7th Grade World History 1/26/09

Focus: Ancient Rome Chapter 13

Classwork: Students work in pairs to complete chapter review questions.

Homework: Unit test on Friday, covering Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Students can use the Greece quiz as a study guide for the Greece portion of the test. click here: http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhx4bxv_75f6sm26cj .
Rome Study Guide click here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhx4bxv_94fs6xwcdn

6th Grade World Geography 1/26/09

Focus: Europe, chapter 10

Classwork: Introduction to Europe--the class makes a list of the things they know about Europe.

Map activity--using physical and political map of Europe, climate map.

Homework: no homework.

6th Grade World Geography 1/26/09

Focus: Introduction to Europe, chapter 9 assessment

Classwork: complete chapter 9 worksheet assessment.

7th period travel brochure presentations.

Homework: no written homework tonight!

7th Grade World History 1/26/09

Focus: Ancient Rome -- chapter 13

Classwork: PowerPoint, pictures of Rome and the excavated city of Pompeii.
Working with a partner answer questions 7 through 12 on page 460 of your text. Use all the resources in chapter 13 to help you answer.
Finished? go to www.mrdonn.org/games.html find the interactive games and play "fling the teacher" you have to answer 30 questions correctly to get the chance to fling the teacher!
You can view the class PowerPoint here:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhx4bxv_77f4wt5hgp
Homework: review material covered in class.

6th Grade World Geography Study Guide ch 8, 9 (1)

Download the latest sutdy guide here:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhx4bxv_73fqg7pkfh

World Geography 1/14/09

Focus: Chapter 9 South America

Classwork: Reading section 1 pages 231-237, class discussion
Work Book: pages68-69

Homework: Study for quiz on Friday--all of chapter 8, chapter 9 section 1.

7th period--also read pages 238-242 and complete work book pages 70-71

7th Grade World History 1/14/09

Focus: Classical Greece, Chapter 12

Classwork: Read text pages 393-417.

Write vocabulary words and definitions in your journal. Remember journals should be taken home with you each day. You can carry them in your drawstring book bag.

Vocabulary: Pericles, direct democracy, Acropolis, Parthenon, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic, catapult

Complete vocabulary work sheets. When completed put them in your binder to help you study for the quiz on Friday.

Homework: complete worksheets if not finished in class. Study for quiz on Friday

6th Grade World Geography, Travel Brochure directions

you can print the assignment directions here:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhx4bxv_50n3b9bmxg

7th grade World History 1/12/09

Focus: Ancient Greece

Class Work: (1) Read your text pages 371-375, describing the forms of government found in ancient Greece. In your journal write the vocabulary words and definitions found on page 371.
vocabulary:
aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, polis, tyrant, citizen.

(2) Read pages 379-383 describing the lives of the citizens of Athens and sparta. In your journal draw a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Spartan society with the society of Athens.

Students need to bring home their history journals each night to review material covered in class.

Homework: Review material covered in class.

6th Grade World Geography 1/12/09

Focus: Chapter 8, Guatamala

Class Work: partner reading, comprehension check pages 221-225.
Complete work book pages 64-65 (individual work)

Home Work: Complete work book pages 66-67. Due: Tuesday (tomorrow)

7th Grade World History 1/8/09

Focus: Ancient Greece: Geography, Customs and beliefs

Class Work: (1) Read Text p 355-359--- wtih a partner. Read pages 361-365./PowerPoint
(2) Complete first 5 items on the chapter 11 study notes handout.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhx4bxv_46f78scjhm

(3) Begin working on vocabulary foldable.

Homework: no written homework. Students should review work covered in class.

Pictures from Powerpoint and vocabulary available here:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhx4bxv_39dnwcq7cj

6th Grade World Geography 1/8/09

Focus: Chapter 8, Central and South America

Classwork: group reading in text pages 203-207.
and pages 208-213.

Work Book: pages 58-61.

Home Work: Any work not completed in class should be finished for home work.
Due: tomorrow, Friday.