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 * **History Unit:** || ** Final Exam ** [[file:7th Grade Exam Review 2017-18.pdf]]

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 * > **Test(s):** || Map Assessment Monday, May 21, 2018 || (To be announced)  ||=   ||
 * **Quiz(zes):** || (To be announced)  || (To be announced) ||   ||
 * **Study Strategies:** || [[file:Checklist History Strategies 2017-18.pdf]] || [[file:Checklist History Strategies 2017-18.pdf]]
 * **Course Policies:** || 7th Course Policies
 * **Course Areas of Study:** || 7th Areas of Study
 * **Participation Self-Assessment:** || [[file:7th Class Participation Self-Assessment.pdf]] || [[file:8th Class Participation Self-Assessment.pdf]] ||  ||

**8th Grade** **Final Exam** Please use this study guide, review sheet, and suggested study schedule to prepare for the final history exam:
 * Final Exam - Review Sheet and Study Guide **

Please use this link to access the project page for the Independent Research Project.
 * Independent Research Project **

Please use these links to practice your programming skills and create digital portfolios with Mozilla Thimble: Mozilla Thimble login Remix Mozilla Thimble CSS Colors X-Ray Goggles Free Fair-Use Images: Pexels.com
 * Day Of Code - Updating Digital Portfolios - Tuesday, February 13, 2018 **

**Essay Writing Resources** Here are copies of the templates and guides to assist in writing persuasive essays:

**Preview** - As an introduction to this year's study, you can click here to watch explainer videos that previous 8th graders have made**.** **Study Strategies** - Here is a suggested checklist for ways to prepare for assessments in history class:

**7th Grade** **The Civil War** **Final Exam - Review Sheet and Study Guide** Please use this study guide, review sheet, and suggested study schedule to prepare for the final history exam:

**Maps Of The Era Of The Civil War - Wednesday, May 16** Please use these maps to practice your skills in connecting geography to the conflict in the 1800s:

**Copies of the class notes - Causes of the Civil War - Tuesday, May 15** Here is the information from class about the immediate causes of the conflict of the Civil War:

**Copies of the class notes - The Economies of the North And South - Thursday, May 3, and Friday, May 4** Here are copies of the notes, images, and maps related to the rising tension in the era of the Civil War:



**Mock Trial Packet** Please download and use this packet to guide all of your preparations for this spring's Mock Trial:


 * Here is the infographic about commenting in social media: [[file:How To Comment In Social Media.pdf]] **

**Study Strategies** - Here is a suggested checklist for ways to prepare for assessments in history class:

** Resources **
 * ** Essay Writing ** || ** Note-taking ** || ** Links ** ||
 * Essay Writing Templates:

Here is a template to practice writing introductory paragraphs:

Here is an outline form for writing a five-paragraph essay:

Works Cited: Here is the Buckley Style Manual:

[[file:Style Manual.pdf]]
|| Graphic Organizers:

Many students find Graphic Organizers helpful in taking notes and in organizing ideas. This file contains five popular formats of Graphic Organizers: Also, the websites below offer many different types of visual layouts that students have enjoyed using in the past. Please help yourself to whichever note-taking format would best suit you as an individual learner. Enchanted Learning Graphic Organizers Education Place Graphic Organizers Education Oasis Graphic Organizers Think Technology Graphic Organizers || Stock Market Game:

Click [|here] for the SMG website. ||