Ms Charara 8th grade US History

• Monday:
  • Project is due TODAY by the end of class time
  • Anything updated after class time will NOT be corrected
• Tuesday and Wednesday:
  • Visiting other museums and completing a Unit 6 Museum rating sheet
  • Ms Charara’s Shared Museums

• Today: Checkpoint 7- Interactive LINKS
• Unit 6 Virtual Museum Project
  • The interactive links help a viewer CLICK from one room the next
  • REMINDERS- The WHOLE page needs to be covered with boxes for it to work!
  • If ONE person does NOT do it right, it will NOT work for the whole project
• Homework-
  • Finish all corrections and links
  • PROJECT is DUE MONDAY

• Checkpoint 6… References… Due May 28

• Unit 6 Virtual Museum Project
• Citations linked properly through citation machine APA
• Parent Meeting TUESDAY at 6pm (Bryant Media Center)
• If your parents attend the meeting, your name will be automatically entered to win a bike or a pair of headphones.

• Checkpoint 5- due Friday May 23
• • Adding 2 videos per subtopic (total of 4)
  • Add Skips to slides (all but slide 1)

• Check point 4 is DUE May 20
  • Unit 6 Virtual Museum Project
• Wed 5/14:
  • Create your pages in the Museum (11 total)
    • Group main entrance page
    • Your own pages – subtopic rooms and heading rooms – 8 total
    • Group refernce page
    • Your own reference page
  • We practiced making a 3D room
• Thurs 5/15– Choosing Museum theme and color schemes, adding titles to rooms
• Fri 5/16– Adding in museum objects and topic related objects in rooms, adding in signs in rooms
• Mon 5/19– Add paragraphs to heading rooms, make signs look 3D
• Tues 5/20– CP#4 DUE today… final touch ups

• Unit 6 Virtual Museum Project
• Checkpoint #2 … 50 pts total for Subtopic #1… Due May 13
• Checkpoint #3 … 50 pts total for Subtopic #2… Due May 13
  • Paragraphs – Research each day this week
    • Need 3 heading titles per Subtopic
    • Write out bullet notes on loose leaf paper
    • Notes- a full page of written notes in order to produce 2 paragraphs each later
    • DO NOT COPY/PASTE and No full sentences for notes … to avoid plagiarism
    • SAVE links on a google doc, save page numbers from text on loose leaf notes
    • Use Essential Questions to Guide your Writing
    • Titles for your subtopics should be specific and capitalized
• Mini GOALS– Subtopic #1 done by 5/7, Subtopic #2 done by 5/11, Typing done by 5/13

• Today: Unit 6 Virtual Museum Project
• Checkpoint #1 items are due TODAY
  • Group ROLES doc with me (as editor)
    • Team meber #1 creates the google doc
    • Add all members and ME as an EDITOR
    • List the Topic, all subtopics, and headings for each member
      • 2 subtopic and 3 headings for each person
• Homework
  • Start Checkpoint #2 … research and notes (Due next Friday)

• Wednesday: turned out to be a sub day
• Thursday: Introduce project
  • Unit 6 Virtual Museum Project
  • Team groups made
  • Groups Choose a Group topic- Unit 6 Approved Topic List
  • Members choose 2 subtopics
• Homework:
  • Research your subtopics to know the 3 headings
  • Checkpoint #1 Due Friday

• Today: Exit Exam
• If you want to retake because…
• you earned 70% or less and
• OR did not increase your Entry grade by 20%
• … then follow the following steps:
• Retake:
  • Parents sign a Retake slip
  • Create 50 flashcards using the study guide
    • This is due Thursday for me to check
  • Review Session with me on Thursday during LUNCH
  • Retake Friday after school

• Today: Exit Exam Study Guide
  • Gave time in class to complete as much question son the study guide
  • We will work in class on questions Monday-Wednesday
• Homework:
  • Complete the rest of the study guide on your own time
  • Study Guide is due Thursday– I will go over answers
• Reminder:
  • TEST is Friday