Junior High Social Studies
Burke Seeberg
St. Mary's Visitation School

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$1 jean day on Wednesday the 29th. Please come and support our lemonade stand! 25 cents a glass. All money will be going towards Alex's Lemonade Stand! We will start at 2:15.

 

                                                                                                                                                       

 

 See photos on top of this webpage!

 

 

 

 

 

 



             

CONGRATULATIONS!

 Tim Carrig and George Carlo Clark QUALIFIED for the NATIONAL HISTORY BEE COMPETITION!


 The competition will be held June 1 at the Hyatt Regency  in Atlanta, GA. 


To qualify for nationals, both Tim and George Carlo were top finishers in the regional finals in


 Chicago Monday, April 1st, competing against peers from Wisconsin,


Illinois, Indiana, & Michigan.




At the National Championship, the top finishers from each of the Regional Finals challenge for the title of National History Bee Champion!

The 2013 National Championship will be held on June 1, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, GA.

 

·         Please click the following link for Preliminary Round Sample questions:

http://historybee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Intramural-Bee-Written-Test-Sample.pdf

 

·         Please click the following link for a study guide: http://historybee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Official-National-History-Bee-Study-Guide1.pdf

 

·         Here is a link to sample ORQE quizzes: http://historybee.com/practice-orqe/

 

 

 

 

EXAMS

8th Grade   Semester 2 Exam Schedule:


Math, Wednesday 5-29-13, 3rd/4th period, cafeteria

 

7th Grade   Semester 2 Exam Schedule:


Math, Tuesday, 5-28-13, 1st/2nd period, cafeteria

Social Studies, Wednesday, 5-29-13, 3rd/4th period, cafeteria

 


 

  

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      GEOGRAPHY:   GRADE 6 

*Here's a link to kickstart your Geography skills w/ GAMES.  We will view this website together to give ideas to help you study Geography & maps.   www.ilike2learn.com


Ch. 23      CHINA & It’s Neighbors

 

1. Where 90 percent of China’s people live?  Why?

 

2. What is important about Northern China’s landscape?

 

3. Why has the Yellow River been called “China’s Sorrow?”

 

4. Describe how China’s economy is changing.  Include the role of the Chinese government.

 

5. What do the Chinese mean by “one country, two systems?”

 

6. What is the most important food staple, or crop, in Asia?

 

 

 

7. What is the most common ethnic group in China?  What percentage of Chinese belong to this group?

 

8. For many centuries, until the early 1900s, how was China ruled?

 

9. Compare the teachings of Confucius and Laozi.

 

10. What two groups and their leaders fought for control of China following World War II?

 

11.  Why were thousands of Chinese killed or wounded while protesting in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989?

 

 

 

 

12. Why did many people flee to Taiwan from China in 1949?

 

13 Why can’t Taiwan declare its independence from China?

 

 

14. Why is Mongolia known as The Land of the Blue Sky?

 

15.  Why do you think Communist leaders discouraged religious worship in Mongolia?

 

16. How does Mongolia’s landscape prevent much farming?

 

17. Name three Chinese inventions. 


FACT: The language with the most people that speak it as a first language is Mandarin Chinese.


Ch 23 & Map Test: Tuesday, May 23rd







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     WORLD HISTORY: GRADE 7 


 

Ch. 32, Sec. 2  American Revolution & Ch. 34 The Americas

Ch. 32, Sec. 2: The American Revolution

1.  Why was the Stamp Act considered a direct tax?

2. Why did the British begin to tax the American colonies?

3. Why was the Stamp Act repealed?

4. What was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?  How did they affect the power of the colonial legislatures?

5. What event in 1770 led to bad feelings between the American colonists and the British government?

6. In 1773, why did some colonists dress as Native Americans and dump boxes of tea into Boston Harbor?

7. How did the British respond to the destruction of the tea?

8. In 1774, what did the colonists do about the Coercive Acts?

9. Why did fighting break out at Lexington, Massachusetts?  What began because of this fighting?

10. What was decided by the American colonies on July 4, 1776?

11. Name and explain two of the most important principles  of American government expressed in our Constitution.

 

Ch 34    The Americas

Sec 1: The United States

12. What kind of government developed in the newly formed United States?

13. What is the difference between a federal government and a state government?

13. How and why did the U.S. expand its boundaries during the 1800s?

14. Why were the Native Americans unable to stop the movement of the settlers?

15. What do you call the idea that many Americans believed in in the 1800s that said the U.S. should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

16. Name four parts of the country that the U.S. acquired in the 1880s and explain how they were acquired.

17. Why did the southern states of the U.S. secede in 1860 & 1861?

18. What were two results of the American Civil War of 1861-1865?

19. What fueled the European-ruled colonies of Latin America to move towards independence?

20. What affect did Pierre Toussaint-L'Ouverture have on the country of Haiti?

21. What was unusual about Brazil's independence?

22. Why is Simon Bolivar known as "The Liberator"?

23. Why were so many newly independent Latin American countries ruled by caudillos ?

Ch. 32, Sec. 2 & Ch. 3 4 TEST: Wed, May 15th


Semester 2 Final Exam: Wed, May 29th on 

*Roman Empire (Ch. 15 & Ch. 17, Sec. 2 "The Conquerors") (& Roman Numerals)

*The Renaissance (Ch. 28)

*The Reformation (Ch. 29)

*Age of Discovery (Ch. 30)

*American Revolution & U.S. History (Ch. 32, Sec. 2 & Ch. 34, Sec. 1&2)

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7th Grade   Semester 2 Exam Schedule:

 

Math, Tuesday, 5-28-13, 1st/2nd period, cafeteria

Social Studies, Wednesday, 5-29-13, 3rd/4th period, cafeteria

 

 
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U.S. HISTORY: GRADE 8   

                                                            GRADUATION WEEK

 

Monday, MEMORIAL DAY:  No School

 

Tuesday:  RETREAT:

·      8:00 Mass

·      9:00 Board bus for Retreat

·      Change to Grad t-shirt & shorts/jeans @ Retreat

·      Return to SMV @ 3:45

 

Wednesday: Last FULL day!!!! 

·      5:11 Dress down

·      Math Exam 3rd & 4th Periods

·      Homeroom: practice Grad songs

 

Thursday: Half Day!!!!

·      Dress down in appropriate t-shirt & shorts/jeans

·      8:00 – 9:30ish: Graduation Practice @ Church w/ Mrs. Tretow, Mr. Seeberg, & Mrs. Biernat

·      9:30ish – 11:00: clean lockers (absolutely no graffiti of yours may remain in the lockers; you will NOT be allowed to leave until it is cleaned)

 

Friday: Half Day & Graduation!!!!

·      Dress UP for Graduation Mass

·      8:00 – 8:50 Graduation Breakfast in Cafeteria; put ribbons on

·      9:00 – 9:50ish Graduation Mass

·      10:00 – 11:00  Gym

Ø Honors Program

Ø Gr. 8 song on stage in Gym

Ø Pass a candle to the new Grade 8

·      Graduation: be in back of Church by 6:30


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    8th Grade   Semester 2 Exam Schedule:

     


    Math, Wednesday 5-29-13, 3rd/4th period, cafeteria


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    Our students now have access to Image Quest, a database of over two million images for use in assignments, projects and presentations.

    These images are “rights-cleared” and students are expected to use this as their main source for pictures.

    Go to: www.quest.eb.com

    While at home a user name and password is required. Both are smveg

     

 

 

 

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1.  http://guest.portaportal.com/hodgeska

 

2.  http://schools.archmil.org/Educators/ACT21/Shifting-Schools/Archdiocese-Integrated-Technol/Integrated-Tech-Curriculum-6-8.htm

 

3. www.techterms.com

 

4. www.discoveryeducation.com/puzzlemaker

 

5. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

 

 






 
 
 
 
 


 

 

 





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