Social Studies
3rd Bell: Project Support and Tutoring / 10:50 to 11:35 AM:
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Spring Break Packets: To be determined.
Learning From Home. Parents, it's important our students are up and ready for class daily. The video below was assigned the first week of school to help students get prepared for virtual learning. Please review this video with your child and encourage them to be ready EVERY DAY for learning. Video:Tips on Learning and Working From Home in a Pandemic
Let the Games Begin! Winners of the holiday kahoots competition are listed below.
Christmas Holiday Challenge Winners (Ladies Rule the World!!)
- 1st Place: Ms. De'Amber Thomas (8th Grade) - 16,219 points
- 2nd Place: Ms. Neveah Walker (8th Grade) - 16,120 points
- 3rd Place: Ms. Nuriya Jones (8th Grade) - 15,924 points
2021 New Year's Kahoots Challenge Winners!
This week in U.S. History
Jan 10, 1776: Thomas Paine published Common Sense which argued against British colonial rule and helped spark the American Revolution
Jan 11, 1964: U.S. Surgeon General confirmed the link between smoking and cancer.
Jan 12, 2010: Caribbean island neighbor Haiti is struck by an devastating earthquake. Island has yet to fully recover.
Jan 13, 1919: California votes to ratify the prohibition amendment.
Jan 14, 1911: The USS Arkansas, the largest U.S. battleship, is launched from the yards of the New York Ship Building Company.
Jan 15, 1913: The first telephone line between New York and Berlin is inaugurated.
Jan 16, 1786: The Council of Virginia guarantees freedom of religion.
Personal Background.
I received my Masters in Teaching in 2016 from Miami University after serving in the U.S. Army. My military experience allowed me to have a front row seat to global events giving me a unique perspective and greater awareness and understanding of how events over the last 10-20 years are relevant to the lives of our students today. I have served and completed missions in Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Caribbean, and South America. Unfortunately, for most of my career the continent of Africa was not a national priority. I am originally from Metropolitan Detroit and a public high school graduate. I have two grown children, a son serving in the U.S Air Force, and a daughter who is a teacher. 
My passion is teaching and studying history. History is important because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows us to make sense out of our present. The past created the present. However, we can influence the present and control our future by learning the lessons of the past to build a brighter future. Studying history provides insight into our culture and our origins so we can learn who we are in order to create opportunities that will benefit us and our fellow man.
Feel free to contact me by email: dshirley@phoenixclc.com
The importance of Learning Targets.
Why are learning targets important? A well-written learning target ensures that the teachers can explicitly teach and model the important performance criteria necessary for learning, provide the appropriate practice opportunities, and assists in monitoring student progress and sharing purposeful and actionable feedback with students.
Current Week's Learning Targets. The learning targets will also integrate performance tasks required to engage, analyze, interpret, summarize, and predict historical events and outcomes.
8th and 7th Grade Civics (2020 Election)
Performance Task Expectations
8th Grade Unit: Colonization to Independence
Learning targets not covered will move to the following week until sufficiently covered
7th Grade Unit: Ancient Rome
Performance Task Expectations
- Name
- Mr. Darryl Shirley Sr.
- Position
- 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
- Send email
- Other
- Hello Parents! My name is Darryl Shirley and I am the 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher here at the Phoenix.
Background.
I received my Masters in Teaching in 2016 from Miami University after serving in the U.S. Army. My military experience allowed me to have a front row seat to global events giving me a unique perspective and greater awareness and understanding of how events over the last 10-20 years are relevant to the lives of our students today. I have served in Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Caribbean, and South America. I am originally from Metropolitan Detroit and a public high school graduate. I have two grown children, a son serving in the U.S Air Force, and a daughter who is a teacher.
My passion is teaching and studying history. History is important because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows us to make sense out of our present. The past created the present. However, we can influence the present and control our future by learning the lessons of the past to build a brighter future. Studying history provides insight into our culture and our origins so we can learn who we are in order to create opportunities that will benefit us and our fellow man.
You can email me at: dshirley@phoenixclc.org.
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