7th Grade Study Skills/U.S. History
Extra Credit Opportunity

I want to encourage you all to pursue learning outside of the classroom walls.  It is important for you to continue to explore and learn on your own time and I want to recognize that in my class.  If you have the opportunity to visit a museum or a historic site, I will give you extra credit for documenting that experience.  

Please complete the following criteria to receive 50 extra credit homework points!

-	Write a brief description of what you saw.  Include important figures’ names, important dates and interesting facts that you learned.  This should be somewhere between ½ and 2/3 of one page long.
-	Write at least one paragraph about your thoughts on the person, place, and/or experience of your visit.  What was most interesting to you?  What didn’t you like?  How do you feel about the person/people involved in that period of history now that you’ve learned more about them?   How do you feel about the place now that you have seen it?  Make sure you back up your opinions with why you think or feel the way that you do.
-	Documentation on the experience should be somewhere between ¾ of 1 page to 1 ½ pages in length.  They should be typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font.

I will accept Extra Credit papers up until the Friday before the last week of each trimester.  They will go on that trimester’s homework grade.

Go explore, learn something new, and have fun!!!

Miss Crawford