Mr. Peters - Social Studies - Room 208 - Wilbur H. Lynch M.S.
Daily Assignments
HISTORY MYSTERY : Much to Sponge Bob's pleasure in 1964 the United States Congress authorized and requested President Lyndon Johnson to proclaim what day as "Leif Ericson Day" ?
Answer (+5 Credits) :________________________________________
Thursday, November 19 - Continue Mapwork "Europe Trades with the East" - Homework : Follow the Silk Road (Questions 1-10)
Wednesday, November 18 - Passout Mapwork "Europe Trades with the East" - No Homework
Tuesday, November 17 - Review Homework Questions (34 -45) - Complete Page 5b Area Explored - No Homework
Monday, November 16 - Passback 1st Quarter Grades - New Seats - New Country Club - New Credit System - Finish Mapwork Pages 5 a + c - Homework : Questions 34 - 45 (Page 5a)
Thursday, November 12 - 1st Quarter Credit System Closes (All Grades Final)
Tuesday, November 10 - Collect Homework - Passout Mapwork "Europeans Explore the World" - No Homework
Monday, November 9 - New York State Geography - Finish for Homework
Friday, November 6 - Finish Unit 2 Intro Work - 5 Facts : "The Age of Exploration Begins" - Video Quiz - No Homework
Thursday, November 5 - Passback Tests and Constructed Response - Passout Unit 2 "Age of Exploration" Intro Work (Chapter 3 : American Nation Textbook)
Wednesday, November 4 - Native Americans Constructed Response - Test Makeups - No Homework
Tuesday, November 3 - Native Americans Unit Test - No Homework
Monday, November 2 - Native Americans Jeopardy Game - Homework: Study for Unit Test (Tuesday 11/3)
HISTORY MYSTERY : "Mohawk" is the European name for the Indians that lived right here in the Amsterdam area over 500 years ago. Question : How did the Mohawk people refer to themselves during this time period ?
If you figure out the answer - hit the email link above and send it to Mr.Peters !
Answer : Kanienkehaka (+ 5 Credits )
Friday, October 30 - Unit Test Review: 1) Unit 1 Review 2) Chapter 2 Study Guide - Study for UNIT TEST
Thursday, October 29 - Collect Homework - 5 Facts "Native American Myths" - Start Studying for Tuesday's UNIT TEST - Period 4 Research Paper due Friday !
Wednesday, October 28 - Finish Notes from Chapter 4 - Homework : Questions 1-8 and Wordfind - Period 4 Homework "Native Americans" Research Paper Checklist (Paper due Friday) - UNIT TEST Cancelled until next week !
Tuesday, October 27 - Read and Highlight Notes "How Iroquois Governed Lives" - Homework : "Iroquois Kinship Chart" (How many people live in your longhouse)
Monday, October 26 - Passout Chapter 4 "How the Iroquois Governed themselves" - Iroquois Circle of Culture - No Homework - Passback Quiz and Review
Friday, October 23 - Check Homework and Review - Seneca Reading Q+A - "Seneca Village" QUIZ - No Homework - Period 4 : Seneca Village Questions 1-16 (Quiz Monday)
Thursday, October 22 - Reading: "Seneca Village" - Homework : Questions 1-16 - Study for "Seneca Village" Quiz Friday - Period 4 : Reasearch Paper Outline due: Friday
Wednesday, October 21 - Check Homework Page 18 and Review - 5 Facts "Life in the Woodlands" - No Homework
Tuesday, October 20 - Finish Notes: "Space and Time" - Homework : Page 18
Monday, October 19 - Notes: "How the Iroquois Used Space and Time" - No Homework
Friday, October 16 - Continue Chapter 3 - No Homework
Thursday, October 15 - Passout NYS Workbook Chapter 3 - No Homework
Wednesday, October 14 - Archeology Dig Activity - No Homework
Tuesday, October 13 - "Digging for Clues to the Past" - Homework : Questions 5,6,7
Friday, October 9 - Grade and Review Homework Page 12 - Silent Free Reading - No Homework
Thursday, October 8 - Remember to bring in your BOOK - Silent Sustained Reading - this Friday (30 Minutes) - Finish NYS Chapter 2 "NY During Indian Times" - Homework : Page 12 (10 Questions)
Wednesday October 7 - Notes : "NY During Indian Times" - Read and Highlight - No Homework
Tuesday, October 6 - Passback Contests - Passback "First Americans" Quiz - Collect Late ME Posters - Passout NY State Workbook Chapter 2 "NY During Indian Times" - No Homework
Monday, October 5 - Period 1-2-5-6 "First Americans" Quiz - ME Poster - No Homework
Friday, October 2 - 1/2 Day Staff Development - Quiz Periods 1-2-4 (Periods 5-6 Study for Quiz Monday) - ME Posters
Thursday, October 1 - Contest Page 3E - Study for "First Americans" Quiz
Wednesday, September 30 - Student Council Elections - Check Homework Pages 3A-B-C - Passout Map Page 3D + Complete Question 6 - No Homework
Tuesday, September 29 - Student Council Nominees (Election : Wed.) - Finish Notes "The First Americans" - Homework : Pages 3A-B-C
Monday, September 28 - Review Chapter 2 Intro worksheet - Passout Notes "The First Americans" : Read and Highlight - No Homework
Friday, September 25 - Check Homework Questions 1-6 - Review Ch:2 Vocab - Continue Ch: 2 Intro - No Homework
Thursday, September 24 - Passback Pre-Tests and review results - Passout Chapter 2 Vocabulary Building (Homework: Part B "Fill in the Blanks" 1-6 ) - Passout Chapter 2 Intro Worksheet - Classwork.
Wednesday, September 23 - Second Half of "Credit Quiz" - Review Native American Transparencies w/ class - No Homework
Tuesday, September 22 - Announce Pre-Test Results - Introduce "American Nation" Textbook" - First Half of 18 Question "Credit Quiz" - Native American Overhead Activity - No Homework
Monday, September 21 - Collect Late Parent Rules Slip - Notebook Recheck - Finish Pre Test - Read: "American Nation" Chapter 1 Pages 2-25 - No Homework
HISTORY MYSTERY: (+ 5 Credits) If you can come up with the answer to the question below email me using the link at the top of my School Notes webpage :
In honor of "Constitution Day" - what State was the 1st to ratify (pass) the United States Constitution thus establishing the current government for our country ?
ANSWER: Delaware
Friday, September 18 - Collect Parent Rules Slip - Notebook Check (Homework Grade) - Social Studies Pre Test - No Homework
Thursday, September 17 - Collect Late Info's and early Parent Rules Slip - Homework: Notebook Check Friday
Wednesday, September 16 - Collect "Info's" - Review "Rules" - Passout "Credit System" - No Homework
Tuesday, September 15 - Review Notebook Check - Reminder about "INFO's" - Passout "Classroom Discipline Policy" - Homework : INFO ABOUT ME and Parent Rules Slip
Monday, September 14 - Review Class Requirements - Announce Notebook Check (Friday: See Calendar) - Review 9 Dot Activity - Passout "Information About Me" (Due: Wednesday, Sept. 16th)
Friday, September 11 - 9 Dot Activity - Website Review - Class Requirements - No Homework
Thursday, September 10 - "Information About Me" reading - Schedule Copy - Homework: Think about 3 things you would like to accomplish in the future ???
