Monday, October 31, 2011
English/Social Studies 8
Announcements and Attendance
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User name example - dbaker
password example - histbaker
Notebooks
BLK 1 - Hastings, Haywood and Jones
BLK 2 -Lancaster, Larsen Clifford and Lewis Sandal
Read Aloud/Read Along
JT - Chapter 9 section 1 (disk 6 6b 2:54)
Rated Discussion - questions - genuine puzzlement, confusion or wonder - toward the end of the section
Goes under participation item in Skyward
Textbook - America History of Our Nation - overview of text features
Read Aloud/Read Along - Historian’s Apprentice and Unit One
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.
John Adams documentary -
In notebook - “events of independence” - 10 important moments from the early Congress scenes
Group Profile Presentation - Blk 2 only
Production grade - work effectiveness and visual (keynote or Google Presentation document on my flashdrive Friday
Presentation grade - final visual and presenting grade 2nd quarter
Social Studies 6
Monday, October 31, 2011
Moodle - My World History Quizzes 1, 2 and 3 - your quarter grade will be badly lowered if you do not take all 3 quizzes by Tuesday.
Geo Bee
2. Why is Langley on the water and Freeland not so much?
My World History - textbook
The Core Concepts Handbook
Core Concept 1 - History and Geography -
Core Concept 2
Citizenship and Economics - page 28
Monday - Serving Her Country, Foundations of Government, Political Systems
Tuesday - Political Structures and Citizenship
Wednesday - Economic Basics and Economic Process
Thursday - Economic Systems, Trade and Money Management - pages 32-37
Do Part 2 assessment - Key Terms and Ideas, Identify and Document-Based Questions
Core Concept 3 - Culture - 3.4 Science and Technology
3.1 What is Culture
3.2 Religion
3.3 Cultural Diffusion and Change
Finish and review assessment
Start Unit 1 -Early People
History of the World in 100 Objects - “Bird-shaped Pestle”
Group Project -
2nd quarter
Personalize Core Concepts - family and community and the Core Concepts - History and Geography, Citizenship and Economics and Culture
Take examples from your own life to show understanding of Core Concepts - family history, neighborhood geography, family and community citizenship, personal economics (chores and allowance) and family culture (lifestyle)
Do a rough draft document for yourself and then combine into a slide show for group
Groups
Group 1 = Lexi, Ben, Alyssa, Bella
Group 2 = Josie, Hunter, and Evan
Group 3 = Sierra, Domi, Adrian and Makeda
Group 4 = Julian, Bryanna, Kaitlyn,
Group 5 = Bailey, Alex, Elli and Shaylynn, Turner
Group 6 = Mitchel,Hannah and Anthony
