Apr 2, 2005: Pope John Paul II Dies

On this day in 2005, John Paul II, history's most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th century, dies at his home in the Vatican. Six days later, two million people packed Vatican City for his funeral, said to be the biggest funeral in history.

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In Social Studies- 

7th grade- passed out Spell A Thon packets, finishing up finding social issues & now moving on to finding causes of those problems.

6th grade- In our most recent Time For Kids issue, students worked on finding causes and effects for the Civil War.  The Civil War started on April 12, 1861, 150 years ago.  Students also worked on identifying some key figures in the war such as Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant.

8th grade- finished correcting Ch4 Section 4 Study Guide in class, then moved on to Ch4 Review.  Groups are responsible for answering questions #6-#10 (all parts), #13 (3 paragraphs) and #14-#16 which are due on Monday April 4.

Mr. Johnson