PLEASE have supplies for your classes by Wednesday. See handout from Open
House or obtain another copy of Supply List, if needed.
8 AUGUST, MONDAY
Welcome to a new year at EMS. Remember to return the forms handed out at
Open House plus the colored folder with your name on it. Sorry there's
so
much to read and sign!
Today we worked in pairs to complete the Code of Conduct. Please finish any
work you have not completed and HAVE THE FORM SIGNED BY YOU AND YOUR PARENT
to turn in by TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. You will also need your daily agenda to
complete this exercise. This is your first assignment of the year.
Supplies for Social Studies Class:
2 #2 pencils
2 blue or black pens
2 red pens for grading quizzes
1 1 1/2" or 2" three ring binder plus COLLEGE RULED paper, section
dividers
OR a Mead Five Star COLLEGE RULED notebook and mini stapler
This notebook will be for Social Studies only.
1 cloth or plastic pencil holder
1 straight edge/ruler
1 package colored pencils (Set of 12 is plenty - use for all classes)
1 memory stick with lanyard
1 box of tissues for homeroom
9 AUGUST, TUESDAY
Classes completed Code of Conduct exercise. These are to be signed by
parents and students and turned in WEDNESDAY.
10 AUGUST, WEDNESDAY - STUDY NOTES EVERY NIGHT FOR 15 MINUITES.
10 AUGUST 2011, WEDNESDAY – Happy Birthday Emory!
Ntbk: 3 sections – Daily notes, Vocabulary, Project
Copy agenda upon entering.
Complete/collect Code
"Mapping Your World" PowerPoint Notes – Questions 1-4 on accompanying Handout
Vocab:
mandatory - must do
insubordination – not submitting to authority (sub=under)
contraband – illegal goods (contra=against)
cartographer – mapmaker
distortion – out of proportion, misshapen
projection – 3D globe on a plane surface
11 AUGUST, THURSDAY - STUDY NOTES EVERY NIGHT< TALK TO YOUR PARENTS ABOUT
WHAT YOU LEARN EACH DAY!
Continue "Mapping Your World" PowerPoint notes.
Vocab:
elevation - height above a fixed point, such as sea level
hegemony- powerful influence of one political state over another
physical map- shows natural aspects, such as FLORA (flowers, trees,
etc.),FAUNA (animals), and land forms.
political map - shows man-made characteristics (cities, country
divisions, roads, etc.)
relief map- shows land configurations with colors, symbols, or lines.
topographical map-detailed large scale map with natural and man-made
features
terrain- physical features of land
Know the meaing of these quoyes:
"To the victor belongs the spoils." - results of war
"The sun never sets on the British Empire." - describes the extent of the
global empires
Tonight is seventh grade orientation 6 PM.
12 AUGUST 2011, FRIDAY and 15 AUGUST, MONDAY
Complete PowerPoint on Mapping
Quick review of concepts from notes
Begin Mapping II - handout
relative and absolute location
latitude and longitude lines
measuring the earth by miles and degrees
REVIEW NOTES EVERY NIGHT! Have a great weekend.
15 AUGUST, MONDAY
Class review of notes from last week: map skills, continents and oceans.
Quiz
Review notes from class - TEST FRIDAY
16 AUGUST, TUESDAY
Complete PowerPoint on Mapping and fill in notes
PowerPoint on Time (BC, AD, periods of time) - handout
HWK: per 1-2 examples of chron- root words and definitions;
per 6 – 5 chron- words and definitions
BRING TEXT TO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
Review notes from class - TEST FRIDAY
17 AUGUST, WEDNESDAY
Complete Time PowerPoint and notes (We will complete in calss on Thurs.)
View models of solstice and equinox
VOCAB:SOLSTICE - winter (shortest day of year) and summer (longest day of
year);sun is at its northernmost/southernmost extreme as it shines on the
Earth.
(June 21 and Dec 21 approx.)
EQUINOX = means "equal night," sun directly overhead at Equator.
(March 21 and Sept 21)
TEXTBOOK - Time Zones p.14-15.
Complete exercise on time zones (Africa map) and Sanford Fleming handout.
Due Thursday. You do NOT need to do the longitude/latitude diagrams.
Review notes from class - TEST FRIDAY
18 AUGUST, THURSDAY - - - Meet in computer lab across from gym.
TIMELINE PROJECT ASSIGNED - DUE (all three parts) TUESDAY, AUGUST 30. PUT
THIS DATE IN YOUR PLANNER. Parents please see handout.
Hand in hwk. for a grade.
Discuss Timeline project assignment;record your date to research so you do
not forget it.
You will have time in class FRIDAY to research and write the info
about
your event, as well as the events of your birth year.
View Time Zones map on S14-15 in TEXT; answer questions in class.
Review notes from class (PPt notes, etc)each evening - TEST has been moved
to
TUESDAY, instead of tomorrow.
19 AUGUST, FRIDAY - - - Meet in computer lab on 6th grade hall.
Each student will complete Time PowerPoint and notes at individual computers.
Work on research for Part II or Part III. of Timeline project. Remember that
all three components are due on AUGUST 30, TUESDAY.
HWK: BC/AD puzzle and problems - handout; You will probably have time to
work
on this in class. DUE MONDAY. THis is review of PowerPoint skills and will
be
an excellent review for Tuesday's test. Remember to ADD if on both sides of
the BC/AD line, subtract if only on one side. Show your work.
Have a safe weekend.
22 AUGUST, MONDAY
CNN NEWS
VOCAB
COUP D'ETAT ( or just COUP) - overthrow of state - pronounced "coo"
ARCHIPELAGO - string/group of islands
Work BC/AD problems on board and review for TEST TUESDAY. test will include
all vocab and information from the two mapping PowerPoints and the Time
PowerPoint. You will have to work and show timelines for several BC/AD
problems.
How did the Canary Islands get their name?
Why is the date 1066 significant?
23 AUGUST, TUESDAY
Tests - Geography PowerPoint and Time PowerPoint
Keep working on project due AUGUST 30.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 will be an after-school work time for anyone who wants
help on project.
24 AUGUST, WEDNESDAY
Remember that I will be staying until 4:15 if you need any help on timeline
project. Bring your memory stick to use on the computer.
Return tests and discuss.
CNN news and vocab
VOCAB:
NATO=North Atlantic Treaty Organization - military alliance of western
democratic nations during Cold War (US, western Europe)
WARSAW PACT - military alliance of 8 communist nations during Cold War
(USSR,
Hungary, etc.); formed in response to NATO
ASSETS = +,what you own, resources (Libya's main asset is oil.)
LIABILITIES = -, what you owe
QADAFFI - Libya's president, took power in 1969 military COUP
POWER VACUUM - condition that exists when someone loses power and no one
replaces them.
25 AUGUST, THURSDAY and 26 AUGUST, FRIDAY
Computer Lab 6th ********** PROJECT DUE TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.
Work on project or mastering map.
Map HANDOUT Instructions - Color country carefully. Label ONLY the country
name, memorize the capital with the country as a unit. Please color and
learn
ONLY the first six countries listed (SA, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, and
Bahrain). You will be assigned a few countries at a time to master. This is
the first set due.You need to know these by Monday.
COMPLETE MAP TEST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.
Use the following map site for clarity of political borders.
http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.background-resource.php?
resourceID=1162
Here is the listing of all the ME countries for the next week.
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia - yellow; Sanaa,Yemen - red; Muscat,Oman - purple; Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - brown; Doha, Qatar - red; Manama,
Bahrain - orange; Kuwait, Kuwait - brown; Amman, Jordan - red; Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem, Israel - green; Beirut, Lebanon - yellow; Damascus, Syria -
brown;
Nicosia, Cyprus - purple; Baghdad,Iraq -
purple; Ankara,Turkey - red.
29 AUGUST, MONDAY - MAP TEST FRIDAY, PROJECTS DUE TUES. BEGINNING OF CLASS
BONUS QUESTION: WHAT IMPORTANT JEWISH HOLIDAY BEGAN THIS WEEKEND? TELL ME
SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY.
CNN News
VOCAB: EMIR - Muslim prince or ruler (as in United Arab Emirates)
Add the countries below to map:
Kuwait, Kuwait - brown;
Amman, Jordan - red;
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel - green;
Beirut, Lebanon - yellow;
Damascus, Syria - brown.
Memorize capitals with countries. Be able to identify on map.
You will have a MAP TEST ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, with all locations that we
will cover this week.
Students: Prepare to present the first two strips of events tomorrow in
class
(through 1861-65 US Civil War. Each student will speak to class for 1-2
minutes about his/ her event (when, where, who, why important). Students
will
have a sheet to take notes and fill in basic information.
AUGUST 30, TUESDAY
CNN news
Collect projects and begin presentations. Students take notes on handouts.
AUGUST 31, WEDNESDAY
CNN news - weather forecasting and advertising
MAP TEST FRIDAY
MAP ADDITIONS:
Nicosia, Cyprus - purple; Baghdad,Iraq - purple; Ankara,Turkey - red.
Now shade in with blue and label the bodies of water that we discussed on
Monday - the MEDITERRANEAN SEA, the PERSIAN GULF, and the ARABIAN SEA.
Mark with a slash the man-made passage that joins the Mediterranean and
the Red seas - the SUEZ CANAL. Also label the STRAIT OF HORMUZ, the c-
shaped entry into the Persian Gulf. Note the large peninsula country that
lies mostly in Asia with a small tip in Europe. Notice what an important
strategic location this is. Notice who “owns” the land at the tip of
that peninsula:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/ae.htm
Class presentations from timeline
1 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY
Happy Birthday, Reece!
MAP:
Gaza Strip, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Sinai Peninsula; Tehran, Iran.
Presentations - Take notes on handout.
MAP TEST TOMORROW ON ALL COUNTRIES AND LOCATIONS from MIDDLE EAST.
2 SEPTEMBER FRIDAY!!! BRING MEMORY STICK TUESDAY TO CLASS!
Map test today. (If you miss class/school, I will expect you to make it up
on Tuesday, the day we return - Come in at 6:450 am.)
Complete Timeline presentations and notes.
Have a safe L-O-N-G Labor Day weekend!
6 SEPTEMBER 2011, TUESDAY
Remember to bring timel memory stick to class in computer lab
across from gym. Not having this will be a demerit for being unprepared.
Today in class: Handout
Complete viewing 9/11 photos and PowerPoint.
Assignment:
Due FRIDAY - We will use this in class.
Type a sheet with bulletted points about the World Trade Center:
1. When was the WTC built? What types of businesses did it house?
2. How tall was it (how many stories), and during what years was it the
world’s tallest building?
3. What did it cost to build, and what would it cost nowadays in today’s
money?
4. Any other things you find interesting.
DUE MONDAY (or Friday, if you want to turn in early)
View the PowerPoint and the photos from 9/11 that were in Tuesday's lesson.
If absent get a copy of the lesson.
As you look at these photo essays, think about how this event would have
affected you, had you been involved or lost a family member. Choose a point
of view (a victim in the disaster,a fireman, a spouse or child waiting for
word about a loved one, a passenger on one of the planes, etc.).
TYPE a one page journal essay from your first person point of view. Write a
full heading(name and period-line 1, date (due September 9, 2011), topic –
World Trade Center Bombing, parent name and cell number.
The paper will be double spaced throughout (including the heading), #12
font.
DUE 9/9/11.
7 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY
Class: Return Timelines, test, and papers.
Handout on "Political, Religious, and Social Nomenclature"
In pairs, look up and define in WORDS YOU UNDERSTAND the folowing terms as
they relate to politics and religion. After each definition, leave a
couple of lines to add information in class tomorrow.
NOMENCLATURE
ORTHODOX
CONSERVATIVE
MODERATE
COMPROMISE
LIBERAL
REFORM
STATUS QUO
EXTREMISM
RADICAL
ANARCHY
Bonus: Find out what is meant by the saying "to throw the baby out with
the bath water." Discuss this saying with your parents tonight if you
have never heard it before.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Due Friday – Facts about WTC – bullets to use for writing a paragraph on
Friday
Monday – journal entry due on 9/11 (1 page typed, choose a point of view,
write in first person)
Terms for Class Discussion:
1)NOMENCLATURE - a system of classification or categorization of items;
jargon – language used by people in a certain occupation or work area.
2)ORTHODOX - following the established or traditional rules of a political
or
religious belief, philosophy, or a way of life; a follower of very
traditional beliefs or ideas
3)CONSERVATIVE - prefers to preserve existing conditions, institutions, or
to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
4)MODERATE - somebody with moderate views is somebody who holds views that
are not extreme, especially political views; middle-of-the-road.
5)COMPROMISE – to meet someone half way; to find middle ground, to settle a
dispute with both sides agreeing to accept less than they originally wanted.
6)LIBERAL - broad-minded, tolerant of different views and standards of
behavior in others; favoring gradual reform, especially political reforms
that extend democracy, distribute wealth more evenly, and protect the
personal freedom of the individual.
7)REFORM - to change and improve something by correcting faults, removing
inconsistencies and abuses.
8)STATUS QUO - Latin for the way things stand; way things are now: the
condition or state of current situation, existing state of affairs, present
circumstances
9)EXTREMISM - the holding of extreme political or religious views or taking
extreme actions on the basis of those views; zealotry or radicalism.
10)RADICAL - favoring or making economic, political, or social changes of a
sweeping or extreme nature .
11)ANARCHY - situation in which there is a total lack of organization,
formal
government, or control in a society, lawlessness, revolution, mayhem,
rebellion. CHAOS! Question………Is Libya in a state of anarchy now or not?
Which of these terms do the following statements reflect?
Where anything goes, soon everything is gone.
Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Let’s start with a clean slate.
Extremism in the pursuit of freedom is no vice. – Barry Goldwater
Three strikes and you’re out.
Cool heads will prevail.
There’s room at the table for everyone.
Whoever dies with all the toys is the winner!
Winner takes all!
It’s all or nothing at all.
The old way is best, so why change?
Change can only come through revolution.
Remember to complete the short Time Magazine Reading selection on 9/11.
It’s
really neat!
9 SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY
CNN News
WTC article - Read ALOUD (now allowed)
Writing exercise with WTC facts.
3.8 Paragraph
12 SEPTEMBER, MONDAY
Turn in journals.
KWL on Judaism - Fill in K and W and turn in.
Video - Handout
We are beginning our study of monotheistic Southwester Asian religions:
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will also brush on several ethnic
groups
of the region.
Notes from today's class: Review for homework.
shofar - ram's horn for call to worship
mezuzah - container on the "doorpost of your houses" as a reminder of
Deuteronomy:4-9
yarmulke - skull cap worn in Jewish services
monotheism - belief in one God (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
Torah - first 5 books of the OT (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus. Numbers,
Deuteronomy)
13 SEPTEMBER, TUESDAY
Groups of 4 - review Judaism video notes
In groups, share information to complete Judaism sheet; look up words:
persecute/prosecute
literal/figurative
scapegoat - read aloud in class
HWK: Complete sheet and STUDY NOTES
14 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY
Finish handout on Judaism
Read Esther and know story
Judaism summary handout – fill in blanks
HWK: Comparative Religions Chart
VOCAB: omni = all. bene=well/good (beneficial, benediction, benefactor,
benefit, benign)
15 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY
VOCAB:
OMNI = all (omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent)
BENE = well/good (benevolent)
ABRAHAMIC = religions based on founding patriarch (father) Abraham
SECT = section, group, division
Group review for FRIDAY QUIZ on JUDAISM
HANDOUT
Ups and Downs in Middle East
Do questions 1-9 for class/homework. Write answers in COMPLETE sentences on
SEPARATE sheet of paper.
16 SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY
Quiz on Judaism - terms (Review notes from video, read over summary sheet on
Judaism, know the vocab terms from Judaism).
COmplete KWL on Judaism
After completing quiz, work on final questions from "Ups and Downs of Middle
East." Complete for MONDAY.
19 SEPTEMBER, MONDAY
CNN - Palestine
Saturday was Constitution Day
The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land; a constitution in general
is simply a plan of government, nothing more.
Our Constitution provides for three branches of government, each of which
is independent of the other; they all CHECK AND BALANCE each other.
The LEGISLATIVE BRANCH - MAKES THE LAWS and consists of the Senate (2
senators from each state) and the House of Representatives (representation
of each state is based on population). If there is a tie in the Senate
vote, the Vice president will break the tie.
The EXECUTIVE BRANCH - ENFORCES OR EXECUTES THE LAW; the executive (the
president, the governor of a state) uses the military and the National
Guard and the State Police to help him/her enforce the law.
The JUDICIAL BRANCH - JUDGES IF A LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL
To get these ideas straight in your mind, think of the pink tennis shoes
example or Brown v. Board of Ed. and theintegration cases.
MIDDLE EAST QUIZ - 5 questions from worksheet
Correct exam from Friday
Students complete worksheet - final questions in Ups and Downs in the
Middle East and REVIEW CLASS NOTES DAILY.
20 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY
CNN - Yemen - coup attempts, space pictures, Hispanic month
Continue with Ups and Downs handout (Nasser, colonialism, Strait of Tiran,
Six Day War, PLO, Yom Kippur War) – STRAIT, not straight!
We will read and discuss through Yom Kippur War.
Majority- > 50%
Minority - <50%
Plurality - greatest number
Third party candidate-brings attention to a new/specific issue that
concerns voters; also subtracts votes from the person most in
agreement.
Dark horse candidate – unexpected winner
Swing state – can determine election,don’t know which way the vote will go.
21 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY
VOCAB: terrain = terrain, topography
Students work in pairs on Contested Territories, PLO, OPEC, and Zionism.
Complete any unfinished work for HWK. STUDY NOTES FOR QUIZ.
22 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY
Computer Lab - Christianity PowerPoint with work sheet. Complete at home if
necessary. we will review this in class and concentrate on Christianity
next
week.
23 SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY
Review and discuss OPEC, Zionism, contested territories. TAKE NOTES on
discussion. QUIZ on material at end of period.
26 SEPTEMBER, MONDAY
Review information on Christianity from PowerPoint
Graphic organizer on development of Christianity into current sects.
Church of England/Episcopal, Reformed Jew, Baptist, Roman Catholic,
Orthodox Jew, Presbyterian, Greek/Roman Orthodox, Orthodox Jew, Methodist,
Lutheran, AME Zion. (per 1, slide 71; per 2, slide 59; per 3, slide , per
6, slide )
WEDNESDAY quiz on Christianity
27 SPETEMBER TUESDAY
Complete Christianity review
CNN - recidivism
capitAL punishment
white collar crime
28 SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY
Remind all classes - recividism, white collar crime from CNN
Quiz on Christianity
Video and Discussion on Islam - Handout to fill in for notes
HWK or after quiz: Reading handout - The Call of Islam
Write answers in complete sentences:
1. What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
2. Which is the majority and which is the majority in Iran?
3. What is the Islamic holy text?
4. What percentage of people of the Middle East are Muslim?
5. Which Middle Eastern country has a THEOCRATIC government?
6. How does the story of Hagar and Ishmael play out in the Haaj?
7. In a few sentences, describe the annual celebration of Ramadan.
8. What is a pilgrimage?
9. To what Southwest Asia city might all monotheists make a pilgrimage?
29, 30 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY - FRIDAY
Discuss HWK assignment - The Call of Islam
Discuss Islam video and handout. Fill in graphic organizer
comparing the three religions for homework.
Check over resources test and Christianity test.
Wrap up religions and ethnic groups on Friday.
Review the following locations from the standards:
Middle East resources - What are they and Who controls them? "Haves/Have
Nots"
OPEC - what? where? why? who?
Gaza Strip
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Countries:
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iran (Persian Empire)
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Islam - Know the following
Five Pillars
Holy cities
Its relation to Judaism and Chrictianity
Islam's god and prophet, holy book, and place or worship
3 OCTOBER, MONDAY
Wrap-up and review study guide on economics
Class reading on Saudi oil business
Class reading on minority Kurds and desire for Kurdish state
REVIEW NOTES AND HANDOUT FOR HWK - Continue to review map of Southwest Asia.
4 OCTOBER, TUESDAY
Final review and study guide for BENCHMARK on WEDNESDAY
Know Southwest Asia map well for benchmark
5 OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY
Benchmark
Handout and map on KKUTTAP countries
Aral Sea reading
6 OCTOBER, THURSDAY
Map discussion
Class reading on Sharia
Ethnic and tribal considerations
7 OCTOBER, FRIDAY
Quizon on Central Asia PowerPoint notes Wed. of next week.
Remem,ber to look up your 1 country's statistics from the World Factbook.
You
will do group work next week using this information.
11 OCTOBER, TUESDAY
Since many did not complete assignment, the group work for the day was
cancelled.
Daily CRCT Practice Question: Write complete question in daily work section
of notebook, answer and follow discussion in class.
Is there a difference between a democracy and a republic?
a)A democracy exists only in the US.
b)In a democracy, the people make laws and vote on all issues, but in a
republic, there are representatives who actually make the laws.
c)A republic and a democracy are the same thing.
d)There are no real republics in today’s world.
Answer is B; modern day democracies are REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACIES, or
REPUBLICS. People participate through their elected representatives, the
senators and congressmen,councilmen, etc.
Please consider the following terms your vocab and spelling list to be
studied and memorized:
representative - one who stands in for someone, carries out business in that
person's name, etc.
PCGDP = per capita (per person) gross (total) domestic (at home in the US)
product (good or service). This is actually a MEAN measurement (average)
and is not very reliable without knowing such things as the unemployment
rate, the poverty rate - how incle is actually distributed.
The median (middle number) is actually more reliable indicator of wealth
and its distribution in a country.
homogeneous - similar, alike
heterogeneous - dissimilar, unlike
diverse - having differences, a variety
steppe - grassy, treeless plain
nomadic - moving from one location to another, following the food source, as
people did before the onset of the Agricultural revolution
migrant - moving with the work, often crops that have to be harvested
annex - to add on; the Soviet Union annexed many of the Central Asian
countries
textiles - cotton or woven good, clothing, rugs, etc. (Small money stuff, as
opposed to oil and gold)
remittance - money sent home by out-of-country workers
arable land - land that is able to be cultivated
authoritarian regime - dictatorship, government authority not responsible TO
THE PEOPLE
functional democracy or republic - one that really functions through the vote
and authority of the people
nominal democracy or republic - a republic in NAME ONLY, the government
is not responsible to the people
12OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY
Quiz using notes from Stand PowerPoint. You may use only YOUR notes, not
the
handout.
Study countries (Yes, spelling counts!) for a map quiz on Friday.
Group work on CIA World FactBook statistics sheet.
13 OCTOBER, THURSDAY
CNN news
EROSION - wearing away of soil by weathering and drought, or such
activities as over-grazing of animals, overpopulation, slash and burn
clearing of land, logging
Group Activity on the STANS - CIA World FactBook and conclusions paper
14 OCTOBER, FRIDAY - 17 OCTOBER, MONDAY
CNN - tariff on US cars in Korea
STANS quiz
Group presentations - Comparison of FactBook statistics
PowerPoint on Kashmir
18 OCTOBER, TUESDAY
CNN - Thailand monsoon
Return Papers
Make a Writing Eroors Record sheet when 3.8 paragraph is returned.
Re-do of Stans test and 20X words due WEDNESDAY
Complete Kashmir PowerPoint
Readings on Taliban - Jot down any questions you wish to discuss.
19 OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY
Re-take of STANS quiz as needed
CNN news: Fukushima, Japan nuclear reactors
Palestinian-Israeli prisoner exchange
GOP debate= Grand Old Party = Republican Party
Country's highest FORECLOSURE rate? Take a gamble on the answer!
TALIBAN questions from reading.
Writing Errors Sheet. All capitalized words are spelling words:
He was REMEMBERING (not rembering) that at the BEGINNING of THEIR (not
there)vacation they had seen three SCIENTISTS (add the final s) at a
RESTAURANT in GREAT BRITAIN (not Britian).
20 OCTOBER, THURSDAY
Writing Errors Sheet:
A LOT(two words)of THEIR(not there) GOVERNMENT(put in the middle n)
PRIVILEGES were lost after the ASSASSINATION(two donkeys at the
beginning!) of the BUSINESS (not buisness) leader.
Environmental Concerns in Middle East and RAMIFICATIONS (root word
ramus=branching out) of war on the environment.
Read and do questions pp 125-6 in CRCT book.
Handouts: #1 environmental Concern in ME.
What are the ramifications of war on the environment?
Do questions from both selections in ntbk in complete sentences for
Friday.
21 OCTOBER, FRIDAY
Writing Errors Sheet:
The SCIENTISTS (add the final s to make it plural) WERE (not where)
SUPPOSED (past, not present form suppose) to be THERE (not their)in the
building when the TERRORISTS'(add ' after final s) bombs went off.
(Add the s to make a plural of -st ending words; plural possessive adds
the ' after the end of the plural form.)
Wrap up ME and Environment handouts.
INFRASTRUCTURE
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
RESOURCE PLUNDER
UNSUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES
HERBICIDE (cide=kill, as in suicide, homocide)
Review QPA test questions.
CNN Ghadafi assassinated by rebels
VOCAB:
AUTHORITARIAN REGIME
COUP D'ETAT
ARMY AND POLICE SUPPORT DICTATORSHIPS and keep them in power.
When a dictator or powerful ruler dies, there is a PWER VACUUM that has to
be filled by someone. Keep an eye on Libya to see what happens here.
24 OCTOBER, MONDAY
CNN - Iraq withdrawal - Iran? Remember type of government in Iran
Turkey earthquake
Greek debt crisis
MAP HANDOUT ASIA - Day One
India, yellow; Bangladesh and Pakistan, orange.
Himalayas, Mt. Everest, Ganges River, Eastern and Western Ghats, Deccan
Plateau, capital of India New Delhi, Bombay (Mumbai), Bangalore,
Amritsar,
Calcutta. DO MAP LOCATIONS DOWN TO AMRITSAR.
PLEASE go over these every night, as we will be adding many locations.
Draw schematic maps and fill them in and go online to Interactive Maps.
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/asia-puzzle.html
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/asia_map.htm
http://www.indiamapatlas.com/india/images/india-physical-map.gif
(India map)
VOCAB from PowerPoint to focus on:
UNITARY, FEDERAL, CONFEDERATION
POWER VACUUM
AUTHORITARIAN
COUP D'ETAT
MONARCHY
Watch and Discuss Government and Economy PowerPoint. TAKE NOTES on handout
and AND REVIEW NOTES NIGHTLY. TEST FRIDAY , OCTOBER 26.
HWK: This is difficult, so PLEASE study handout notes every night.
You must know the terms and the different government systems.
25 OCTOBER, TUESDAY
Governments PowerPoint - COmplete Wednesday
HWK:Study handout notes for GOVERNMENT TEST FRIDAY
Study map locations from Monday
26 OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY
Dictation: How will the government interpret the writings about their
religious beliefs?
goverNment - wrITINGS (no double T), ThEIR (possessive) relIGIOUS,
beLIEfs
Continue Government notes. Handout notes should be completed and studied
through Question 9.
MAP: Add Bangladesh and Pakistan (both orange). Add Indus and Brahmaputra
rivers and Bay of Bengal.
HWK: STUDY MAP AND GOVERNMENT HANDOUT EVERY EVENING. Map Quiz is Monday.
Government test is WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2.
27 OCTOBER, THURSDAY
Continue Government PowerPoint.
HWK: Study government handout notes EVERY NIGHT.
vocabulary; unitary federal, confederation, authoritarian, etc.
Add Map Locations: Sri Lanka (pink), Nepal (purple), and Bhutan (blue) to
complete first set in Asia Map Handout. Quiz on map MONDAY.
GOVERNMENTS TEST RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2.
Flat tax - everyone pays same RATE (not same amount)
Progressive tax - the more ou earn, the greater the rate
Regressive tax - the less you earn the greater the rate
28 OCTOBER, FRIDAY
Governments Test WEDNESDAY. We will continue Ppt. notes Friday and Monday.
REVIEW NOTES NIGHTLY. Learn the vocab.
Study Map Locations for quiz MONDAY on items in first section of Asia Map
Study, please.
CNN News - Thailand flood, population 7 BILLION!!!!!
31 OCTOBER, MONDAY
7 BILLION!! - CNN
Continue Governments PowerPoint
Map test on First section of Asia Map - Down to the first line
Remember: Governments Test on THURSDAY - Know terms and definitions.
HWK: Remember to bring your culinary creations to school tomorrow.
1 NOVEMBER, TUESDAY
Near East Culture Celebration!! Three Cups of Tea and More
And...mandolin music, as well!
Class: Complete PowerPoint as needed, Government Foldable
Second set of Map Locations
2 NOVEMBER, WEDNESDAY
Comlpete Governments PowerPoint! WHEW!
CNN News - Northeast snow storm, 7 billion!
HW: Study Governments terms snf PowerPoint
Make up 5 multiple choice questions (4 answer choices) from the
Governments PPt. notes we have had in class. Use your assigned section.
If you have been absent, just make up five questions with no more than 2
coming from 1 each page of the notes.
3 NOVEMBER, THURSDAY
Map: Additional countries on map (from section two of the map handout)
Review for test
Hand in questions
Governments organizer
4 NOVEMBER FRIDAY - Afternoon Activity Schedule
Government Systems Test
CRCT Practice from workbook
7 NOVEMBER, MONDAY and 8 NOVEMBER, TUESDAY - Computer Lab
Handout - World Population - Complete for WEDNESDAY
Today and tomorrow in the lab, you have two activities to complete – one on
population and one on comparison of governments. They accompany the
following standards and are an extension of our study of governments.
Both documents DUE WEDNESDAY
SS7CG6 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation:
autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments:
parliamentary and presidential.
SS7CG7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of national governments
in Southern and Eastern Asia.
a.Compare and contrast the federal republic of The Republic of India,
the communist state of The People’s Republic China and North Korea,
and the constitutional monarchy of Japan, distinguishing the form of
leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting rights and
personal freedoms.
1)Fill in the graphic organizer using the following countries and
obtaining information from the handout from Friday and the World
FactBook: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, India, China, North Korea,
and Japan. Follow directions given in class. Print small and legibly.
2)Complete the population handout. You may write answers on the sheet.
9 NOVEMBER, WEDNESDAY - 11 NOVEMBER, FRIDAY
Collect Population handout and Governments organizer.
The teacher cannot talk (Ha!), so we will change our order of doing things
over the next couple of days and head for eastern Asia.
MAP - fill in the locations listed below. Know these for a map test next Wed.
Philippines – (lime green)
Philippine Sea
Taiwan or Free China (orange)
Japan – (yellow)
Sea of Japan
North Korea – (red)
South Korea – (purple)
Mongolia- (blue)
Russia – (turquoise)
China – (just leave it white)
Yellow River (or Huang He) and Yellow Sea – Remember: Hay (He)
is yellow, the yellow river!
Yangtze and East China Sea. Also put in the Three Gorges Dam.
South China Sea
Mark Beijing with a star and label the cities of Shanghai and Hong
Kong at mouth of XI River.
Plateau of Tibet
Great Wall
Taklamakan Desert and Gobi Desert
Class: MAO POWERPOINT - Review notes and jot down questions every night.
Handout to take notes.
14-15 NOVEMBER, MONDAY - TUESDAY
SS7H3
c. Explain the role of the US in the rebuilding of Japan after WWII.
d. Describe the impact of communism in China in terms of Mao Zedong,the
Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen Square.
e. Explain the reasons for foreign involvement in Korea and Vietnam in terms
of containment of communism.
Pair up and discuss Mao notes and fill in missing infor for FRIDAY TEST
SS7G9 The student will locate selected features in Southern and Eastern
Asia.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Ganges River,
Huang He (Yellow River), Indus River, Mekong River, Yangtze (Chang Jiang)
River, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Yellow
Sea, Gobi Desert , Taklimakan Desert, Himalayan Mountains, and Korean
Peninsula.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam.
We will complete Southeast Asia after the holiday.
Map practice and review for WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY TEST ON MAP
Population percentage problems on board. Remember that to get a %, you
divide he little number by the big number.
STUDY EVERY NIGHT for Map test on Wed. or Thurs. and Mao test on Friday
16-17 NOVEMBER, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
Hall and Tokarska homerooms go on field trip on Wed, Leesburg and Gibbs on
Thursday.
Read India and Japan CRCT aloud in class: pp. 162-3.
Reading Quiz: number paper 478-494 on separate sheet.
Choices for Diff:
On those alternate days, each group will have the map test and essay
on "the
Kims"! Use the following terms:
charisma
cult of personality
totalitarian
authoritarian
ununimous
human rights or personal freedoms
"official" biography - explain this idea
Those needing to review or make up Government Types handout may do so.
*Those who have completed all assignments - Bamboo Grove (chapter
summaries)
Bamboo Grove with chapter summaries - due in December; please begin reading
NOW!
Government foldable if not already completed
18 NOVEMEBER, FRIDAY
BIG TEST ON MAO AND CHINA. STUDY every night; this is important!
Hand back 9-11 essays with correction sheet. Will revise after holiday.
Hand back government foldable.
Hand back population graph.
Hand back CRCT questions #478-494.
We will take a look at these afterthe holiday.
HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE THANKSGIVING. Remember to GIVE THANKS for all of
your blessings!
28 NOVEMBER, MONDAY
THIS IS REALLY AN OVERVIEW FOR THE WEEK, AS THERE IS A LOT OF WORK INCLUDED
HERE. REMEMBER TO REVIEW EVERY NIGHT!!! Benchmark is coming up.
CNN to catch up on news - Middle East countries place SANCTIONS on Syria for
governmental crackdown on protesters.
We will leave the Kims of Korea essay until later. Please just read for
discussion Wednesday when we cover Korea.
Go over Mao test and check questions.
SS7G11 Explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics,
distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Southern
and Eastern Asia.
Add final countries to ASIA map: Southeast Asia Map PowerPoint
Burma or Myanmar (green)
Irrawaddy River
Thailand (purple)
Chau Praya-Remember the monsoon flooding that took place in Thailand
this past month?
Indonesia (orange)
Singapore (Draw a circle around this city state.)
Malaysia (pink)
Cambodia (red)
Laos (green)
Vietnam (orange)
Mekong River and delta - another Plateau of Tibet source!
Gulf of Tonkin (This is where the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was
named for.
Bamboo Grove assignment - Read and write short chapter summaries for class
discussion. Final Test on this will be AFTER Christmas.
HWK: COLOR COUNTRIES AND LEARN MAP LOCATIONS; BE ABLE TO DRAW A SCHEMATIC
MAP
WITH ALL OF TODAY"S LOCATIONS.
29 NOVEMBER, TUESDAY
SS7H3 The student will analyze continuity and change in Southern and Eastern
Asia leading to the 21st century.
a. Describe how nationalism led to independence in India and Vietnam.
e. Explain the reasons for foreign involvement in Korea and Vietnam in
terms of containment of communism.
Cold War Battlefields PowerPoint. Review Notes Every Night.
Map quiz Thursday.
30 NOVEMBER, WEDNESDAY
CNN -
Cold War Battlefields PowerPoint. Review Notes Every Night.
Quick review of Cold War notes and schematic map review for practice.
Discussion of Kims reading - Cult of Personality and Totalitarian rule.
Map quiz Thursday
HWK: Review notes and LOOK UP WHO AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS!!
1 DECEMBER, THURSDAY
Continue Cold War Battlefields PowerPoint.
Map Quiz
CNN NEWS - Secy of State Clinton in Burma!!!
2 DECEMBER, FRIDAY
Complete Cold War Battlefields Test - Multiple choice test Monday
Check answers to CRCT questions and understanding "Buzz Words." Questions
478-494.
5 DECEMBER, MONDAY
Complete PowerPoint on Vietnam. Review answers on Student Handout for test.
Write 5 Multiple choice questions, using info from the PowerPoint. Student
questions will be used to make the Cold War test.
Test WEDNESDAY on Cold War, Benchmark MONDAY
6 DECEMBER, TUESDAY
Complete slides on Cambodia and Pol Pot; Review for Cold War test
Remember to write answers in complete sentences on a separate sheet.
Handout assignment for test review (Powerpoint review, map locations, Tonkin
Gulf resolution, CRCT Review sheet SS7H3 #6-10, 15-22 and SS7E8 #1,5,6,7
Please make sure you are reading Bamboo Grove. First chapters will be due
last week of December.
7 DECEMBER, WEDNESDAY
Test
CRCT Review
December 7, Wednesday
*Hand in homework assignments from Tuesday
*Test -Scantron
*When students complete test, have them begin CRCT review as follows. They
already have handout for this.
ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES ON SEPARATE SHEET. They may use class notes
and CRCT book for any help.
Unit 4 – The Modern Middle East - DO immediately after completing test.
Read in CRCT book pages 125-126. Do questions 361-365
SS7G7 on handout
Questions 2, 3 YOU MUST KNOW THIS WELL.
Complete for homework
SS7CG 4-5
Questions 1, 2, 3, 7
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8
Give students 10 minutes to compare answers on homework from Wednesday. Let
them discuss answers in class.
Check for HWK. completion.
From same Student Handout for CRCT Review – Begin in class and complete the
following for HWK.
If they WORK, they may work in pairs on the following review:
Unit 5 – Historical Background
SS7 G9-G11
Draw schematic map, completing questions # 2, 8
SS7H3 Continuity and Change
Questions 2,3,4,5
Questions 11-21
Remember Great Leap was industrial, and Cultural Rev. used
Red Guard to get rid of “Olds” and anyone who disagreed.
Complete for HWK
FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 –
Discuss student answers from Thursday
DO in class and complete for HWK.
Students may work together – AS LONG AS THEY ARE WORKING.
Unit 6 on Review Sheet
Do all “dotted” numbers: Complete sentences, separate sheet.
SS7G10 - 1,2,4,5
SS7E8 – 1,4,6,7
SS7E10 – 1,3,8
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12
Benchmark exam.
Make sure that you have read and done summaries for chapters 1-3 of
Bamboo Grive - due FRIDAY.Note the date change, please.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
Review test questions incorrectly answered. Copy the question and the
CORRECT
ANSWER in the CRCT review portion of your notebook (front or back). YOu
will
use these in May.
Read for the remainder of the period.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Chapter 1-3 and summaries due for Bamboo Grove on FRIDAY.
Guidance survey - 1st 20 mins of 1st and 2nd
5rd period: 11:45 and 6th period 2:00
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15
Quiz (14 questions) on first three chapters of Bamboo Grove
Discussion of characters and history.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 - Periods are shortened to 1/2 hour.
Bamboo Grove first three chapter summaries due.
It's a Wonderful Life! MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Have a safe and joyous holiday! God bless you all!
3 JANUARY, TUESDAY - WELCOME TO 2012!!!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas vacation, enjoying your family and
friends.
We begin the new year with a study of Japan - the people, the geography, the
government, the religions, and culture, the history. Following are the
standards and elements we will examine.
SS7G11 Explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics,
distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Southern
and Eastern Asia.
a. Describe the impact climate and location has on population distribution
in
Southern and Eastern Asia.
b. Describe how the mountain, desert, and water features of Southern and
Eastern Asia have affected the population in terms of where people live, the
types of work they do, and how they travel.
SS7G12 Analyze the diverse cultures of the people who live in Southern and
Eastern Asia.
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.
b. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southern and Eastern
Asia: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Shinto, and the philosophy of Confucianism.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS7CG6 Compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways gov't systems distribute power:unit., conf, and fed.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parl. and
pres.
SS7CG7 Demonstrate an understanding of national governments in Southern and
Eastern Asia.
a. Compare and contrast the federal republic of The Republic of India, the
communist state of The People’s Republic China, and the constitutional
monarchy of Japan, distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of
the citizen in terms of voting rights and personal freedoms.
3 JANUARY, TUESDAY
*CNN - Iowa CAUCUS, KIM JONG-IL'S death (North Korea)
*Quick-write on Japan
*Shinto PowerPoint and handout.
SHINTO
KAMI
RITUAL
MONOTHEISM/POLYTHEISM
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU REVIEW THE DAY'S NOTES EVERY EVENING AND JOT
DOWN ANY IDEAS THAT ARE UNCLEAR.
***Complete Bamboo Grove through chapter 7 (p. 116)due MONDAY, JANUARY 9.
Write summaries of each chapter. Quiz next Monday.
4 JANUARY, WEDNESDAY
Media Center - Culture of Japan presentation; handout
*Complete Bamboo Grove through chapter 7 (p. 116)due MONDAY, JANUARY 9.
Write summaries of each chapter. Quiz next Monday.
5 JANUARY, THURSDAY
Media Center - Culture of Japan presentation; handout
*Complete Bamboo Grove through chapter 7 (p. 116)due MONDAY, JANUARY 9.
Write summaries of each chapter. Quiz next Monday.
6 JANUARY, FRIDAY
Complete study of Japan
Return to classroom for review and wrap-up, and short quiz.
*Complete Bamboo Grove through chapter 7 (p. 116)due MONDAY, JANUARY 9.
Write summaries of each chapter.
REMEMBER: QUIZ ON READING MONDAY.
9 JANUARY. MONDAY
SS7G12 Analyze the diverse cultures of the people who live in Southern and
Eastern Asia.
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious
group.
b. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southern and Eastern
Asia: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Shinto, and the philosophy of
Confucianism.
Think-Pair-Share Japan
Complete Japan notes (Japanese schools)and fill in missing blanks/answer
questions; review Shinto, show schools and vending machines.
***SHINTO VALUES:1)respect and importance of family and tradition; 2)KAMI -
spiritual essence within all objects in nature; 3)cleanliness; 4)
matsuri
to celebrate the kami and ancestors.
Remember there is no founder, no holy book, no scriptures, no formal
priesthood. Majority of Japanese are both Shinto and Buddhist.
Buddhism handout to fill in with tomorrow's video.
HWK - VERY IMPORTANT!!!Complete Bamboo Grove (pages 117 - end,
including
book notes) for TUESDAY,January 17.
10 JANUARY, TUESDAY
Dawson Hasty - presentation on Jaspanes internment camps in WWII.
Buddhism video
Relate ideas of Buddhism and Shinto, as well as WWII and communism.
Discuss relation between Koreans, Japanese, Korean and Chinese
communists.
Vocab: internment camp, Dalai Lama, Siddhartha Gautama, Nirvana, novice,
stupa, monastery, aesthetic, ascetic
11 JANUARY, WEDNESDAY - SHORTENED PERIODS FOR REMEDIATION
Buddhism video; record notes on handout.
Discussion: Relate to incidents in Bamboo Grove and Japan PowerPoint.
12 JANUARY, THURSDAY
Hinduism PowerPoint and Handout
Wrap-up on religions - Questions for class discussion - How would a
HINDU/BUDDHIST/CHRISTIAN/MUSLIM respond?
****Prepare for religions test on WEDNESDAY
REMEMBER TO COMPLETE BAMBOO GROVE FOR TUESDAY. SUMMARIES
13 JANUARY, FRIDAY
Handout - Chart comparisons between religions; work in pairs.
Complete for HWK. and review.
Martin Luther King reading
16 JANUARY, MONDAY
Martin Luther King Day - No School.
REMEMBER TO COMPLETE BAMBOO GROVE.
RELIGIONS TEST THURSDAY.
17 JANUARY, TUESDAY
Bamboo Grove Test.
Students will study CRCT religion questions (pp.145,89-95, 145-151 - all
but questions on Confucius)when test is completed.
18 JANUARY, WEDNESDAY
Remediation and Acceleration Period - Origami and Eastern Culture
Social Studies - Jeopardy contest for RELIGIONS TEST ON THURSDAY
19 JANUARY, THURSDAY
Religions Test
PowerPoint on Confucius
20 JANUARY, FRIDAY
Confucian sayings
Aphorisms through charades
List of serious and funny sayings to interpret meaning and puns.
Hand back summaries and go over writing errors and record on writing errors
from Bamboo Grove
23 JANUARY,MONDAY
ANY STUDENT WHO HAS MISSED THE RELIGIONS TEST MUST MAKE IT UP BY TUESDAY
BEFORE SCHOOL.
CNN will be used as appropriate.
News article on new baby Dalai Lama in US.
Dictation from Bamboo Grove vocabulary. Check spelling, word confusions.
Each student will make a list of errors to remediate. This is a list of
spelling words for which you are responsible from now on.
Look up the following words for reading the first assignment in
THE KILLING SEA. DUE MONDAY, JANUARY 30: read pages 1-25 (Ch.1-5).
saunter (4)
hypocritical (5)
coddling (5)
pensioner (6)
ponder (7)
contemplate (8)
placid (8)
agitate (11)
precarious (12)
sated (16)
incoherent (23)
You do NOT need to write chapter summaries; however, you need to
understand the relationship dynamics between the characters and who the
characters are. Also, what is the distinguishing characteristic that
Ruslan remembers about the American girl?
24 January, TUESDAY
Complete Confucius PowerPoint
Discuss aphorism and puns.
Hand back religions test; review CRCT questions on that test.
Hand back Bamboo Grove summaries.
Review first slides of LA PowePoint for writing repairs..
25 JANUARY, WEDNESDAY
Morning Activity Schedule for Knights' Academy - Origami.
Class - Review Language Arts skills plurals and possessives.
26 JANUARY, THURSDAY
CNN - State of the Union message.
Terra Cotta Warriors PPt.and Handout to fill in.
REVIEW vocab from this week, Confucius, and Terra Cotta notes; Friday is
probably a good time for a short POP QUIZ!
HWK: reading on "As American a Curry Pie" Answer 6 questions on a separate
sheet.
27 JANUARY, FRIDAY - Career Fair, shortened period in the morning.
CNN - INFRASTRUCTURE - Make sure you know this term.
Pop Quiz - 10 minutes.
Discuss telemarketing in India.
Great Wall- virtual tour.
REMEMBER:the reading in Killing Sea is DUE ON MONDAY.
30 JANUARY, MONDAY - CNN as appropriate
Check Question 4 in "As American as Curry Pie"
CNN - Syria and Iran, campaign finance
Reading test on Killing Sea Ch 1-4
DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3- Killing Sea: Read chapters 5-8, pages 26-48.
Vocabulary: Copy the sentence from the book, then write a short easy-to-
understand definition for each term. We will go over definitions in class.
demented (27)
submerge (27) Note SUB root
disoriented (27) Note DIS
scythe (32)
shroud (32)
flotsam (33)
persistent (34)
plaintive ( 35)
incite (37)
relentless (37)
subside (39) Note SUB root
distraught (42)
aggrieved (42) Think of Grief.
tepid (45)
reverence (45) think of the title Reverend
Review Ques. 3,4 Curry Pie
Test - Killing Sea chapters 1-4
HWK: Periods 5,6 get books tonight.Reading due through page 48, FRIDAY.
Make sure you complete the vocab -short definitions and
context for each term.
31 JANUARY, TUESDAY
Periods 1,2 get books today.
India and Green Revolution, Yangtze Pollution and China's South North
Water Project, Asia's Brown Cloud, Ganges Pollution. You will work in
groups to complete these readings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Whatever is
not completed in class, you are responsible for completing as HOMEWORK.
Each group of four will have a reader responsible for making sure that
all of the group have completed the answers. Remember the answers are to
be in complete sentences.
Review reading terms every night.
Begin Africa map - (2 handouts - 2 maps and physical list)
Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia (MALES, T at tip), Sinai.
Fill in one map as the polical map with countries, the other as the
physical map. WORK NEATLY. Commit to Excellence!!!!!
1 FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY - Knights' Academy (short periods)
Complete readings and questions from Tuesday. Do your best to make sure all
the group members understand the information.
Remember: Reading in the Killing Sea and vocabulary are due FRIDAY.
**HWK: Looking over the articles and your answers, WRITE ON A SEPARATE SHEET
OF PAPER 5 QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE
ARTICLES. PLEASE DO THESE ON A SEPARATE SHEET - NOT ON THE SAME SHEET ON
WHICH YOU HAVE WRITTEN THE ANSWES TO YOUR GROUP WORK. We will use these
Thursday in class.
KNOW THE FIRST 6 COUNTRIES AND THE SINAI PENINSULA AND THE WATER BODIES
SURROUNDING THEM FOR THURSDAY QUIZ. THe quiz will take about three minutes.
2 FEBRUARY, THURSDAY
Continue Africa Map - free draw countries on board.
MAP QUIZ.
REMEMBER: Chapters 5-8 in Killing Sea are due on FRIDAY.
Class discussion and presentation of environmental articles. This may
need to be completed Friday.
Make sure you have added these terms to vocabulary:
IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency
SANCTIONS = measures taken to force a country to do/not do something.
EU is joining US in boycotting Iranian oil because of Iran's nuclear
ambitions.
3 FEBRUARY, FRIDAY
Killing Sea reading and vocabulary due.
Test will use terms such as metaphor, simile, personification, irony.
IRONY - a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of
what is expected or considered appropriate; for example, the firehouse
burned down. Memorize this definition; it will b e useful to you to
understand.
Killing Sea-Due next FRIDAY - vocab in context from book and short
definitions for the following words:
blubber 50
kiosk 51
skeptical 53
interrogate 53
orient (himself) 54
relentless 55
alien 55
coagulate 62
mangrove 67
obliterate 73
sacrilege - 74
catatonic 80
wake (water) 80
foraging 83
futile 85
djinn 87
6 FEBRUARY, MONDAY
Review articles on environment and tests
Remember to complete Killing Sea to page 88, end chapter 15.
Begin Africa Climate Zones PowerPoint.
7 FEBRUARY, TUESDAY
CNN - storms, Syria
Map additions: Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad (Do the cheer!) *Atlas
Mountains, Ahaggar Mountains,Qattara Depression, *Blue Nile, *White
Nile, Nile, Ethiopian Highlands, Lake Nasser, Aswan Dam, Suez Canal;
Western Sahara. Test on these Monday, Feb 13.
PowerPoint : Climate Zones of Africa.
PLEASE - study notes and map nightly.
8 FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY - Knights' Academy (origami)
Climate Zones of Africa. Fill in handout student notes every day
and review notes nightly.
Remember to do your reading on the nights you have signed out the book
(Through p.88)
9 FEBRUARY, THURSDAY
Climate Zones PowerPoint
10 FEBRUARY, FRIDAY - Black History Month Celebration(activity schedule)
Quiz on Killing Sea
Killing Sea assignment - due 17 FEBRUARY - pages 89 - 122, Chapters 16-20.
VOCABULARY - Copy word in book's context and write brief definition.
secluded - 89
furtively - 90
exude - 92
abduct - 97
indifferent - 106
adjacent - 107
apathy - 108
mottled - 115
callous - 120
Complete PowerPoint
REMEMBER: MAP TEST MONDAY (all locations in Africa that we have studied
thus far - physical and political). You will have a numbered outline map
of the continent on which to identify locations.
CNN - vocab: recession, foreclosure, mortgage, sovereign, viable.
13 FEBRUARY, MONDAY
CLIMATE ZONES QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY.
Periods 1 and 2: Review friday's CNN and vocab terms.
Map test on Saharan Africa - Yes, you need to know how to spell the names.
Remember: Reading on pages 89-122 (Ch. 16-20) due Friday, February 17.
Writing Rubric for essays.
14 FEBRUARY, TUESDAY
Complete PowerPoint and go over notes
"Pop" Quiz tomorrow. Review notes nightly!
15 FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY
Climate Zones Quiz
CNN news - Syria and Al Quaida terrorism, China's VP in US
16 FEBRUARY, THURSDAY
Begin Africa's Culture Groups
Additional locations:StrAIT of GibralTAR, Lake Chad, Niger River, Gulf of
Guinea, Burkina Faso,Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon,Ivory Coast or
Cote d'Ivoire.
Complete Africa Climate Zones PowerPoint and notes
LIST OF -10% ERRORS FOR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
Spelling words: beginning, probably, cannot, a lot, accidentally, trying,
surprised, realize.
Word confusions: died/dead; cause/because; feel/fell; it's/its (None of
the possessive PRONOUNS have an apostrophe - its, yours, theirs, hers,
etc.); 1 woman/2 women; where/were/wore/we're; their/there/they're;
your/you're; since/sense.
Capital letter MUST begin each sentence and every proper noun.
Do NOT begin a sentence with AND or BUT.
A comes before words beginning with consonants, AN before vowels
(a tent, an apple)
Use of i before e except after c: reCEive, beLIEve, relIEf.
Difference between plurals and possessives and third person singular verbs:
He travels (no 's); one boy's house (singular possessive); two boys'
houses (plural possessive); one woman's hat (singular possessive);
two women's hats (plural possessive).
Avoid use of "like" in sentences, unless it is used as a preposition or
verb: I like ice cream and It looks like a dog. - correct
He was like really strange looking. - incorrect.
Differentiate between upper and lower case letters.
17 FEBRUARY, FRIDAY
Killing Sea Quiz
Final Killing Sea assignment due February 27, Friday: Read 123-end of book
(ch.21-29)
Write brief definitions and context use of words from text: Due next Friday.
extricate - 153
warren - 158
surreal - 158
bewildering - 164
listless - 165
attire - 165
mandatory - 165
profuse - 166
irrational - 172
21 FEBRUARY, TUESDAY
CNN - Hong Kong light pollution, Mardi Gras
Return map and Africa climate zone quizzes.
Writing Errors Checklist - THIS IS IMPORTANT!! Please ask if you have any
questions after we have gone over this.
Please choose three countries that would interest you for your final
capstone magazine project for this class. Write them with the following
information on a sheet of lined paper to be turned in at the beginning
of class on Wed. Write them as 1,2,3 in order of your preference.
1) Name a country from Asia, Africa, or Middle East
* Why are you particularly interested in this country?
* Name any personal connections you might have with people who could
be primary sources of information - someone who has lived there,
someone who has traveled there, a person who has fought in a war
or has been there with the military, a friend who has connections
with the country. If there is no one that you have a personal
contact, please state that there is no connection.
2) Second Country from Asia, Africa, or Middle East
Same information as above
3) Third country with same information.
22 FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY
Collect Country selections as shown above.
Berlin Conference PowerPoint and student handout. REVIEW NOTES EVERY
NIGHT!
23 FEBRUARY, THURSDAY
Map Quiz - StrAIT of GibralTAR, Lake Chad, Niger River, Gulf of
Guinea, Burkina Faso,Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon,Ivory Coast or
Cote d'Ivoire.
New map locations: Niger River, Senegal River, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Sierra Leone, Senegal, The Gambia, Kenya, South Africa (I know;
they are not in the area, but they are on the CRCT benchmark!)
Return and discuss Africa climate zones and Killing Sea quizzes.
Complete Berlin Conference and European interest in Africa. Review notes
every night.
24 FEBRUARY, FRIDAY
THE KILLING SEA TEST IS POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY.
KILLING SEA TEST - Book must be completed. See Feb 17 for vocabulary words
that need to be defined and located in context. This will be a TEST, not
a quiz. There are 25 vocab questions in which you will given a sentence
and have to choose the appropriate term from the word bank that
correctly completes the sentence. Make sure that you have completed the
book.
Read Deforestation and Desertification handout to be read in class and
reviewed at home. Make sure that you understand the difference betweeen the
two problems.
New map locations:Niger River, Senegal River, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Sierra Leone, Senegal, The Gambia, Kenya, South Africa.
Complete Berlin Conference and notes.Know that the European partitioning
lines that were drawn with the Berlin Conference caused huge problems for
later independence movements, as there was no consideration given to tribal
divisions and interests. Today's many civil wars stem from the divisions
made during this period.
27 FEBRUARY, MONDAY
The Killing Sea test
Computer Lab: CLASS - BEGINNING OF MAGAZINE PROJECT
After completing the test, begin research on your assigned country for
the magazine project. Today you will search out 2 magazine articles on
your country. These need to deal with important topics - not sports or
fashion, but health, education, politics, social issues, etc. You will
be writing 5 paragraph summary essays on these articles; therefore,
they need to have substance if you are to have sufficient material to
discuss in your essay. When you find a useful article,
1)Copy and paste the article into a WORD document;
2)After pasting the article into WORD, go to the little clip board icon
at the bottom of the document and select "Keep text only."
3)Now go back and clean up the article, taking out any unnecessary tag
lines or ads;
4)Make sure you have the source newspaper, the author's name, the date
of publication, the internet address and date on which you obtained
the article -Copy/Paste the http: address and paste that under your
article's title;
5)After all these steps have been followed, you may print a hard copy,
and I will file these in your project folder so they do not get messed
up.
****If you have an African country, first go to the following address
as a soutce: http://allafrica.com
In the allafrica site, you can then choose a country of interest from
the red bar at the top of the site page. You may also choose a topic.
I suggest starting with your country first.
****If you have an Asian country, try the following URL:
http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/
http://www.businessweek.com/asia/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/asia/index.html
Another choice would be to type in a topic, such as Indonesia news.
HOMEWORK: CRCT REVIEW - Answer questions on the handout: Complete the
front of page 1 (Questions 1-5, 1-11, 1-4
28 FEBRUARY, TUESDAY
COmputer Lab - Complete country articles
HOMEWORK: Complete back of page 1: questions 5-8, 1-4, 1-6, 1-5.
CRCT Test is next TUESDAY
29 FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY
Apartheid and South Africa PowerPoint and review
HOMEWORK:Complete review handout for CRCT
1 MARCH, THURSDAY
Benchmark review of questions in class.
2 MARCH, FRIDAY - Field trip to Atlanta. Be at school by 6:30 am. Dress
appropriately.
SOCIAL STUDIES BENCHMARK IS TUESDAY.
5 MARCH, MONDAY
CNN - tornado, elections in Iran and Russia
Oral review - contest for QPA
Review notes tonight and get a good night's sleep. Remember that the QPA
counts as 10% of your grade.
6 MARCH, TUESDAY
QPA3
"When the Water Ends:Africa's Climate Conflicts" - DUE MONDAY
You may access the folowing web site and play the video, as well as
read the following article:
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/when_the_water_ends_africas_climate_conflicts/233
1/
7 MARCH, WEDNESDAY
Go over QPA and answer questions.
Video listed above on Kenya Water Wars. Remember that the handout questions
for the Water Wars articles is due MONDAY.
Student handout for Thursday/Friday's PowerPoint. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
use the handout notes to review information from class every night.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ORDER THE BOOK WHICH WE WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK: A Long Way
Gone by Ishmael Beah.
MONDAY - Computer Lab - BRING MEMORY STICK FOR COMPUTER!
8 MARCH, THURSDAY - Mrs. Smith will be sub. Remember that she is our guest.
Africa: Nationalism to Independence PowerPoint
Student handout. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE use the handout notes to review
information from class every night.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ORDER THE BOOK WHICH WE WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK: A Long Way
Gone by Ishmael Beah.
***MONDAY - Computer Lab - BRING MEMORY STICK FOR COMPUTER!
***Remember: Water Wars questions due MONDAY.
9 MARCH, FRIDAY - Mrs. Smith will b e sub.
Complete Nationalism to Independence PowerPoint
Students will go over answers on handout led by appointed student in each
period.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ORDER THE BOOK WHICH WE WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK: A Long Way
Gone by Ishmael Beah.
***MONDAY - Computer Lab - BRING MEMORY STICK FOR COMPUTER!
*** Water Wars questions due MONDAY.
12 MARCH, MONDAY
Computer Lab 507 - BRING MEMORY STICK!
Handout - Format for 5 paragraph essay on news articles. Type summary.
If you do not finish the summary in class, you need to finish it at home.
Be sure to check for grammar, spelling, etc.
Hand in Water Wars questions.
13 MARCH, TUESDAY
CRCT Review I - handout on Middle East :countries, religions, general
questions. Work in class in pairs to complete handout. Keep in notebook
and this as a review for the CRCT in April.
Any who had not finished the Water questions from last week must hand those
in Tuesday for 10% less. Those not handed in are a 0 for the first
homework asg. of the final nine weeks.
HOMEWORK: Obtain a second article to use for your magazine summary. We
will work on these in class on FRIDAY.
14 MARCH, WEDNESDAY - Half Day Today
*CNN - Mariana Trench exploration, hydrothermal vents, chemosynthetic
organisms, rare earth elements.
*A Long Way Gone - You will need to have the reading and worksheet completed
by FRIDAY. We will discuss in class, and you will receive the next
handout.
*Bring flash drive EVERY DAY! Tomorrow we will be in the computer lab, and
your first five paragraph essay needs to be COMPLETED to view on the
computer. You do NOT need a hard copy. I will check and make
suggestions for your finished copy. You also need to have your second
article, and it is best if you have already read the article. You will
work for the period (only a half hour) on your second summary.
*CRCT Review for Unit II handed out. COmplete by TUESDAY. Use your class
notes and the CRCT book as needed.
REMEMBER THAT I STAY AFTER SCHOOL EVERY WEDNESDAY TO HELP YOU AS NEEDED ON
YOUR WORK. I AM ALSO AT SCHOOL BY 6:30 if your need help in the morning.
15 MARCH, THURSDAY
Computer Lab 507 - Summary #1 due;you will spend the period working on
summary #2 for the magazine. SInce you are out of school early, plan
to spend those hours getting ahead on your assignments!!!
16 MARCH, FRIDAY
You need to have read through chapter 4, (page 29) on A Long Way Gone.
Second handout on Long Way Gone - DUE NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 23.
MONDAY COMPUTER LAB. NEW TASK FOR MAGAZINE. Also, bring your summaries,
as the work will probably not take the entire period.
19 MARCH, MONDAY
Important deadlines:
*3 articles and suimmaries due THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER BREAK, MARCH 29.
*CRCT Review for Unit II due Tuesday, Match 20 (tomorrow), completed
*Stats from CIA WOrld FactBook due end of class MARCH 23; I will check
these off during clas period. Keep these four yellow pages in your
notebook.
20 MARCH, TUESDAY
CRCT Review due on Unit II - religions
New CRCT review - handout on Unit 10 - Complete SS7G3 and SS7CG1 for
HOMEWORK - due Wed.
21 MARCH, WEDNESDAY
IF YOU WERE OUT OF CLASS BECAUSE OF BAND AND MISSED THE POWERPOINT, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO COME IN ON THURSDAY MORNING AND VIEW THESE IN THE MEDIA CENTER.
OTHERWISE, YOU MAY JUST FILL IN THE FOLLOWING INO ON YOUR HANDOUT> SORRY IT
LOOK LIKE SO MUCH!!!
PowerPoint Slides to complete rest of Unit 10 handout in class.
Following is the ethnic groups information which hwe had on PowerPoint
today in class; please copy onto new CRCT review sheet.
SS7G4 Describe the diverse cultures of the people who live in Africa.
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.
Religion concerns how populations worship, perceive a power beyond the
earthly world, think of their spirituality – traditional, Christian, Jewish,
Islamic, Buddhist, etc.
Ethnic group encompasses any or many of the following: common religion,
common language, common traditions, common genetic heritage, common
physical characteristics; common social attitudes.)
b. Explain the diversity of religions within the following ethnic groups:
ARAB – May share genetic (tie ot Arabian Peninsula tribes), language,
cultural, and/or religious traits; mainly Southwest Asia and North Africa;
Arabs pre-date Islam, so there are Christian, Jewish Arabs, though the
majority are Muslims; Arabic language is main unifying factor in being an
Arab, and as Arabic is the language of the Qur’an, the language spread with
the religion;
ASHANTI – primarily Ghana and Ivory Coast, matrilineal society (inheritance
through mother's side); at first a confederation of tribes until the descent
of the GOLDEN STOOL: The Golden Stool is sacred to the Ashanti, as it is
believed that it contains the 'Sunsum' — spirit or soul of the Ashanti
people. Just as man cannot live without a soul, so the Ashanti would cease to
exist if the Golden Stool were to be taken from them. The Golden Stool is not
just sacred; it is a symbol of nationhood, a symbol that binds or unifies all
Ashanti, the stool was believed to be so sacred not even the king was allowed
to sit on it. Ashante are many different religions, but mainly Christian.
BANTU- label for about 600 ethnic groups in Africa from Cameroon to the east
to the south of Africa; Bantu mean “people” or “humans”; Swahili is language
and there are many dialects; first occupied lands on Nigeria-Cameroon border
in about 2000 BC; They were a farming-herding people and moved east and south
in a series of big migrations. In terms of religion, they are a mixed bag.
Despite whatever religion they adopt, the retain beliefs in ANIMISM
(traditional), curses, etc.
SWAHILI - a Bantu ethnic group and culture found in East Africa, mainly
reside on the Swahili Coast, in Zanzibar, coastal Kenya, Tanzania and
north Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word
meaning "coastal dwellers.” Arabic traders converted early Swahili
inhabitants. An orthodox form of the religion is practiced. In addition to
more orthodox practices, the Swahili also are known for their use of
divination, which has adopted some features from underlying traditional
indigenous beliefs. In addition to orthodox beliefs in djinn, many Swahili
men wear protective amulets around their necks, which contain verses from the
Koran. Divination is practiced Often the diviner incorporates verses from
the Qu'ran into treatments for certain diseases by instructing a patient to
soak a piece of paper containing verses of the Qu'ran in water. With this ink
infused water, literally containing the word of Allah, the patient will then
wash his body or drink it to cure himself of his affliction. It is only
prophets and teachers of Islam who are permitted to become medicine men among
the Swahili.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
(Illiteracy prevents people from acquiring anything but the lowliest work and
competing in a rapidly changing society. The greater the unemployment rate,
the more countries have to hire out the better jobs, the lower the standard
of living. When women are not educated, the importance of education is seldom
transmitted to younger generations.)
22 MARCH, THURSDAY
CRCT review Unit 10
23 MARCH, FRIDAY
Computer Lab - Complete stats sheet fro CIA World FactBook
for your country.
A Long Way Gone reading through chapter 8 due Monday. Remember to fill in
handout on these chapters.
26 MARCH, MONDAY
A Long Way Gone - quiz and discussion
Handout - A Long Way Gone Chapters 9-11 - DUE TUESDAY AFTER EASTER BREAK.
You will also have some time to work on this in class on Thursday and
Friday.
Quiz - Ottoman Empire
REMEMBER: THREE SUMMARIES IN FINAL TYPED FORM DUE ON THURSDAY.
27 MARCH, TUESDAY
Long Way Gone Quiz - 5 questions
Handout on map locations for CRCT review - Review test on locations on
FRIDAY. I know that you know this stuff inside out!! Yea!
Graph reading exercise on rainfall and temperature. Hand in at end of
class or tomorrow if you need extra time.
Remember: Wednesday tutoring after school until 4 pm.
28 MARCH, WEDNESDAY
Lab - Complete 3 summaries DUE THURSDAY. These will count as test grades.
Remember that you need three hard copies of the article summaries AND the
5 paragraph essay summaries of the article. See the handout for any
questions.
If you need help or computer time, remember that I am here at school to
work with you until 4 pm on Wednesday. Stay and get one-on-one help!!
29 MARCH,THRUSDAY
Thee summaries and articles due in final form, typed, for booklet.
Students without the completed assignment will have the opportunity to
stay after school on Friday afternoon and to work in place of the
incentive movie on Friday.
30 MARCH, FRIDAY
Short test on CRCT locations on three different maps: Middle East, Asia,
Africa.
You will have short periods in the morning and an incentive movie in the
afternoon if all assignments are completed.
HAPPY EASTER!!
READ!
9 APRIL, MONDAY - 13 APRIL, FRIDAY
CRCT practice and reading A Long way Gone throughout the week.
Return map tests and review CRCT locations
Return 5 question graph quizzes and review reading graphs
Go over climate graph and review skills
Reading due through CHPATER 11 ON TUESDAY, APRIL 10
16 APRIL, MONDAY
17 APRIL, TUESDAY
18 APRIL, WEDNESDAY
Computer Lab - History section, outline, Works Cited Page
Handouts
19 APRIL, THURSDAY
Computer lab
20 APRIL, FRIDAY
Long Way Gone questions due
Long Way questions for next two chapters - due next Friday.
Works Cited Page due to be checked off as HWK. assignment in class.
23 APRIL, MONDAY - Computer Lab
New handout - Cuisine, Globetrotter, Tourist attractions pages (5 pages total)
due next Friday. read handout for guidelines. Remember thatyou MUST work
on these ach night at home.
History pages due on Thursday - 2 full pages of typed text in required format,
plus sentence outline.
Long Way Gone questions due Friday (or Thursday) whichever you want. Just
make sure you get these to me before the field trip.
24 APRIL, TUESDAY - Computer lab
25 APRIL, WEDNESDAY - Computer lab
26 APRIL, THURSDAY
27 APRIL, FRIDAY - Computer lab
30 APRIL, MONDAY - Computer Lab
DUE FRIDAY, MAY 4 DUE FRIDAY DUE FRIDAY DUE FRIDAY
This week , make sure you have completed the following assignments. Check
handout entitled "Cuisine" for details from when these were assigned on April
23. YOU NEED HARD COPIES (PAPER) OF THESE TO BE PLACED IN YOUR FOLDER.
CUISINE - 1 page, Page will have the following:
*recipe(ingredients and directions)
*short paragraph about food in your country, the dish you are
giving the recipe for, a well-known chef, etc.
*colored illustration of the dish, a market, etc.
GLOBETROTTER - 1 page (color)
This will have your international travel plans.
*Hemisphere map with arrows showing your route
*Destination
*Cities you wil travel through en route to your destination
*Cost of ticket
*Airlines and times of arrival/departure
*Total time to destination
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS - 2-3 pages (color)
*There will be two pictures and the text boxes with information
about the travel site on each page. Describe these destinations so
that your clients will want to visit them. Remember that one must
be a World Heritage Site, if your country has any.
If you like, you may do 6 instead of four locations for extra
credit.
TRAVEL ITINERARY WITHIN ____ - 1 page (color)
*Map (perhaps from CIA WFB) with stars at each location in the
country that you plan to visit.
*Name your travel agency
*A description of where you will be visiting, maybe sufggestions
for what to bring (bathing suit, skis, golf clubs, insect
repellent, etc.)
MONDAY, MAY 7
Political cartoons PowerPoint and techniques.
Remember to be thinking about a topic for a political cartoon, as well as a
subject for "10 Questions)
DUE MONDAY, MAY 7
Long Way Gone - chapters 18,19 worksheet
Spend some time on your computer this evening and find several pictures
that you feel would make a great front and back cover for your magazine.
Save these on your memory stick. We will use these in the lab on THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.
TUESDAY, MAY 8
Political cartoon rough drafting; CARTOON AND TYPED EXPLANATION DUE MONDAY,
MAY 14.
DUE WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 - See handout from April 25 on TRAVEL AND HEALTH
ADVISORY - 1-2 pages (May be black and white)
*Check out the health indications for your country, vaccinations you
may need, potential problems you may face. Is the water safe to
drink? (See the handout for the site offering this
information.)
*Choose 3 (THREE) of the listed maladies to write about. Your
PARAGRAPH ABOUT EACH OF THE THREE DISEASES will include the
folowing: 1)symptoms, 2)area where you are most likely to contract
the disease, 3)how the disease is contracted, and 4)precaustions
to prevent disease.
*THE HUMAN ELEMENT- 2-3 pages(color for graph pages, b&w for news
article, if you want to include one.)
*2 graphs - one pie graph showing ethnic differences, one religious
differences within your country
* MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THESE PAGES- Explanation of the graphs.
Your paragraph of explanation should include several of these
terms: homogeneous, heterogeneous, equal distribution, unequal
distribution, diversity, ethnic or religious tensions, etc.
Make the paragraph an intelligent, THOUGHTFUL interpretation
about the graphs. Obtain information to back up your assumptions
from CIA World FactBook and news articles. Do not simply give
the percentages.
*A news article COPY/PASTED from the internet on religious and
ethnic issues. Remember to NOT paste in ads and junk material.
You do not have to have an article, but it would be a great
addition to your magazine.
*Graphs for Literacy rates for men and women plus paragraph.
Relate to PCGDP. Also remember that generally speaking, where
women have education opportunities, the PCGDP tends to be higher.
In class WEDNESDAY, computer lab, type out and complete 10 questions for your
chosen perosn - dead or alive. Due on THURSDAY beginning of period.
THURSDAY, MAY 10
Due - 10 Questions and answers in completed form.
We will work on cover design in class on Thursday and Friday.
Next assignment: Be thinking of an ad for your country.
14 MAY 2012, MONDAY - 17 May, THURSDAY
Class handout on Economic Health of Your Country - Due Tuesday, typed 1-2
pages. Please note that there are a couple of sections where you msy
copy/paste information (resources, exports, etc.) However, please change
font so that the paper will all be #12 Times. Please set up paper in sections
as I have shown you.
TUESDAY: Take card stock paper home to print covers.
Cartoon and paragraph explaining your cartoon are due completed Wednesday at
beginning of class.
Be thinking about your Letter from the Editor (Letter to the Reader). What
have you learned that you would particularly like to share? We will do this
in class on WEDNESDAY. What things do you want your reader to understand
about your country? What challenges have you met or overcome in assembling
this magazine that you would like to share.
FOR WEDNESDAY'S CLASS, PLEASE SAVE A DIGITAL PICTURE OF YOURSELF ON YOUR
MEMORY STICK TO INSERT INTO YOUR LETTER DOCUMENT.
WEDNESDAY HOMEWORK: Assemble pages according to instruction sheet to be given
on Wednesday. Number pages. Make a Table of Contents.
THURSDAY CLASS - Punch and Bind magazine. Bring 50 cents to pay for plastic
binder.
Friday - Share booklets. COmplete Long Way Gone. CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS!!!!
SUMMER VACATION - Enjoy and be safe!
