Bonus Test Questions

Students,

Here are the bonus questions for your test next Tuesday (2/22).  Remember that you will need to copy and paste the questions into word to show that you visited the site.  There is a possibility of 5 bonus available.  I am posting three (3) questions.  ONLY CHOOSE ONE for your bonus. 

1. Why were the British traveling to Lexington and then on to Concord?  Who were the three men that warned the countryside?  What were their roles?





2.  Who were the Green Mountain Boys and what were two of their accomplishments?





3.  Who became the general of the Continental Army?  What leadership traits did he have?  (physical attributes, personality, and background)

Midterm is here!

Parents,
Each of the grades are calculated.  At the end of the quarter, I will go into the gradebook and drop the lowest assignment for each student.  I've given this a lot of thought and think that it would be best to give each student a clear indication of where they stand point-wise throughout the quarter up until final grade time.
Please remember that midterm is just an indication of where each student stands.  They may go back and redo low scoring assignments (with the exception of daily questions/assessments) for better scores.  They may not turn in a late assignment that they didn't turn in initially as this would be unfair to other students.   
Hope to see everyone at parent-teacher conferences during the first week of March! 
Best Wishes,
Mr. Husted

Projects Completed!

The projects are in...and the results were very creative.  The 8th grade Social Studies students did a VERY creative job in putting their projects together/presenting them to their classmates!  I have posted just a few of the activities on the blog, but had many more that were awesome. 

There were a number of different student-created activities.  The groups created projects that included revolutionary era news casts, rap songs, books, newspapers, powerpoints, propoganda/movie posters, and even foods that were commonly cooked during the time of the war.  I was very pleased to see the work of our students!  This project was designed to give the students mental snapshots of the time period. 

Where are we headed next?  We went back to text today to reinforce their learnings.  The students explored the midnight ride made by Paul Revere today through interactive team work.  I found that the group that presented "The Midnight Ride" to the class during the project took pride in contributing information during the lesson today.

This has definitely been an experience that will remain in their minds for quite some time!