8th Grade GSS Weekly Update
Week of 2/3-2/7
Breaking News
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
Middle School Model UN General Assembly
Friday, April 3, 2020
Eighth Grade students will travel to the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, on
Wednesday, April 22, 2020. We will travel to several historic sites in Springfield, Illinois on a coach bus and enjoy a buffet pizza lunch at Pizza Lunch. Several chaperones are needed for the trip. Please read the form carefully to sign up to be a volunteer. This trip will be an all-day trip. We will board the bus at 7 a.m. and return around 6 p.m.
The permission slip and fees are due on Friday, March 27, 2020.
What If? Conference
Cortex Innovation Lab
Friday, April 24, 2020
Classroom Happenings
PBL EXPLORATION
Students are working on one of the six options to explore and research this semester:
Model UN
Notables
20% Project
Track a Legislator
Podcast Challenge
NHD Regional Competition Entry
Some students have chosen more than one option.
GUEST SPEAKER
Bobbi Kennedi from Civitas joined us again and worked with students on writing their resolutions.
DEMOCRACY
Students are learning how the U.S. Constitution establishes a system of government that has powers, responsibilities, and limits that have changed over time and that are still contested.
Students spent time understanding the characteristics of each branch-executive, legislative and judicial.
Upcoming Tests and Presentations
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Government Summative Assessment
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Week of Monday, March 2, 2020
Harlem Renaissance Presentations
Upcoming Due Dates
GSS Composition Notebook Checks continue through Tuesday, February 11
Government Summative Study Guide due Tuesday, February 11
Harlem Renaissance Signed Parent Letter due Thursday, February 13, 2020
Harlem Renaissance Three Sources due Tuesday, February 18
Harlem Renaissance Adult Picture due Wednesday, February 19
Harlem Renaissance Typed Timeline due Wednesday, February 20
FINAL Harlem Renaissance Postage Stamp, Typed Timeline, Final Annotated Bibliography and Final Paragraphs due Thursday,
February 27
GSS Springfield Field Trip Permission Slip and Fees due on Friday, March 27, 2020
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