| | | | 8th Grade Students will study Civics and our primary documents the first semester, and then onto American history and geography from the Great Depression to present day. They will be exposed to the arts, technology, science, math and literature of the historic period. This is a hands-on, student centered, project based class with an emphasis on higher levels of thinking and creative problem solving! They will be able to sit in on morning proceedings and a trial in progress at the courthouse in the spring. They will also take a tour of the Tucson Museum of Art on the same day! |
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8th Grade
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| Welcome to 8th grade REACH Humanities! Students will be involved in a multitude of creative problem solving activities and projects relating to the American historical time period they are studying. They will be going to the library and computer labs often to do research. They are expected to turn in 10 current events per quarter, and may share these throughout the week. A folder is kept in class for these and they will have the newspaper and internet news sources available to them. Homework will be 2-3 times a week and will also be kept in a folder in class. Students will also be involved in a Peace Corp program on Fridays and will have a Peace Corp Volunteer as a pen pal. This program will focus on the problem of water in Africa. This should be an exciting addition to this program. |
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