Good Morning! I’m at Macul Conference in Detroit today. Working on Edublogs bright and early this morning and hoping for a lot of great stuff in technology as the day progresses. I’ll be here both Thursday and Friday and will return to class on Monday.

7th Grade Social Studies:
- Working on history Glogs in lab today. Have your student show you his or her awesome and creative work!

8th Grade Social Studies:
- 8th grade students will be completing Explore Test today.

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Hey all! We’re finishing the “Alamo”. Character Bio sheets will be due and we’ll take a 15 question quiz over “characters and plot”

7th Grade Social Studies:
- Finishing our investigation of the Salem Witch Trials. Looking at these theories; Ergot poisoning, Power of Suggestion, Mass hysteria caused by prolonged indian war, isolation, and rigid religious belief.

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Film: THC “Remember the Alamo” and Character Bios/Timeline

7th Grade Social Studies:
- CCR Guidelines
- Plymouth Colony/Anne Hutchinson

Professional Development for your teachers!!
Enjoy the day and we’ll see you again Tuesday. Reminder to those students who were assigned CCR sheets….Get them done!!

7th Grade Social Studies:
- Plymouth Colonization
- Webquest: Log newly learned info in your “What I’ve Learned” Packet, Share with class on Friday (tally)
- Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/#part1

8th Grade Social Studies:

- Review packet of Chap. 12 Sections 1&3
- Jackson’s Election (electoral college ?) and the Indian Removal Acts

7th Grade Social Studies
- French Exploration of North America: The Mississippi River Vally

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Slavery during America’s Early Years (Pre-Civil War)
- Slavery as a result of the Industrial Revolution

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Corps of Discovery Route Sequencing (1-15)
- Begin Mapping

7th Grade Social Studies:
- Aztec, Maya, Olmec &Toltec Mapping

7th Grade Social Studies:
- Film: “Hernan Cortes”
- 5 questions regarding Cortes and the Aztec conquest

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Corps of Discovery Route Sequencing (1-12)

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Go over worksheets/assignment (10 pts.)
- quiz over reading material

7th grade Social Studies:
– Present final PwrPts
- Spelling list and map work for Tues. Nov. 16

8th Grade Social Studies:
- Read 303-306 “Federalists in Charge”
- Wrksht
- Read: Electoral College info
- Quiz over Reading on Tuesday

7th Grade Social Studies;
- Lab: Finish Canadian Provinces PwrPts