Tuesday, March 30, 2021

 Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Describe your weekend in 1-2 sentences.

2. Catch-Up Day
  • A-Z Book - DO IT!!!
  • Missing Assignments from History
  • Missing Assignments from other classes

Have a great day!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Describe your weekend in 1-2 sentences.

2. Slavery
  • Lecture/Notes (If absent, slideshow is on Classroom)
  • Slavery WebQuest
3. Click this link to choose your classes for next year!

Have a great day!!!

Monday, March 29, 2021

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Describe your weekend in 1-2 sentences.

2. Slavery
  • Lecture/Notes (If absent, slideshow is on Classroom)
  • Slavery WebQuest
3. Click this link to choose your classes for next year!

Have a great day!!!

Friday, March 26, 2021

  Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - What is a griot?

a. an area of high, flat land       b. a type of sugarcane plant    

c. a religious folk song    d. a West African story teller


2. Chapter 8, Lesson 3: African Society & Culture

  • Complete the activity on Classroom

3. Complete the Africa Quizlet
  • Must do: Flashcard, Learn, Write, & Test (85% or higher)
  • Test Options:  Keep: Written, multiple choice, matching, NO IMAGES!
  • Extra Credit: Spell
  • Link to Quizlet

Have an great day!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - What makes you mad?  Write about how you feel when it happens, why it happens, and how you react to it.

2. North vs. South Activity

  • Choose a partner
  • Decide who will research the North, who will research the South
  • Find information for each category
  • Compare and contrast the North and the South
  • Create an infographic/collage that shows what you learned today!
3.  If you DO NOT attend class today, do the activity without a partner.

Have an amazing day!!

Thursday, March 25, 2021

   Today's Agenda:

2nd/3rd Period - There will be no Zoom today. However, you are still responsible for the work.

1. Warm Up - Pick one of the questions to answer.  Yes you can do both!

  • What is your favorite YouTube channel?
  • What do you think makes a good friend?

2. Complete the Civil War: Part 1 Quizlet
  • Must Do: Flashcard, Learn, Write, & Test (85% or higher)
  • Test Options:  Keep: Written, multiple choice, matching, NO IMAGES!
  • Extra Credit: Spell
3. Click this link to choose your classes for next year!

Have a great day!!!

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Come to office hours today for help or to say hello!!!!!!!

10:00-11:30 AM!!

Have an amazing day!!

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

 Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!

2. Watch Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

3. Complete the Africa Quizlet
  • Must do: Flashcard, Learn, Write, & Test (85% or higher)
  • Test Options:  Keep: Written, multiple choice, matching, NO IMAGES!
  • Extra Credit: Spell
  • Link to Quizlet

Have an great day!!!

  Today's Agenda:

**I will be going to the "Welcome to the Pack" event at the high school with the 8th graders.  Mr. Vera will be taking care of you guys today.  Please be respectful and make me proud! **  

5th Period - There will be no Zoom today. However, you are still responsible for the work.

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!

2. Complete the Civil War: Part 1 Quizlet
  • Must Do: Flashcard, Learn, Write, & Test (85% or higher)
  • Test Options:  Keep: Written, multiple choice, matching, NO IMAGES!
  • Extra Credit: Spell

Have an great day!!!

Monday, March 22, 2021

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - What makes you mad?  Write about how you feel when it happens, why it happens, and how you react to it.

2. North vs. South Activity

  • Choose a partner
  • Decide who will research the North, who will research the South
  • Find information for each category
  • Compare and contrast the North and the South
  • Create an infographic/collage that shows what you learned today!
3.  If you DO NOT attend class today, do the activity without a partner.

Have an amazing day!!

Friday, March 19, 2021

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Describe one motivation U.S. settlers had to expand west.

2. Continue working on Manifest Destiny Hyperdoc

  • Due TONIGHT!

Have an amazing weekend!!

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - How did the empire of Mali grow so large under Mansa Musa?

2.  Chapter 8, Lesson 2: Africa's Governments and Religions

  • Complete the activity on Classroom
  • Due tonight @ 11:59 pm

Have an great weekend!

Thursday, March 18, 2021

 Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Describe one motivation U.S. settlers had to expand west.

2. Continue working on Manifest Destiny Hyperdoc

  • Due TONIGHT!

Have an amazing day!!

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

 Today's Agenda:

1. Join my office hours Zoom link if you want to say hi or need any help.

2. Today is your last day to make up a test.  They will be turned into zero after today.

3.  Get caught up on any missing work!  I accept everything still for partial credit!

Have an great day!

Tuesday, March 16, 2021


Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!

2.  Chapter 8, Lesson 1: Rise of African Civilizations

Have an great day!

Monday, March 15, 2021

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend.

2. Manifest Destiny Hyperdoc

  • Due Thursday
3.  Get caught up!  If you have a test to take, you must take it before Thursday or it will become a ZERO in the gradebook.  Many of you also need to complete the Mr. Grant Check-In on Flipgrid (Link is on Classroom)

Have an amazing weekend!!

Friday, March 12, 2021

 I will not be in the classroom for the next 10 days - but I will be still teaching via Zoom.  There will be a sub, but I still need  EVERYONE to login to Zoom during the period you have me, including the IN-PERSON kids.

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - I always ask you questions about yourself.  Let's flip it around!  Today, your review question is to ask Mr. Grant any question you want!  (Only appropriate questions will be accepted).

3. Andrew Jackson Adobe Spark Project

Have an amazing weekend!!

 I will not be in the classroom for the next 10 days - but I will be still teaching via Zoom.  There will be a sub, but I still need  EVERYONE to login to Zoom during the period you have me, including the IN-PERSON kids.

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - I always ask you questions about yourself.  Let's flip it around!  Today, your review question is to ask Mr. Grant any question you want!  (Only appropriate questions will be accepted).

3. Early Americas A-Z Book

  • Directions on first slide
  • This is graded as a test.  Do a good job!

Have an amazing weekend!!

Thursday, March 11, 2021

I will not be in the classroom for the next 10 days - but I will be still teaching via Zoom.  There will be a sub, but I still need  EVERYONE to login to Zoom during the period you have me, including the IN-PERSON kids.

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - I always ask you questions about yourself.  Let's flip it around!  Today, your review question is to ask Mr. Grant any question you want!  (Only appropriate questions will be accepted).

3. Andrew Jackson Adobe Spark Project

Have an amazing weekend!!

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

 Good Morning!!!

I have a meeting for most of the day, so I will not be holding office hours.

If you have any questions, please EMAIL me.

Today should be focused on:

  • Finishing the Quizlet and FlipGrid Check-In
    • Many have still not completed these
    • You HAVE to email me so I know to check it
  • Any other missing work or (DNC) can be still completed and turned in for extra points

Have a great day!

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

      Today's Agenda:

1.  Once again, I am super impressed by most of your Check-In videos.  Many of them made me smile, some opened my eyes to struggles I didn't know you were having, and I am happy I got to hear and see from many of you that I normally do not get to!  Thank you for that.  As I told you last week, you are all an inspiration to me and my reason why I love teaching!!!

2. Warm Up - What is one club that RMS does not have, but should!?  This can be an academic club or social club...

3. North American Tribes Iron Chef

  • If you are absent - just do the reading and notes section of the activity!

Have an amazing day!!

     Today's Agenda:

1.  Once again, I am super impressed by most of your Check-In videos.  Many of them made me smile, some opened my eyes to struggles I didn't know you were having, and I am happy I got to hear and see from many of you that I normally do not get to!  Thank you for that.  As I told you last week, you are all an inspiration to me and my reason why I love teaching!!!

2. Warm Up - What is one club that RMS does not have, but should!?  This can be an academic club or social club...

3. Finish Slide #2 of the Andrew Jackson Notes

  • Fill out the graphic organizer
  • Highlight any facts that show Jackson is a hero
  • Highlight in another color facts that show Jackson is a villain
4.  Mr. Grant Check-In and Quizlet are now late - but you can still do them to earn MOST of the points.  Each day you do not turn it in, you lose more points.

Have an amazing day!!

Monday, March 8, 2021

    Today's Agenda:

1.  Once again, I am super impressed by most of your Check-In videos.  Many of them made me smile, some opened my eyes to struggles I didn't know you were having, and I am happy I got to hear and see from many of you that I normally do not get to!  Thank you for that.  As I told you last week, you are all an inspiration to me and my reason why I love teaching!!!

2. Warm Up - What is one club that RMS does not have, but should!?  This can be an academic club or social club...

3. Finish Slide #2 of the Andrew Jackson Notes

  • Fill out the graphic organizer
  • Highlight any facts that show Jackson is a hero
  • Highlight in another color facts that show Jackson is a villain
4.  Mr. Grant Check-In and Quizlet are now late - but you can still do them to earn MOST of the points.  Each day you do not turn it in, you lose more points.

Have an amazing day!!

Friday, March 5, 2021

   Today's Agenda:

1.  I want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who has given me thoughtful responses on the Mr. Grant Check-In on FlipGrid! I am going to try and reply to a handful of them a day, so look out for those!!

2. Warm Up - No Review Question

3. Andrew Jackson Notes

  • Choose a partner
  • Fill out the graphic organizer
  • Highlight any facts that show Jackson is a hero
  • Highlight in another color facts that show Jackson is a villain
4.  Continue working on Quizlet.  Due Tuesday

5.  Record your Mr. Grant Check-In.  Due Sunday night.
  • This is being graded as a test!  Get it done!

Have an amazing weekend!!

   Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - In a sentence, describe one thing you learned about the Inca Empire on Tuesday.

2. Engineering an Empire: Aztecs video

  • Completed the video guide.  Due @ the end of the period

3. Mr. Grant Check-In

  • Due Sunday @ 11:59 pm.


Have an amazing weekend!!

Thursday, March 4, 2021

  Today's Agenda:

1.  I want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who has given me thoughtful responses on the Mr. Grant Check-In on FlipGrid! I am going to try and reply to a handful of them a day, so look out for those!!

2. Warm Up - 

3. Andrew Jackson Notes

  • Choose a partner
  • Fill out the graphic organizer
  • Highlight any facts that show Jackson is a hero
  • Highlight in another color facts that show Jackson is a villain

Have an amazing week!!

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all having a good day.  Use this day off to get caught up in your classes to take a little less stress off yourself!!

Here are some things I want you to do today:

1.  Complete the Mr. Grant Check-In FlipGrid (Link is on Classroom)

  • If your video is of your ceiling, your eyes are covered with a hoodie, etc. I will not be grading it.  If you did this already - redo your video.  You know I hold you to higher expectations than that.

2.  OFFICE HOURS: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM.
  • If you have to take the Constitution Test or our most recent quiz, I need you to come to office hours to take them.  

3.  Work on Andrew Jackson Era Quizlet (8th Graders)

4.  I am sending out grade reports this week.  Be prepared and get any tests/missing work turned in.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

  Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!!

2. Incas Notes and Thin Slide

3. Mr. Grant Check-In

  • Due Sunday @ 11:59 pm.


Have an amazing week!!

 Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!!

2. Login to GoFormative to take the Chapter 9 Quiz

  • If you are caught cheating, you will receive a ZERO!!
3. When you finish your quiz:
  • Begin your Andrew Jackson Era Quizlet
  • Must do: Flashcard, Learn, Write, Test.  Spell is Extra Credit.
  • DUE: Before class on FRIDAY!!


Have an amazing week!!

Monday, March 1, 2021

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!!

  • This is a new link for March.  If you have a link bookmarked, make sure you bookmark the NEW one!!

2. Login to GoFormative to take the Chapter 9 Quiz

  • If you are caught cheating, you will receive a ZERO!!
  • iBoss will be open
3. When you finish your quiz:
  • Begin your Andrew Jackson Era Quizlet
  • Must do: Flashcard, Learn, Write, Test.  Spell is Extra Credit.
  • DUE: Before Class on THURSDAY.
4. Mr. Grant Check-In
  • Link in Classroom
  • You will be checking in with Mr. Grant.  Use the prompts to help guide you on Flipgrid.
  • No one will see these but me, it will be graded


Have an amazing week!!