Greece. 2) CE "Justices Urged to Bow Out on Healthcare" -- due Wednesday. 3)
Section 5-1 Checkpoint Qs & Definitions (pages 150-154) – due Thursday.
Thursday, Dec. 1: Read Section 4-5 (pages 137-143) and complete the
Checkpoint Qs & Definitions, as well as Q5 (p. 142) and Q2 (p. 143). Due
Monday. 2) Review The Legacies of Ancient Greece WS in preparation for
Tuesday’s quiz.
Monday, Nov. 28: 1) Mini-Project: "Every Waking Minute: Examining Personal
Media Habits" due tomorrow – hand in your worksheet and timesheet in class
tomorrow and post on the blog before 10 PM today. 2) Read the textbox
“Achieving a Healthful Digital Diet,” belonging to the New York Times feature
article “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction.” Answer the accompanying
questions. Your responses do not have to be in complete sentences.
Tuesday, Nov. 22: Mini-Project: "Every Waking Minute: Examining Personal
Media Habits." Due next Tuesday, Nov. 29. There are 4 parts to this
mini-project: 1) a worksheet, 2) a timesheet recording your media usage on a
typical non-school day; 3) a day spent w/out electronic media; and 4) a blog
post consisting of a substantive paragraph. See the Home page of my Weblog at
hsweeney.wordpress.com/ for details.
Monday, Nov. 21: 1) Read Section 4-4 (pages 130-135). Complete definitions
and answer the four checkpoint questions as well as Question 3 on page 135.
Responses should be in complete sentences. Due tomorrow.
2) Read and complete A Legacy of Ancient Greece: Western Philosophy. Also due
tomorrow.
3) Mini-Project: Every Waking Minute: Examining Personal Media Habits. Due
next Tuesday, Nov. 29.
A) Read the article "If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online."
B) Complete "Every Waking Minute? Examining Personal Media Habits" WS.
C) Complete the Media Timesheet – you will be recording your use of media
during a typical non-school day. Be sure to follow the directions at the top
of the page with respect to what defines “media” for purposes of this part of
the assignment.
D) Select one day of the week to be your “day without electronic media” – put
away your cell phone, stay off Facebook, put away the game systems, turn off
the TV, mute your music, etc. You can do it!!
E) Post a substantive paragraph reflecting on your experience and media’s
influence on your life on this weblog. You will be posting on the Home page of
Ms. Sweeney’s Weblog – be sure to follow the directions posted on the weblog:
hsweeney.wordpress.com/
Thursday, Nov. 17: 1) Study for Monday’s quiz. Spend some time with your
study guide! 2) Read Section 4-4 (pages 130-135). Complete definitions and
answer the four checkpoint questions as well as Question 3 on page 135. Now
due Tuesday -- new due date!
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Read Section 4-4 (pages 130-135). Complete definitions
and answer the four checkpoint questions as well as Question 3 on page 135.
Due Friday.
Monday, Nov. 14: 1) Athens vs. Sparta debate will be held tomorrow. The
rubric for the debate is posted on my TeacherWeb’s Handouts page. 2) Ancient
Greece project due Wednesday – rubrics also posted on the Handouts page. (Nota
Bene: You no longer need to include the URL address when writing your Internet
source using MLA format.)
Wednesday, Nov.9: 1) The final project is due next Wednesday (new date!). Be
sure to follow the project guidelines you received last week and the rubric
distributed today in class (Period 6, be sure to receive your rubric on
Monday). The rubric used for the presentation of your legacy or your soliloquy
is also posted online on my TeacherWeb’s Handouts page.
2) Athens vs. Sparta debate will be held on Tuesday. Class time will be spent
on Monday to prepare for the debate. If you would like to receive some extra
credit points for the 2nd marking period, design an interesting nameplate –
with your name written in Greek letters – for the debate.
Tuesday, Nov. 8: 1) Project outline will be checked tomorrow. The final
project is due Tuesday, Nov. 15. 2) CE "Greece at Center of Europe’s Economic
Crisis" also due tomorrow. 3) If you did not hand in your signed gradesheet,
please do so tomorrow.
Monday, Nov. 7: 1) Return your signed gradesheet to school tomorrow.
2) Project outline due tomorrow. The final project is due Tuesday, Nov. 15.
You will have additional HW during this period, so please do not leave any of
your assignments to the last minute. 3) CE "Greece at Center of Europe’s
Economic Crisis" due Wed., Nov. 9.
Friday, November 4: 1) Project outline due Tuesday, Nov. 8. The final project
is due Tuesday, Nov. 15. You will have additional HW during this period, so
please do not leave any of your assignments to the last minute.
2) Don’t forget to turn on the NYC Marathon, if you are home on Sunday
morning. Students can catch the 5-hour live race-day TV broadcast on NBC4 New
York starting at 9:00 a.m., followed by the two-hour post-race national
highlight show on NBC Sports at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 3: 1) Read the two project descriptions: “'Did You Hear
About the New Student?!' … Meet the Gods of Park Middle School" and "The
Legacy of Ancient Greece." Be ready tomorrow to pick a topic to research,
write about, and present. (I am accepting requests of top 5 choices beginning
tomorrow morning. All requests must be in writing, on paper, and must include
the name and period of the student(s).
On the Legacy project I will allow students to work with a single partner, if
desired. That partner does not have to be in the same period. Please remember
that each student is responsible for the entire project. So if you choose to
work with a partner, do not pick a laggard or a slacker.
Wednesday, November 2: 1) Section 4-3 Checkpoint Qs and Definitions (pages
124-128) and answer Question 5 on page 128 – now due tomorrow. 2)
Everybody’s Voting for the Weekend also due tomorrow. See Friday below for
details on this assignment.
Tuesday, November 1: 1) CE World Population Hits 7 Billion Milestone Today due
tomorrow. 2) Section 4-3 Checkpoint Qs and Defs (pages 124-128) and answer
Question 5 on page 128 – also due tomorrow. 3) Everybody’s Voting for the
Weekend due Thurs., Nov. 3. See Friday below for details about completing
this HW assignment.
Monday, October 31: 1) CE "World Population Hits 7 Billion Milestone Today"
due Wed., Nov. 2. 2) Section 4-3 Checkpoint Qs and Definitions (pages
124-128) and answer Question 5 on page 128. Also due Wed. 3) "Everybody’s
Voting for the Weekend" due Thurs., Nov. 3. (NEW DATE!) See Friday below for
details about completing this HW assignment.
Friday, October 28: 1) CE "Former Libyan Leader Qaddafi Killed by Rebel
Forces" due Mon., Oct. 31.
2) "Everybody’s Voting for the Weekend" due Wed., Nov. 2. Your responses to
this assignment must be written in complete sentences. Your response to the
last item requires that you compose and type a 2 to 3-paragraph essay
answering the questions listed in No. 5. Please have a note from home if you
are unable to type your response. If you have problems with your printer,
please send me your essay as an attachment to an email.
3) Section 4-3 Checkpoint Qs and Definitions (pages 124-128) and answer
Question 5 on page 128. Also due Wednesday, Nov. 2. (This is the assignment
you began in class today.)
October 27: See October 26 below.
October 26: 1) Greece Mapping Activity due Friday – follow the directions
exactly. 2) CE Former Libyan Leader Qaddafi Killed by Rebel Forces due Mon.,
Oct. 31. 3) Everybody’s Voting for the Weekend due Wed., Nov. 2 (NEW date).
Your responses to this assignment must be written in complete sentences. Your
response to the last item requires that you compose and type a 2 to
3-paragraph essay answering the questions. Please have a note from home if you
are unable to type your response. If you have problems with your printer,
please send me your essay as an attachment to an email.
October 25: Quiz tomorrow – don’t forget to spend time with your friend, the
study guide. Many of the documents noted on the Study Guide that will assist
you in reviewing for the quiz are available on the World History Handouts page.
October 24: 1) Study for Wednesday’s quiz. Remember: the study guide is your
friend, so spend time with your friend today!! 2) Take notes on the info
contained in the last two paragraphs of the one-page summary of one form of
government that existed in ancient Greece. Be prepared to share with the
class how this form of gov’t was practiced in ancient Greece and the causes
behind the government’s decline.
October 21: 1) Read Section 4-2 (pages 118-123) and complete the Note-Taking
Study Guide. Use the study guide to create an outline to record the main
ideas and supporting details described in Section 4-2. You will really need to
summarize for this exercise and parse the information down to the most
important points! Due Monday. 2) Quiz on Wednesday. Remember to spend time
with your friend, the study guide, every day. Relevant docs have been posted
on the Handouts page of the TeacherWeb.
October 19: 1) Read pages 114-117 of the textbook (Section 4-1). Define all
terms. Take notes on pages 116-117 only, “Homer and the Great Legends of
Greece.” Due tomorrow. 2) Complete “What Do You Think?” (back page of “Just
Compensation: How Do You Measure the Life of a Woman or Man?” handout. Due
Friday. 3) Quiz on Wednesday. Remember to spend time with your friend, the
study guide, every day.
NOTE TO PALS STUDENTS: Please remember to hand in your Hammurabi Sweeney rules
before Period One on Tuesday. Also, if you want to get a head start on
tomorrow's in-class work, you can listen to excerpts from an NPR podcast of an
interview of Kenneth Feinberg, the Special Master of the September 11 Victim's
Compensation Fund. In the interview, he talked about the issues he had to
resolve when awarding claims under the Fund. If you did not get one in class,
you can download the worksheet from the Handouts page. You can access the
podcast from the "What We Did Today" page of my Weblog.
October 17: 1) Hammurabi Sweeney rules for Park due tomorrow – be sure to
follow the rubric exactly to do well on this project. 2) Read first page of
"Just Compensation: How Do You Measure the Life of a Woman or Man?" by tomorrow.
October 14: 1) CE "Occupy Wall Street Movement Takes Hold" due Monday. 2)
Hammurabi Sweeney rules for Park due Tuesday. See Thursday’s HW listing below
for details. The project description is posted on the Handouts page.
October 13: 1) Return your signed gradesheet — due tomorrow.
2) Draft two Hammurabi Sweeney Rules for Park Middle School – due tomorrow.
Between the 2 rules, you should show each of the 4 legal concepts we discussed
in class (intent, negligence, equitable retribution, and just compensation).
The two legal concepts should appear in parentheses at the end of each rule –
refer to the example at the bottom of the project description for the format.
Final Hammurabi Sweeney Rules are due Tuesday, Oct. 18. You have five days to
compose two creative rules for Park Middle School. Be sure to follow the
rubric exactly!
3) CE Occupy Wall Street Movement Takes Hold due Monday, Oct. 17.
October 12: Nolo Domus Opus.
October 11: 1) Read "The Code of Hammurabi" handout. Identify on the handout
3 laws that are civil in nature and 3 laws that are criminal. (Remember our
discussion in class about what is criminal behavior and what constitutes
negligent behavior. You can also refer to your notes defining civil law and
criminal law.)
October 7: 1) CE on New Supreme Court term due Tuesday, Oct. 11.
2) We will also review our notes on pages 36-37 of the textbook – have them
ready on Tuesday when you return.
3) Have a great Columbus Day weekend – enjoy the beautiful, warm weather!!
October 6: 1) Read pages 36-37 of the textbook. Take notes on these two
pages. Be sure to follow good note-taking technique (e.g., summarize only the
most important parts of the text, use outline format, include headings, use
abbreviations, underline defined terms, et cetera). 2) CE on New Supreme
Court Term due Tuesday, Oct. 11.
October 3: 1) Reminder: complete Section 2-1 Checkpoint Qs and Definitions
(pages 30-35 of textbook) assigned last week; 2) Study for Thursday’s quiz on
the Foundations of Social Studies and Prehistory. Remember: the study guide is
your friend. Spend some time with your friend every day, and you should do well!
September 28: 1) "Watch the News!" due next Monday. Be sure to watch a
nat’l/int’l news program – follow the suggestions on the worksheet. As I
showed the class today, I have also posted a link to ABC News, CBS News, and
NBC News so that students can watch one of the news programs on the Internet.
The links are accessible from the Watch the News! page on this TeacherWeb.
Make sure you follow the directions provided. 2) Read Section 2-1:
“City-States of Ancient Sumer,” pages 30-35 of the textbook. In your notes
record your answers to the checkpoint questions (in 1-3 sentences) and the
definitions for the vocabulary words. Due Tuesday.
September 27: 1) Reminder: BTSN is this evening; 2) CE Budget Fight in
Congress Could Lead to Government Shutdown due tomorrow; 3) Watch the News!
due next Monday. Be sure to watch a nat’l/int’l news program – follow the
suggestions on the worksheet. I encourage you to watch the news with an adult
at home and discuss it with them.
September 26: 1) Reminder: BTSN is tomorrow; 2) CE "Budget Fight in Congress
Could Lead to Government Shutdown" due Wednesday; 3) "Watch the News!" due
next Monday. Be sure to watch a nat’l/int’l news program – follow the
suggestions on the worksheet. Credit will only be given for watching a
nat'l/int'l news program. You will have to redo the assignment if you watch a
local/metropolitan news program and want to receive credit.
September 23: 1) Remind parents that Tuesday evening is Back to School Night
(and Tuesday is a single session day). 2) Note-Taking Exercise: Edit Vera
Verbose’s Notes. Due Monday. Use the example we did in class as a guideline.
If you have misplaced Vera’s notes, the document is available for download on
the Handouts page of my TeacherWeb. 3) Read Section 1-3 of the textbook
(pages 17-23) by Tuesday. (Nota Bene: You will get more out of the reading if
you do it before you read Vera Verbose’s notes.)
September 22: Read Section 1-2 of the textbook (pages 11-15). Then read Ms.
Sweeney’s Section 1-2 notes. Circle the abbreviations found in the notes and
write out the meaning of each. You do not need to record the same abbreviation
more than once.
September 21: "Can You Tell Time?" worksheet due tomorrow.
September 20: 1) Read Section 1-1 of the textbook (pages 4-10). Then read and
rave about Ms. Sweeney’s Section 1-1 notes received today in class (circle or
highlight examples of what makes the Section 1-1 handout a quality set of
notes, and explain each in one or a few words). Due tomorrow. 2) Can You Tell
Time? timeline exercise begun today in class, is due Thursday.
September 19: 1) Highlight no more than 8 of the most important words in each
discipline description contained in the Areas of Social Studies handout. 2)
If you did not complete it in class, provide abbreviations for the words
listed on the back of the handout Using Abbreviations for Effective
Note-taking. Due tomorrow.
September 16: Review the floorplan of the Fifth Avenue condominium (995 Fifth
Avenue, NY, NY) and record five observations and five inferences on a separate
piece of paper. (Students who misplaced their floorplan, can click on the
image posted on Ms. Sweeney's weblog.)
September 15: Nolo Domus Opus!
September 14: Final A-B-C Page due tomorrow. Remember the examples we saw in
class, and be sure to follow the rubric when completing this assignment! Your
rubric must be handed in with your A-B-C Page.
September 13: Final draft of A-B-C page due Thursday, Sept. 15. You will also
be giving a brief presentation of your World History topic before the class.
September 12: HW: 1) Prepare a draft paragraph of 3-5 sentences on the A-B-C
topic assigned to you today. All of the info you need should be obtained from
your textbook. The final illustrated A-B-C page is due on Thursday, Sept. 15.
Be sure to follow your rubric when completing this assignment. If you did not
receive an assigned A-B-C World History topic, please email me, and I will let
you know what is available.
September 9: Nolo Domus Opus! (For you Latin language neophytes, "No homework!")
September 8: Due tomorrow: 1) two signed forms; 2) Getting to Know You
Letter; and 3) Remembering September 11 interview.
Also, be sure to cover your textbook. If you have time this evening, I
encourage you to watch at least the beginning of President Obama’s address
before Congress this evening at 7PM.
September 7: The following items are due on Friday: 1) read and obtain any
necessary signatures for a) A Message for Home About Google Docs; b) 8th Grade
— World History & Cultures: Course Description & Classroom Procedures; and c)
Rules and Regulations: Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts, which you received; 2)
Getting to Know You Letter and 3) Remembering September 11 interview.
September 6: our first assignment of the year is to write me a letter about
yourself. For the details about this assignment, refer to the Getting to Know
You handout you received in class today. (This document is also available for
download on the World History Handouts page of my TeacherWeb.) Due Friday, 9/9.
Also due Friday: read and obtain any necessary signatures for 1) A Message for
Home About Google Docs; 2) 8th Grade — World History & Cultures: Course
Description & Classroom Procedures; and 3) Rules and Regulations: Blogs,
Wikis, and Podcasts, which you received in class today. Give the handouts to
an adult at home to review.
Students may hand in the blog permission slip and the Getting to Know You
letter tomorrow, if they desire.
Periods 2 and 6 should complete the index card for homework.