Friday, April 10, 2015

Today in Class...

• We did our Daily Geo #25 Quiz
• We handed in our 4-Square Projects
• We began watching Rome: Engineering an Empire 
• While watching the video we filled in the video guide

Homework...

• Your Africa Map Test is coming up on April 24

Today in History...

• In 1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Today in Class...

• We did Atlas Thursday for Daily Geo
• We watched the news
• We worked on our 4-square project

Homework...

• Your 4-square project is due tomorrow! 

Today in History...

• In 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia which ended the U.S. Civil War

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Today in Class...

• We did Quote Wednesday for Daily Geo
• We handed in our Chapter 7, Section 5 Review
• We watched the news
• We discussed our 4-Square Project 
• We began working on our 4-Square Project

Homework...

• No homework unless you did not work hard enough on your 4-Square Project

Today in History...

• In 1904, Longacre Square in Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Today in Class...

• We did Latitude & Longitude Daily Geo
• We finished our 7-5 Section Review
• We graded our colored African Map Keys
• We discussed the 4 primary reasons the Roman Empire fell

Homework...

• Finish 7-5 Section Review if you did not do so in class

Today in History...

• In 1141, Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'

Monday, April 6, 2015

Today in Class...

• We received our new seating chart for 4th quarter
• We reviewed how to be respectful, responsible, and safe in class
• We started Daily Geo #25 ("leeward")
• We watched the news
• We read chapter 7, section 5 - and were suppose to start the section review 
• We received our homework assignment which was to color our Africa Map Keys in at least 3 colors (though Mr. A recommends 4) to help study it. In other words color the countries in chunks of 10+ 

Homework...

• Color your Africa Map Key with at least 3 colors (no markers!)

Today in History...

• In 1947, the first Tony Awards were presented for theatrical achievement

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Today in Class...

• We took our Chapter 7A Test

Homework...

• Enjoy your Spring Break!

Today in History...

• In 1958, rock 'n' roll idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army

Monday, March 23, 2015

Shout out to my Dad who turns 69 today! Happy Birthday Dad!

Today in Class...

• We made our notecards for tomorrow's test
• 7-1 WS/notes
• 7-2 WS/notes
• Christianity notes
• Chapter 7 vocabulary
• We finished our World Religions Project

Homework...

• Study for your test tomorrow

Today in History...

• In 1956, Pakistan became the first Islamic republic in the world (This is called Republic Day in Pakistan)