Thursday & Friday Jan 30 & 31st Days 17 & 18

Today's schedule

The expansion History section is a short answer test - corrections

Start Latin America Mapping Unit

Start Chapter 10 in the textbook on Mexico (Section #1 Questions 1-5) (Google Classroom)

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Culture Unit

Culture Questionnaire

Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

Culture Collage Directions Sheet

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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.

Tuesday & Wednesday Jan 28th and 29th Days 15 & 16

Today's schedule

Chapter 6 and  7 Form Test

The expansion History section is a short answer test

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Next Unit...

Culture Questionnaire

Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

Culture Collage Directions Sheet

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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.

Monday Jan 27th Day 14

Today's schedule

USA Political and Physical Teest



Here are resources for the History Section
Copy of the Presentation used in class

USA Expansion History Video (edpuzzle)

USA Expansion History (a different video)

USA Expansion Written Resource

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Next Unit...

Culture Questionnaire

Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

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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.

Thursday & Friday Jan 23rd & 24th Days 12 & 13

Today's schedule

USA Expansion History Presentation - finish
Review for USA Political/Physical Test

Here are resources for the History Section
Copy of the Presentation used in class

USA Expansion History Video (edpuzzle)

USA Expansion Written Resource

SUNDAY: DUE
Current Event #3

MONDAY: DUE
USA POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL MAPS

MONDAY: 
USA POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL TEST

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.

Tuesday and Wednesday Jan 21st & 22nd Days 10 & 11

Today's schedule

USA Expansion History Presentation


Textbook Chapter 7 Section #3 and #4
Page #170 Q's 1-5
Page #175 Q's 1-5
"The West" (loaded on Google Classroom)
"The Midwest" (loaded on Google Classroom)



How the States got their Names Worksheet
Use the resources below to see which country was responsible for naming each state. There will be a few that are disputed, just select one of the two as the responsible country. 

State Names (image)
Another resource
Long Resource

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.

Thursday and Friday Jan 16th & 17th Days 8 & 9

Today's schedule

Textbook Chapter 7 Section #3 and #4
Page #170 Q's 1-5
Page #175 Q's 1-5
"The West" (loaded on Google Classroom)
"The Midwest" (loaded on Google Classroom)



How the States got their Names Worksheet
Use the resources below to see which country was responsible for naming each state. There will be a few that are disputed, just select one of the two as the responsible country. 

State Names (image)
Another resource
Long Resource

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.

Tuesday & Wednesday Jan 14th & 15th Days 6 & 7

Today's schedule

* All 3 of these assignments are due today

Chapter 6 Section #2 Q's Page 152 Q's 1-5.... 

submit through Google Classroom or write them on a piece of paper and submit to black file tray on my desk

Chapter 7 Section #1 Q's Page 160 Q's 1-5.

Chapter 7 Section #2 Q's Page 166 Q's 1-5.

submit as two separate docs through Google Classroom or write them on a piece of paper and submit to black file tray on my desk

If you finish the above assignments, I would suggest you work on your USA Maps.

Monday Jan 13th Day 5

Today's schedule

USA Chapter 6 and 7 Section 

Tonight - A Resource-Rich Nation Worksheet (on Google Classroom), Textbook Page 147 Q's 1-6

Textbook Q's 1-5 on Page 152 (DUE TUESDAY  NIGHT)

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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Thursday & Friay Jan 9th & 10th Days 3 & 4

Today's schedule

California Section - 

California Gold Worksheet

California Regions Explained

USA Chapter 6 and 7 Section 

Textbook Q's 1-6 on Page 147

A Resource-Rich Nation Worksheet (on Google Classroom)

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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Next week...

Culture Questionnaire

Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

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Tuesday and Wednesday Jan 7th and 8th Days 1 & 2

Start of 2nd semester

Housekeeping issues for today -
New seating chart
Update the assignment sheet - Start a new one
Mapping Mondays - what does it mean, what are the expectations, etc
What Units are we covering for 2nd Semester?

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 Today's schedule

Mapping Directions -

Directions for labeling political and physical maps

Labeling Countries Song/Video

California Section - 

California Gold Worksheet
California Regions Explained

TBA

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

Culture Questionnaire

Everyone has a Culture Worksheet

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