Litchfield Middle School
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7th and 8th Grade Social Studies
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November 17- November 21
Tables of Contents are now updated. Just click the link under the correct class. You should be updating your folder/TOC each week!
Grade 8 Hawks: Washington, DC form and deposit are now overdue. Please get them in ASAP. Thanks.
All Hawks: Don't forget to return your field trip permission forms.
All Hawks: Please return signed report cards ASAP.
Homerooms will be collecting nonperishable food items all next week starting Monday. Food will be donated to Litchfield Food Pantry.
Grade 7 Social Studies
Grade 8 Social Studies
Eighth graders will hand in their Cemetery Secrets project Monday.Thier gravestone rubbings are on display in the Hawks hall. Now we move on to the study of The Early American Republic"(1800-1820). Students will study how the United States went from radical idea to a respected and successful nation. This week ,specifically, they will learn of Washington's parting words to our infant nation and the rise of political parties. Towards the end of the week they will be busy developing a booklet of important Americans and the ideas they represented from this critical period in our nation's history.
Grade 7 Reading
This week in Reading, students will complete thier application of the Reading Process to reading history. Thursday here will be a quiz on the reading process as it applies to history.