8th Grade SOS #2

Flag, noun, piece of cloth, usually bunting or similar light material, plain, colored, or bearing a device, varying in size and shape, but often oblong or square, used as an ensign, standard, or signal or for display and decorative purposes, and generally attached at one edge to a staff or to a halyard by which it may be hoisted.

In the British colonies of North America before the Revolution, each of the 13 colonies had its flag.  The flag that will unite the colonies into one nation will change along with the nation it flies over. 

Click the following link, http://sf.factmonster.com/quizzes/usflag/1.html, and take the "U.S. Flag Quiz" and test your knowledge of the "Stars and Stripes."  Then, return the the blog and respond and post answers to the following questions.

1.  What was your score on the quiz?
2.  Name one fact that surprised you about the U.S. Flag.
3.  Name a question you got right as a result of this week's artifact analysis.
4.  If you could make any changes to the U.S. Flag, what would it be and why?

8th Grade SOS #1

Our journey through American History this year begins on the eve of independence.  BUT, just because we are beginning there doesn't mean you know how we got there!  So, your first SOS activity is a review of the past.  Click the Scott Foresman link: http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g5/ and complete the following three activities; EARLY LIFE EAST AND WEST, CONNECTIONS ACROSS CONTINENTS, and COLONIAL LIFE IN NORTH AMERICA.  Once you have completed all three activities, return to the blog and post a reflection answering the following questions:
1.  Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of?  Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
2.  Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
3.  Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map.  Explain why it "caught your eye."