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

Homework...

• Finish Europe Map Key

Today in History...

• In 2004, Oldsmobile built its final car ending 107 years of production

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Today in Class...

• Daily Geo (latitude & longitude for: London, Oslo, Madrid)
• Pop Quiz :)
• News
• Finish Europe Map Key

Homework...

• Finish Europe Map Key

Today in History...

• In 1930, the first night game in organized baseball history took place in Independence, Kansas

Monday, April 27, 2015

Today in Class...

• Daily Geo ("topography")
• Correct Africa Map Test
• News
• Students Received Europe Map Key

Homework...

• None

Today in History...

• In 1961, Sierra Leone was granted its independence from the United Kingdom

Friday, April 24, 2015

 

Today in Class...

• Africa Map Test
• News

Homework...

• None

Today in History...

• 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

Today in Class...

• Daily Geo 
• News
• Spread of Islam Worksheet
• Practice Africa Map

Homework...

• Africa Map Test is TOMORROW!

Today in History...

• In 1914, the first baseball game at Wrigley Field (Weeghman Park) in Chicago was played

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Today in Class...

• Daily Geo
• Islam Notes/Discussion - finished this
• News
• Practiced Africa Map Key

Homework...

• Africa Map Test on Friday

Today in History...

• In 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Today in Class...

• Daily Geo 
• News
• Notes/Discussion on Islam Beliefs
• Study Africa Map Keys

Homework...

• Study your Africa Map Key

Today in History...

• In 1782, the city of Rattanakosin, now known as Bangkok, was founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke

 

Monday, April 20, 2015

From last Friday here is the Justinian Code Assignment

Today in Class...

• We started Daily Geo 27 
• We watched the news
• We started discussing Islam

Homework...

• Your Africa Map Test is on FRIDAY

Today in History...

• In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Today in Class...

• We did Daily Geo
• We watched the news
• We took notes on the Byzantine Empire

Homework...

• None

Today in History...

• In 1927, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (better known as Pope Benedict XVI) was born in Marktl, Germany

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

I was out sick yesterday and the students had a guest teacher in my place. They worked on the Byzantine Review which introduced them to the Byzantine Empire (sometimes called the Eastern Roman Empire). The review included reading and questions. They had enough time to finish in class. 

Today (4/15) in Class...

• We did Quote Wednesday for Daily Geo
• We finished the Rome: Engineering An Empire Video & Video Guide
• We practiced our Africa Maps for the text next week

Homework...

• None

Today In History...

• In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. 

 

• In 1912, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survived

Monday, April 13, 2015

Today in Class...

• We started Daily Geo #26 - "Snowline" 
• We watched Rome: Engineering an Empire & filled out our study guide 

Homework...

• None

Today in History...

• In 1902, James C. Penney opened his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming