October 30, 2012

8th-Elections of 2012.

7th-Regions of Asia on map.

Friday, Oct. 19, 2012

8th-Finishing political party history with answers to the following questions
Leaders, founders of the party/Core beliefs of party/Candidates and government officials elected/influence of the party on legislation/Did the party morph or join with another party.

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October 29, 2012

8th-Tina Brown editor of Newsweek commenting on what is America to a foreigner?
American history hypotheses questions and answers.  Graded and returned.

7th-FRANKENSTORM answers from a climate perspective.

October 22, 2012

8th-60 second political party convention news report due Tuesday.  We will be filming on IPad.  Rubric was provided on the board.

7th-Fill in the Cinderella story with Girard culture substitutions.

October 18, 2012

8th-Political party research on 19th century American political parties.
7th-Asia questions finished and Cinderella, Chinese style story with T chart.

October 17, 2012

8th-Independent voter/swing voter discussion and CSPAN  short news report.  Graded Citizenship paper.  No homework.

7th-Introduction to Asia the continent.

October 16, 2012

8th-Citizenship and naturalization worksheet read, discussed and home work given.

7th-Finished trip to Africa with bilingual languages, exchange of dollars, flight path, cities, countries and continents visited.

October 10, 2012

8th-Test over lesson 20 after 20 minute study period.

7th-Finished African trip complete with prices total costs.

October 9, 2012

8th-Made Federalist v Democratic cartoon presentations.  Analyze a current Obama/Romney political cartoon.

7th-Planned activities for two weeks in Africa with museums, etc.

October 8, 2012

8th-Political cartoons finalized for Tuesday presentation.
7th-Plan transportation and lodging to Africa.

October 5, 2012

8th-political cartoons and political party history of Federalists and Jeffersonians.

7th-One minute presentations on country fact.

October 4, 2012

8th-Viewed 15 minutes of candidate's debate and political party history

7th-Viewed fifteen minutes of candidate's debate.  Prepared for country presentations Friday.

October 2, 2012

8th-Previewed lesson 13-17 test for Wednesday.

7th-Africa country ABC books due Thursday.  Culture Gram resource.

October 1, 2012

8th-Reread your chapter 13-16.  Test Wednesday.

7th-Finised LOVE IN THE SAHEL.  No assignment.

Sept. 20, 2012

8th-Fundamental principles of constitutional graphic organizer. Test Friday.

7th-Niger study of the Sahel and how trees and crops will turn back the Sahara Desert. Graphic organizer due Friday.

Sept. 19, 2012

8th-Responsibilities and rights of citizenship discussion.

7th-Sahel reading on desertification due Thursday.   Short test over reading so be sure and take notes.

Sept. 17, 2012

8th-Antigone T chart while reading Chapter 29 from the text.

7th-Africa regions by language and prevalent disease map.

Sept. 13, 2012

8th-Socratic circle in class on airport security vs civil liberties violation.

7th-Africa introduction. Homework is acrostic puzzle with definition and example of one word from list.

Sept. 6, 2012

8th-Examined excerpts of the definition of an American past and present.

7th-Laititude Longitude homework with seven problems.

Sept. 4, 2012

8th-Define what is an American? Using twelve questions from Hector St. John and Letters from an American Farmer.

7th-Regions of our school were shown on Elmo. Test Wednesday over five themes and continents from memory drawing test.

August 30, 2012

8th-Test lesson one reading of six questions. Page 8-9 venn diagram compare/contrast Old World with New World in "LETTERS FROM A FARMER." Began Labor Day history will continue tomorrow.

7th-Shared the movement theme by rows using license plates, manufacturing tags, family tree, and round trip graph of mileage to and from work. Will do Labor Day history Friday.

August 29, 2012

8th-What is an American? Assignment is to read lesson one, We the People. (WTP)

7th-Reviewed human env. interaction theme. Homework is to find examples of MOVEMENT theme. Due Thursday.

August 28, 2012

8th-Finished the textbook questions from WE THE PEOPLE textbook.

7th-HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION these introduced and assignment. Reviewed PLACE as a geographic theme. Assigned a t-chart of WANTS & NEEDS. Due Wednesday.

August 27, 2012

8th-Polical conventions and the history of the Republican Party. Began answering questions about our textbook. No homework.

7th-Political conventions history and the history of the Republican Party. Shared location maps with class. Starting ABC book on the theme of PLACE. Three letters due Tuesday.

August 21, 2012

8th-Pre USA history test and questions. No homework.

7th-Drew map of 7 continents and 4 oceans from memory. Memorize the five themes of geography for test Wednesday.

August 20, 2012

8th-Took I.N.S. Naturalization test over American history and government. In class. No homework.

7th-We created human maps in the classroom for prepared questions. No homework.

August 17, 2012

8th & 7th-Bubble names biography activity.

August 16, 2012

7th and 8th-Big Bubble name posters which define you by words and images. Due Friday.