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Wednesday, March 27th 2013

3/27/2013

 
As a class, read pages 208-213 in the social studies text book (there are extra ones behind the desk if students need to borrow one for the hour.  You can play ”popcorn” or just choose students to read a paragraph. 
Assignments: Social Studies Packet(done individually)
1.) Guided Reading worksheet page 24
2,) Reading a political Map p29
3.) Building Vocabulary page 30
4.)Reading Comprehension page 32

Tuesday, March 26th 2013

3/26/2013

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Today we are going to study Tourism in the Caribbean. Use the following sites to find tourism facts about the country or island of your choice. Be sure to include temperature and climate information, attractions and landscape.


Your assignment is to write a 5 sentence paragraph about the island of your choice, and why you'd want to travel there.  Be sure to answer the question in the comments below. You only need your First Name, Last Initial, and your response. All other fields can be left blank.

Below are some sites that you can use for information - you can also do a simple GOOGLE Search on the island of your choice

  • http://www.caribbeantravel.com/
  • http://travel.usnews.com/Rankings/Best_Caribbean_Vacations/
  • http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/10-most-visited-caribbean-islands,8085/





When you are finished, you can play this game to learn the countries in the Caribbean
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Monday, March 25th 2013

3/25/2013

 
Today we are making up work from Friday
and Describing the Caribbean using the 5 Themes (pages 201-225 in book)

Friday, March 22nd 2013

3/25/2013

 
Assignments
  • Read: Las Casas wants Slavery in the Indies
  • Answer Essays 1-3, Challengtes 

Thursday, March 21st 2013

3/25/2013

 
Test over Europe & World Wars!


Study Guide Due

Wednesday, March 20th 2013

3/20/2013

 
Today we are going to finish our Study Guide from yesterday, and review for our test.

Tuesday, March 19th 2013

3/19/2013

 
Today we are beginning to work on our Study Guide. Test on Thursday.
There is also a practice test that you can take a look at.

Monday, March 18th 2013

3/18/2013

 

Thursday, March 14th 2013

3/14/2013

 
Discuss Pi Day History

Archimedes, and Edwin Golden
Finish lecture Notes over Europe
Review Europe
Test Next week (Thursday? Friday?) 

Wednesday, March 13th 2013

3/13/2013

 
Turn in Study Guide and take Tri 2 Exam
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  • Home
  • GLCE's
    • History >
      • History in Temporal Terms
      • Era 1 Beginnings to 4000 BC
      • Era 2 Early Civilizations and Pastoral Societies
      • Era 3 Classical Traditions and Major Empires
    • Geography >
      • Spatial Terms
      • Places and Regions
      • Physical Systems
      • Human Systems
      • Environment and Society
      • Global Issues Past and Present
    • Civics and Government >
      • Purpose of Government
      • Structure and Functions of Government
      • Relationship of US to other Nations
    • Economics >
      • Market Economy
      • National Economy
      • International Economy
    • PD, DM & CI
  • Class Calendar
  • 20th Cen Wars
  • Units
    • 7th Grade Curriculum >
      • U1: Intro to World Hist
      • U2: Beginnings of Human Societies
      • U3: Early Civilizations
      • U:4 The Rise of Empires
      • U5: The Fall of Empires
      • U:6 Patterns of Adaption and Reorganizing
  • Student Work Samples
  • Multimedia
  • About Mr. G