- We took the Asia Map Test
- We continued our Chapter 6, Section 1 discussion
- We watched the news (if time in class)
- None
- In 1862, the first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, was launched.
Friday, January 30, 2015
FRIDAY, January 30, 2015
Today in Class...
Thursday, January 29, 2015
THURSDAY, January 29, 2015
Today in Class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We watched the news
- We began taking notes on Chapter 6
- We studied our Asia Map Keys
- Map Test Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- In 1907, Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. He would later serve as Vice President for President Hoover.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Today in Class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We finished our discussion of Chapter 6 Vocabulary & turned it in
- We watched the news
- We started Chapter 6 Notes
- Asia Map Test is on FRIDAY!!!!
- In 1813, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
TUESDAY, January 27, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We watched the news
- We finished vocabulary work for Chapter 6 (word, definition, sentence)
- We began discussing the vocabulary words and drawing illustrations of them
- If not done - your vocabulary work must be finished by tomorrow
- Asia Map Test is on Friday, January 30
- In 1945, the Red Army liberates the remaining inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans in Poland
Monday, January 26, 2015
MONDAY, January 26, 2015 (2nd Semester Begins)
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo (the word was "plateau")
- We watched the news
- We received a seating chart
- We had a preliminary discussion of Ancient Greece
- We started on our vocabulary for Chapter 6 (word, definition, sentence)
- epic, acropolis, city-state, aristocrat, democracy, tribute, immortal, philosopher, tragedy, agora, plague, blockade, barbarian, assassinate, Hellenistic
- Click here for definitions from the text
- Asia Map Test is THIS FRIDAY
- In 1500, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil
Thursday, January 22, 2015
THURSDAY, January 22, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo & handed it in
- We completed our last test of 1st Semester
- ASIA Map Test is next week Friday (January 30)
- In 1905, Bloody Sunday occurs in Saint Petersburg, beginning the 1905 revolution
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
WEDNESDAY, January 21, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We watched the news
- We finished our Ancient China Packet
- We studied our Asia Maps
- Tomorrow is final test of semester
- January 30 is Asia Map Test
- In 1793, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
TUESDAY, January 20, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We watched a film (Lost Civilizations: Ancient China)
- Asia Map Test - NEXT WEEK FRIDAY (January 30)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time
Friday, January 16, 2015
FRIDAY!!!! January 16, 2015
Today in class...
- We did our Daily Geo Quiz
- We watched the news
- We finished 5-3 notes
- We worked on our Chapter 5 Packet
- Asia Map Test is on January 30
- Ivan IV of Russia (Ivan the Terrible) becomes Czar of Russia in 1547
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
WEDNESDAY, January 14, 2015
Today in class...
- We did our Daily Geo
- We watched the news
- We began to take notes on Chapter 5, Section 3
- We studied our Asia Map Key
- Asia Map Test will be on January 30
- Ratification Day! Today in 1784, the Treaty of Paris was signed officially ending the American Revolution between the newly formed United States and Great Britain.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
TUESDAY, January 13, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We finished our Student Learning/Teaching Presentations
- We watched the news
- Study your Asia Map Key
- Today is the 100th anniversary of the great 1915 Avezzano earthquake in Avezzano, Italy which killed over 30,000 people
Monday, January 12, 2015
MONDAY, January 12, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We began our Student Presentations of Learning
- If you haven't presented you - you will present tomorrow
- The banana, botanically speaking, is a berry
Friday, January 9, 2015
FRIDAY, January 9, 2015
Today in class...
- We took our Daily Geo Quiz
- We watched the news
- We worked in our groups on our student-led teaching assignments
- Remember:
- You are responsible for all the information in your section
- You have to assume the rest of the class knows nothing about your topic - teach them!
- Cover any information from your section that is critical to know in order to understand the topic better
- Your teaching needs to be between 5-10 minutes long (as a group)
- Be prepared to teach on Monday in your group!
- Spain literally means "the land of rabbits"
All random quotes pulled from:
Botham, Noel. The Amazing Book of Useless Information. (New York: Perigee Book, 2008).
Thursday, January 8, 2015
THURSDAY, January 8, 2015
Today in class...
- We did our Atlas Thursday Daily Geo
- We watched the news
- We corrected our Asia Map Key
- We started our group team teaching assignment on Chapter 5
- Team teaching assignment
- The largest web-footed bird is the albatross
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
WEDNESDAY, January 7, 2015
Today in class...
- We did our Daily Geo (Quote Wednesday)
- We watched the news
- We did our Asia Map Keys
- If not finished - your Asia Map Key MUST BE done by tomorrow
- Nabisco's Oreo is the world's bestselling brand of cookie, at a rate of 6 billion each year!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
TUESDAY, January 6, 2015
Today in class...
- We did Daily Geo
- We discussed what we did over our break
- We watched the news
- We did a writing assignment (reflect, forecast, and describe) - handed in during class
- None
- Hawaii's Mount Waialeale is the wettest place in the world - it rains about 90% of the time, about 480 inches/year!
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