8th+Grade

**LESSON AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES (numbers correspond with list of 21st Century Skills)**
1.
 * Review of school Acceptable Use Policy, which contains our Christian philosophy regarding technology and education.
 * Create a PhotoStory 3 presentation that tells a faith story. Rubric found [|here]
 * Review of all 21st Century Skills and rationale for the focus on these skills
 * Graphing laboratory data
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Should the US convert to the metric system?

2.
 * Review of Internet literacy skills and search strategies
 * Science Research Podcast
 * U.S. History Current Events Project
 * Discussion of and practice with the [|Time and Place and Bias Rules] when analyzing historical sources
 * American Expansion PowerPoint presentation
 * Christmas Internet Scavenger Hunt
 * Science article summary
 * PowerPoint storytelling presentation
 * Introduction to resources and subscription databases available through the local public libraries
 * Scientific article podcast
 * Sound Experiments
 * Spanish Camping Unit
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Should the US convert to the metric system?

3.
 * Science Research Podcast
 * U.S. History Current Events Project
 * American Expansion PowerPoint presentation (we will address specific oral skills when using this software)
 * Verbal analysis of Presidential campaign commercials found at [|The Living Room Candidate]
 * Mock trial and jury deliberation based on a search and seizure court case
 * Research Project as a Partner PowerPoint Presentation in association with The Diary of Anne Frank wiki
 * Spanish Sports Unit
 * Science article summary
 * Speech Class
 * Spanish Winter Sports Unit
 * The Screwtape Letters wiki which intends to generate class discussion about the book, our lives, and other outside materials
 * Rube Goldberg Machine
 * Spanish Camping Unit
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Should the US convert to the metric system?

4.
 * U.S. History Current Events Project
 * Produce issue of the school newspaper //The RAMPage//
 * Wiki book discussion on //The Outsiders// with a class from another Lutheran school in Illinois
 * Wiki book discussion on //The Diary of Anne Frank// with a class from another Lutheran school in Illinois
 * Working collaboratively with a Lutheran school in Illinois on a Wiki book synopsis and discussion on //The Hobbit//
 * Create personal newspaper/newsletter
 * Questions related to the American Revolution Digital tour
 * [|Sertoma Club] "What Freedom Means to Me" essay
 * Spanish Sports Unit
 * PowerPoint storytelling presentation
 * Spanish Winter Sports Unit
 * Final Paper discussing one of the themes in //The Screwtape Letters//
 * //Sound Experiments//
 * Graphing laboratory data
 * Spanish Camping Unit
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Should the US convert to the metric system?

5.
 * Wiki book discussion on //The Outsiders// with a class from another Lutheran school in Illinois
 * Wiki book discussion on //The Diary of Anne Frank// with a class from another Lutheran school in Illinois
 * Working collaboratively with a Lutheran school in Illinois on a Wiki book synopsis and discussion on //The Hobbit//
 * Mock trial and jury deliberation based on a search and seizure court case
 * Metric Recipe Conversion
 * Spanish Sports Unit
 * Spanish Winter Sports Unit
 * Exploring Sound Waves
 * Sound Experiments
 * Graphing laboratory data
 * Rube Goldberg Machine
 * Spanish Camping Unit
 * Music Around the World Presentation

6.
 * Science Research Podcast
 * Science article summary
 * Introduction to resources and subscription databases available through the local public libraries
 * Sound Experiments
 * Rube Goldberg Machine
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Archimedes Principle

7.
 * Create a PhotoStory 3 presentation that tells a faith story. Rubric found [|here]
 * Create personal newspaper/newsletter
 * [|The Redistricting Game]: Online U.S. Government simulation
 * Mock trial and jury deliberation based on a search and seizure court case
 * Working collaboratively with a Lutheran school in Illinois on a Wiki book synopsis and discussion on //The Hobbit//
 * Metric Recipe Conversion
 * PowerPoint storytelling presentation
 * Exploring Sound Waves
 * Sound Experiments
 * Graphing laboratory data
 * Rube Goldberg Machine
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Archimedes Principle

8. Graphing laboratory data Graphing laboratory data
 * Wiki book discussion on //The Outsiders// with a class from another Lutheran school in Illinois
 * Wiki book discussion on //The Diary of Anne Frank// with a class from another Lutheran school in Illinois
 * Working collaboratively with a Lutheran school in Illinois on a Wiki book synopsis and discussion on //The Hobbit//
 * American Revolution Digital Tour
 * Metric Recipe Conversion
 * Spanish Sports Unit
 * PowerPoint storytelling presentation
 * Spanish Winter Sports Unit
 * Spanish Camping Unit
 * Music Around the World Presentation
 * Should the US convert to the metric system?