You can access study island at www.studyisland.com Students have ten new standards to practice on before 13 March 09. Good luck. Assignment #2 needs to be completed before spring break.

A fun way to keep up to date with the news. If you click on the lyrics, you will be linked to the news article to learn more. Enjoy

The Week in Rap

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12 May to the end of school we will learn about the Integration of Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas.

06 May 09 to 11 May 09 Complete personal finance course work. Assignments have been posted on the board and will be collected May 9th at the end of class. This will be a graded assignment.

05 May 09 Finish watching “Glory”. Begin Personal Finance course.

04 May 09 We continue to watch “Glory”. I collected up the Social Studies text book today

01 May 09 Chapter 17 Test. I will hold a test review in the morning. Students must have a completed study guide in order to attend. Review starts at 7:15 a.m. Begin watching “Glory”

30 April 09 Chapter 17 review due for a classwork grade at the end of the period. Complete study guide.

29 April 09 Write letters to the North and South explaining how we feel about Reconstruction and its affect on our society. Students wrote one letter each as if they were from both the North and the South. We then discussed perspective and how it influences our view. Chapter 17 study guide handed out.

28 April 09 Discuss what reconstruction is and then break into small groups to write rules for reconstruction. We will present what the groups rules are for reconstruction. Study handed out in class

27 April 09 Watch the Civil War project video. HW Read chapter 17 section 1. p552-557.

24 April 09 Finish presenting the Civil War project

23 April 09 Civil War projects due. Students who have chosen the test option will take the test. Present projects in class.

22 April 09 Work on Civil War projects.

21 April 09 Chapter 16 section 5 quiz. Work on projects in class.

20 April 09 Chapter 16 Section 5 overview. HW read section 5. Assign Civil War project. A option sheet handed out in class and discussed with expectations.

April 14-17th we will have TCAP testing. We will run a modified schedule and not all classes will meet each day. No assignments will be given during the week of TCAP. When class meets, we will review in class.

13 April 09 TCAP review packet due and we will review answers in class and then turn in for a grade.

09 April 09 TCAP Review Chapter 16 section 4 quiz.

08 April 09 TCAP Review Chapter 16 section 3 quiz. Review chapter 16 section 4. HW read section 4.

07 April 09 Chapter 16 section 2 quiz word bank provided. TCAP Review. HW read Chapter 16 section 3

06 April 09 Review Chapter 16 Section 2 notes…. read letters to the editor. HW p521 #1-4

03 April 09 Civil War Movie

02 April 09 Chapter 16 section 1 quiz. Chapter 16 section 2 notes.

01 April 09 Study Island post test. This test will count as a test grade. We will use the computer lab to take the test. Vocabulary puzzles for chapter 16 handed out and will be due when we take the chapter 16 Test.

31 march 09 Chapter 16 section 1 notes. HW read p. 510-515 p. 515 #1-4.

30 March 09 Intro to the Civil War notes. Intro to the Civil War open notes quiz.

27 March 09 Chapter 14 Test. Tn Foldable Project due at the start of the period. Finish notes.

Civil War Info

26 March 09 We will go to the auditorium to read our poems using the microphone. I will also provide background music and turn on the spotlight as they read their poem. This poem and presentation will be a test grade.

25 March 09 Shelby County School System Formative Assessment. Begin North V. South keynote presentation.

24 March 09 Work on our I Am poems about reformers. Please bring in information about your person or topic. A hand out with details has been handed out in class and extra can be found on the table in the center of class. Students can also work on their TN State Foldable Project once finished with their poems.

23 March 09 lap top computer lab. While in lab students will be given a chance to complete all assignments on study island. I will be entering this as a completion grade for the 4th nine weeks.

Welcome to Mr. Clinton’s homeroom.

Please have all forms completed and turned in by Friday August 15th.

The PTA is a wonderful organization here at CMS. Please consider joining.

08-18-08 PTA fund raiser info sent home.

08-18-08 Note about curriculum night sent home.

08-21-08 Informational meeting in the auditorium at 5:30. Report to your child’s homeroom at 6 pm.

09-4-08 PTA fund raiser is over this Friday. Please return the books or the $20 for the entertainment books.

09-17-08 Our wonderful homeroom donated the most of any classroom in the 8th grade (over $100) and won a pizza party. The date for the pizza has yet to be determined but I would like to say a great big thank you to all the students for caring enough to donate their change to help find a cure for MS. Much Love , Mr. C

10-08-08 Tshirt orders are due by Friday 10-10-08. no orders can be accepted late. The shirts are $13 and students have verified spelling. Mr. C

Red Ribbon Week

Mon- WEAR RED

TUES- FAVORITE HAT

WED- MISMATCH CRAZY SOCK DAY

THUR- FAVORITE SWEATS DAY I WILL BE WEARING MY MEMPHIS TIGER HOODIE

FRIDAY- TACKY DAY

PLEASE PARTICIPATE !!!!!

10-23-08 ACT Explorer Test

10-22-08 Reports cards home.

10-23-08 The PTA is sponsoring the Citizen Essay contest with the theme of “Pride is Forever” . I need to turn in all essays on 10-23-08. Please have your child turn their essay to me in homeroom.

11-03-08 thru 11-07-08

CMS is collecting items for soldier care packages.
Please go to www.msprojectpackage.org to see the list of items needed .
You can send items in now thru Nov 12th.
Mrs. Higginbotham’s room and the CMS library are drop off points.
Please help us with this great cause!

Please use only the practice games dealing with economics before the end of the month. Thank you.

www.studyisland.com/

These notes are without graphics and only represent some of the information presented in class. Have your student check their information with a student at school.

Chapter 4 Section 2
The Declaration of Independence
Leaders
Thomas Paine and “Common Sense”.
Second Continental Congress and Thomas Jefferson.
Alliances
Iroquois
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
TOMORROW WE RECREATE THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.
HALF OF CLASS NEEDS TO WEAR BLUE. HALF NEEDS TO WEAR RED.
WE NEED AN AMERICAN COMMANDER
WE NEED A BRITISH COMMANDER

Chapter 5 Section 3 notes

Question of the day…..
You have been chosen to attend a convention of fellow leaders of the United States. Make a list of issues you think need to be addressed to help your country become stronger. What changes will you want to make. Is there anything you don’t want to change?
What did people soon realize about the Articles?
Too many problems to fix and a new Constitution needs to be written.
Chapter 5 Section 2
People who attended

James Madison (father of the consitution)

Ben Franklin

George Washington (President of Convention)

People who were absent
John Adams - couldn’t attend
Thomas Jefferson- couldn’t attend
Patrick Henry - did not want stronger central government
Women, AA, NA - did not have rights of citizen

Two Plans emerge

The Great Compromise: Two House THe Legislature or bicameral. HOR based on population and S based on two members per state.Federal Government is supreme over the states.
Slavery

The Three-Fifths Compromise is born. A state can only count 3/5’s of the slave population. ( HOR) Initial ban on prohibiting slavery in the US.

Chapter 5 Section 4
Anti-Federalists V. Federalists
Federalists Papers
These essays were written to support the Constitution. Most of these papers were written anonymously.

It will take 9 states to ratify or pass the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
A list of freedoms the government promises to protect.
Why would anyone not want a bill of rights?
The Constitution will not pass with a Bill of Rights included
The First ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.
Who was for and against the Bill of Rights

Amending the Constitution is the official way to change the Constitution.

The following are the categories for grading in social studies.

40% Test/ Projects

30% Quiz

20% Classwork

10% Homework

* Students have been asked to keep all graded work. If an error has been made on a grade, I will need to see the graded paper in order to change the grade. If the paper in question cannot be produced, I will not change the grade.

If you miss the assigned turn in date you have one day to turn your work in late for a reduction in points. Anything turned in after that time will not be graded and you will receive a zero.

If you are absent, check this blog for the work missed during the your absence. You must make prior arrangements if you plan to make up work in the morning. I am in my classroom by 7:15 a.m. most mornings. If you cannot show up early, you can make up your work on Tuesday afternoons. You must have a note to stay.

Any worksheets handed out in class will be in a box in the front of the classroom.

Notes are located in the yellow folder in front of “THE BIG WALL OF LEARNING”. These notes are to stay in the classroom.

You will find notes online for your viewing pleasure.

Welcome to my blog. I look forward to this school year.

Great news. The online text book is now registered. You man now begin using the online text book. If you have a problem with the online version please let me know. Click the link below and log in. Mr. C

Online text book

The user name is cmshistory9

The password is dragons8