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