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.

Work for the Week of 1.28 to 2.3

For all 8th graders who need to access the bag of websites for their World War I themes assessment, please click here. This assessment is due on Monday at 9:00 AM.

I will be adding more in terms of assignments for this week's extra credit towards the end of the week.

Syllabus for 7.3 Social Studies

Week of 1/30- 2/3

Monday: Greatest Video of All Time started.. Take home quiz given today. Due tomorrow.	HW: Finish take home quiz on the Constitution.
Tuesday: Collect take home quizzes. Continue Greatest Video of all time.	HW: Make sure notes on video are completed.
Wednesday: Finish greatest video of all time notes.	HW: Complete veritable cornucopia of Constitutional items enrichment sheet. Due on Monday, 2.6.
Thursday: Conferences	HW: Complete veritable cornucopia of Constitutional items enrichment sheet. Due on Monday, 2.6.
Friday: The voice of the dispossessed: "Eyes on the Prize."	HW: Complete veritable cornucopia of Constitutional items enrichment sheet. Due on Monday, 2.6.

Syllabus for 8.3 Social Studies

Week of 1/30- 2/3

Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org

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

Monday: Introduce sections 1 and 2 on Notetaking Guides for World War I.	HW: Finish sections 1 and 2 on Notetaking Guides from Chapter 21.
Tuesday: Introduce sections 3 and 4 on Notetaking Guides for World War I.	HW: Finish sections 3 and 4 on Notetaking Guides from Chapter 21.
Wednesday: Outline next phase and distribute take home assessment that is due on Monday, 2.6 at the start of class.	HW: Finish take home assessment.
Thursday: Conferences	HW: Finish take home assessment on World War I.
Friday: To Be Announced	HW: Finish take home assessment on World War I.

All best.
Mr. Kannan

The Constitution with one Group and World War I with the other

This week in the realm of 7/8.3 Social Studies, a real interesting dynamic is emerging. On one hand, the promises and possibilities of liberal democracy will be developing with our discourse on the Constitution in 7.3 Social Studies. Students are able to emerge to the very basic idea of the growth of American liberalism, the protection of liberties, and the progressive notion of transforming what is into what can be. On the flipside, the 8.3 discourse will be centered on World War I, a period of time where liberalism, conservativism, progressivism, and any other type of positive- ism failed into a morass of suffering, destruction, death, and agony. (I think I might be bordering on the slightly schizophrenic with facilitating the discourse in both.)

7th Grade Work for the week of 1.23- 1.27
Monday- Quiz on Goals, Principles, Thinkers and Preamble to the Constitution. No notes allowed.
HW: Finish reading section in textbook on Executive Branch.
Tuesday- Concept attainment on Executive Branch.
HW: Compose outcome sentences on the Executive Branch.
Wednesday- RTI Quizzlet on the Executive and Legislative Branches. Discuss Electoral College.
HW: In class options on Electoral College homework assignment.
Thursday- Distribute work back and discuss Legislative and Executive Branches.
HW: Prepare for Monday's quiz on Legislative, Executive, Goals, Principles, Thinkers, and Preamble to the Constitution.
Friday- In class preparation for Monday's quiz on Legislative, Executive, Goals, Principles, Thinkers, and Preamble to the Constitution.

8th Grade Work for the week of 1.23- 1.27
Monday: Introduce World War I. Discuss initial findings. Chapter 20 Enrichment Sheets are due before 3:30. Students will not be asked for their homework. They must submit it on their own recognizance. Due to Graduation Pictures, there will not be an open note quiz on Chapter 20.
HW: Think about why World War I was one of the most horrific moments in human history.
Tuesday: Introduce the maps of the time period and introduce the themes of World War I.
HW: Preview forthcoming themes. Review covered themes.
Wednesday: Finalize discussion of World War I Themes.
HW: Review covered themes.
Thursday: Return work and take questions on Themes of World War I.
HW: Start previewing the World War I Theme Bag of Websites on the blog.
Friday: Work on World War I Themes Enrichment Sheet, googledoc access, and complete over the weekend. Those with internet access difficulties will have to find some time to access the websites over lunch or on Monday and complete the task on their own. Please plan ahead. All work must be submitted to me on Monday by 3:30.

With conferences coming up, my hope is that you have been able to schedule a time to meet with teachers or will be attending the Office Hours option for those who are able to do so. If I can be of any further assistance in this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
All best.
Mr. Kannan

As promised, here is this week's extra credit opportunities.

Video Extra Credit- You might want to open up a couple of tabs so you can view the video in one tab and then complete the googledoc in another. You might have to jump back and forth between both.
For this week's seventh grade extra credit option via YouTube, click here for the video. After viewing it, click here for the googledoc that needs to be completed for extra credit.

For this week's eighth extra credit option via YouTube, click here for the video. After viewing it, click here for the googledoc that needs to be completed for extra credit.



Web Extra Credit- You might want to open up a couple of tabs so you can view the video in one tab and then complete the googledoc in another. You might have to jump back and forth between both.
This week's website for extra credit can be found here. Examine it, see what is there, and, if there are any interactive activities, go ahead and investigate them. Then, click here for the googledoc that needs to be completed for extra credit.

Best wishes.
Mr. Kannan