Homework Assigned on Wed., May 25, 2011

GRADE 7: Finish your family oral history presentations.

GRADE 9: 1. Read the selection from Alex Haley's Roots. 2. Answer questions 1-3 p. 31. 3. Look at the pictures that accompany the story on pages 32-35.

Homework Assigned on Monday, May 23, 2011

GRADE 7: Work on Oral History project. 10 minute real family history story, no slides, no pps.
Just spoken history. Make it interesting & have all your facts - names, places, dates. DUE WEDNESDAY.

GRADE 8: Review the explorers we have studied so far. Take your notes & put them in a logical, succinct order.

GRADE 9: Powerpoint presentations due Tuesday & Wednesday: Beth, Trevor, Xante, Mac

Homework Assigned on Monday, May 2, 2011

GRADE 7: 1. Finish reading Chapter 12, Early Societies in West Africa. 2. Vocab due in your notebooks, in complete sentences, Wednesday. 3. Vocab test Friday.
Vocab Words:
1. woodland forest
2. rainforest
3. extended family
4. excavate
5. tribute
6. Sahel
7. Timbuktu
8. Ghana (ancient)
9. Mali
10. Songhai
11. griot
12. oral history

Grade 8: 1. Read page 82-85, Geog. 2. Answer question 1, 3, page 83 and 2 a,b,c on page 85. Due Tuesday. 3. Powerpoints are due Monday, May 9.

Grade 9: 1. Read page 244-247. Geog. 2. Answer questions 1, 5 page 245 and 1, 2, 4 page 247 - Due Tuesday. 3. Powerpoints on research topics due Monday, May 9. 15 minute maximum including 5 minute question & answer.