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8th Grade Social Studies

Quarter 4, Week 5

Check our classroom website- I post Youtube videos daily with greetings, direction etc for what you are working on this week. These can help answer many questions that I’ve been getting via email etc. 😊

http://www.acorn78ss.educatorpages.com

YouTube Channel: R2Xeno4671

  • Participation- check in and be involved in class this week. There are several different ways!
    • Weekly Zoom call on Wednesday
    • Google Classroom post
    • Asking teacher questions
    • Packet only? Just make sure to turn it in 😊
  • Financial Literacy
    • Log on to Banzai and complete The Game and Post Test
    • OR offline option- complete the finance math in the pdf packet Finance Exercises= Game, Finance Tic-Tac-Toe= Post Test
  • Complete your Quarantine Reflection Art Project
    • Watch 8th Grade art video on Youtube (linked from classroom site) and create an art piece in any medium you like based on reflection of how this time is making you feel
    • OR offline option- if you don’t have access to the video, just take some time to be by yourself and away from family etc and reflect on your experiences in our recent situation. Allow yourself to have feelings about it and know that others are feeling some of the same things you are. Then express your experience in an art project of your choosing. Take your time- effort counts.
  • Virtual Field Trip
    • Auschwitz- Watch the YouTube video (about half an hour) and write a paragraph response to your experience

Narrated Tour of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvaMo4wVaUU

    • OR Offline option- read the passage about Auschwitz and answer the accompanying questions.
  • Complete ONE current event article.

It is important for you to continue to be aware of the news and what is going on at this time. This is exactly why we have been doing these all year!

Sample Schedule:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

  • Watch teacher video
  • Complete Banzai The Game
  • Watch teacher video
  • Complete Banzai Post Test
  • Watch teacher video
  • Attend ZOOM Meeting
  • Art Project
  • Watch teacher video
  • Complete Current Event
  • Watch teacher video
  • Take Virtual Field Trip


 

8th Grade Social Studies

Quarter 4, Week 6

Check our classroom website- I post Youtube videos daily with greetings, direction etc for what you are working on this week. These can help answer many questions that I’ve been getting via email etc. 😊

http://www.acorn78ss.educatorpages.com

YouTube Channel: R2Xeno4671

  • Participation- check in and be involved in class this week. There are several different ways!
    • Weekly Zoom call on Wednesday
    • Google Classroom post
    • Asking teacher questions
    • Packet only? Just make sure to turn it in 😊
  • Financial Literacy
    • Complete the 2 Week Grocery Challenge pages in the pdf packet
  • Complete your Cooking Project

Learning isn’t just traditional academic skills. We haven’t been able to have cooking class for a long time! Use your skills and help out at home by cooking something!

    • Choose a recipe- maybe something new or inventive- maybe it’s your own new recipe
    • Make the recipe
    • Eat it with your family
    • Reflect! Send me a photo if you can along with your recipe and a brief reflection on this project.
  • Virtual Field Trip

Greens in the Bronx (TED Talk)

https://youtu.be/lcSL2yN39JM

Watch the TED Talk and write a paragraph response.

    • OR Offline option- read the article in the pdf titled Bronx Green Machine and write a paragraph response.
  • Complete ONE current event article.

It is important for you to continue to be aware of the news and what is going on at this time. This is exactly why we have been doing these all year!

Sample Schedule:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

  • Watch teacher video
  • Plan Cooking Project
  • Watch teacher video
  • Complete Cooking Project
  • Watch teacher video
  • Attend ZOOM Meeting
  • Grocery Challenge
  • Watch teacher video
  • Complete Current Event
  • Watch teacher video
  • Take Virtual Field Trip