- Daily Geo - Newspaper Friday
- Turn in Daily Geo 13 when finished
- Assertion Journal / A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Enjoy your break!
- Assertion Journal
Friday, December 18, 2015
Friday, December 18, 2015
Today in Class...
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Quote Wednesday
- Finish notes on Chandragupta & Asoka
- News
- Test Review & Notecard
- Study for Ancient India Test
- India's geography
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- City planning
- Caste system
- Chandragupta/Asoka
- N/A
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Latitude/Longitude
- News - We made the ROLL CALL!
- Book work on Asoka & Chandragupta
- Ancient India Test is on THURSDAY
- Book Work (Asoka & Chandragupta)
Monday, December 14, 2015
Monday, Decemeber 14, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Geographic Term
- Buddhism Discussion & Notes
- News
- Ancient India Test is on THURSDAY
Friday, December 11, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Newspaper Friday (hand in DG12)
- News
- The Story of Siddhartha Gautama
- "Buddha" Summary
- N/A
- Siddhartha Gautama story is available only in Mr. Anderson's classroom
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Math in Social Studies
- Finish Hinduism Note Guide
- Complete #8-20 on Hinduism Book Report
- N/A
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Wednesday, December 10, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Quote Wednesday
- News
- Hinduism Discussion
- N/A
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Latitude & Longitude
- Finish Article II on the Caste System
- Take "Body" notes - showcasing the roles & interdependence of caste system
- News
- Mother Teresa - gave "hope" to Untouchables which explains why she was revered around the world by a multitude of people & religions
- N/A
Monday, December 7, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Geographic Term Monday
- Caste System Article - Independent
- Read article & take personal notes
- Take Quiz related to reading material
- News
- Read & develop a class set of notes on Caste System Article #2
- N/A
- Caste System Articles are "in-class" materials, you will need to come in to Mr. Anderson's classroom to read/use them
Friday, December 4, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo 11 - Newspaper Friday - hand in
- News
- Notes on Caste System
- Article on Caste System - read & take notes on each of the castes
- N/A
- N/A
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Social Studies Mathematics
- Finish Everest Worksheet (hand-in)
- Notes on Mohenjo-Daro City Planning
- Post Falls City-Planning Activity
- N/A
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Quote Wednesday
- CYOA #4 discussed & handed in
- News Journal
- Mount Everest Readings & Worksheet
- N/A
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Class work time on CYOA #4 - at the very least definitions should have been finished
- Notes on Geography of Ancient India
- Mountains
- Monsoon
- Rivers
- CYOA #4 is DUE TOMORROW - all definitions plus a picture or sentence per word
- N/A
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Return Ancient Egypt Tests
- News
- CYOA #4
- N/A
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- More presentations (Egypt Project)
- Hand in Nubia Worksheet
- Hand in Egypt Review (done with guest teacher yesterday)
- News (in some classes)
- Study for test / notecard
- Study for test
- N/A
Friday, November 13, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Newspaper Fridays
- LAST DAY...
- Today is last day to work on project in class (due Monday)
- Chromebooks in use today
- Remember to retitle & share with Mr. A
- Finish project by MONDAY
- N/A
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
http://www.cytnorthidaho.org/homepage - website of the group who put on play today
Today the 7th graders were able to see "A Christmas Carol" at the Kroc Center put on by CYT.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Today in Class...
Veterans Day Video
- Veterans Day Video
- Daily Geo
- Ancient Egypt Project workday
- None (unless you are not getting far enough on project)
- None
Veterans Day Video
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Began Ancient Egypt Project(s)
- Rubric
- Explanation
- Partners
- ChromeBooks
- N/A
Monday, November 9, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Finished Egypt: Engineering An Empire
- Study Guide DUE
- In addition to 40 questions, answer the following question: What portion of the video did you find most interesting about ancient Egypt?
- Begin 3-5 worksheet on ancient Nubia
- N/A
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire Video (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772792/)
- N/A
- Egypt: Engineering an Empire worksheet
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Notes on Egyptian culture & advances
- Hieroglyphics Activity (extra credit)
- N/A
- Hieroglyphics Activity
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Today in class...
- Daily Geo
- Finish Nile TREE Outline
- Write introductory paragraph for Nile TREE Essay (staple it to outline & hand in)
- Finish Choose Your Own Adventure #3 - hand in
- Begin working on ancient Egypt map
- Choose Your Own Adventure #3 is due tomorrow
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Hand back & discuss Chapter 2 test grades
- TREE Essay - Nile River
- Prompt: How did the Nile support human life in ancient Egypt?
- T: Make a claim (hint: change the prompt to a claim statement)
- R: Using pages 61-66 in your textbook, find three reasons that support your claim
- E: Using pages 61-66, find three examples per reason which the reason which support the claim
- E: End it - restate your claim
- N/A
- Nile TREE Outline (plus book pages)
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Today in Class...
- Teddy Roosevelt's 167th birthday!
- Daily Geo
- Finish Chapter 2 Recap
- Choose Your Own Adventure #3
- Choose Your Own Adventure #3
Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo 7 began
- A few quick things...
- Tardy Sign-in sheet explained
- Pencil borrowing explained (you owe a shoe or phone to borrow)
- All late work is due on Friday, October 30th
- Chapter 2 test results will come later this week
- News
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Chapter 2 Recap
- N/A
Friday, October 23, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
Today in Class...
- TEST!
- Questions
- Essay
- Daily Geo 6 (hand it in)
- N/A
- N/A
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Finish and hand in Sumerian City-State Drawing
- Review (note card option - one side only)
- Study for Chapter 2 test
- N/A
Friday, October 16, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - After reading & summarizing newspaper article TURN IN Daily Geo 5
- Phoenician discussion/notes
- Phoenician letter home
- Letter to a parent/guardian written with Phoenician alphabet
- 3 sentences = C, 4 = B, 5 = A
- If parent/guardian translates it & signs in, extra credit will be rewarded
- Phoenician letter home
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- TREE Essay Outline
- Notes
- Practice (What is the best school subject?)
- Develop (Why was Hammurabi's Code a major step forward for humankind?)
- Students should complete an outline on the "develop" question to use for writing their test essay on Hammurabi's Code
- N/A
- N/A
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Review 2-2 worksheet and hand in
- Read about Hammurabi's Code
- Ancient Messages
- N/A
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Discussion of Choose Your Own Adventure #2 words & handed them (vocab) in
- 2-2 worksheet; finish & turn in
- Ancient Messages worksheet
- 2-2 worksheet
- Ancient Messages worksheet
Friday, October 9, 2015
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Apologies for yesterday (10-8-15)...we began a class discussion on Mesopotamia as well as receiving our test grades for Chapter 1 back.
Today in Class...
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Hand in Daily Geo 4
- News
- Finish 2-1 notes
- Begin Choose Your Own Adventure #2
- Word
- Definition (from yellow glossary)
- Sentence or Picture - YOUR CHOICE
- N/A
- Vocabulary Definitions from Book
- Words: scribe, city-state, polytheism, monotheism, myth, empire, caravan, bazaar, code, cuneiform, alphabet, famine, exile, covenant, prophet, diaspora
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Class Discussion - STCU Guest Speakers - Financial Literacy Discussion (topics included: savings, credit cards, entertainment, saving, borrowing, etc)
- N/A
- N/A
Monday, October 5, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Review & Study
- Cover Test Topics
- Study for Chapter 1 Test!!!
- Vocab
- IceMan
- 6 Stations Information
- 5 Themes
- Timelines
- Latitude/Longitude
- N/A
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Hand in Daily Geo 3
- Class time to work on Chapter 1 Vocabulary
- Wrap-up 6 Stations Activity
- News
- Chapter 1 Vocabulary (if not finished in class)
- N/A
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- 6 Stations Describing the Key Components of the Beginning of Human Society
- 6 Parts of a Civilization
- Social Classes
- Fire
- Growth of Cities
- Farming
- Oral Traditions & Prehistory
- Recap 6 Stations
- N/A
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Hand in IceMan Video Guide
- History Terms Worksheet
- News
- Chapter 1 Vocabulary - "Choose Your Own Adventure"
- 12 words - found on page 26 of text
- Write out the word & definition
- Third Step: Either draw a simple illustration of the word or write a sentence using the word
- N/A
Monday, September 28, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Hand in 5 Themes Project Books - late books will lose points
- Finish IceMan Video
- N/A
- N/A
Friday, September 25, 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
Today in Class...
Copy of the video (http://video.pbs.org/video/2159408847/)
- Daily Geo - Turn in Daily Geo Week 2
- Begin Iceman Murder Mystery
- 5 Themes Country Book
Copy of the video (http://video.pbs.org/video/2159408847/)
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Hard Work on 5 Themes Project (last day in class to work on books)
- 5 Themes Project Book is DUE on Monday, September 28th
Handouts...
- None
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Computer Lab (finish information sheet, start book) for 5 Themes Project
- Finish information sheet if you didn't in class
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Google Chrome Passwords
- Begin Research Handout for 5 Themes Project
- None
Monday, September 21, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Today in class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Correct & hand in Latitude/Longitude worksheet
- Discuss 5 Themes of Geography
- Pick a country for 5 Themes Project
- Tell a parent/guardian what country you selected for project
- 5 Themes Sheet
For my Seahawk students. :)
Friday, September 18, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo - Newspaper Friday - TURN IN DAILY GEO 1
- Turn in Timeline Activity
- Discussion of Remind 101
- Latitude/Longitude Practice
- Latitude always comes first, then longitude
- Latitude uses the #s on the sides of the map and is either N or S
- Longitude uses the #s on the top/bottom of the map and is either E or W
- Latitude/Longitude Worksheet
- Latitude/Longitude - Pinpointing Cities - Worksheet (if not finished in class)
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Finish Interest Inventory Sharing
- Timeline Activity
- Finish Timeline
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News (introduction to news journal)
- Finish Interest Inventories & begin presentations
- (IF TIME) - begin Timelines
- If not done - finish Interest Inventories
- None
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Today in Class...
- Attendance
- Daily Geo - Latitude & Longitude
- Class Jobs
- PreTest
- Interest Inventory
- N/A
- None
Monday, September 14, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Today in Class...
- Attendance
- Agenda - specifically mentioning Parent/Guardian Back to School Night
- Finish Procedures Quiz
- Introduction to Daily Geo
- Mondays - basin
- Begin Interest Inventory
- None
Friday, September 11, 2015
Friday, September 11, 2015
Today in Class...
- Finished procedures notes
- Took procedures quiz
Homework...
- Turn in Syllabus parent/student signed sheet if you haven't already
Handouts...
- None
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
WELCOME BACK STUDENTS!
Today in Class...
- Attendance & name cards
- Room layout
- 3 Questions
- Syllabus
Homework...
- Please fill out parent/student syllabus agreement sheet by FRIDAY
Handouts...
Friday, May 29, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
Today in Class...
- Final Review - "Challenges" & "Religions"
- News
- Packet Work
- None - unless you are far behind on packet
- In 1848, Wisconsin was admitted as the 30th U.S. state
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Today in Class...
- Europe Map Test
- News
- Packets - if time
- None
- In 1937, Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, was founded
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Today in Class...
- Reviewed "Key Geographic Features" for Final Exam
- Studied Europe Map Keys
- Continued work on New Ages in Europe Packet
- Study for Europe Map Test
- In 1933, the Walt Disney Company released the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Today in Class...
- Began Final Review
- Handed back test results
- Handed in Heraldry Project
- Worked on New Ages Europe packet
- Europe Map Test on Thursday!!!
- In 1906, the Vauxhall Bridge was opened in London
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Middle Ages Graphic Organizer
- Study Europe Map
- Heraldry Project is due next Tuesday
- Europe Map Test is next Thursday
- Middle Ages Graphic Organizer is due tomorrow
- In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo (give me the capital cities & latitude and longitude of those cities for the following countries: Italy, Moldova, and Latvia)
- News
- Worked on our Heraldry Project
- Heraldry Project is due next week Tuesday (May 26)
- Europe Map Test is next week Thursday (May 28)
- In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded for adultery and treason
Monday, May 18, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo ("temperate")
- News
- Began Heraldry Project
- Heraldry Project is due on May 26
- Europe Map Test is on May 28
- In 1953, Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier
Friday, May 15, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
Today in Class...
- Finished Robin Hood
- None
- In 1940, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Today in Class...
- Robin Hood
- None
- In 1796, Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox inoculation
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Today in Class...
- Robin Hood
- None
- In 1888, the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law") abolished slavery in Brazil
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo (what are the capital cities of Ukraine and Ireland PLUS what are their latitude and longitude coordinates)
- Handed out Robin Hood study guide
- Robin Hood - key focus on the themes and realities of medieval England that correspond with actual history (ie...Magna Carta, Baron's War against King John, the animosity between England and France, etc...)
- None
- In 1926, the Italian-built airship Norge became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Begin discussion of England/France in Middle Ages
- Turn in your Parent Permission Slip for the Robin Hood film
- In 1937, the German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey killing 36 people.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo #29 ("panhandle")
- Bubonic Plague Video Clip from Mankind: The Story of Us All
- Finish & hand-in Stained Glass Project
- None
- In 1970, Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States' invasion of Cambodia.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
Today in Class...
- Finished Middle Ages Society Discussion
- Started our Stained Glass Picture Story Assignment
- Handed in our Daily Geo #28
- Begin studying for Europe Map Test
- Stained Glass Picture Story Assignment
- In 1956, the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk was made available to the public
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Today in Class...
- Quote Wednesday (“People spend too much time finding other people to blame,
too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being,
and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past,
and getting on with their lives.”
- J. Michael Straczynski)
- Notes on Medieval Society (focusing on the Catholic Church)
- News
- Finish Europe Map Key - LOOK FOR ANSWERS HERE
- Finish Europe Map Key
- In 2004, Oldsmobile built its final car ending 107 years of production
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo (latitude & longitude for: London, Oslo, Madrid)
- Pop Quiz :)
- News
- Finish Europe Map Key
- Finish Europe Map Key
- In 1930, the first night game in organized baseball history took place in Independence, Kansas
Monday, April 27, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo ("topography")
- Correct Africa Map Test
- News
- Students Received Europe Map Key
- None
- In 1961, Sierra Leone was granted its independence from the United Kingdom
Friday, April 24, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Today in Class...
- Africa Map Test
- News
- None
- In 1800, the United States Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress"
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- News
- Spread of Islam Worksheet
- Practice Africa Map
- Africa Map Test is TOMORROW!
- In 1914, the first baseball game at Wrigley Field (Weeghman Park) in Chicago was played
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Today in Class...
- Daily Geo
- Islam Notes/Discussion - finished this
- News
- Practiced Africa Map Key
- Africa Map Test on Friday
- In 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated
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