Social Interaction Workshops

Social Interaction Workshops are a time for students to learn acceptable ways of socially interacting in a professional setting.  The classroom serving as that setting, students may participate in such activities as having a snack or soft drink, while still working in cooperative learning groups to accomplish a specified learning objective.  Furthermore, students may need to move freely about the room, sharing edible or drinkable items brought from home, while disseminating ideas pertaining to the academic, social, political, and current events relevant to their "world."  While Social Interaction Workshops may at times resemble a party, the educational benefit is such that it should never be confused with one. 

"The Americas" Answers

1.      Adobe

2.      Hunter-gatherers

3.      Using a land bridge

4.      In a dense forest

5.      To offer as human sacrifices

6.      By capturing Atahualpa

7.      By acting bravely in war

8.      The man who conquered the Aztec

9.      By irrigating their crops

10.  1492

11.  They had to learn how to farm

12.  Mysterious

13.  They irrigated crops

14.  Hunter-gatherers who built mounds

15.  Apartment houses in cliffs

16.  Empire

17.  He thought Cortez was a god

18.  Present-day Alaska

19.  With guns, horses, and an epidemic

20.  End fighting among the groups

21.  Hunter-gatherers

22.  Hernan Cortez

23.  Mayan city-states

24.  Francisco Pizarro

25.  Beringia

Upcoming Events

Thursday, Apr. 26--Work on Ch. 16 Study Guide
Friday, Apr. 27--No School
Monday, Apr. 30--Review Ch. 16 Study Guide
Tuesday, May 1--Test on Ch. 16, Ch. 16 work due, and Ch. 16 Study Guide due
Wednesday, May 2--Begin Ch. 15, Sec. 1,2,3,4,5

Rotating Schedule

Below is the rotating schedule the 8th grade will be following beginning April 23:

Monday               Tuesday               Wednesday               Thursday               Friday
     1                            2                              3                               4                          1
     2                            3                              4                               1                          2
     6                            6                              6                               6                          6
     3                            4                              1                               2                          3
     5                            5                              5                               5                          5
     4                            1                              2                               3                          4
     7                            7                              7                               7                          7

"The America's" Study Guide

1.       _______ consists of sun-dried, mud bricks.

2.      _______ moved constantly in search of food.

3.      How do scientists believe people crossed from Asia to North America?

4.      Where was the Mayan civilization located?  (What type of land feature?)

5.      Why did the Maya seek captives in war?

6.      How did Pizarro conquer the Inca?

7.      How could commoners in Aztec society join the noble class?

8.      Who was Hernan Cortes?

9.      How were people able to survive in the dry deserts of the Southwest?

10.  Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in what year?

11.  Why were early people in North America able to build complex cultures?

12.  The Mayan civilization came to a _______ end.

13.  The Moche people prospered because…

14.  Who were the Mound Builders?

15.  The Anasazi lived in …

16.  The Incan leader Pachacuti built a huge, ancient _______.

17.  Why did Montezuma not attack the invading Spaniards right away?

18.  Where did the Inuit live?

19.  How did the Spanish explorers defeat the Aztec?

20.  The Iroquis League was formed in order to do what?

21.  _______ moved constantly in search of food.

22.  _______ was a Spanish soldier who defeated the Aztecs.

23.  What city-states were located in the dense forests of Peten.

24.  _______ was a Spanish soldier who defeated the Incas.

25.  What is the name of the land bridge that connected Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age?

Answers to Medieval Japan Study Guide

1.      Minamoto Yoritomo

2.      Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu

3.      Jimmu

4.      Samurai

5.      The military government of Japan

6.      A great female novelist

7.      How to achieve inner peace

8.      A general who made himself shogun

9.      Warriors fought for control

10.  The Yamato

11.  Were loyal to the nobles

12.  Were nobles from powerful families

13.  Created a strong central government

14.  Kyushu

15.  So he would not be overthrown

16.  Their ships were smashed by storms

17.  Rice and wheat

18.  The art of writing beautifully

19.  Feudalism

20.  Prepared them for the afterlife

21.  Warriors

22.  Everything in nature has a spirit

23.  China

24.  Constitution

25.  Martial arts

Medieval Japan Study Guide

1.      Who was Japan’s first Shogun?

2.      Name four of the largest islands in Japan.

3.      Who was the first of the Yamato leaders in Japan?

4.      What was the name of warriors who agreed to fight for nobles in exchange for land?

5.      What was a shogunate?

6.      Who was Murasaki Shikibu?

7.      What did Zen Buddhism teach?

8.      Who was Ashikaga Takauji?

9.      The Onin War was a time when…

10.  Today’s emperor of Japan is descended from which clan?

11.  List some characteristics of the samurai.

12.  Government officials during the Nara Period were hired because they…

13.  What did the Yamato do during the Great Change?

14.  Which of the four major Japanese islands is the farthest south?

15.  Why did the emperor create the title of shogun?

16.  What happened when the Mongols attacked Japan?

17.  What crops did Japanese farmers grow?

18.  What is calligraphy?

19.  A bond of loyalty between a lord and a vassal is known as what?

20.  Most Japanese believed that Buddhism benefited them how?

21.  Yayoi clans were headed by whom?

22.  What do people who follow Shinto believe?

23.  What country’s government did Prince Shotoku use as an example for Japan?

24.  What is a written plan of government called?

25.  This sport taught the Japanese to control their bodies through combat and self-defense.