Hello again, everyone!
We had a great time again last week, with fun projects in all classes...I think the 8th graders especially enjoyed their Ancient Civilizations activities, which included hunting/gathering food, building shelters, and taking water from the "river" to their own settlements:
The 9th graders also had fun putting Christopher Columbus on trial, and finding him, on the whole, not guilty of some of the crimes history has charged him with.
The 7th graders got to relive their summer vacation "Place"
And the 6th graders got to do one of my all-time favorite activities: gridding the chocolate chip cookie!
And, we have more fun things to look forward to this week as well!!
6th grade: Students will continue with their map and gridding skills by finishing up with latitude and longitude on Monday and Tuesday. The Around the World with Latitude and Longitude Project is due Tuesday, August 30. Wednesday-Friday will be spent on their Make-A-Map Project, which should be able to be completed in class and will be due Monday, September 5th. The students will have their first social studies quiz of the year on Friday, September 9th!
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7th grade will continue looking at the 5 Themes of Geography. We will finish Regions on Monday, and will move on to Movement and Human-Environment interaction on Tuesday and Thursday. As was the case last week, the students have 30-45 min in class to finish their day's assignments; those who do not finish may need to devote some time to their work at home, but there will be no "assigned" homework. Last week's "Place" assignments will be turned in tomorrow. The students will have their 5 Themes quiz on Friday, September 9th!
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8th grade is heavily into Ancient Mesopotamia now, and will spend the week focusing on the various aspects of the culture and daily life in Ancient Mesopotamia. The students will also be assigned one Ancient Mesopotamia society/kingdom to research and present to the class as an in-class timeline project. The students will have their Ancient Mesopotamia quiz on Friday, September 9th!
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9th grade: Students will continue their overview of the Age of Exploration by looking at those who explored for The Netherlands, England, and France. We will have a shortened class on Thursday, September 1, due to the Flag Day ceremony. We will finish the week looking at the colonies that were set up in the New World due to the explorations. The students will have their Age of Explorations quiz on Friday, September 9th!
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As always, if you have any questions you are welcome to contact me at any time! :)
Have a great week!
KF
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