Wed, Thursday, Friday Dec 21st, 22nd, 23rd Days 82, 83, & 84

FINALS

Wed 

Final Per 1 - 7:55 - 9:43 

     Brunch - 9:43 - 9:53 

Final Per 2 - 7:55 - 9:43 

Thurs

Final Per 3 - 7:55 - 9:43 

     Brunch - 9:43 - 9:53 

Final Per 4 - 7:55 - 9:43 

Fri

Final Per 5 - 7:55 - 9:43 

     Brunch - 9:43 - 9:53 

Final Per 6 - 7:55 - 9:43

Monday & Tuesday Dec 19th & 20th Days 80 & 81

Monday/Tuesday - we will spend the block -
-Turn in Fandango
-Confirm all grades
-Updating the Assignment sheet (must be printed and turned in on the day of the final)
-Making the 3 x 5 cheat sheet (card)

Final Review Sheet

Here is the review sheet

Total Points 1342 (Final = 104 pts)
1342 - 1201= A
1200 - 1067 = B
1066 - 933= C
932 - 798 = D
798 and Below = Not Passing


Total Points 1238
1238 - 1108 = A
1107 - 984 = B
983 - 860 = C
859 - 736 = D
736 and Below = Not Passing

96% = 1182

Culture Collage days 1-3

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.

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Today's schedule- Tuesday/Wednesday

Part 1 - Work on Collage

-Cultural Collage Directions        Cultural Fandango Directions
Cultural Collage and Fandango project

Thursday & Friday Dec 15th & 16th Days 78 & 79

 Update - Friday Morning (12/16/16)...your collage poster will still count toward the 1st semester grade, as well as your Fandango, (which is due Mon/Tues) BUT, we will do the presentations when we return for the start of the 2nd semester. Posters printed by Costco cost $11.00 total. Please have that amount ready when we come back to school in Jan. I will distribute them when we return.

Final Review Sheet

Here is the review sheet

Total Points 1238
1238 - 1108 = A
1107 - 984 = B
983 - 860 = C
859 - 736 = D
736 and Below = Not Passing
96% = 1182

Culture Collage days 1-3

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.

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Today's schedule- Tuesday/Wednesday

Part 1 - Work on Collage

-Cultural Collage Directions        Cultural Fandango Directions
Cultural Collage and Fandango project

Tuesday & Wednesday Dec 13th & 14th Days 76 & 77

Final Review Sheet

Here is the review sheet

Assignments due None 

 None - work on your Culture Collage 

Assignments due Thursday

 Goal is to have all the collages uploaded by 3:00 Thursday

Total Points 1238
1238 - 1108 = A
1107 - 984 = B
983 - 860 = C
859 - 736 = D
736 and Below = Not Passing
96% = 1182

Culture Collage days 1-3

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.

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Today's schedule- Tuesday/Wednesday

Part 1 - Work on Collage

-Cultural Collage Directions        Cultural Fandango Directions
Cultural Collage and Fandango project

Monday Dec 12th Day 75

Assignments due Today 

 Current Events 25 & 26, Etiquette/Travel Brochure/World Current Event map 

Assignments due Tuesday-Friday

 Nothing due, work on Cultural Collage - Goal  is to have all collages submitted by Thursday Night

Total Points 1238
1238 - 1108 = A
1107 - 984 = B
983 - 860 = C
859 - 736 = D
736 and Below = Not Passing
96% = 1182

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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Culture Collage days 1-3

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.

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Today's schedule- Monday

Part 1 - Upload Current Events #24 & #25

Part 2 - Upload MyMaps Current Event Map

Part 3  -Upload Etiquette and Travel Brochure

Part 4  -Cultural Collage Directions        Cultural Fandango Directions
Cultural Collage and Fandango project

Thursday & Friday Dec 8th & 9th Days 73 & 74

Assignments due Thurs/Fri Dec 8th/9th

3 world Maps (colored) Temp, Rainfall, Vegetation, Biomes   

Assignments due Monday

Etiquette/Travel Brochure Project
Last Current Events # 24 & 25
Current Events World Map 

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Today's schedule - Thurs/Fri Dec 8th, 9th

Part 1 - Turn-in 3 World Maps (veg, Rain, Temp)

Step 2 -  Take the BIOMES QUIZ

Step 3 -  Continue on Etiquette/Travel Brochure
Directions Sheet for Etiquette/Travel Brochure Project
List of Countries (this also includes a link to the country)
Resource site for Etiquette Project
You should also use the Culture Collages on the Blog (see tab on blog navigation bar)
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Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a travel brochure about an assigned country that addresses various social etiquette as well as local biome influences of weather, food, vegetation and animals

Rationale: Understanding the various influences on cultural characteristics that make places unique must include both natural and man-made cultural details

Evidence: Being able to build a travel brochure that guides visitors to various local cuisine, weather expectations, and proper cultural greetings and eating habits will allow students to demonstarte the role that each plays in defining a "place"

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Example of Hand Gestures and their meaning - ( here )

Project - You will use Google Slides (portrait 8.5 X 11 with 1/2 inch margins on all sides) to make a 2 page Travel Brochure - 1 page will be dedicated to the Etiquette aspects of the country, and the 2nd page will be dedicated to the Biomes/Natural Vegetation, Weather, Food, Animals, etc of the culture (based on the Biomes Spreadsheet)

Tuesday & Wednesday Dec 6th & 7th Days 71 & 72

Assignments due Tuesday/Wed Dec 6th/7th

Nothing  

Assignments due Thursday/Friday Dec 8th/9th

3 world Maps (colored) Temp, Rainfall, Vegetation, Biomes Spreadsheet (printed and brought to class for the Biomes Quiz)  

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Today's schedule - Tuesday/Wed Dec 6th, 7th

Part 1 - Continue on Biomes Spreadsheet (Deserts)

Step 2 -  Begin work on Etiquette Projects

Directions Sheet for Etiquette Project
List of Countries (this also includes a link to the country)
Resource site for Etiquette Project
You should also use the Culture Collages on the Blog (see tab on blog navigation bar)
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Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a travel brochure about an assigned country that addresses various social etiquette as well as local biome influences of weather, food, vegetation and animals

Rationale: Understanding the various influences on cultural characteristics that make places unique must include both natural and man-made cultural details

Evidence: Being able to build a travel brochure that guides visitors to various local cuisine, weather expectations, and proper cultural greetings and eating habits will allow students to demonstarte the role that each plays in defining a "place"

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Example of Hand Gestures and their meaning - ( here )

Project - You will use Google Slides (portrait 8.5 X 11 with 1/2 inch margins on all sides) to make a 2 page Travel Brochure - 1 page will be dedicated to the Etiquette aspects of the country, and the 2nd page will be dedicated to the Biomes/Natural Vegetation, Weather, Food, Animals, etc of the culture (based on the Biomes Spreadsheet)

 Here is the presentation used for the Biomes spreadsheet

Monday Dec 5th Day 70

Assignments due Monday dec 5th

Current Events 23 & 24  

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Today's schedule - Monday Dec 5th

Part 1 - Submit your Current Events to Google Classroom

Part 2  - Present 3 CE stories

Part 3  -Continue on Biomes Spreasheet (Deserts)

Step 4 -  Begin work on Etiquette Projects

Directions Sheet for Etiquette Project
List of Countries (this also includes a link to the country)
Resource site for Etiquette Project
You should also use the Culture Collages on the Blog (see tab on blog navigation bar)
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Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a travel brochure about an assigned country that addresses various social etiquette as well as local biome influences of weather, food, vegetation and animals

Rationale: Understanding the various influences on cultural characteristics that make places unique must include both natural and man-made cultural details

Evidence: Being able to build a travel brochure that guides visitors to various local cuisine, weather expectations, and proper cultural greetings and eating habits will allow students to demonstarte the role that each plays in defining a "place"

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Example of Hand Gestures and their meaning - ( here )

Project - You will use Google Slides (portrait 8.5 X 11 with 1/2 inch margins on all sides) to make a 2 page Travel Brochure - 1 page will be dedicated to the Etiquette aspects of the country, and the 2nd page will be dedicated to the Biomes/Natural Vegetation, Weather, Food, Animals, etc of the culture (based on the Biomes Spreadsheet)

 Here is the presentation used for the Biomes spreadsheet

Thursday & Friday Dec 1st & 2nd Days 68 & 69

Assignments due today (Thurs/Fri) 

Chapter 16 Biomes All sections  

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Today's schedule - Thursday/Friday, Dec 1st & 2nd

Part 1 - Finish the Chapter 16 Sections and submit them

Part 2  - Build the Biomes Spreadsheet and begin filling in the cells with Vegetation Zone information

Part 3  -Begin to color-in the 3 world maps.

Look at the Three Keys for those maps, but you DON'T NEED TO PRINT THESE OUT
Put the keys on your map by hand
Temperature Key       Rainfall Key         Vegetation Key

Step 4 -  Pick your Etiquette Countries for your etiquette Project

Directions Sheet for Etiquette Project
List of Countries (this also includes a link to the country)
Resource site for Etiquette Project
You should also use the Culture Collages on the Blog (see tab on blog navigation bar)
Etiquette site for some of the countries (but not all of them)
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Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a travel brochure about an assigned country that addresses various social etiquette as well as local biome influences of weather, food, vegetation and animals

Rationale: Understanding the various influences on cultural characteristics that make places unique must include both natural and man-made cultural details

Evidence: Being able to build a travel brochure that guides visitors to various local cuisine, weather expectations, and proper cultural greetings and eating habits will allow students to demonstarte the role that each plays in defining a "place"

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 Today's schedule

Example of Hand Gestures and their meaning - ( here )

Project - You will use Google Slides (portrait 8.5 X 11 with 1/2 inch margins on all sides) to make a 2 page Travel Brochure - 1 page will be dedicated to the Etiquette aspects of the country, and the 2nd page will be dedicated to the Biomes/Natural Vegetation, Weather, Food, Animals, etc of the culture (based on the Biomes Spreadsheet)

 Here is the presentation used for the Biomes spreadsheet

Tuesday & Wednesday Nov 29th & 30th Days 66 & 67

Assignments due today (Tues/Wed) 

Chapter 16 Biomes Sections  

This week 

Biomes Chapter 16 all sections due Thursday/Friday

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Today's schedule - Tuesday/Wednesday, Nov 29th, 30th

Part 1 - Finish the Chapter 16 Sections and get into Section groups (all Section #1 confirm answers)

Part 2  - Return to table groups and share out sections with other table members

Part 3  -
When you are home, print out and bring these maps  to class for Thursday/Friday 
-Temperature, Rainfall and Vegetation Maps
Look at the Three Keys for those maps, but you DON'T NEED TO PRINT THESE OUT
Put the keys on your map by hand
Temperature Key       Rainfall Key         Vegetation Key

Step 4 -  Directions Sheet for Etiquette Project
List of Countries (this also includes a link to the country)
Resource site for Etiquette Project
You should also use the Culture Collages on the Blog (see tab on blog navigation bar)

Monday Nov 28th Day 65

Assignments due today (Monday) 

Finish and Upload the two Culture Worksheets from Last Week Wed 

This week 

Biomes Chapter 16

Here are the questions for Chapter 16 separated by section

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Today's schedule - Monday, Nov 28th

Part 1 - Finish the Culture Questionnaire - Culture Questionnaire

Part 2  - Finish Everyone has a culture worksheet - Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

We will start the Chapter 16 Biomes material today

Part 3  -Chapter 16 reading on Biomes
Answer each of the section reviews. On this assignment, assign each table member a section of the Biomes Chapter (there are 4 sections). The section 1 students will  all gather at a single table and confer on the answers for their section, and when finished will take their agreed upon answers back to their original table. The other 3 sections will follow the same process. When the original members return, they will share out their answers for each section.

Wednesday Nov 23rd Day 64

Scroll down for today's assignments

Assignments due today (Wednesday) 

Nothing 

Postponed until after the break 

Biomes Chapter 16

Here are the questions for Chapter 16 separated by section

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Today's schedule - Wednesday, Nov 23rd

Part 1 - Fill-in the Culture Questionnaire - Culture Questionnaire

Part 2  - Fill-n Everyone has a culture worksheet - Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

We will start the Chapter 16 Biomes material when we return

Part 3  -Chapter 16 reading on Biomes
Answer each of the section reviews. On this assignment, assign each table member a section of the Biomes Chapter (there are 4 sections). The section 1 students will  all gather at a single table and confer on the answers for their section, and when finished will take their agreed upon answers back to their original table. The other 3 sections will follow the same process. When the original members return, they will share out their answers for each section.

Monday & Tuesday Nov 21st & 22nd Days 62 & 63

Columbian Exchange TEST

Assignments due Today (Monday) 

 Current Events #21 & #22 

Postponed until after the break 

Biomes Chapter 16

Here are the questions for Chapter 16 separated by section

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Colombian Exchange Day 5

Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to analyze the various food products, diseases, and human cargo transferred between the Old World, Africa and the New World, and explain with detail the effects, both positive and negative experienced by each participant.

Rationale: Understanding first impressions of groups who had never seen or interacted before will provide some valuable insights about an exchange of cultures which is somewhat impossible to replicate in the 21st century

Evidence: Being able to evaluate and analyze first encounters will demonstrate that students understand the isolation the native people of the Western Hemisphere had for all those years.

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Today's schedule - Monday/Tuesday

Part 1 - Play Kahoot as a review of the Columbian Exchange

Part 2  - 

Take the Columbian Exchange Quiz

Postponed until after the break - but we can assigned the section you are in charge of for the jigsaw of the chapter

Part 3  -Chapter 16 reading on Biomes
Answer each of the section reviews. On this assignment, assign each table member a section of the Biomes Chapter (there are 4 sections). The section 1 students will  all gather at a single table and confer on the answers for their section, and when finished will take their agreed upon answers back to their original table. The other 3 sections will follow the same process. When the original members return, they will share out their answers for each section.

Thursday & Friday Nov 17th & 18th Days 60 & 61

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE TEST WILL BE MONDAY/TUESDAY 

(Per2.4.6 Mon, 1.5 Tuesday)

Assignments due Today 

 Columbian Exchange Effects 

- Columbian Exchange EDPuzzle - answer questions during the video (activate closed captions it easier to understand because he talks pretty fast)
Question sheet for EdPuzzle video

Plants Animals and Diseases

Postponed until after the break 

Biomes Chapter 16

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Colombian Exchange Day 4

Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to analyze the various food products, diseases, and human cargo transferred between the Old World, Africa and the New World, and explain with detail the effects, both positive and negative experienced by each participant.

Rationale: Understanding first impressions of groups who had never seen or interacted before will provide some valuable insights about an exchange of cultures which is somewhat impossible to replicate in the 21st century

Evidence: Being able to evaluate and analyze first encounters will demonstrate that students understand the isolation the native people of the Western Hemisphere had for all those years.

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Today's schedule - Thursday/Friday

Finish and submit the Columbian Exchange Article questions and answers (if you haven't already done so)

Part 1 - Columbian Exchange Effects Article  

Assigned questions to each table member. When finished, each student will "teach" the other students about the sections they were assigned, and have them fill-in the document answers. DO NOT SHARE THE DOC AND SIMPLY FILL - IN EACH OTHERS SECTIONS

Part 2 below is to be completed by each student. Part 3 will be postponed until after Thanksgiving break

Part 2 - Plants_Animals_Diseases

Read the article and answer the 3 questions at the end. This is an example of what your current events stories should look like starting next week.

Postponed until after the break

Part 3  -Chapter 16 reading on Biomes
Answer each of the section reviews. On this assignment, assign each table member a section of the Biomes Chapter (there are 4 sections). The section 1 students will  all gather at a single table and confer on the answers for their section, and when finished will take their agreed upon answers back to their original table. The other 3 sections will follow the same process. When the original members return, they will share out their answers for each section.