7th grade social studies 2011-12

Dear Seventh Grade Parents and Students,

*Homework for this Friday is to read articles in the new Upfront Magazine on pages 8-11 and pages 16-17.

Upfront Magazine
As I told the students this magazine is for them to read whenever and whatever articles they want to. We will not have time to cover  the entire magazine in class, so your child and you should enjoy the articles together and discuss them together.

Last Class
This past Tuesday we continued our marathon reading of the Constitution. When we have finished we will then read the 27 Amendments. The language of these documents is beautiful but very challenging. I feel that if we are going to study the founding and framing of this document we needed to read it at least once (as challenging as it is). We will be referring back to it periodically.

Next Class

We will finish the reading of the Constitution and discuss the articles assigned.

Coming Up

*The students have indicated a desire to continue taking the U.S. Citizenship test, so be prepared for another quiz.

*We will be having a visit on Friday, November 11th at 8:30am from Steven Kiruswa, a Tanzanian and a member of the Maasai tribe.
More to come on this.

*We will be having a visit from Ken Burns on Friday, November 18th at 8:30am. More to come on this.

*After the November Break we will begin reading, "Facing the Lion". I will send along a synopsis.

*See this weeks Wednesday Notice for information about our Global Education Study for the next 5- 6 weeks.

Any questions or concerns please let me know.

Best,

Steve