Presentations!

Switzerland and France in 2nd hour

Italy and France in 6th hour


Remember we are taking Cornell notes and writing a summary on the powerpoint information.

Culture Grams


Don't forget about homework! Draw an Aerial Map of your Room. Due Friday in your notebook.

Presentations ! Cornell Notes- Summaries- Map Discover

Mexico and Canada in 2nd hour

Mexico and Haiti in 6th hour


Remember we are taking Cornell notes and writing a summary on the powerpoint information.

Culture Grams


Don't forget about homework! Draw an Aerial Map of your Room. Due Friday in your notebook.

Presentations! Cornell Notes- Summary- read Map Discover- map of room due Friday

Today we are enjoying presentations on the countries!

 Australia and Somalia in 2nd hour

Moracco and Ethopia in 6th hour

Each presentation has associated notes and summaries of the information.

Culture Grams

All country notes are cornell notes with the subtitles:

Games and Sports
Hoildays
Food
School
Life as a Kid

This information can be found on culture grams!

Students will then write a summary on their favorite facts for each country.

Students will silent read nonfiction information from the magazine "Map Discover" pages 4-6.

Homework of room is due by Friday. It should be in their notebook.

I will collect notebooks on Friday and take note, summary, homework grades.

Country reports! Cornell Notes- Summary, Map of Room

Today in 2nd hour Taiwan will be presenting.
In 6th hour- New Zealand and China!


We will be following along in our notebooks taking listening notes. At the end of each presentation we will write a summary of the information presented.

During the downtime in class- We are going to be reading the Map Discover Magazine page 2 and 3.

We will be making a Map of Your Room.
Due Tomorrow!

Please include:
key
title
scale
compass rose
color it neat
name and hour

Last Day for Creative time!

Practice your presentation!

What is your intro like? (mini video, music,....)
Who is speaking first, second, thrid....organize!
How about the food? Do I need to help you bring something?
Have your 8 ways improved?


Something to think about for the test-
Why do you think  I stress public speaking so much?


Presentations Monday-
2nd Taiwan
6th New Zealand and China

One day left !!!

Practice your cue card- the order of your presentation!!!

One day left...!

Let me know if I need to bring anything for your presentation :)

Cue Cards- Finishing Touches

We have 3 in class days until our Country Reports! I am so excited to see everyone's hard work pay off!  

We have to have our cue cards ready to go! So, think today- what are you going to say in front of the class?

Remember I grade on the 8 ways to give a good presentation- and eye contact is the hardest to achieve!

Let me know if I can help you with anything! 

Review Test Questions- Creative Day

We will review some test questions- Feel free to write along in your notebook!

Creative Day :)

One week until presentations! 

Global Coordinates Game- Research day

Please play the game on the link list called Global Coordinates.

Play this game until you have a score of 2000.


When you are done with that please research your country report!

Raise your hand if you need to print off black and white photos.

Work on your powerpoint or your timeline.


If you get stuck- play the game on the link list called Who wants to be a Millionaire? Post your highest score!

Notebook Grade - ! Creative Day!

Please turn in your notebook!

I will be grading-

2nd hour- Vocabulary, organization of presentation graph, paragraph of mini-movie

6th hour- Vocabulary, organization of presentation graph, paragraph of current event

150 points!

More Vocab! Creative Day

latitude- parallels -  imaginary lines on the Earth that help measure distance- "fatitude"  like the world's belt....equator is an example....

longitude- meridians- imaginary lines on the Earth that help measure distance- These lines go up and down measure east to west.. Prime Meridian is an example

absolute location- “grid address” latitude and longitude lines together

cardinal directions-  main directions- N, S, E, W

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swKBi6hHHMA&feature=related

Write a paragraph using the important facts in this video.

A paragraph is : 7 sentences, has a topic sentence, uses correct grammar and marks!                    Please include a title.

Mrs. Munk- 1st Vocab- Test Questions- Outline

Mrs. Munk will be coming in today to talk with us about Community Service. She should be here for about 10 minutes!



 Vocab-

hemisphere- hemi means half/ sphere is 3-D shape like the globe...the world can be split into 4 hemispheres....N, S, E, W

quadrant- quad means four... the world can be split into NW, SW, SE, NE...

equator- 0 degrees... hot climate- splits the world into N and S

prime meridian- 0 degrees--- connects the poles through England- splits the world into E and W




Test Questions-

How does the study of geography help us understand the way people live?

What are some characteristics of culture?

How might people’s values determine the way they live?

What might cause a culture to change?

How have inventions changed the way archaeologists work?

What kind of clues might historians find in the ruins of ancient cities?

Why is DNA useful in historical research?

Outline for presentation! Who is speaking first? what will your intro look like?

post geography game- picture research and print

Current Events!

Please click on the link that says 'Practice Geography". There are 4 levels. Choose one that you think you can complete.  I would like to challenge everyone to try and get to the EXPERT level.

After that, please click on the link list that says "Geography".


You will play that game and post your score! It will be out of 36 points.

I also want you to  include a sentence or two about:

 What is the difference between a contintent and a country?


Raise your hand when you are done!
Then, I will teach you how to condense pictures into Microsoft Word and print. I don't like to waste paper!

Santa wears a Speedo?

Current Events???


mini-movie on the Earth's tilt

earth's Tilt cause different seasons and holidays


Did you know that in the southern hemisphere- during Christmas- it is hot???  Bbq, beaches, swimsuits!

Earth has the four seasons because of the tilt of the axis is at 23.5 degrees. In other terms- Earth sits on it's side while it spins through the cosmos.

The Suns light hits the Earth directly and indirectly- warming some spots more than others....

Because of this tilt- hoildays around the world look and feel different everywhere.

Culture is directly affected becuase of space...WOW!

research grade- !! Current Events

I will be sending two different groups to the computer lab to research! Mrs. Callan will be watching you for a research grade. Please stay focused because we are on a Friday schedule!



You will also get your due date for your presentation!

Monday 26th

2nd hour- Taiwan


6th hour- New Zealand & China

Tuesday 27th 

2nd- Australia & Somalia

6th- Morocco & Ethiopia

Wednesday 28th

2nd- Mexico and Canada

6th- Haiti and Mexico

Thursday 29th

2nd- Switzerland and France

6th- Italy and France

Friday 30th

2nd- Brazil
6th- Chile

Short Schedule- Creative Day - Research Grade

Today is our Power-Up Party that will be for those students who have No Missing assignments!

Congrats to those students who are attending!

Because of the party- our class is going to be cut short today. So research fast!

I am going to be sending the history "Time Line" people to research their topic and take notes in the computer lab. NO PRINTING!!!

I will be taking a group of students to the library to check out a book on their country.

Map ans fact people will start cutting out posters and putting on a title. 

Current Events- New Seating Arrangement- Country Report examples and Requirements- Turn -in 8 ways worksheet

Please get out your 8 ways fill in the blank homework that was on the back of the Vocab Pre-Test.

Switch with a partner and grade.

Get out your Spiral Notebook and copy down and assign repornsibilities for the country report.

Check out examples from past students of country reports.

Current Events-Notebook grade- Pretest Vocab graade- 8 ways test- Dream team

Current Events anyone??

I graded your notebooks and gave you a letter grade. Please do not pay attention to the points in powerschool.

I will pass back your pre-test vocab. This will not count on your grade. But, be used as an indicator of how much you know before I start teaching.

I want you to do the back side of the pre-test. This focuses on the 8 ways to give a presentation. You will see this on your grades.

Make sure to include your Dream Team for our next 'Country Reports'.

Hang up posters in the hallway- Make sure to put your name on it.


HEADS-UP for TEST- The Reading Check from the posters are test questions!!!

How does the study of geography help us understand the way people live?

What are some characteristics of culture?

How might people’s values determine the way they live?

What might cause a culture to change?

How have inventions changed the way archaeologists work?

What kind of clues might historians find in the ruins of ancient cities?

Why is DNA useful in historical research?

Happy 3 day weekend!!!

We will be turning in our notebooks so I can grade them over the weekend break. Please leave them in class and you will get them back on Tuesday.

Today's vocabulary entry:

artifacts- objects made by people in the past

archaeologists- someone's job- people who study the remains of past cultures

excavate- to dig up

genes- substances we are born with that pass down human characteristics


Presenters- Group 4, 5, 6

Pre-test - Group 1, 2, 3

Current Events.... Pre-Test for Groups 4, 5, 6, .....Presentations !!!

Current Events!

Pre-Test for Groups 4, 5, 6 while Groups 1, 2, 3 are setting up.

Today we will  be presenting! I am exctied to learn from you!



We will be adding vocabulary to our 'Quadrant' page.




geography- the study of the Earth- how Earth shapes peoples lives and how people shape Earth their activities



physical regions- how Earth's natural environment is split up- example: contintent

climate- pattern of weather over a long period of time

culture- the way of a people live: language, beliefs, occupations, activities, art

values- the things that a culture thinks are important

customs- traditions, beliefs, art


Extra Credit Video- Post or email me 10 complete sentences