Fall, October 14-18, 2019 ~~ Spring, 2020 –

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Periods  1,3, 4, 5 ~ US History

·      8^TH GRADE STANDARDS

The students will go through the Chapter 2 - 13 colonies

Colonial Group Project - Foundational Graphic Organizer (2 pages)

G.R.A.P.E.S. - the colony (geography, Religion, Art/ Achievements, Politics/Government, Economics/Trade/Goods, social Structure
4 Comparison questions (answer after Friday)
Draw:  Typical House, Clothing, and Food

_{13 colonies Standards}

SOC.8.8.US.2.1.A · Compare the political and social differences between 13 separate colonies and one independent nation.

SOC.8.1.4 · Locate and identify the first 13 colonies, and describe how their location and natural environment influenced their development.

SOC.8.10 · Locate and identify the first 13 colonies, and describe how their location and geographic features influenced their development.

SOC.8.2.B · compare political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 English colonies.

SOC.8.1.2.B · compare political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 colonies.

Over this year ~ you will be Studying about our country.  The Life and Lives, the Geography and Climate ~ Growth and Conflict 

US History Framework:    The eighth grade course of study begins with an intensive review of the major ideas, issues, and events that shaped the founding of the nation. In their study of this era, students will view American history through the lens of a people who were trying—and are still trying—to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Throughout their eighth grade United States history and geography course, students will confront the themes of freedom, equality, and liberty and their changing definitions over time. This course will also explore the geography of place, movement, and region, starting with the Atlantic Seaboard and then exploring American westward expansion and economic development, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and finally, industrialization.  Covering parts of three centuries, the historical content outlined in this chapter is both substantial and substantive, which poses a significant challenge for teachers, with limited time for in-depth study. In order to address this challenge, this chapter is organized into five large sections that incorporate relevant questions that can help students understand how individual events and people comprise a larger narrative explanation of our past.

As students learn American history from the late 1700s through the end of the nineteenth century, they will develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills that will enhance their understanding of the content. As in earlier grades, students should be taught that history is an investigative discipline, one that is continually reshaped based on primary-source research and on new perspectives that can be uncovered. Students should be encouraged to read multiple primary and secondary documents; to understand multiple perspectives; to learn about how some things change over time and others tend not to; and they should appreciate that each historical era has its own context and it is up to the student of history to make sense of the past on these terms and by asking questions about it.

The standards for the History classes:

History Focus in the Standards

CA HSS Analysis Skills (6-8 grades) research, evidence, and Point of View

CA CC SS for ELA/Literacy – RH 6-8.1, 2, 6, 8, 9, SL 8.4, L.8.6

CA ELD Standard ELD.P.8.1, 6a, 6b, 7, 9, 11, ELD.P11.8.a

Fall, October 14-18, 2019 ~~ Spring, 2020 -- Period  2 ~ Multicultural Studies/College Ed ~ Art and Poetry

Poetry with the LMU Students

The Field Trip to the theater

The Six Pillars of Character®

CHARACTER COUNTS! (https://charactercounts.org) (https://charactercounts.org/program-overview/)

The Six Pillars of Character® are the core ethical values of CHARACTER COUNTS!® articulated in the Aspen Declaration (http://charactercounts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Website-The-Aspen-Declaration-Final2.26.2019.pdf), these values were indented by a nonpartisan, nonsectarian (secular) group of youth development experts in 1992 as “core ethical values that transcend cultural, religious and socio-economic differences”.

The Six Pillars of Character® are: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. CHARACTER COUNTS!® recommends always using these pillars in this special order and using the acronym “T.R.R.F.C.C.” (terric) to help in this endeavor.

Each student will create their own tower of Character and explore each Pillar in what it means and how it relates to them.

Each Pillar is consistently identified with a color:

Trustworthiness – Blue,

Respect – Gold/Yellow,

Responsibility – Green,

Fairness – Orange,

Caring – Red,

Citizenship – Purple.

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Teaching Art Skills

Grade Eight

Visual and Performing Arts: Visual Arts Content Standards.

1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION

Processing, Analyzing, and Responding to Sensory Information Through the Language and

Skills Unique to the Visual Arts - Students perceive and respond to works of art, objects in nature, events, and the environment. They also use the vocabulary of the visual arts to express their observations.

Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary

• 1.1 Use artistic terms when describing the intent and content of works of art.

Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design

• 1.2 Analyze and justify how their artistic choices contribute to the expressive quality of their own works of art. 

D Poetry  -

English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Literature » Grade 1 » 10

With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 8

English Language Arts Standards » Standard 10: Range, Quality, &

Complexity » Range of Text Types for 6-12

Students in grades 6-12 apply the Reading standards to the following range of text types, with texts

selected from a broad range of cultures and periods.

Literature Informational Text

Stories Dramas Poetry Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and

Technical Texts

Includes the subgenres of

adventure stories, historical

fiction, mysteries, myths, science

fiction, realistic fiction, allegories,

parodies, satire, and graphic

novels

Includes one-act

and multi-act

plays, both in

written form and

on film

Includes the subgenres of

narrative poems, lyrical

poems, free verse poems,

sonnets, odes, ballads,

and epics

Includes the subgenres of exposition, argument, and

functional text in the form of personal essays, speeches,

opinion pieces, essays about art or literature, biographies,

memoirs, journalism, and historical, scientific, technical, or

economic accounts (including digital sources) written for a

broad audience

CLASS EXPECTRATIONS ~~  ALL CLASSES

√  Let us Be Kind, Be Gentle, Show Care with the Love ~ all the time.

In our class:                ~~        Our Agreements:

 ~ Safe                ~~              ~ Respect

 ~ Fun                           ~~              ~ Focus

~ Learn                ~~              ~ Participate 

Class NORMS

* NO PASSES (ESPECIALLY BATHROOM AND GOING TO ANOTHER CLASS TO GET SOMETHING THEY LEFT

*  This is a safe place to learn

*  Respect and Cooperate 

*  Presuming Positive Intention

*  Raise your hand and wait to be called on

*  Be a listener ready to learn

*  Work quietly

*  Quality ~ Quality ~ Quality counts

*  As you enter the room      

        ~ Come in Genteelly (walk, come & sit-down)

        ~ Be ready to Learn                

*  NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES other than the IPads

*  LEAVE TEACHER ITEMS/MATERIALS (EVERYTHING IS MY STUFF) because the students should use their own supplies

*  As you leave the room

~ Pick-up and clean up before you leave (push your chair in – 6^TH PUT UP YOUR CHAIRS)

To Get Credit

*  Turn Work in On Time

*  Proper heading         

*  Neat work        

*  Clean paper                         

*  Follow instructions   

*  Cursive Writing    

*  Write Problem/Questions

*  ‘Draw – 5 colors   (color pencils)  

*  “Own Words”  

*  Diagrams – labels and details 

*  Lined paper (no tear outs from notebooks)