Homework Summary - Wednesday 10/28

Grade 6:
Religion - No homework (exam today)

Social Studies -
Answer questions 1-5 on page 85. Write the questions! Skip a line between each question and answer. Label each question number!

Grade 7:
Religion - Study for exam (tomorrow)

Social Studies - Study for exam (Monday)

Grade 8:
Religion - No homework (Lincoln movie)

Social Studies -
Handout - Complete on loose leaf paper or typed. You may submit online. Due Friday

Choose a character (see below) from the film. Research and write an essay detailing his/her role in the Civil War.

Cast of Characters:
President and First Family
Abraham Lincoln, President (Daniel Day-Lewis)
Mary Lincoln, First Lady (Sally Field)
Robert Lincoln, oldest son (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Tad Lincoln, youngest son   (Gulliver McGrath)

White House staff and servants
John Hay, aide               (Joseph Cross)
John Nicolay, aide                       (Jeremy Strong)
Tom Pendel, doorkeeper               (Ford Flannagan)
Elizabeth Keckley, dressmaker     (Gloria Reuben)
William Slade, servant                    (Stephen Henderson)

Presidential Cabinet
William Seward, Secy State         (David Strathairn
Edwin Stanton, Secy War             (Bruce McGill)
Gideon Welles, Secy Navy         (Grainger Hines)
John P. Usher, Secy Interior           (Dakin Matthews)
James Speed, Atty General         (Richard Topol)
William Fessenden, Treasury         (Walt Smith)