Mr. Hutton – MS Rel/Soc Studies
Middle School Religion & Social Studies
Hello and welcome to the 2017-2018 academic school year! I’m very happy to begin my third year as the Middle School Religion and Social Studies Teacher at Holy Family Catholic School. This will be a great year!
1) Please feel free to check the resources section for some useful links and occasional extra study help (e.g. Powerpoints, videos, etc.) for quizzes and tests.
2) I will be posting study guides full of definitions for important key terms on Quizlet. Go to https://quizlet.com/Shutton678 to view them at any time before immediately upcoming quizzes and tests.
3) Remember that the weekly homework and dates for quizzes and tests is on this page. Email me at any time (seventhgrade@holyfamilydalecity.org) and I will get back to you ASAP to answer any questions you might have.
Take care and God bless.
Sincerely,
Mr. Hutton
MS Supply List 2017-2018
Homework
RELIGION
6th Grade Religion
Monday 4/23: Activity Book, p. 54
Tuesday 4/24: No homework
Wednesday 4/25: Activity Book, p. 55
Thursday 4/26: Activity Book, p. 56
Friday 4/27: Read Matt. 25:31-40 and write a 1 page reflection
7th Grade Religion
Monday 4/23: Define Words to Know, p. 71
Tuesday 4/24: Activity Book, p. 46
Wednesday 4/25: Activity Book, p. 47
Thursday 4/26: No homework
Friday 4/27: No homework
8th Grade Religion
Monday 4/23: Finish Crossword Puzzles and Drawings
Tuesday 4/24: 1 Page – Which do you prefer: the solitary life of St. Anthony or the communal life of St. Pachomius?
Wednesday 4/25: Excerpts worksheet – read one side (St. Jerome) or the other (St. John Chrysostom) and write a one page reflection
Thursday 4/26: No homework
Friday 4/27: Short poem about Nestorianism and Monophysitism (and the councils refuting them)
SOCIAL STUDIES
6th Grade Social Studies
Monday 4/23: 1 Page – Why did Justinian try to reconquer the West? Should he have tried to do so?
Tuesday 4/24: 1 Page Paper – Choose one of the following: 1) Write a journal entry from the perspective of a soldier in Charles Martel’s army after the Battle of Tours. 2) Was Charlemagne’s Empire, later called the Holy Roman Empire, holy, Roman, and an Empire?
Wednesday 4/25: Worksheet, p. 38
Thursday 4/26: 1 page, 6 panel-minimum comic about the Crusades
Friday 4/27: Study
7th Grade Social Studies
Monday 4/23: p. 269, Illustrate the party differences between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans
Tuesday 4/24: 1 page – Which party would you have supported and why?
Wednesday 4/25: No homework
Thursday 4/26: Study
Friday 4/27: Ch. 8, Section 3 Quiz
8th Grade Social Studies
Monday 4/23: No homework
Tuesday 4/24: 1 Page paper – Should the U.S. have declared war on Germany? Why/Why not?
Wednesday 4/25: Study
Thursday 4/26: Chapter 23, Section 2 Quiz
Friday 4/27: Design your own Allied propaganda poster
Resources
Classes:
Shutton678 is my profile on quizlet.com. Please go there for helpful study tools for quizzes and tests!
Social Studies:
6th Grade –
7th Grade –
8th Grade – http://triplea-game.org/ (Downloadable, free computer game we are using in class to learn about WWI – install the “Great War” map)
Religion:
6th Grade –
7th Grade –
8th Grade – Chapter 11 – The First 1000 Years
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
21 Ecumenical Councils List: http://www.newadvent.org/library/almanac_14388a.htm
Click on the “Further Reading” links to acquire more information for research!
If reading about Vatican II, try here: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/v1.html
