Mr. Seeberg's Classpage
Week of Nov 16
FORENSICS: 8-36 had an excellent 63% participation rate in the recent Forensics meet here at SMV. 
COMPUTER NOTE:
Jr. High kids (and parents):
There is an expectation that you bring your homework to school ready to turn in on the day it is due. Your assignment should be printed at home. We understand that things can go wrong. If your home printer is not working or is out of ink, ask your parents to e-mail the teacher or send a note. You will then be allowed to print at school.
Grade 6:
Grade 6 will be studying Geography this year with a textbook called "The World and It's People"
Currently, the 6th Graders are learning:
Unit 4 Regional Atlas: Europe, pp. 278-291
Ch. 12 Western Europe Today
1. Compare the economies and governments of United Kingdom, Ireland, & the U.S.
2. What are the four parts that make up the United Kingdom? X
3. What can the UK's Parliament be compared to the U.S. Congress?
4. How can the UK be a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy?
5. Why does the House of Lords have little power in the UK's Parliament?
6. How are the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland different?
7. What diasagreement has led to fighting in Northern Ireland?
8. What is Benelux?
9. Describe the economy found in France.
10. What characteristics does France have that makes it very productive in agriculture?
11. How do navigable rivers help the economy of France?
12. What are Flemings and Walloons?
13. What does Netherlands mean and how do polders relate?
14. What is a multinational company and why do many use Luxembourg as their home?
15. France is the 2nd-largest food exporter in the world. Why is that remarkable?
16. Describe Germany's economy and how it compares to the rest of Western Europe.
17. Why did Germany have to reunify?
18. What four things link Germany's cities?
19. What economic benefits do the Alps provide for countries like Austria and Switzerland?
20. What are Switzerland's 4 official languages and why do they have so many?
21. Whay has Switzerland maintained a policy of neutrality?
22. Describe the landscapes and climates of the Nordic nations.
23. Compare Norway's government with the UK.
24. What resources have made Sweden wealthy? Norway?
25. Why do some people in Iceland speak Danish?
26. Why is Finnish culture different from the rest of the Nordic countries?
27. How has Italy's past influenced modern Europe?
28. Explain how the geography has shaped the history of Greece?
29. What three countries are located on the Iberian Peninsula?
30. Why is northern Italy more prosperous than southern Italy?
GREEK WRITING PROJECT
Although the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta were only about 100 miles apart, they grew up very differently. Imagine you could go back in time as a reporter in Greece at the time of the Persian Wars (about 500 B.C.).
Your task is to write a newspaper article that has two goals:
1. In your article, describe the organization of the city-states of Sparta and Athens and the different governments of Sparta and Athens.
2. Also in your article, decide which city-state you would prefer to live in and explain the most important reasons why you made that choice.
SPECIFICS:
- Be sure to use the following words in your article: polis, acropolis, agora, aristocrats, perioeci, oligarchy, helots, democratic, constitution, defensive league
- Follow the 6 Traits Rubric in your writing (Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, & Conventions).
- Include a bibliography with at least four (4) sources, two (2) of which must be books.
- Your bibliography must be in correct MLA form.
- Length: 1-2 pages. Use 12pt. Times New Roman, double-spaced with 1” margins for your paper.
- Include a title page.
ROUGH DRAFT DUE: Thursday, November 12th
FINAL DRAFT DUE: Tuesday, November 24th
Grade 7 is studying world history this year with a textbook called "Human Heritage." We will start with prehistory and work towards the present-day.
Currently, the 7th graders are learning:
CH 11 Cultural Contributions of Greece 775 B.C. - 338 B.C. 700 B.C. - 335 B.C.
1.How did Greeks honor their gods and goddesses?
2. When did the first Olympics occur?
3. What were some events in the early Olympics?
4. How are comedies and tragedies different?
5. Who were some of the most important Greek playwrites of ancient times?
6. Describe the differences among the three main columns of Classical Greek architecture.
7. What did philosophia mean to ancient Greeks.
8. How do your teachers or parents use the Socratic method?
9. Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
10. How did the Athenians think of Socrates after his death?
11. What was the subject of Plato's The Republic?
12. What is the purpose of the scientific method?
13. What is a hypothesis?
14. How does a syllogism work? Write your own example.
15. What are some discoveries and inventions made by the Greeks?
Grade 8 is studying world history this year with a textbook called "American Journey."
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Declaration of Independence X
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Ch. 7 A More Perfect Union
1. Why did some state governments choose to have a bicameral legislature? X
2. What kind of central government did the new United States want to have? X
3. Did the Articles of Confederation favor strong states or a strong central government? Why? X
4. What powers did the new central government, Congress, have? X
5. What was the Northwest Ordinance and what effect do you it had on Native Americans? X
6. How did the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation contribute to the instability of the new nation? X
7. How did Congress deal with the western lands won in the American Revolution? X
8. Summarize the strngths and weaknesses of the Confederation government. X
9. How did Shay's Rebellion expose a serious weakness of the Articles of Confederation? X
10. Why did Southern states support slavery? X
11. Why did James Madison and Alexander Hamilton call for a Constitutional Convention in 1787? X
12. How were the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan different? X
13. How did the Great Compromise join the Virginia and New Jersey plans? X
14. What decision was made to count the slave population? X
15. Who refused to sign the Constitution? Explain why. X
16. How does Wisconsin fit into our country's idea of federalism?
17. Draw a diagram of our Three Branches of Government. List who is part of each branch and list their duties. X
18. Those who supported the Constitution were known as Federalists. But, according to the Antifederalists, why was the Bill of Rights necessary for the Constitution to be passed?
19. Why was the support of Virginia and New York vital to ratifying the Constitution?
20. Why did the framers of the Constitution believe there needed to be a system of checks and balances? X
- GEOGRAPHY: GRADE 6
WORLD HISTORY: GRADE 7 
US HISTORY: GRADE 8 
