Tuesday, January 31, 2012

One Bizarre Day in Our Class

One Bizarre Day in Our Class
·       Beyond Poster/Booth
o   3-D-Unique Features
o   Scrapbooked
o   Colorful Title-subtitles, content, captions
o   Organized
o   Names of Creators
o   Colorful
o   Personality
o   Crowd Impact
·       Content for Beyond Poster
o   Poster must have 6 captions. A caption is at least 5 sentences. Typed up- and large enough font to read from a distance.
o   6 subtitles- larger font than caption
o   6 pictures that support your caption  
o   Must be related to one in-depth Middle Ages concept
o   Vocabulary words defined
o   Border
·       Booth Goods
o   Interactive learning experience that quizzes the player about the captions
o   Played quickly, not messy, easy to set up again
·       Dress-up
o   Medival clothing that matches your poster.
o   Group needs to look like a group.
·       Group Work
o   Treat others with dignity and respect
o   One person must always be at booth
o   Everyone must have a chance to walk around the bizarre
If you need to get a hold of me I will be available every day at Spring Creek until 3.
Names of Creators:
Title of Topic___________________________________________

Start the Middle Ages- Eurpoean Geography- Choosing a topic /Requirements ofr a classroom bizarre

Test question: What are some negative and positive effects of deforestation?

We will be reviewing/ learning 5 vocab words today.


deforestation- cutting down trees
fjords- where the sea surges in between cliffs
temperate- mild
Eurasia- Europe and Asia's landmass together

Taking Cornell Notes from the textbook page 336-339.

The Geography of Europe

The Peninsula- mild weather: warm air currents
                         surrounded by H20...tons of seas, rivers, oceans
                         Ural and Caucasus mountains separate Asia from Europe
                          Europe is 2nd smallest contintent

Rivers Forests and Plains- 1100AD started cutting down trees
                                             Black Forest in Germany still survives
                                            grew-oranges, olives, grapes, wheat
                                            most fertile part is the Northern European Plain
                                            fjords- Scandinavia....Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland

Summary: The geography of Europe is amazing with all it's rivers, mountains, and plains. Rivers are the most important feature because they allow people to grind wheat, travel on them, and fish. The Ural and Caucasus  mountains separate Europe from Asia. Europeans have been cutting down trees for over 2,000 years. They needed more room to build houses and farm land. I would like to visit Europe to see all of the geographic features. 

Monday, January 30, 2012

Vocab Find- Pick Topic- Middle Ages Research- Current Event Research

Please complete the vocab find below. Google search the vocabulary words to learn the definition. Then, turn the definition into a creative sentence! Please remember a capital and period!


Middle Ages Vocab Find

webster's on-line dictionary


When you are finished with the vocabulary search- Please travel to this website Middle Ages Topics.

We will be choosing a topic with the people that sit at our table.

Your Choice:

Any Missing work???
Lastly, you may play any online MIddle Ages Interactive Games .
Research newly chosen topic.
Research a current event.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

5 minute prep time- Present Data to Class

You will have 5 minutes to finish your awesome bar graph and to organize your mini-presentation.

When we are done presenting we will hang our posters in the hallway!

What a great start to social studies!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Graph Likes of your questions! Presentation tomorrow...???

I will show everyone how to make a bar graph!

Today is a creative day!!!

Presentations tomorrow....?

What is a survey? Finish Graphing Favorites in Notebook- BrainStorm questions

What is a survey? Why are they important? How do you create one?

Creating Surveys

Today we will finish graphing the favorites technology of all my classes.

This is in your notebook!!!

BrainStorm in your group 5 questions that you want to ask the class.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Graphing our favoriteTechnological inventions...What is a Current Event?

Today we will be collecting all of our class favorites and bar graphing them!

What is a Current Event?

A current event is a newspaper article presentation. You can use the paper that I provide in class, the internet, or TV! You need 3 current event mini-presentations before the semester ends in May.  I will not assign a specific day for your presentations. Just let me know when you have found an article you like and  I will fit you into our schedule.



Please tell us about:
Who the article is about
What the article is about
Where it takes place and point to it on the map
When it took place
Why you choose it
How does it make you feel
Open the discussion to the class about solutions or connections

Time Line of Communication!!!

Students worked on a handout as a group.

They cut and pasted certain  technological advances that helped us communicate better.

They choose one invention per students and presented it to the class!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Last day! ANCIENT CHINA END OF UNIT TEST

Please open your book to end of unit test on anicent china. Around page 166 in the Our World Text

Please write each question on a blank sheet of paper. You can use your book!


I don't mind if you quietly work with a partner to find the answers, but each person must turn in what they can finish in one work period!

This will be graded!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Test on Cornell Notes- Read Lesson 4 - The Han Dynasty

Today we are going to read the last lesson about the Chinese Dynasties in our text book.

It is a test on Cornell Notes!

Catch-Up Assembly today!

3 days left of this semester!

Watch the Chinese Rap Stars!!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Sub- Vocab Quiz- Interactive game review

China Vocab - Paying attention to highlighted words


please turn in this top quiz!!! don't forget your name-

when you are done please play the interactive games below- let me now what you think! post a comment on your favorite and least favorite games!


Ancient China Interactive Games

Interactive Great Wall

Tangrams.....brain games

Travel the Silk Road

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Everything changes- But it's built on the shoulders of giants....

Slang Words Retired

Current Events for Kids

HeadLine Spot

Yahoo Odd News

Daily weird News National Geographic


Students who have waited til the last week to finish their current events will have an in class research day today. Students who have finished their current events will be invited to attend a class celebration!

The Han Dynasty

Origami-for-kids


The Han expanded China's borders, based their givernment on Confucian ideaas, and founded bureaucracy for which officals had to take an exam. han inventions included paper, the wheelbarrow, and the seismograph. The Han also made great advances in crafts such as silk making and fine china.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Great Wall and The Clay Soldiers

The Great Wall

Frequently throughtout Chinese history, herding people from the northn steppes had raided the rich lands of China. Shihuangdi ordered protective walls to be built to block these invasions. Years later, similiar walls were built across the same mountians and valleys.

Clay Army


One of the greatest building projects of the Qin Empire was the construction of the tomb for Shihuangdi. He has 8,000 clap soldiers and horses placed in his tomb. Each soldier was a portrait of an actual person! He wanted a spirt army to protect him in the after-life.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The First Dynasty !

The Shang won control of the Huang He delta in about 1700bc. Their dynasty expanded its kingdom along the river abd foundeed new towns. The Shang developed new skills, includning a system of writing.
The Zhou defeated the Shang in about 1100bc. The Zhou explained their takeover with a concept called the "Mandate of Heaven." Zhou rule lasted for abou t200 years, and was floowed by a period of warfare called the Warring States period. Confucius lived during this time.



We will watch a video on the Impact of Confucius on China Today and answer these questions below as a class discussion.

How would you summzarize the Confucian view of the family?

As we watch the video- Write down the three Confucian quotes. What are the modern interpretations?

Why do you think later dynasties decided to adopt Confucius's philosophies of life and government?

The Land of the Middle Kingdom - Ancient China

Please take out your notebook. Label a clean sheet as 'The Land of the Middle Kingdom'. we will be taking Cornell notes!

Open your Our World book to page 145.

Grab a white sheet of paper  from the front and follow the instructions to make the China foldable.

We will read this lesson as a class and then watch the supporting videos!

Opinion: Humans change geography all thhe time! We move rivers and mountians to please our species. What other things are effected by building things like the Three Gorges Dam?


China facts



China's Rivers