Monday December 17, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: If you could become famous for one thing that your are currently not good at, what would it be? What was one highlight from your weekend?

World Issues: You will have 15 minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Model Government Project: We will be starting the Model Government Project in class today. Remember, you must complete the packet before starting your slideshow. 

Due Date: Your Model Government Projects will be due the class before Christmas. This means that you have five class periods to complete this project. 

Thursday December 13, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: Circle: If you could go back in time for one day, what year we you go into and where? What is the best age to be?

Grade Check

Ancient Governments: We will be going over some of the most influential ancient governments.
Athenian Democracy
Spartan Oligarchy
Roman Monarchy
Roman Tyranny
Roman Republic

DBQ Final Draft Paper: Once you have submitted your outline to me and I have given you the okay, you will be ready to start you final draft. Remember, you are allowed to copy and paste from your outline into your final draft paper.

World Issues: If you complete your paper before the end of the period, work on your World Issues Project.

Tuesday December 11, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: Circle: When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? 

Ancient Governments: We will be going over some of the most influential ancient governments.
Athenian Democracy
Spartan Oligarchy
Roman Monarchy
Roman Tyranny
Roman Republic

DBQ Final Draft Paper: Once you have submitted your outline to me and I have given you the okay, you will be ready to start you final draft. Remember, you are allowed to copy and paste from your outline into your final draft paper.

World Issues: If you complete your paper before the end of the period, work on your World Issues Project.

Friday December 7, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: Would you rather be able to detect any lie you hear or get away with any lie you tell? Which way will you be arguing in your papers?

DBQ Outline: Before actually writing your papers, you will be completing an outline that includes your arguments, your evidence, and your warrants.

DBQ Final Draft Paper: Once you have submitted your outline to me and I have given you the okay, you will be ready to start you final draft. Remember, you are allowed to copy and paste from your outline into your final draft paper.

World Issues: If you complete your paper before the end of the period, work on your World Issues Project.

Wednesday December 12, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: What is the number 1 thing you are asking for on Christmas this year?

World Issues Project: You will have ten minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

DBQ Outline: Before actually writing your papers, you will be completing an outline that includes your arguments, your evidence, and your warrants.

DBQ Final Draft Paper: Once you have submitted your outline to me and I have given you the okay, you will be ready to start you final draft. Remember, you are allowed to copy and paste from your outline into your final draft paper.

Monday December 3, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: What is the worst injury you've ever had?

World Issues Project: You will have fifteen minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

DBQ: We will be going through the documents 1 by 1.

The Steps:

1- Look at the author information.
2- Discuss the point of view of the author and the potential biases he/she may have.

3- Report out.

4- Read and discuss the content of the document and answer the questions in your groups.

5- Report out what the strengths and weaknesses were of Spartan education based on this document. 

6- On a separate piece of paper, use a t-chart to record notes on what the strengths and weaknesses were.

7- Repeat for the next document. 

In your groups, come up with the two different thesis statements you could have. Then, come up with the claims you could have for both sides.

We will then be going over the rubric for your paper. Here is a sample introductory paragraph.

You will then be writing your outlines.

Thursday November 29, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: Would you rather live the rest of your life never seeing another person or live the rest of your life never having a moment by yourself? Would you rather be famous when you are alive but then forgotten or would you rather be unknown when alive but famous forever once dead?

World Issues Project: You will have fifteen minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

DBQ: We will be going through the documents 1 by 1.

The Steps:

1- Look at the author information.
2- Discuss the point of view of the author and the potential biases he/she may have.

3- Report out.

4- Read and discuss the content of the document and answer the questions in your groups.

5- Report out what the strengths and weaknesses were of Spartan education based on this document. 

6- On a separate piece of paper, use a t-chart to record notes on what the strengths and weaknesses were.

7- Repeat for the next document. 

Next Class: We will once again be devoting the full class period to the DBQ. No homework for next class.

Wednesday November 14, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: What room in your house or apartment do you spend the most waking hours in per day?

World Issues Project: You will have ten minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

DBQ Intro: We will be discussing what our educational values are as a warm up exercise for the DBQ.

DBQ: We will be going through the documents 1 by 1.

The Steps:

1- Read the document individually.

2- Discuss the point of view of the author and the potential biases he/she may have.

3- Report out.

4- Discuss the content of the document and answer the questions in your groups.

5- Report out what the strengths and weaknesses were of Spartan education based on this document. 

6- On a separate piece of paper, use a t-chart to record notes on what the strengths and weaknesses were.

7- Repeat for the next document. 

Next Class: We will once again be devoting the full class period to the DBQ. No homework for next class.

Friday November 9, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. 

Circle: What person in your life has made the biggest impact on who you are today?

World Issues Project: You will have ten minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Football Game DBQ: We will be looking at and evaluating a series of documents together as a class. We will be trying to figure out each sources point of view and what the potential bias is of the source. At the end of this exercise, you will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph.

The Steps:

1- Read the document individually.

2- Discuss the document as a group. You should be discussing what you think the persons point of view is and what some potential biases may be. 

3- Report out.

When we have finished looking at each document, your groups will be deciding which two documents you believe the most and which two you believe the least. You will be reporting out and we will be keeping a tally on the board. 

When we have completed this, you will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph on Google Classroom. This once again is broken down into the three parts. Make sure your evidence is in full sentences. The warrants should be ATLEAST three sentences. They should be formatted as follows... "first of all" and explain one way your evidence supports your claim, then say "second of all," then "finally."

Homework: Football Game paragraphs are due next class so they are homework if you did not complete them in class.

Tuesday November 6, 2018

Learning Target: Students will understand the role Alexander the Great played in spreading Greek culture. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What scares you the most.

World Issues Project: You will spend 15 minutes working on your World Issues Projects.

Is Question 1 a Good Idea? https://ballotpedia.org/Maine_Question_1,_Payroll_and_Non-Wage_Income_Taxes_for_Home_Care_Program_Initiative_(2018)

Was Pericles Rule a Golden Age?: Take five minutes in your groups and discuss your answers to question number 7. What reasoning do you have for your thinking?

Argument Outline: You will then be writing Claim, Evidence, Warrant outlines. Your claim should either be that Pericles rule was a golden age OR that it was not a golden age. You need three pieces of evidence to support your claim. You then need at least two sentences for your warrant. This paragraph will be broken down. 

Greek Philosophers: Each group will get one of the three great Greek Philosophers (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle). Your goal is to become an expert on what your philosophers ideas were. At the beginning of next class, you will become the teacher. You will be teaching the rest of your classmates about the philosopher you were given. The format you choose to go about this is completely up to you.

Homework: You're the teachers at the beginning of next class, come in ready to teach your 3-5 minute lessons. 

Friday October 2, 2018

Learning Target: Students will understand the differing governing methods used by the Athenians and the Spartans. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

World Issues Project: You will spend 15 minutes working on your World Issues Projects.

Chapter 5 Section 3: For homework you should have read chapter 5 section 3.... Now you will be answering the questions to that section. Answer all the questions except for the final question which is an essay... I'm not that mean! Do this on classroom... It's titled Chapter 5 Section 3.

Chapter 5 Section 4: When you complete the questions, read chapter 5 section 4 and take notes. This would have been your homework so if you complete this there is no homework for Tuesday.

If You Have Time: If you complete all of this, work on your World Issues Project... UNLESS you still have corrections to make to your Human/Environment Essay, then this would be a good time to do that.

Homework: Chapter 5 Section 4 reading and notes (if not completed in class)

Next Class: We will be doing some activities//going over section 4 which you should have all read by next class.

Wednesday October 31, 2018

Learning Target: Students will understand the differing governing methods used by the Athenians and the Spartans. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is your favorite Halloween costume you've ever had?

World Issues Project: You will have ten minutes to work on your world issues project.

You will draw a two circle Venn Diagram on your papers. You will be taking ten minutes to read the sections on Athens and Sparta. While doing so you should try to put as much information into your Venn Diagrams as possible.

Athenians Build a Democracy: We will be discussing what the Athenian Democracy looked like. We will be going over gender roles in Ancient Greece as well as the difference between a Direct and Representative Democracy.

Sparta Builds an Army: We will be looking at the very contrasting structure of Spartan society. How were gender roles different in Sparta? How was the government different or the same?

Similar to Today? You will now be doing some research to find some countries that have a structure similar to Athens and a structure similar to Sparta. Do we find any near perfect matches?

Homework: For homework you will be reading Chapter 5 Section 3 as well as reading the end of Section 2 that we did not get to about Persian Wars. You should be taking notes while reading... Next class we will be going over these readings.

Monday October 29, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be able to summarize the political and cultural impact of Greek city-states. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is your favorite memory that includes snow?       Announcement: Little History of the World paper due November 20th.

World Issues Project: You will have 15 minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Mycenaean Trade: For homework, you read that through contact with the Minoans, the Mycenaean's discovered the value of seaborne trade. Now it's time to research. What resources do you think Mycenaean's would have been lacking? What goods could they have used to trade? What goods could they have gotten from trading partners? In your groups, come up with a list of imports and exports for the Mycenaean. For imports, try to find it specifically what trade partner it would have come from. Hint: You may have to make assumptions based off what the physical environment of these different places consists of. (Fifteen minutes then share out lists)

Questions to Ponder: We will be answering and discussing questions number 6, 7, and 8 from the end of the section. 
Steps: 
1- 3 minutes to write down your own individual answer.
2- 3 minutes to discuss answers in groups.
3- One person share out what their group discussed to the class. 

Writing: How did the Mycenaean and Minoan cultures influence our culture today? Why do you think the story and controversy of the Trojan war is important? Why was it worth learning?


Free Work Time: There should be time at the end of class for free work time. This is so anyone who needs to finish up their Human/Environment essays can have a chance to do so. Anyone who has finished these can use this time to get ahead in their world issues projects or their reading for next class.

Homework: Reading Chapter 5 Section 2 (Warring City-States) and taking notes. 

Thursday October 25, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand that Ancient Greece consisted of individual city-states that traded with each other as well as with neighboring civilizations.

Circle: What would your ideal vacation look like?

World Issues: You will have 15 minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Greek City-States: We will start off by figuring out what a city-state is. From there, we will be doing a team building exercise that illustrates the trading the Ancient Greeks did. 

Your goal is to use the materials at your disposal to build the tallest standing tower your group can. At the same time, you must also build the strongest bridge between two desks that you can. The winner of each challenge is awarded 3 points, second place 2, and third place 1. 

There will be three Greek City-States and three trade partners of those city-states.

The Steps:

1- You must choose your government. Will you be a Monarchy (1 of your group members makes all the decisions), an Oligarchy (2 members of your group make all the decisions), or a Direct Democracy (all your group members have equal voice, majority rules all decisions).

2- Once you choose your government, you are ready to start building.

3- Remember, you only have materials that your environment offers. If you want other supplies you will need to trade with other city-states or over seas trade partners. If trading, the group member who is going to do the trading must wait 1 minute (and can not contribute to the group) for a trade with a fellow city-state. If trading with an overseas trade partner, you must wait two minutes. 

You have 25 minutes to complete this task!

Human/Environment Essays: If time allows you will have a chance to work on edits to your essays for the remainder of class. 

Homework: Textbook chapter 5 section 1. Read and take notes. Notes MUST be less than a page... shoot for a half a page or less.... be concise!

Tuesday October 23, 2018

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What was your favorite Disney movie as a kid?

World Issues Projects: This is the beginning of Quarter 2, which means it's time to start our new projects. We will be going over the rubric quickly to make sure we are all on the same page. We will then take 15 minutes to make sure you have a topic you really want to research.

Sox in 4: We will be looking at a sample claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. 
Step 1: 5 minutes to color code the paragraph individually
Step 2: 5 minutes to discuss in groups the color coding. Can you come to an agreement on how it should be coded? Each group will report out.
Step 3: 2 minutes to individually look through and spot sentences that are unnecessary.
Step 4: 2 minutes as a group to agree on sentences that aren't necessary. Groups report out.

Thesis vs Claim: The Thesis is what your whole paper is trying to prove. You then have supporting Claims that back up the Thesis. Make sure that you all have a thesis stated in the introductory paragraph as well as supporting claims to start each paragraph.

Edit Work Time: The rest of class is yours to work on edits for your papers. If you finish early, work on your World Issues Projects.

Exit Ticket: What do you know about Ancient Greece?

Human/Environment Essays are due no later than Tuesday October 29th.

Monday October 15, 2018

Gold Day

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: Would you rather have a horrible job, but be able to retire comfortably in 15 years or have your dream job, but have to work until retirement age?

Neolithic/Paleolithic Quiz 

World Issues Project: You will be presenting your world issues projects in your groups.

Summative Country Paper: You will be working on your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Human/Environment Essay should be turned in by Wednesday.

Thursday October 11, 2018

Gold Day

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is your biggest pet peeve?

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects until they are completed.

Summative Country Paper: You will be working on your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Neolithic/Paleolithic Quiz Next Class!!!

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Gold Day

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is one thing that you are excited about for this week?

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects for 15 minutes. The rubric for these is posted under Class Links.

Class Activity: We will be going over claim, evidence, and warrant.

Summative Country Paper: You will be starting your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Monday October 1, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: If you were to live in one state for the rest of your life, and you couldn't leave that state, which one would you pick?

Anchor Activity: You will have ten minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Five Themes Summative Project: You will be working in your groups to complete the five themes summative project. The final product will be a slide show, with at least one slide per theme. Here is the product descriptor for this assignment. Please make sure to answer ALL questions on the product descriptor. You should be using pictures and maps in your slideshows. The presentation should be 3-5 minutes long. Here are the expectations and the grading criteria for the project.

Homework:  Presentations next class!

Thursday September 27, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: How would your best friend describe you?

Anchor Activity: You will have fifteen minutes to work on your world issues project.

Five Themes Summative Project: You will be working in your groups to complete the five themes summative project. The final product will be a slide show, with at least one slide per theme. Here is the product descriptor for this assignment. Please make sure to answer ALL questions on the product descriptor. You should be using pictures and maps in your slideshows. The presentation should be 3-5 minutes long.

Homework: Chapter 2 sections 1 & 2 (handout) read and outline.

Tuesday September 25, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Word of the Week: Ebullient

Circle: What is your favorite show to watch on TV?

Class Activity: We will be going over the A Little History of the World book assignment.

Anchor Activity: Students will be working on their anchor activity for 10-15 minutes.

Group Activity: Groups will have ten minutes to put together a brief one minute presentation on chapter 1. This should be a summary of chapter 1. You will be allowed to use any props that you desire as there are no specifications for this activity.

Group State Research Activity: Students will be working together in groups to research a randomly picked state. Students will need to find and label the following: Three Major Cities, Three Major Natural Landmarks, Three Major man made Tourist Attractions, Divide the State into different Regions.
Students will then be writing individual paragraphs on the following: What is the climate like in this state? What is the terrain like (soil, plants, animals, etc)? What does this state produce/export? How does the climate and terrain of this state impact what it does/is able to produce? Also, rationalize how you divided your state into regions. What makes these regions different form each other? Here is the rubric for this assignment.

Homework: Finishing the Group State Research Paragraph if you didn't finish in class. Neolithic Revolution Paragraph (if not already completed).

Friday September 21, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What was your favorite activity to do on the playground?

Anchor Activity: Students will be working on their anchor activity for 10-15 minutes.

Group Activity: Group Biography: In your groups you will be asking each of the other members one thing that they've worked really hard to get good at that they are in fact good at now. Each member will share their story of how they got good at this particular activity. Groups will then be presenting about each of the members in their group. Each members story must be told and everyone in the group must talk for each story except the person that it's about.  Each presentation will last less than two minutes.

Group Activity: You will first be looking at cartoons of the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages. In groups, you will then have ten minutes to come up with your own cartoon to represent these two ages. We will then be doing a gallery walk.

Group Activity: Groups will have seven minutes to put together a brief one minute presentation on chapter 1. This should be a summary of chapter 1. You will be allowed to use any props that you desire as there are no specifications for this activity.

Whole Class Game: You will be mingling around the room with a word written on a piece of paper. When I say go, you will search for the other student who has the same thing written on their paper. You will try to get with that partner as quickly as possible. When everyone gets together there will be a get to know you question for each person to answer. The group that is last to meet up will share each others answers with the group.
-If you could drive any car, what would it be?
-How many siblings do you have?
-What's your favorite pet that you've ever had?
-What's your favorite subject in school?
-What's your favorite color?
-If you could be any super hero that exists, who would you be?n\h

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are enjoying or doing well at in this class so far? What is one thing your are not enjoying, doing poorly at, or nervous about in this class?

Wednesday September 19, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: If you were a famous actor/actress, what genre of movies would you star in?

Absolute and Relative Location Quiz Today!

World Issues Project: When you have finished the quiz, you will do research for your world issues project and take notes. Remember: You need 10 different sets of notes. So ten different days you need to take notes and date those notes.

Homework: Using your notes from chapter 1 section 2, write 1 paragraph talking about the Neolithic Revolution. You should talk about major break through's and inventions of this time. You should also identify what things they did back then that we still do today. In what ways are we similar to the people living during the Neolithic Revolution and in what ways are we different?

Monday September 17, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is your favorite season and why?

Circle Discussion: What is the learning target for world issues project?

Word of the Week: Neophyte

Current World Issues: I will be handing out the rubrics for the current world issues project. Students will need to have finalized their project ideas for Wednesday.

Student Presentations: Students will be presenting their maps with ten places that they think are important. They will be presenting in groups. Students who are audience members will be writing down three places that they did not pick that they think are important places. Here are the expectations for this presentation.

Group State Research Activity: Students will be working together in groups to research a randomly picked state. Students will need to find and label the following: Three Major Cities, Three Major Natural Landmarks, Three Major Tourist Attractions. Students will then be writing individual paragraphs on the following: What is the climate like in this state? What is the terrain like (soil, plants, animals, etc)? What does this state produce/export? How does the climate and terrain of this state impact what it does/is able to produce? Here is the rubric for this assignment.

Absolute/Relative Location Game: Students will be competing against each other to see who can find places faster using absolute/relative location.

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you're enjoying or doing well at in this class so far? What is one thing you are struggling with or concerned about in this class so far?

Homework: There is no official homework for Wednesday. You will be having a quiz over absolute/relative location on Wednesday so you should spend some time studying. Here is a study sheet and an answer sheet to help you study.You should also be looking over the world issues project rubric and come to class with any questions you might have. Students should also have their world issues project ideas finalized for Wednesday.

Thursday September 13, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. We're working on maps!

Circle: Describe your favorite vacation.

Circle Discussion: What is a learning target? What is the circle for learning targets? What is the learning target for today?

Individual Activity: Students will be going to this link. They will first go through the American states tutorial for five minutes. They will then play the beginner game.

Group Activity: Students will be working together in groups to create a list of ten important places around the world. Students will label world maps with these places and will also be writing blurbs on why these places are important.

Class Activity: Students will be introduced to the book "A Little History of the World." I will be introducing the journal aspect to the readings as well.

Individual Activity: Students will be given a list of places to find on the map using longitude and latitude lines. They will attempt to write down the correct answers for these places.

Group Activity: Students will be working together to brainstorm lists of ways that we are like the original hominids and homo sapiens and the ways we are not like them at all. 

Exit Ticket: What is one important place you located on your map? What country is it in and what city/town? In your own words, why do you think this place is important? How comfortable are you with finding places on a map using absolute and relative location?

Homework: Chapter 1 Section 2 reading and outlining is due for Monday.

Tuesday September 11, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be learning about 9/11 and will understand the impact that it still has on our society today.

Class Activity: Google Classroom.

Circle: Name two things or people who always make you laugh. What do you know or have you been told about 9/11?

-Discussion in Circle: What is a learning target? What is the learning target for circles? What is the learning target for today's class period?

Class Activity: We will be watching this series of videos from the day.

Class Activity: We will be watching this summary of the day.

Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together in groups to research and discuss the ways that 9/11 still impacts us today. This is a great article to read!

Homework: 9/11 paper posted on google classroom is due for homework Friday.

Friday September 7, 2018

-Today's Learning Target: Student's will be learning map skills as well as outlining skills.

-Circle: If you had the whole day to do something with three friends, what would it be?

-Discussion in Circle: What is a learning target? What is the learning target for circles? What is the learning target for today's class period?

-Individual Activity: Students will be given a handout and will be asked to read that handout while taking notes/outlining.

- Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together to brainstorm a list of current global issues.

- Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together in teams to finish a map scavenger hunt.

- Full Class Activity: Students will be competing against each other in teams. They will be trying to find different places on the map.

-Rock Paper Scissors Math

- Exit Ticket: How are your first couple of weeks of high school going? Is there anything you're struggling with? Is there anything me or one of your other teachers can do to help with anything?

-Homework: Research current world issues and come to class with a list of three world issues that you would be interested in doing a project on.

-Homework: Read and outline chapter 1 section 1 (handout).

Wednesday September 5, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Student's will know what the five themes of geography are and why these themes are important.

-Circle: If you could only have one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

-Discussion in Circle: What is a learning target? What is the learning target for circles? What is the learning target for today's class period?

-Pass out Syllabus

-Individual Activity: Students will be trying to list the names of the seven continents.

-Individual Activity: Students will be labeling the five oceans on a world map.


Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together in groups to generate lists of the ways that humans impact the environment and vice versa.

Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together in groups to describe the Oxford Hills region, specifically looking at the physical characteristics as well as the people who live here.

Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together to come up with as many different regions as they can think of that exist in the United States.

Homework: For Friday, find one current event that happened this week. Then, write 3-5 sentences summarizing the article and 3-5 sentences on why you think this event is important to your life.

Friday August 31, 2018

TODAY'S LEARNING TARGET: Students will be learning how to build a community in the classroom and how to cooperate with each other. Students will become more comfortable with their classmates.

-Circle: If you could have a face to face conversation with one celebrity, who would it be and why? When it is your turn, you must name the four people before you and which celebrity they chose.

-Discussion in circle: What are learning targets and why are they important for you to know? What is the learning target for circles? What is the learning target for today's activities?

-Whole Class Activity: "Birthday Lineup"- Students will have to line themselves up in order of their birthdays without speaking.

-Seating Chart Activity: "Two Truths one Lie"- Each student will write down on a sheet of paper two things that are true about themselves and one thing that is a lie. Students will then guess which facts are lies. 

-Seating Chart Activity: "Marshmallow Builder"- Students will be given 30 marshmallows and 20 tooth picks. They will then work together as a team to try and build the tallest tower they can using these materials (the tower must be able to stand on it's own). The team with the tallest tower after 20 minutes wins.
Rule: Once a tooth pick is stuck into a marshmallow, it may not be unstuck.

Seating Chart Activity: "Human Knot"- In their seating chart groups, students will stand in a circle. They will then each put both hands into the circle. Looking the other direction, stands will grab two other students hands. Each group must then untangle themselves. 

Homework: For class on Tuesday, please come in ready to share one current event you heard over the weekend. It can be any event that happened in the world between today's class and class on Tuesday. Be prepared to talk about why you think this current event is important.