Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Welcome to Social Studies

Listen to your assignment. . . Due Feb. 10-Feb.15

Your report needs to consist of the 4 P's

Paper- 2 or more pages double spaced 12" font Times New Roman
Poster- NO POWERPOINT
Presentation
3-d Project

I want to know what Middle Ages topic you want to become an expert in... that means we need to research today.
Write on your top three topics and why you want to learn about them. The most persuasive will get that topic. Be creative!

Monday, January 14, 2008

Interactive Scavenger Hunt

Click on the link -social studies games under Ms. Nanna's Link List.
On that website you will see tons of educational games for every subject!

Search: Interactive Scavenger Hunt...

You may play this game that we played yesterday in class. You will write out the questions in complete sentences, in Microsoft Word, and print it out. This is one of the last scores that will be added to your semester grade.

YOU MAY LOOK FOR CURRENT EVENTS at Cnn. com.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

END OF TERM PROJECTS

You can go to http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ for most your information.

Remember one paper per group.
one map per group
one acitivity per group
one presenter per group
one poster or powerpoint per group
one travel brochure per group

Due Jan. 7- 11

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Graphing religions around the World

In another window open up Google and type in World Religions for Children.

Click on the first option.

Open up Microsoft Word.

Click on FILE.

Click on PAGE SET UP and change the format to LANDSCAPE.

Click on TABLE.
Draw table- another tool bar should pop up.
Click on INSERT TABLE with 7 rows and 7 columns.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

China movies~

Get a pair of headphones and log into nationalgeographic.com

from there- look on the left hand side- and click on VIDEOS

On the right hand side click on - PEOPLE AND PLACES.

Search all videos with the search word - CHINA.

Don't watch the Free Love video- but all the other videos are okay to watch.

Write your blog on one of the videos.

Must be fifteen or more sentences long.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Ancient China

Wow! The vote was so close. . . 61-45! With China just barely coming ahead.

We are going to be learning alot! Even me! I don't know that much about Ancient China-so I am so excited to start. I want to learn so bad that I want to start today.

Please open another internet window and google- Ancient China. Click on the second one down- History for kids.

Click on Chinese People and read. Write five things you learned about Chinese people.

When you are done you can go to National Geographic and search ancient chinese music/maps/customs. . . .ANYTHING CHINESE!