Hello students!

Please try to finish up any work and share it with me before June 8th.  I will be holding our last weekly zoom meeting to discuss current events on Friday, June 5th at 2.  Link and password are in your email! If you are currently not passing the easiest way to pass is to attend this final zoom session. 

Miss you all!

Ms. Bisbee

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 2 Ocean's 8 History Remote Learning May & June

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Hello 8th graders!

The end of the year is approaching fast! This warm weather is fantastic so make sure you get outside and enjoy it!!! Over the next 2 weeks please continue to work a little on our history choices.  Some of you may be doing a little daily (like listening to the Upfirst podcast) while others of you may just do one longer thing each week (like take a historic hike or watch a movie). Some of you can also count our Friday Zoom meetings as you work (as long as you say or chat something!!!) This is okay! As long as you do something things are good! Please make sure you continue to email or share your docs with me so I can put them in my grade book and provide feedback.  

The link for this Friday's Zoom at 2 is in your email!

I miss you all!

Ms. Bisbee

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 2 Ocean's 8 History Remote Learning May & June

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Hello Ocean's 8 History! 

Same as last week here is the list you can pick from to complete.

 2 Ocean's 8 History Remote Learning May & June

Please share the doc with me when you start it so I can see what you are working on and give you feedback! 

I will also be starting a weekly zoom meeting on Fridays at 2  This is a time to ask me questions or earn credit for an assignment by listening to a podcast and discussing it together as a group.  See your email for the link!

Hello Students and Families!
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on our Team Zoom, Thursday at 1. Check your email for the link! I can't wait to share all my pets with you!

Here is the link to the May & June 8th Grade Civics & History Remote Learning Options. At the top of the doc are new options and at the bottom are the options continued on from March & April.

Please do what you are interested in! Let your talents and passions guide your choices as you continue your civic and history journey! Please just make sure you share your work with me through email.  This is how I can give you feedback and keep track of what folks are working on.  It is also helpful for you to share with with a parent and any special education teachers you might work with so that we are all in the same loop! Enjoy!

NEW Options:

Washington DC Tour:  Create a slideshow outlining a tour you want to take through Washington DC.

Donating to a Charity Activity: You have been given 1 million dollars to donate to a charity.  Your job is to research a charity (some ideas below) and justify why you selected the charity you did

City Profile: Create a travel brochure that highlights the city of your choice.

Reading Activity: Refugee by Alan Gratz: Read or listen to Refugee (links to book provided) and answer follow up questions.

Courts in a Nutshell:  Use the slideshow to complete the questions that go along with the webquest.

Making Laws Webquest: Answer questions using a slideshow about how the laws are made in the U.S.

Get Counted! The U.S. Census: Respond to questions and learn about the Census using  "Get Counted" Reading.

Continue with these Options:

Option #1

Continue listening to the podcast UpFirst and recording on the chart  UpFirst Podcast Reflection Sheet for May/June  Follow the link to the podcast Up First and listen to the most recent episode and fill out the reflection.

Option #2

Find a new podcast to listen to using the list: History & Civics Podcast List & descriptions. Then listen and record on the History Podcast Recording Sheet.

Option #3

Play games and watch short videos related to government and record what you played & learned Government Symbaloo Games and Videos

Option #4

Take a hike! Browse the list of Local Historic Hikes and go out and explore.  Take photos and share them, research some of the challenge questions, explore and learn!

Option #5

Watch a movie with a history theme.  I’ve started a History Themed Movie List organized by topic (If you have more movies or shows to add email me and I’ll add them- I know I’ve missed a ton!) Record your feedback on the Movie Feedback Form

Option #6

Do some independent research Research Links

Introducing the new remote learning options!
Directions:
1. Open this Ocean's 8 History & Civics Remote Learning Options and browse through the assignments.
2. Decide what you will do
3. Make a copy of the the doc and share it with me, a parent, and if you work with a special educator like Mr. Abbott or Ms. McGrath share it with them too!(I know this is different than usual, but it allows me to see what you are working on and give you feedback!)

Tips:
I really want you to find something that works for your interests and learning styles.  In these choices hopefully you will find something that speaks to you! Do not feel like you need to do everything, instead work at your own pace and do something!  As long as you are doing something and learning that's what really matters. If you are interested in topics or ideas that are not included below just send me an email. In addition, if you find any resources that you think others would enjoy share them with me!

Please remember to share docs with me as you start them!!!

Hello Students!

I hope everyone is doing well at home! I've been enjoying lots of fresh air on the farm with a lot of trampoline bouncing, biking, and hiking with my kids too! I hope you are getting outside and away from your screens!!!

In addition to the Up First Podcast in the previous post I wanted to share some books that you can stream free through https://stories.audible.com/start-listen 

• Roots: The Saga of An American Family
• In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons from 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules
• A Little History of the World
• Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History...and Our Future!

Also some more resources and ideas...

• Did Fake News Influences the Outcome of Election 2016?
• The Powers of Government Interactive Lesson PBS

Dear Students & Families-
We don't have a lot of information yet and it is always changing.  While we are out of school I would like students to complete the following assignment. We will submit it through schoology when school resumes.

Up First -Current Events and Us Assignment

Here is the link to the podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510318/up-first there is also a link within the doc you will use!

Below are some videos you may want to check out!

ASPEN is up-to-date so please check for assignments with zeros!!! Assignments listed as missing or ungraded are not hurting your grade.  Only worry about work with zeros!

Many students are missing the following assignments. Except for the Google Form, all should be submitted through Schoology.

President Background Video Research
Anatomy of the Constitution Reading and Questions
Washington DC Videos Google Forms (pick 3-5 to watch)

Today and tomorrow we will continue to watch "On the Basis of Sex"

Aspen is up-to-date for period 2

By Tuesday March 17th all grades in Aspen will be current.  In class on the 17th we will spend time looking at grades and organizing work and binders.  

Today we started watching "On the Basis of Sex" about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Students will be answering questions: On the Basis of Sex Movie Questions Guide and today we brainstormed a list of ways she was discriminated against as a woman.

This week students will be coming and going from class for health screenings and NHS guidance meetings, so during class we will watch either RBG or On the Basis of Sex.  Both are movies about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and will supplement our study of the Supreme Court. 

Today is a day filled with choices:

• Finish your research and reflective paragraph: How did the president use the power of the executive office to influence America?
• Finish bibliography
• Watch the enrichment project video on presidential mistakes: Top 10 Embarrassing Presidential Moments
• Start your Supreme Court Homework (see Monday's post for digital links to the reading!)
• Play one of these icivics games: win the white house, executive command, activate
• Discuss the upcoming election and examine the results from the Democratic Primary Discussion resources
• Watch the following videos 

Today's Goal: Create ans Submit your Formal Final Copy Bibliography!

Do Now:

• Have your research open
• Have  new blank doc open

See step by step  directions in the Citation Google Slides

Citation Machine

Calendar Week of March 2nd

Monday- continue research
Tuesday- how to create a formal bibliography
Wednesday-Wright Flight Field trip, Choice Day (wrap up research, enrichment, Supreme Court HW)
Thursday- Submit Bibliography and Research through Schoology.com

Due Thursday: Final Copy Bibliography & Research Submit using SCHOOLOGY!

Due Friday: Supreme Court HW Reading (Chose from below and highlight important info)

• Supreme Court (easiest)
• Ducksters: The Supreme Court
• Biographies of Current S.C. Justices
• Judicial Branch
• icivics Supreme Court in a Nutshell (Challenge)
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Students should continue their research on:

How did the president use the power of the executive office to influence America and make change?

We will extend the due date to March 5th because of a field trip. The research and final copy bibliography must be submitted through Schoology!

NHS Counselor Visit

NHS 2020-2021 Program of Studies


For history class at this point you should
1. Watched the videos on most of the presidents in your assigned time period and taken 1-3 notes from each video.
2. Created with your group a brainstorm of events that happened during your time period and submitted through Schoology.
3. Been assigned a president from you time frame to study in more depth
4. Started your research on: How did the president use the power of the executive office to influence America? How did he use his power as president to make change (positive or negative) in America?

Tuesday

Today students will work with their assigned time period group.  1 group member from each group should open the "Presidential Time Period Brainstorm" Doc in www.schoology.com. Next students should use the textbooks (American Nation under the bookshelf) and the helpful links below to create a list, web, or other brainstorm of the important events and ideas from the time period they are assigned.  Before the end of class this should be submitted through Schoology.

Next students will assign each person within the group a different president to study from that time period.  This information should be recorded on the "President Research List" Assignment in Schoology before the end of class.

If there is time students can begin researching their president.

Helpful Resources:

The White House About the Presidents  The White House Historical Society Timeline & Biographies  25 Decade defining events US History Timeline

Here is this week's calendar: Calendar Week of Feb 24

Important dates:

•  Video Research Notes due TOMORROW 
• NHS presentation 2/27
• President Research and Final Copy Bibliography due March 4th
• Conferences with NHS Counselors 3/5 & 3/10
• Health Screenings 3/11 & 3/12

Please sit with your assigned group!
1. Open Student Copy of Presidential Research Google Slides
2. Open the link to the directions & notes page that match your time period and make your own copy.
3. Individually take notes on each president in your time period from the YouTube Playlist.

If you are doing the enrichment option click here: Presidential Mistakes Enrichment Directions & Notes

ASPEN IS UP-TO-DATE... Please check it and get 0's in!

• What influence do presidents have?
• Do Now: Nearpod collaborate: What are important events or ideas in American history? Discuss who was president during these events
• Introduce the About the Presidents Research Project  and Enrichment Project Option 
• Students take the Presidential Research Interest Google Form

Today's Directions:

1. Independently open Washington DC Videos Google Form

2. Watch the videos and take notes.  You do not need to complete these in order you can start with the video topics that look most interesting to you.  You will not have time to watch every video, but you should be working the ENTIRE period.  

3. Submit your Form at the end of class

• What makes up the executive branch?
• Impeachment Open Notes Quiz
• Gallery walk from homework (on chart paper put a check mark under the sentence you picked as most important) Google Slides to print for gallery
• Stand Up Sit Down A Very Big Branch Informal Assessment All in a day's work informal assessment
• Nearpod collaborate: What do you know about the executive branch? Fill in the president's cabinet and agency 
• Nearpod: Matching Agencies with their Department and Acts with their Agency

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Impeachment Podcast Teacher Notes

Check your grades! ASPEN is up to date!

Homework due Tuesday: A Very Big Branch HW

• What precedents did George Washington set?
• Enrichment: The Virtue of Washington Reading or Slavery at Ms. Vernon WebQuest
• Do Now: Nearpod collaborate: Write a fact about George Washington
• Listen to “One Last Time” One Last Time from Hamilton and introduce Washington’s decision to only serve 2 terms 
• Each partnership should match the quote from Washington’s Farewell Address with its meaning. 
• With a partner organize the examples under the correct pillar Pillars of a Strong Nation
• If there is extra time or for enrichment students should illustrate a pillar or a quote from GW to post on a bulletin board
• A Very Big Branch HW Reading

Students will continue their research today and tomorrow on the 2 Massachusetts Senators and the representative from their Congressional District in the House of Representatives.  The research must be submitted by Tuesday night though Schoology.

State	Number of House Seats from 2010
Alabama	7
Alaska	1
Arizona	9
Arkansas	4
California	53
Colorado	7
Connecticut	5
Delaware	1
Florida	27
Georgia	14
Hawaii	2
Idaho	2
Illinois	18
Indiana	9
Iowa	4
Kansas	4
Kentucky	6
Louisiana	6
Maine	2
Maryland	8
Massachusetts	9
Michigan	14
Minnesota	8
Mississippi	4
Missouri	8
Montana	1
Nebraska	3
Nevada	4
New Hampshire	2
New Jersey	12
New Mexico	3
New York	27
North Carolina	13
North Dakota	1
Ohio	16
Oklahoma	5
Oregon	5
Pennsylvania	18
Rhode Island	2