Monday, October 31, 2011

Today in class we:
Worked on our power point of a country in Europe
No Homework

Monday, October 24- Wednesday, October 26

In class this week we are researching and creating a slideshow about the five themes of geography of a European country. Students will research the movement, regions, location, place and human environment interaction of a European country they choose and put it into six slides.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Today in class:
1. Went over parent teacher forms
2. Took notes on Rainshadow, Latitude and longitude
3. Watched CNN news and discussed current events

October 20, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Discussed the different cultures in Athens and Sparta
2. Highlighted the idea of Democracy used in Athens
 and role-played the democratic process.
3. Read a play about the war between Athens and Sparta
No Homework

October 19, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Finished the MEAP :)
2. Worked on Ancient Greek maps and discussed city-states
No Homework

October 18, 2011

Today in class we:
1. We took the Math MEAP
2. Checked out grades and completed missing work
3. Reviewed geohistograms
4. Finished power point of Europe
5. Began brainstorming what European country they will want to reaserch

October 17, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Went over introduction to Ancient Greece
2. Went over Greek ideas still being used today
3. Went over European maps of countries and capitals
4. Went over power point of the five themes of Geography
NO Homework

Friday, October 14, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Worked on Ancient Greece maps
2. Did a reading activity with Ancient Greece magazine
No Homework

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Took the writing portion of the MEAP test
2. Listened to the podcasts created in class
3. Began mapping activity of Ancient Greece
No Homework

October 11 and 12, 2011

Today in class we:
Took Part 1 and 2 of the MEAP test
1. Started learning about the geography of Europe through a power point presentation
No Homework

October 10, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Debated about how just Hammurabi's codes were
2. Recorded podcasts
3. Worked on GeoHistogram
NO Homework

October 6 and 7, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Worked on Hammurabi's code and debating its fairness
2. Worked on podcast on ancient civilizations.
No homework

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Shared goods news, reviewed social contract
2. Worked on Hammurabi data based questions
3. Worked on Podcast of ancient civilizations
No Homework

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Shared good news
2. Compared the four ancient civilizations through powerpoints
3. Worked on podcast dialogues

Monday, October 3, 2011

Today in class we:
1. Shared good news
2. Went over facts on the 7 traits of civilization of the first four civilizations
3. Wrote dialogues for podcast
NO Homework