St. Luke’s History

Hello All!

If you have been paying attention, you must know that the Christmas Break is on the way, but we have to take finals before we can get there.  Here is what is in store for all of you over the next few days:

8th Grade:  We will wrap up World War One with a look at the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s 14 Points.  There will be a couple of handouts to read and complete for these topics.  I have Thursday and Friday scheduled for review.  I hope you have been keeping up.  Our History Final is Monday, December 12.

7th Grade:  We will finish an overview of the Constitution of the United States with a focus on the jobs of each branch of government.  Look to the Civics Handbook in your Textbook beginning on page 224 as reference.  Your review is also on Thursday and Friday with your test on Monday, December 12 as well.

You should be gathering notes and old tests to get going on the studying.  Good Luck! 

As you all know, the Presidential election is only 5 days away and the last few days we have been having some discussions about each candidate’s position on several key issues.  I am so impressed by everyone’s interest and knowledge about the election and the issues.  We will hold our own class election on Monday.   8th graders, the worksheet you have been working on will serve as your voter registration cards. 7th graders, you will get to vote based on our discussions in class. I want to make sure you all have done research and vote based on facts not just emotion.

It has also been very entertaining to watch you all try to guess who I’m going to vote for.  I assure you I have been doing my own research and feel like I am making a good choice.  I’ll keep it to myself, though  

8th Grade Up Coming Events November 3-7:

Monday:  Yellow Journalism….Bring a tabloid newspaper to class for discussion

Tuesday:  Election Day…Four Voices/Two Points of View of the Spanish-American War

Wednesday:  Election Returns Discussion

Thursday:  Review for Test over Causes of Spanish-American War

Friday: Test

7th Grade Up-Coming Events November 3-7:

Monday: First Shots of the American Revolution  Chapter 5 sec 3

Tuesday:  Election Day….Character Profiles:  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams

Wednesday:  Election Returns Discussion

Thursday:  Review for Test over Causes of the American Revolution

Friday:  Test

WHEW!!  We all made it through the first 9 weeks of school.  It was chock full of fun, stress and a little chaos thrown in, but you all did well and I look forward to more adventures in the next few weeks.  Keep up with your studies and ask lots of questions and keep learning!

Well, the 8th graders are off to Marble Falls for a glorious 3 days of fun, team building, and one night under the stars!  I hope it proves to be one of the most memorable experiences of your St. Luke’s career.

As for you 7th graders being left behind, be good!  I know you will…I just have to put it on record.  Here  are your assignments for while I’m gone:

Wednesday:  Read and do questions for Chapter 4 sec

Thursday: Read and do questions for Chapter 4 sec 2 

Friday:  Work in your Groups on the Colonial Life Project

Be sure to finish your foldable of the 13 colonies and Chapter 3 sec 4 questions.  Everything is due on Friday!  Have a blast and don’t miss me too much.

Hello 7th grade! 

Here we are in week 4 of school.  Can you believe it?  You have your first test under your belt and we are moving on to the Colonization of America.  Here is the Agenda for the Week of September 15-19:

Monday:  Spanish Settlements in America Read Chapter 2 section 3 pg. 51-55; do questions pg 55

Tuesday:  Early English Settlements  Chapter 2 section 4

Wednesday:  The Mayflower Compact:  A Front Runner to our current American Government

Thursday:  Jamestown and early economy of the Colonies

Friday:  How Tobacco Saved the Colonies

Your first major project will begin next week as we study Life in the Colonies.  Details to come!

Have a great week!

WOW!!!  If you pay attention to the news this afternoon, you will hear about John McCain’s selection for Vice-President.  He has chosen Gov. Sarah Palin from Alaska.  She was not widely considered to be the front runner, but was on the short list.  It is a bold choice and one that really puts a kink into the Obama/Biden surge from this week.  Gov. Palin is not the first woman to run for Vice-President.  Leave a comment with the answer for who was the 1st woman to run for VP.  I will leave the comments private so you all need to find out.  The first one to comment will get a special prize Tuesday morning!

On Tuesday, be ready to talk about the implications of this choice.  This just made the race for the White House a whole lot more interesting.  Jonathan spoke today of your generation being not only an emerging generation, but a transformational generation.  This election sets the stage for you to launch into a whole new world.  Either way, after this election, we will have the first African-American or the first woman in the most powerful house in America!

Have a great weekend!

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I am very impressed with the discussions we have had regarding the Democratic National Convention. It is obvious that you are paying attention to what is going on and are taking an interest in the issues being discussed.  The Republican National Convention is held next week so be prepared to watch and discuss the goings on there as well.

I really want you to plan to watch Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night and send me a comment with your impressions of it.  This is required and you will get a “comment” grade for it.  If you have a conflict and will not be able to watch the speech, please let me know AHEAD OF TIME!!!

**Parents I welcome your comments as well**

I look forward to hearing what you have to say.

Welcome back to St. Luke’s!  I am very excited about the possibilities for this 2008-2009 school year.

Because this is an election year, we will be talking a great deal about politics and the candidates running for office.  I encourage you to follow the election and discuss the issues as a family.  This will help your student develop into a critical thinker and to develop his or her own ideas about important issues in our government.

I love teaching history and my goal for all students is to have each one leave my class with a solid foundation of historical knowledge so that they become well informed, thoughtful and insightful members of the world in which they live.

Your children are living history and I look forward watching them discover their place in it.

Have a wonderful year!

Holly Glasgow