MS Social Studies and 7&8 Literature: From Mesopotamia to Middle-earth: Making History (and Reading It, Too!)

Another fantastic week!  Please check FACTS for grades/missing assignments, homework/assessment dates, and copies of assignments/rubrics.

This Week Social Studies Covered – 
5th – People and the Environment
6^th – Civilization Emerges in Mesopotamia
7^th – Roman Culture and it Legacy
8^th –   The First French, Dutch, and English Colonies

Next Week in Social Studies –
5^th – TEST and North American Indian Culture Regions
6^th – The First Empires
7^th –  Decline of the Roman Empire
8^th – The New England Colonies

This Week Literature Covered – 
7^th – Dawn Treader Chapters 13 – 16
8^th – Oliver Twist Chapters 1-5

Next Week in Literature –
7^th – Fellowship of the Ring  Prologue – Chapter 2
8^th Oliver Twist  Chapters 6 – 12