PES 
8th Grade Social Studies Mr. Robison
Homework For “A” Day Classes
Assigned Due Date Assignment
05/14/08 05/20/08 
Read “Welcome
to DFW” and
05/21/08 Uptown
Dallas Field Trip - get dropped off at
on this morning. Do
not come to Midway Campus. Be on time!!!
varies by class 
Final Exam
– prepare by reviewing material from packet given in class
05/12/08 05/14/08 Read
varies by class Final Exam
– review packet given in class; begin by really learning the
material in today’s homework assignment
05/06/08 05/08/08 Read
05/12/08 Test:
Chapters 14, 15, 16, & 17 (selected topics found on study guide)
04/25/08 05/06/08 Read
04/23/08 04/25/08 Read
04/21/08 04/23/08 Read
In
preparation to play the “Westward Expansion” game.
04/11/08 04/15/08 Read
04/15/08 04/17/08 Read
04/21/08 Test: Chap.
11&12
04/09/08 04/11/08 Complete
worksheet packet
04/07/08 04/09/08 Read Ch.
10, sect. 5 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
Vocab. Quiz (on terms from “What’s the Deal?”)
04/03/08 04/07/08 Read
Leads
to Another” worksheet)
Define vocab. from chapters 1-6 of “What’s the Deal?”
04/01/08 04/03/08 Read Ch.
10, sect. 1-4 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
03/25/08 03/28/08 Read Ch. 9,
sect. 3 & 4 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
Geography
Map – label the items from Group A & B
04/01/08 Test: Chap.
9 (including geography wksheet assignment [group A] )
03/05/08 03/07/08 Write your
“Compromise of 1790” letter to your “constituents.”
03/03/08 03/05/08 Quiz –
Federal Officeholders
Quiz –
government structure & the Constitution of the U.S.
02/28/08 03/03/08 Complete
Federal Officeholders worksheet
Read
“Handout A”
02/26/08 02/28/08 Read Ch. 8,
sect. 3 & 4 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
Quiz –
government structure & the Constitution of the U.S.
02/22/08 02/26/08 Read Ch. 7,
sect. 4 & Ch. 8, sect. 1 & 2 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments. (in section 7.4, answer only # 3 & 5)
02/13/08 02/20/08 Read Ch. 7,
sect. 2 & 3 and
answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments. (in section 2, answer only # 4 & 5)
02/22/08 Test:
Chapter 6 – American Revolution
02/11/08 02/13/08 Read Ch. 7,
sect. 1 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessment.
02/22/08 Test:
Chapter 6 – American Revolution
02/07/08 02/11/08 Read Ch. 6,
sect. 4 & 5 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
02/05/08 02/07/08 Revise your
essay. The final draft will be graded as
a quiz.
02/01/08 02/05/08
Essay
response assignment.
Explain what is meant by the statement, “The French and Indian War
caused
the American Revolution.”
01/30/08 02/01/08 Read Ch. 6,
sect. 2 & 3 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
01/24/08 01/30/08 Read Ch. 5,
sect. 3 & Ch. 6, sect. 1 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
01/22/08 01/24/08 Geography
maps: French & Indian War and American Revolution
01/17/08 01/22/08 Read the
“Seven Years War” pkt. and answer the questions at
the end.
Read
Chapter 5, sections 1 & 2 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
01/15/08 01/17/08 Test –
Chapters 3 & 4
Practice
tests available at the Prentice Hall website. Use the “Go To”
pull
down menu in the left column to navigate your way to different
chapters
and take the Self Test for each chapter to check your readiness.
These
questions provide a good example of the type of questions you
will
find on the test. However, these self
tests only cover some of the
topics
in the chapter. Make sure you study all
of the topics covered
by
the Comprehension Questions, Key Terms, and initial geography
assignment
as we discussed in class.
01/11/08 01/15/08 Read
Chapter 4, sections 4 & 5 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
01/17/08 Test –
Chapters 3 & 4
01/09/08 01/11/08 Read
Chapter 4, sections 2 & 3 and answer the “Comp. Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
01/17/08 Test –
Chapters 3 & 4
12/18/07 12/20/07 In your textbook, “The American Nation,” read Chapter 3,
section 5
& Chapter 4, section 1 and answer the
“Comprehension Questions”
in
the Section Assessments.
12/14/07 12/18/07 In your textbook, “The American Nation,” read Chapter 3,
sections
1,
3, & 4 and answer the “Comprehension Questions” found in the
Section
Assessments of those sections.
12/12/07 12/14/07 
Label your
map with the physical geography of the 13 colonies.
(map
and list handed out in class)
12/04/07 12/06/07 Label the
political geography of The
in
class and ID the capital of each state.
12/10/07 Timeline Project. Class time is being allotted for the
completion of
written
portion of this project, but students will need to rehearse
the
presentation at home.
12/12/07 Quiz covering the states, their
2-letter abbreviation, and capitals.
11/28/07 12/04/07 Quiz
(matching) covering the political geography of
12/10/07 Timeline Project. Class time is being allotted for the
completion of
written
portion of this project, but students will need to rehearse
the
presentation at home.
Extensions
will be granted as needed to students in A4 due to the
loss of a class period to the Community Service Project on
Friday.
11/26/07 11/28/07 Label the
political geography of
You
may use pencil, colored pencils, highlighters, etc.
12/04/07 Quiz
(matching) covering the political geography of
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The average
score on the Social Studies Tri 1 Exam was a 94%.
11/06/07 11/12-15/07 Begin
Trimester Exam preparations
11/02/07 11/06/07 Complete
“Introducing
10/31/07 11/02/07 Test:
L.M.A. Chapters 3-6– Mali & Songhay
10/29/07 10/31/07 Read
“L.M.A.” Chapter 6 & answer the directed reading questions
10/25/07 10/29/07 Read
“L.M.A.” Chapter 5 & answer the directed reading questions
10/23/07 10/25/07 define vocab. terms for Songhay
10/19/07 10/23/07 no homework
10/17/07 10/19/07 Define
terms given in class.
Read
“L.M.A.” Chapters 3 & 4 and answer the questions using
complete
sentences when appropriate
10/02/07 10/17/07 Test:
L.M.A. Chapters 1 & 2 –
10/09/07 10/11/07 Complete
worksheets and continue test prep.
10/02/07 10/09/07