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Mrs. America F. Mendigutia

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Homework

Week of August 30, 2010

	6^th Grade	7^thGrade	8^thGrade
Monday	•	Read & Outline Chapter 2 Section 1	No Social Studies Class
Tuesday	6B - Chapter 2, Section 1-page 34 questions 1-5 Section 2-page 39 questions 1-3	No Social Studies Class	List the positive and negative effects of the European Explorations (minimum 6-10 items on each side) Chapter 2 test next Tuesday
Wednesday	6A - Current Events	Current Events topic- how recent changes in Earth's surface have affected cities.	No Social Studies Class
Thursday		No Social Studies Class
Friday	Study for Chapter 2 Test on Wednesday	Study for Chapter 2 Test on Wednesday	Study for Chapter 2 Test on Tuesday.

Current Event Assignment-due On Fridays (when the class meets). See new guidelines for turning in the current events

The What and the Why must be 1 paragraph long (minimum 5 sentences each). What? should be a summary of the article. Why? should be your opinion tell me why did you picked this article?

Current events could be about news related to what we are covering in class. Your assignment can include topics related to geography, economy, politics, archeology, religion. Topics related to sports, celebrities, criminal stories (or crimes), weather reports will not be allowed.

In order to get FULL credit for the Current Event you must include a copy of your article or the first page of the web page you got the article from (otherwise 25 points will be automatically deducted). The article with NO report will only give you 25 points.

Give the source for all quotes, facts, and ideas that are not your own. Make sure you use footnotes, and/or a bibliography or "Works Cited" page in all your projects.