8th Grade SOS #28

Let Freedom Ring
Read a variety of articles from the following news sites:

US News and World Report (http://www.usnews.com/)
Scholastic News (http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scholasticnews/index.html)
PBS News (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/)
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/)
CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/)
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/)
C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org/)

Post summaries of groups of people struggling for their rights throughout the United States and the world.  (What did you read about?  What rights are being denied?  How do you think the situation will be resolved?  Explain.)

8th Grade SOS #27

Using the Fact Monster website (http://sf.factmonster.com/quizzes/amendments2/1.html) take the US Constitution Quiz on Amendments 11-27.  Make sure you read the answers to the questions (regardless if your answer was correct) and then return to the blog to reflect on the following questions:

1.  What was your score?
2.  Based the amendments you were quizzed on, which one stands out to you as most important to the American people?  Explain your opinion.
3.  Based on the Reconstruction Amendments you learned about in 17-2, which one stands out to you as most important to the American people?  Explain your opinion.

7th grade SOS #27

As the Industrial Revolutions come and go, new occupations and opportunities are created.  Click on the "Who am I?" Fact Monster quiz http://sf.factmonster.com/quizzes/occupations/1.html and see how well you do.  Then, respond to the following reflection questions on the blog:  1.  What was your quiz score?  2.  From the list of job descriptions, were there any that your would consider studying to become?  Why or why not?  3.  Choose fact that was "new" to you and what did you learn?

7th grade SOS #26

Research and Writing Skills - Compare Primary Sources

As you learned in Chapter 10, primary sources are "snapshots" of history.  They are created by people who were there at the time of the event.  On p. 472-473 in your Social Studies textbook, you will need to read the What, Why, and How about two primary sources; the English Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution.  Then, answer the "Think and Apply" questions 1-3 on p. 473 on the blog.