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Enjoy it. No homework.

Expect essays in January. Enough of this easy stuff.

Hey 7th graders,

Your homework tonight is to:

1. Finish revising paragraph #5. Anyone with a nine or below should revise.
2. Write a review quiz. You need to write five questions on the Bill of Rights and 5 questions on Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances. These can be any format, including multiple choice, short answer, matching, etc. Make sure you include the answers ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER!

Any questions, ask ‘em here on the comments section.

Hey everyone,

we have begun the Bill of Rights project, and it should be done sometime tomorrow. THis is a class project, not a homework project. Just so you know, the test was moved to next week, and we will spend time next week reviewing the Constitution. I expect you all to be experts!

The notebook check will take place then as well.

Hey gang,

Just so you don’t think that I have abandoned this website, I’m gonna blog about today.

1. We discussed what people were trying to say about themselves with different fashions.
2. We looked at images of 19th c. women’s fashion and talked about what they were trying to say about themselves. The looks might have been different, but the motives were awfully similar to ours.
3. THERE IS A NOTEBOOK CHECK ON WEDNESDAY!

Hey gang,

Tonight, there is no homework. But tomorrow there is an open-note quiz on the nuts and bolts of the US Constitution. For example, how long can officials serve? What can the legislature do to check the power of the executive? What is judicial review? What is a compromise? Etc.
All of this can be found in your packet.

See you tomorrow afternoon-ish.

Hey gang,

Yes, ¥our homework tonight is to design functional women’s clothing for the 19 century woman. To review, here are the roles that you brought up in class, in four categories:

DOMESTIC–cook, clean, have and care for children, sew, manage household

FACTORY–Mill, laundry, and textiles

RURAL–Farm work (both planting and with animals), and household management.

WEALTH–Women who entertain, go out in society, etc.

Draw me a picture. It can’t be a stick figure, but it doesnt have to be a work of art either. REMEMBER, the designs goal is FUNCTIONALITY. It can be stylish, but it must first be functional. Good luck.

I am sure there is some confusion out there tonight about what your homework is…

You should do PARAGRAPH #5 for homework tonight. You can find this on the back side of the Constitution Syllabus. The question is about the slavery compromises and the other protections for slavery that were included into the Constitution. It is an opinion paragraph, but treat it like your opinion is incontrovertible fact.

DO NOT do the Checks and Balances packet. That is for class work.

Finally, some people wanted another copy of the Take Home Test. There it is!

For 8M, we finished studying Muller v. Oregon today by completing the fishbowl. It was a heated argument, chock full of quotes and references to the liberty of contract.

Your homework follows:

A one page response on “The Opinion of the Court.” You are a Supreme Court Justice, and you need to decide “What should be the decision in Muller v. Oregon?”
This needs to include references to the Liberty of Contract and the 14th Amendment.

For example:
–Do workers have the liberty of contract if they are being harmed at work?
–Did the workers really have the power to negotiate a contract that was fair to them?
–If a worker thought the conditions at work were bad or pay were too low, what were their choices?
–What conditions existed at the time? Bring in examples from previous classes to prove your point. Some suggestions include strikes we’ve looked at, unions, the Triangle Factory Fire, Industrialization and factory work, tenements and cities, accidents at work and the power of the Robber Barons.

This is due tomorrow. For 8D, this will be due on Thursday.

Sorry, this is very late.

Your homework tonight is the same as on the syllabus, which is paragraph #4. You will need last Friday’s notes to complete this. In case you are confused, the Great Compromise is the same as the Connecticut Compromise, and it has to do with how many representatives each state will get in Congress. This is important because with more representatives, you get more control over things like taxing and spending and making laws.

I forgot all about posting this weekend.

For 7S, you need to do paragraph #3.

For 7G, you need to do paragraph #2 and #3.

These can all be found on the backside of the Constitution Syllabus. Consult your notes for the answers.

7S–Today, we took a look at the Constitution’s Preamble (listed below) and put it into our own words. That Preamble states the goals of the Constitution. Interestingly enough, your homework is paragraph #2, which asks you just that.

7G–No homework tonight, but we will do a double dose tomorrow.

All 7th grade–open note mini-quiz tomorrow, as it says on your syllabus.

7-1–Today we did a quick assignment about eliminating items from paragraphs that are unnecessary. 7-2 will do that tomorrow. I am at my home computer, so I can’t post that now.

Hey guys,

8M–For tonight, you need to complete your group’s homework. If you lost it, then here is a copy, but it includes all the group’s sheets. Muller v. Oregon documents

8D–We’ll start this tomorrow.

That’s all.

Hey gang,

So far, great job on your powerpoint projects. I have really been impressed with the depth of your knowledge on the topic and the enthusiasm with which they have been presented. Could they be…the best powerpoints ever? Time will tell.

But seriously, great job, no homework, enjoy your night.

Hey 7th graders,

1. I promised you updated grades. However, Ms. A has a meeting, so I will not be able to update grades until tomorrow morning. I will try to get them updated by second period. Please come to me with questions at lunch or after school or time between classes.

2. You will get back your Take Home Test and Shay’s Rebellion. work tomorrow.

3. Today, you received a Constitution Syllabus. On the back side of it is all your paragraph questions AND information covered on the quiz. We will go over how to write a paragraph tomorrow. We also finished up our Articles of Confederation Project.

4. And now, for your HW–This might be confusing, so I’ll add some explanation…you need to figure out who the average framers are because this will tell us why they wrote the Constitution the way they did. You do not need EXACT figures…just rough estimates, i.e. there are more Lawyers than inventors. Therefore, they will care about the law and the courts, not about protecting one’s inventions. Here is a copy–Charting Homework

Finish up your Articles of Confederation projects and turn them into the sub.

Next, here is your homework: Shay’s Rebellion.

This is about a farmer rebellion in Western Massachusetts, which was number 6 on your Articles of Confederation project. THere are three questions at the end.

Under the weather…

8th graders, you get a little extra time to finish up your powerpoint. I expect them to be completely done by Tuesday. If you have specific questions I can help with, post them here and I will do my best to answer them in a timely manner.

Also, there is an open-note quiz tomorrow, so print out the notes.