Washington and Fitzgerald: Promises and Possibilities

This week, it's F. Scott Fitzgerald for the 8th graders and the administration of Washington with the 7th graders. We progress, we strive, we struggle, and we learn. Such becomes the basic mantra of 7.8/3 Social Studies.
For 7th graders, click here for the work we will be doing on Wednesday and Thursday on political parties.
All best.
Mr. Kannan

Syllabus for 7.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.27- 3.2

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: Return Constitution Exams. Start Chapter 8, section 1. Read aloud in class and annotate.	HW: Finish specific questions out of Chapter 8, section 1.
Tuesday: Start Chapter 8, section 2. Discuss growth of political parties. Assess where we stand as a group on the issue.	HW: If you had to define yourself as “Federalist” or “Republican,” which one represents you in a more totalizing fashion? Explain with three references to today’s discussion.
Wednesday- Friday: Finish Chapter 8 with specific questions. Start on task for political parties.	HW: Political parties work is due Friday at 8:00 PM.
	HW: Political Parties work is due Friday at 8:00 PM.

Syllabus for 8.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.27- 3.2

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: Read Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams.”	HW: Annotate for themes out of the 1920s from the sections read in class today.
Tuesday: Finish “Winter Dreams.”	HW: Annotate for themes out of the 1920s in the story.
Wednesday: Tommy Guns’ Ticket stamping. In class work on Enrichment Sheet for “Winter Dreams.”	HW: Finish Enrichment Sheet on “Winter Dreams.”
Wednesday: Start James’ “Fame in the 20th Century: 1920s.”	HW: Annotate the James Article thus far for required elements. Work on identification and wordle for one figure from the 1920s.
Friday: No class- Shakespeare Field Trip.	HW: Complete one identification and wordle for that individual.

The Party Gets Started... and an exam to boot!

For the seventh graders, it's a Constitution Exam all the way down. I can only wish them the best of luck on it throughout. There will be a study session on Wednesday of this week, if anyone needs assistance.

For the eighth graders, the pain of World War I is supplanted by the horrific shallowness of The 1920s: The Jazz Age. With World War I Primary Source Assessments due at 9:00 AM, students must make sure that these are ready to be submitted and then begin their study of the Jazz Age. Students will have nightly assignments as we learn the joys, pains, and sorrows of a party that seemed like it would never end, but actually did.

For all students, extra credit from the blog expires on Tuesday at 6:00 PM.

8th Graders: Here is the link to the bag of 1920s video clips and then, here is the link to edmodo.

For the slideshow on how to log in to edmodo and set up an account, click here.

Nothing but the best to you all as the pain of pressure and core of nothingness becomes evident to all,

Mr. Kannan

Syllabus for 7.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.20- 2.24

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: No School- President’s Day.	HW: Constitution Exam starts tomorrow.
Tuesday: Constitution Exam. Continues until Friday.

Syllabus for 8.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.20- 2.24

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: No School- President’s Day.	HW: Enrichment Sheet Due Tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
Tuesday: Submit enrichment sheets. Collect new packets. Introduce the Jazz Age.	HW: Finish viewing the bag of websites on the 1920s. What is this age all about?
Wednesday: Go over ticket for Tommy Guns and unit expectations.	HW: View the Prezi on the Themes of the 1920s
Thursday Review the themes of the 1920s and discuss any questions about the themes. Log on to Edmodo and start posting on the different topics on Edmodo.	Remember that you are required to post at least six comments on Edmodo in order to go to Tommy Guns. Start keeping track on your tickets. The more you do, the quicker you get to go to Tommy Guns.
Friday: Work on edmodo posts or on the study guides from chapter 22.	HW: Finish both edmodo posts and study guides on chapter 22 (2 completed.) Stamps given Wednesday or on your own time.

Ending World War I unit, concluding the Constitution Unit, and Field Trips

This week is certainly going to be an important one. The 8th graders finish World War I while the 7th graders finish the Constitution. It is here where I think that we will see things really accelerate as the conclusion of both units brings out an exam with one group and a World War I primary source assessment with another.
For all students, please know that All Extra Credit Quotations and Website/ Video Extra credit will be closed as of 2.21 at 6:00 PM. Time is running out, and I can only hope that students intellectually "run" to keep up with it.

Syllabus for 7.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.13- 2.17

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: Watch the President’s discussion of his favorite goal.	HW: The Constitution Exam is next week. Finish the assigned questions from the speech tonight. Field Trip is on Friday.
Tuesday: Letter about Constitution Exam goes home. Discuss amendments and Rights of the Accused.	HW: Constitution Exam is next week. Please start or continue the process of studying. Field Trip is on Friday.
Wednesday: Last quiz for the Constitution Unit.	HW: Constitution Exam next week. Field Trip is on Friday.
Thursday: Discuss field trip specifics.	HW: Constitution Exam next week. Field Trip is tomorrow.
Friday: Field Trip.	HW: Constitution Exam next week.

Syllabus for 8.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.13- 2.17

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: Read Yeats’ “The Second Coming.” Annotate for meaning and for overall purpose.	HW: Finish annotations of Yeats’ poem.
Tuesday: Day for Debs: Annotate “Statement to the Court” by Debs. Annotate “Speech from Canton, Ohio” by Debs.	HW: Annotations of student selected primary source due tomorrow.
Wednesday: Introduce e.e. cummings and read “next to of course god America”	HW: Think about which primary source you “got” the most. If you like, start reading another one that has not been read in class.
Thursday: Introduce/ Work on enrichment sheet.	HW: Enrichment sheet due Tuesday at 9:00 AM.
Friday: Field Trip.	HW: Enrichment sheet due Tuesday at 9:00 AM.

Week of 2.6 to 2.10- World War I sources of Dissent and the Rise of the Constitution Exam

Students enter this week needing to be that "silent guardian" or "dark knight" of their own academic fortresses. With conferences concluding, students have to seize "the fierce urgency of now" and recognize that time is fleeting. There has to be a sense of fortification and drive towards their academic success and it starts with this week. Perhaps, students can become not necessarily the hero that their academic success needs, but rather what their academic success deserves. With this, our work for this week:

Syllabus for 7.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.6- 2.10

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: Collect cornucopia of items. Take questions on Judicial Branch. Start discussion of Amendments.	HW: Prepare for Friday’s quiz on Judicial Branch and Amendments.
Tuesday: Continue with amendments.	HW: Prepare for Friday’s quiz on Judicial Branch and Amendments.
Wednesday: In class study day with station rotation. Distribute field trip permission slips.	HW: Prepare for Friday’s quiz on Judicial Branch and Amendments. Field trip permission slips are due and parent chaperones sorely needed.
Thursday: Finalize discussion of amendments.	HW: Prepare for Friday’s quiz on Judicial Branch and Amendments. Field trip permission slips are due and parent chaperones sorely needed.
Friday: Take quiz.	HW: Field trip permission slips are due and parent chaperones sorely needed. The Constitution Exam will start the on 2.21 and go until 2.24. Just a thought, but studying might be a good thing.

Syllabus for 8.3 Social Studies

Week of 2.6- 2.10

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/

Monday: Read “Strike Against War” and discuss annotations.	HW: Finish annotations tonight for “Strike Against War.”
Tuesday: Discuss implications from Keller’s work and read “War” by Pirandello.	HW: Finish Pirandello annotations.
Wednesday: Read “IWW Stance on War” and annotate in class.	HW: Read “Whose War” and annotate for specific items.
Thursday: Read “Statement to the Court” by Debs. Discuss implications.	HW: Annotate “Speech from Canton, Ohio” by Debs.
Friday: Read “Red Scare” blurb in textbook along with Sacco/ Vanzetti, and Closing to Zinn’s “War is the Health of the State”	HW: Annotate Dos Passos’ poem or Millay’s poem.