Mr. Streit's Hawthorne Website

Graduation Fees due Monday May, 2:  

• $50 mandatory (includes cap & gown w/ tassel, diplomas, autograph book, ribbon package, and printing fees)
• $15 optional graduation t-shirt
• $35 optional Student Luncheon

8th Grade Student Luncheon, Thursday, June 9th:

• 11:30 - 12:30 at the Cubby Bear
• NOTE:  Please dress business casual. 

8th Grade Graduation, Friday, June 10th

• Essential Questions - What knowledge, skills, and dispositions (intention to act) does a person need in order to be a powerful civic actor in our democracy and in our community? How will I use my rights and responsibilities to promote the common good in our democracy and community?
• Assessment – TBD

• Essential Questions - What rights do I have? How does the Constitution protect those rights? What responsibilities do I have to our democracy and community? How do my rights enable me to use my power in our democracy and society? How do my responsibilities require me to use my power?
• Assessment – U.S. Federal Constitution Exam 

• Essential Questions - How can young people promote the common good working through government or in the community? What knowledge, skills, and dispositions (intentions to act) does a young person need in order to be a powerful civic actor in our democracy and communities? 

• Assessment - Choose to Participate 

• Essential Questions - What knowledge, skills, and dispositions (intention to act) does a person need in order to be a powerful civic actor in our democracy and in our community? How will I use my rights and responsibilities to promote the common good in our democracy and community?
• Assessment - Become more aware of the world around you! 

Summative Assessment -  

U.S. Federal Constitution Exam & One of Four Options:

1) Option #1: What Every 8th Grader in Chicago Should Know

2) Option #2: Persuasive Essay - 8th Grader Use Power to Create Change

3) Option #3: Analyze a Final Case Study of a Powerful Civic Actor


4) Option #4: U.S. President Report Card (Email Mr. Streit for your randomly selected President)

• Unit Question - Progress at what cost?  When should society control individuals?  How are diverse cultures alike and different?
• Historical Context - Reconstruction, Immigration, Industrialization, Urbanization, Great Migration, Labor Unions, Progressive Era, Imperialism, Spanish-American War, Blues & Jazz, Harlem Renaissance 
• Final Assessment – Grant Legacy-Propaganda Poster & Unit 1 Exam - Changing America

• Unit Question - How are things, events, or people connected to each other? What is the cause? The effect? How do they fit together?
• Historical Context - World War I, World War II, The Cold War
  
• Final Assessment - The World Wars and Life in Between - Unit Exam

• Unit Question - Why does perspective matter? What factors can influence people’s perspectives?  What social opportunities and problems arise from an interconnected global economy?
• Historical Context – The Cold War, International Realignment, Contemporary Society, United States as a “Super Power”, Korean War, Vietnam War, War at Home, & Civil Rights Movement
• Final Assessment - The Counterculture (Music) Task