THE USA!!

This six weeks we will be focusing on the United States!  We will have a quiz this Friday.  Students will need to label a blank United States map with abbreviations and full state names.  I have attached a link to a website that may help them! 

http://www.maps.com/games/jigsaw.aspx

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html

Students I encourage to study and practice!   Good LUCK!

Globalization

This is the video we watched in class yesterday.  Remember the word globalization is misspelled! 

EXTRA CREDIT:   Yesterday we looked at the tags of our shoes to see where they were made!  Look at some of the labels around your house and post what you found below!

Economic Development

Last week, Mrs. Salas (our student teacher), began discussing economic development.  Students began working through a lesson to evaluate the economic development in Latin America.  This week the students will work in their group to developed a wall matrix about their assigned country.  I will post pictures of the wall matrixes at the end of the week.  We will also have a MAJOR test on Friday.  Mrs. Salas will develop a jeopardy game for students to study Thursday night.  It will be posted to my website. 

STUDENTS...we have been talking about economics for the past couple of weeks.  In Mrs. Ford's class you are researching a country and writing a paper about the country's economic system.  If you have Mrs. Ward you will begin this assignment this week.  I will award EXTRA CREDIT to those individuals who write a short post about their country.  I want to know the country's name and basic information about the country's economic situation. 

EcOnOmIcS!

This six weeks is all about economics!  Last Monday, when we began discussing economics we asked the students what they thought it meant.  Many students said money and a few said TROUBLE! 

The students will be learning about each type of economic system.  This week they will be watching a short clip from SHARK TANK and then developing a product with their table mates to present the the "Sharks" (the other students).  This will give them the experience of a free enterprise system! 

I have embedded the clip below!  I hope to see you all at open house!

Governments

This six weeks we have been covering all things GOVERNMENT!  The students have been gaining knowledge through readings and activities.  Students will be learning about the decision making process next week!  Hopefully this will help them learn not only how governments make decisions but how they can make decisions as well.  :)

Government Pictowords

Last week we read about the RISE OF DEMOCRACY.  The students were then given a pictoword assignment.  They had to create a pictoword (drawing and a word combined) for oligarchy, democracy, monarchy, and tyranny.  The picture needed to represent the definition of the word and be intertwined with the word.  Here are some great examples of some of the students work!  (Sorry some of the pictures are blurry).  REMEMBER THESE ARE DUE TOMORROW!!

GOVERNMENT!!!

The past two weeks we have been learning about the different types of governments!  We will have a test over the governments on Friday, January 26th!  Students need to study their foldable and the reading.  They need to know what each government is about and the advantages and disadvantages.  Students created a government foldable and participated in an activity in which they walked around the room and identified various governments of the world.  Here are a few examples of what we learned the past two weeks!

Monarchy

Dictatorship

Presidential Democracy

Single-Party State

Theocracy

Semester Exam schedule

We will begin taking semester exams tomorrow the schedule is listed below.  I will begin grading passports tomorrow as well.  Please make sure you study for your exam AND bring back your passport.  I have posted a Jeopardy review game on my website for reveiw purposes as well.  GOOD LUCK!!!

       WEDNESDAY                                                    THURSDAY

1^st   8:40-10:00     EXAM                                   3^rd  8:40-10:00     EXAM

2^nd  10:05-11:25   EXAM                                   4^th 10:05-11:25   EXAM

LUNCH   11:30-12:00                                         LUNCH 11:30-12:00  

3^rd 12:05-12:45   CLASS                                    5^th 12:05-12:45   CLASS

4^th 12:50-1:35     CLASS                                    6^th 12:50-1:35     CLASS

5^th 1:40-3:00       EXAM                                     7^th 1:40-2:40       CLASS

6^th 3:05-3:45       CLASS                                    8^TH 2:45-3:45       CLASS

                                                     FRIDAY

                                        6^TH 8:40-10:00     EXAM

                                        8^TH 10:05-11:25   EXAM

                                        7^TH 11:30-12:45   SACK LUNCHES IN ADVISORY  

WELCOME BACK and HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful winter break!  I know I did!  We will be jumping right in today and begin preparing for your semester exams!  I know that many of you need a refresher of all of the knowledge and information you have learned so far this year.  We will be taking semester exams January 11th - 13th.  I will post the exam schedule as soon as I get it.  I am so glad to have you all back and I am ready to get going! 

Historical Change Project

Students were given information about their historical change project.  We will be working on the project during class. Students will begin researching their projects in the classroom tomorrow and will be graded on their classroom research Wednesday, December 7th.  Students will be completing research in the computer lab on Thursday and Friday of this week.  I will be grading their research in the computer lab on Friday, December 9th.  We will be putting posters together on Monday, December 12th and Tuesday, December 13th.  We will begin presenting our projects on Wednesay, December 14th.  Information about the project can be found on my website - Historical Change Project Information.