grade summer social studies assignment

8th Grade Summer Social Studies Assignment Read Animal Farm by George Orwell

Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (I suggest the Penguin Classics edition (ISBN

978-0142437605).)

Complete a One-Pager project for one of the books AND a Written Report project for the other (both projects described below). Please bring these projects with you on the first day of school. You will use these projects to tell us about the books read this summer and what they mean to you!

Project Requirements

(Helpful Hints for your projects)

o Clearly stated title & author o Creative name for both projects o One Pivotal Quote

Animal Farm

o Who was your favorite character? Draw an image

of them and explain why using drawings.

o What did you learn about Fascism and/or

Communism?

o Include a map of Manor Farm and/or Animal Farm

o Write about the Seven Commandments.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

o What is your favorite invention of Benjamin

Franklin?

o What did you learn about England and the

colonies?

o Include a 1700s map of either where Franklin was

born, or where he lived as an adult.

o Write about Franklin’s “Project of arriving at moral

perfection”

God Bless,

Mr. Flores aflores@rccss.org

8th Grade Language Arts Summer Assignment

Read The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen and be prepared to discuss it in English/Language Arts class the first week of school. Thank you, Mrs. Anderson emilyanderson@rccss.org

Project Descriptions One Pager: This is like a poster in miniature – on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper! As a general rule, One-

Pagers should have no white space. Condense your knowledge of the book into a glance. We will

use this project for an activity during the first week of school.

Written Report: You may handwrite or type this report, but please use your best writing skills (like

capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and complete sentences.) Your report will likely be about one

page long (700-800 words). We will use this report for an activity during the first week of school.

o If you write your report on Animal Farm, please write about Orwell’s political theme on

Authoritarian ideologies (Fascism and Communism)

o If you write your report on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, please write about the

Quakers in Philadelphia, as mention by Franklin.

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