8th--Complete Review and Assessment, preview Topic 1.
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “discuss the factors that led to the Roman empire’s decline,” they will “identify the attempts that Rome’s leaders made to hold the empire together,” they will “explain what happened to the two halves of the Roman empire,” and they will “describe which parts of society challenged Roman emperors.”
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “explain what John Locke suggested that people can do if governments violate their natural rights,” they will “summarize Baron Charles-Louis Montesquieu’s ideas that challenged the divine right of monarchs,” they will “discuss how the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers affected colonists such as Benjamin Franklin and others,” and they will “compare some of the ideas that emerged from the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution.”
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "explain the rivalry between Britain and France rivals in the mid-1700s," they will "describe the role American Indians played in the British-French rivalry," they will "discuss how power in North America shifted after the French and Indian War," and they will "explain how the British won the war."
HW for 7th--Take Notes Literacy Skills: Analyze Cause and Effect page 21 due on Friday, Legacy of Rome Collage due 09/14. 8th--Take Notes Literacy Skills: Sequence page 24 due on Friday, Quest--Complete Ask Questions by Friday.