Thursday and Friday Dec 20th & 21st

FINALS

Per 1 7:55 - 9:55

Break

Per 2 10:11 - 12:11

Link to Final  

Monday Dec 10th - Friday Dec 14th Days 75, 76, & 77

Monday, Dec 10th - Friday, Dec 14th

Week before Finals

You will continue to work on your Culture Collage, your Culture Etiquette (both your country and the country you chose to compare it to) and your Travel Brochure (of the country you chose to compare)

All the above assignments will be submitted by Thursday/Friday this week.

Culture Collage - 32 points
Etiquette (both countries) 40 points
Travel Brochure - 20 points

Here is the final semester point breakdown going into the FINAL:

850 - 761 (A)

760 - 676 (B)

675 - 591 (C)

590 - 505 (D)

The magic number is 812

FINAL REVIEW SHEET (final is worth 110 pts)

FINAL GRADE BREAKDOWN INCLUDING THE FINAL

960 - 859 (A)

858 - 763 (B)

762 - 660 (C)

659 - 571 (D)

Thursday & Friday Dec 6th and 7th Days 73 & 74

Culture Collage and Etiquette Day 1 (Thursday/Friday)

Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a culture collage poster representing 10 of 13 different culture categories with the use of images acquired through the web.

Rationale: Understanding the various aspects that make-up cultural uniqueness is essential to understanding one's historical cultural identify

Evidence: Being able to identify and explain the various traditional cultural artifacts that represent a culture will bring students a better understanding of their heritage.

Etiquette Directions (you will do this for both your heritage country and the one you selected)
Travel Brochure (you will be making this for the country you selected ONLY)
Culture Collage Directions (you will do this for your country of Heritage ONLY)
Cultural Fandango (puppet) directions

Tuesday and Wednesday Dec 4th & 5th Days 71 & 72

Last Day on Biomes/Fictitious World Map

Culture Collage and Etiquette Day 1 (Thursday/Friday)

Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a culture collage poster representing 10 of 13 different culture categories with the use of images acquired through the web.

Rationale: Understanding the various aspects that make-up cultural uniqueness is essential to understanding one's historical cultural identify

Evidence: Being able to identify and explain the various traditional cultural artifacts that represent a culture will bring students a better understanding of their heritage.

Biomes Chapter Section #4 (Due Tuesday/Wed Night)

Fictitious Landmass
3 Maps and Keys on how to label and color them
Rainfall Key
Temperature Key
Vegetation Key

Presentation to finish chart will be available after I get you through the first 3 climates.
Climates Presentation

Monday Dec 3rd Day 70

Current Events/Mapping Monday's

CE #22 & #23
You also need to submit your google maps with "pins" placed for all your stories.

Objective: Given access to a Chromebook, students will be able to access Google MyMaps App and a Google Drive based Current Events Template from the class Blog. Using the MyMaps app and the template, students will be able to look-up current events and summarize their selected story on the template. In addition, students will be able to use the MyMaps app to plot the location of these current event stories. 

Rationale: Students need to utilize the tools taught to them to ensure the learning becomes a part of their skill set. In addition, students need to become geographical aware of the world around them.

Evidence: Filling-in the Current Events template as well as using MyMaps to plot the location of the stories, will demonstrate that students have acquired the basic skills of fulfilling the  assignment.

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