The 7 Forces of History

We've been talking about the 7 forces of history in class quite a bit this week.  The first assignment of the year is due tonight at 11:59!  Here's a look at the forces and what each means:

From there we began to think about what different forces were present at different times and places in history.  You can see below the work of the 8th grade to make connections between different events and the 7 forces:

Today in class we used Google Keep for the first time to see how to take notes on our Chromebooks.  We will be doing more with it in the future.  Hopefully we will see less paper used and fewer materials misplaced or lost throughout the year!