Vietnam Veteran Visit

Here are some great photos of our visit from Mr. Rice. Thanks for taking time out to talk to us about the Vietnam War.

8th Grade Geography

Today the students will be taking Quiz #4 dealing with the Executive Branch. On Wednesday, Oct. 21 - the students will be taking Quiz #5 dealing with the Judicial Branch. The IL Government Test is set for Oct. 26-27.

Next - Tie in what we study in Geography with the books being Mrs. Rhoades is having her students read in her class - "Devil's Arithmetic" & "Night" both dealing with the Holocaust during WWII.

7th Grade U.S. History

The students have continued to learn about the Cold War. We have recently covered the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba as well as the Cuban missile crisis and about the wall that was put up between East & West Germany. In class we have just begun covering the Vietnam War. Charlie Rice, who served in the Navy during the war has been in to talk to them about the war.

Next on the agenda is to tie in the reading book in Mr. Berry's room "The City of Embers" dealing with an underground city caused by a nuclear war to my history class and the Cold War.