Thursday, October 28, 2010

Japan 1st and 6th.....Argentina 7th

Please keep up with your notes and summaries. They will be the first grades for the next term!

Study for your test! It is next Thursday!

Friday we will celebrate our end of the geography/culture unit- with watching Around the World in 80 days.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Brazil and Spain!

Let's understand and celebrate with a little Latin Flavor today.

1st and 7th are learning about Brazil

6th hour is learning about Spain


Each country needs at least 10 notes and a summary. They should be neatly organized in your notebook.
If you are challenging yourself with 15 notes and a summary that will earn you a B grade. If you are taking 20 notes and a summary that will  be an A.

Please be studying!!! Our test is one week from today.... 

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Study for the Test that is Next Week!

Please be studying the test that will be next week....on Thursday.

Everything on the test is in your notebook.

Presenting today:

Egypt 1st and 6th hour

America 7th

Monday, October 25, 2010

France 1st and 6th...Philippines 7th

Today we are learning about France in 1st and 6th hours....!

In 7th, we are learning about the Philippines! Mrs. Branscomb is coming to 7th hour! Yahoo!!!

Remember each presentations needs a summary and your choice of how many notes. (20, 15, 10)

There is only 6 more presentations left! Then we will take our test on this unit. Please decide weather you are going for an A, B, or See Me for the test.

Start Studying your notebook NOW!!!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Peer Group Assessment

Please create one of these surveys for each member of your country group. You will hand this in.


Your Name: ____________

The Person you are Evaluating______________



Commitment to group goals                      0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Level of Participation                               0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Quality of Work Produced                       0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Meeting deadlines                                    0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Working together as a Group                   0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Would you want to work with them again 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10



Defend you thinking: (5 sentences)

IF YOU ARE ABSENT..PLEASE BORROW A FRIENDS NOTES OR DO SOME MINI-RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN.  VISIT PIONEER LIBRARY ON MY LINK LIST.

USER NAME: PIONEER
PASSWORD: SEARCH

Please remember to keep your notebook organized and complete.
20 notes for an A, 15 notes for a B, and 10 notes for a C
Every presentation must have a  5 sentence summary.

1st hour- Russia
6th hour- Greece
7th hour- Spain

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Germany!

All hours today are reporting on Germany...!

Remember each country needs at least 10 notes for a C, 15 notes, for a B, 20 notes for an A.

Every country report REQUIRES a summary.

Remember to bring your map to class everyday to plot the countries that your class is reporting on.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Argentina- Netherlands- Map handout

We have started our presentations that we have been working on in class. Argentina (1st hour) did an amazing job! Way to go and break the ice...

Netherlands (6th hour) was fantastic! We got to eat some fantastic  carmel waffles and play a round of soccer. Very creative!!!


As for the assignments we are working on our listening skills, writting notes, and every country report has a summary due.

If the student is going for an A on their notes - they must take 20
                                          B on their notes - they must take 15
                                          C on their notes - they must take 10

I will be updating links for notes if any student is absent! They can always google information/ ask any student as well.

I also handed out the Map to locate the countries that we are learning about. Please help your student keep this! They will turn this in after our unit is completed!

Responsibility Educates!

Monday, October 18, 2010

The Arab World

Summary
The Arab World was a movie that Ms. Nanna showed us because only one group out of all the classes choose a country in the middle east. The Arab World is pretty much the Middle East. America has been fighting a war there on and off for last 20 years. The main religion there is Islam. People who believe in Islam believe in Allah, Muhammad, Koran, and are called Muslims.
30 notes for an A
1. middle east
2. desert
3. hot, dry, mountians
4. muslims practice islam
5. Koran is there holy book
6. Friday is the holy day
7. where civilization started
8. first written language
9. Muhammad is like their Jesus
10. Allah is like their God
11. girls cover their hair
12. girls and boys are viewed differently in their society
13. 1.5 billion Muslims world wide
14. muslim means- submit to god
15. Islam governs politics
16. pray 5 times a day and face Mecca
17. Ramadan is a major holiday
18. Red Sea
19. Mediterrian Sea
20. Sahara Desert
21. "Middle East" nickname began after WWII
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Arab World

We are going to start learning about cultures today!

I am showing you a movie that is 20 minutes long on the ARAB WORLD.

Please take 30 notes for an A, 20 notes for a B, 15 notes for a C.

A summary is due at the end of the notes.

Questions on Test #4

Culture- no culture is better or worse than another culture: EQUALITY
is the way people live- lnaguage, beliefs, occupations, activities, arts
culture is not bound by geography- is can cross oceans!!

Draw a map of the World.

Include:
prime meridian
equator
4 major oceans
7 contintents
Nile, Mississippi, Amazon rivers

Monday, October 11, 2010

Questions #3

Geography- the study of the Earth, how it shapes peoples lives and how people shape the Earth through their activities. Earth is seperated into regions. Regions are usually marked by physical boundries.

example- North American contintent is a region. Inside North America, the Rocky Mountians are another smaller region....

Key Words: location, place, maps,

climate- pattern of weather over a long period of time...another way we organize regions.





People have changed geography by: building buildings, blowing up mountains to make a road, polluting....

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Questons for the test #2

What are the world's top three religions?
Islam, Christianity, Hindu

What is an Asian eating cutom?
chopsticks, eat on floor, shoes off, share a family dish

What is the largest country in the world?
Russia

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Learn these for the Country Test

An analogy is a form of speech that compares on item to another....


A map is to ___________ as the globe is to ____________.
                   beach blanket                            beach ball
                   basketball court                         basket ball

Excavate is to __________ as _____________ is to passing down history by word of mouth.
                      dig up                 Oral History


One holiday that is purley American is________________.
                                                          July 4th
                                                          MLK civil rights
                                                          president's day
                                                          Thanksgiving (now canada adopted)