Monday, March 30, 2009

Summary of all March Work (Completion Checklist)

The following listed assignments must be completed thoroughly and with good quality by Fri, 4/3, the last day of school before break. Completion of this checklist also counts as an assignment.

Please, complete the following checklist for finished work and turn it in with any work that hasn't been turned in (or emailed) yet.

I. ASSIGNMENT 1 - 3 History Questions:
8th Grade - 3 paragraphs total, one per prompt
7th Grade - 1 paragraph total on all 3 questions

Prompt 1: Who tells or records history? Can we ever entirely know the truth?

Prompt 2: How can we be responsible and intentional with learning, interpreting, analyzing history?

Prompt 3: Given your responses to 1 and 2 above, what are some important perspectives and ideas that we should keep in mind about the history of slavery and the Civil War?

__________Assignment Completed

_________Your assessment of the effort and quality put forth on this assignment.

ASSIGNMENT II - 8th Grade only (7th grade was in dynamics week)
Individual Research on a key piece of the history of slavery timeline/outline:

________NOTES/RESEARCH

________PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH TO CLASS

_______Assignment Completed

_______Your assessment of the quality and effort put into this assignment.


ASSIGNMENT III - Poster, chart, writing, creative mini-project -
Your ideal format to show and explain what you learned about the causes of the Civil War

__________COMPLETED/PRESENTED

_________Your assessment of the quality and effort put forth into this assignment.

ASSIGNMENT IV:
I SEE, I THINK, I WONDER (about photos and music of 1800's)

__________COMPLETED

__________QUALITY, EFFORT

ASSIGNMENT V: UPSTANDERS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY
Notes, Comparison-Contrast of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth

__________COMPLETED

__________QUALITY, EFFORT

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