Sunday, December 4, 2011

Week of December 5 - 9

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- Lesson 4: Weather vs. Climate- Latitude Zones handouts should be completed

Tuesday- Wind, Water, and elevation and their effect on climate
             - Students will receive two portfolio assignments

Wednesday- Lesson 5: Global warming and the Greenhouse effect
                    Video Presentation: 6 Degrees that can change the World

Thursday- STUDY YOUR LATITUDE ZONES FOR A QUIZ

Friday- Latitude Zones Quiz
          - Finish Video

EIGHTH GRADE

Monday- Political Challenges of Russia Lesson

Tuesday- Begin Russian Cultural Lesson
               *** Russian Cultural Game - PYANITSA

Wednesday- Finish Russian Culture
                  - Review Capitals        STUDY CAPITALS FOR A QUIZ

Thursday- Russian Capital QUIZ

Friday- Discuss Independent Republics/ RECEIVE STUDY GUIDES/ TEST NEXT WEEK

TENTH GRADE

Monday- Finish HOOVERS RESPONSE lesson
               Students will receive Review tests for the depression

Tuesday- Jeopardy Review Game/ STUDY STUDY TEST TOMORROW

Wednesday- GREAT DEPRESSION TEST

Thursday- Go over test/ Intro to Chapter 9; THE NEW DEAL

Friday- Complete Roosevelts : First 100 days

Monday, November 28, 2011

Week of November 28 - December 2

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- No School

Tuesday- Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle. Students will be given an In-Class project which asks them to meet three standards regarding the water cycle. The students will need to define, diagram , and explain the elements to the water cycle. The In class project that the students will be working on allows them to hit all of those standards. It Will be due FRIDAY .

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- No School

Tuesday- Lesson 4: Change to Capitalism
               Students will create an Environmental challenges Chart

Wednesday- REVIEW Russia History for a quiz tomorrow
                     Study your Russia History Packets

Thursday- RUSSIA QUIZ

Friday- Pass back and discuss Quizzes/ Current Event Quiz

TENTH GRADE
Monday- No School

Tuesday- Lesson 2: America Suffers/ Lesson discussing the hardships faced by the American People during the Great Depression

Wednesday- Dust Bowl era movie clips and discussion

Thursday- Section 1 and 2 Review, Read Section 3: Hoovers Response

Friday- PRESIDENTS QUIZ 31-44 Begin Hoover

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Week of November 21 - 25

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- Complete Lesson 1: The water Planet
               We will begin watching a video presenation on the impact of water conservation entitled
               Liquid Assets: The Big Business of Water

Tuesday- Complete Video Presentation

Wednesday - Students will complete a quick activity in which they write down the meaning of the video from their perspective:                 HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE, and RELAXING HOLIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- We will pass back and discuss Physical Map quizzes
                Students will complete Russia History Packets (due tomorrow)

Tuesday- Discuss 2nd Half of Russian History, REVIEW SHEETS

Wednesday - Studetns will complete Russia TIMELINE Activity SHEETS
 HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE, and RELAXING HOLIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TENTH GRADE
Monday - Check and discuss the Causes of the Great Depression
              - Students will break into Groups and complete economic Charts ( due tomorrow)

Tuesday- Discuss Economic Charts and begin to answer Activity 1: Discussion Questions

Wednesday - Collect Questions : HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!!! BE THANKFUL FOR TURKEY!!

WEBSITE TO BE USED FOR THE ACTIVITY:
pdesas.org
materials and resources
The Great Depression - Tenth Grade
Where did all the money go (scroll down and click on it)
Resources

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Week of November 14 - 18

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- The students should complete Bonus Sheets and Review Sheets. Chapter Test is on Wednesday. STUDY YOUR MATERIALS.

Tuesday- Jeopardy Review Game. STUDY STUDY STUDY

Wednesday- Chapter 3 Test on the Physical Earth.

Thursday- We will discuss the chapter Tests. CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE DUE TOMORROW

Friday- Current Event Summary Day. Articles are Due !!!!!

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- Russia Political Map Quiz. Chapter VOCAB is DUE  TOMORROW !!!!!!!

Tuesday- Check Vocab which is due today. Physical Map will be discussed. Remember to be reviewing your map packets.

Wednesday- Lesson 3: A troubled History Packet. Students will be reading about the history of Russia
                    and completing a packet. Russia Physical review. STUDY QUIZ FRIDAY

Thursday- Review Russia Physical Maps; QUIZ TOMORROW CURRENT EVENT ARTICLES
                 DUE TOMORROW !!!!

Friday-  Russia Physical Map Quiz, CURRENT EVENT DISCUSSION

TENTH GRADE

Monday- Students will complete review materials for the 20's . STUDY TEST Is WEDNESDAY

Tuesday- Who wants to be a millionaire? Review Game/ STUDY TEST TOMORROW

Wednesday- ROARING 20's Chapter TEST

Thursday- Go over Test: Intro to chapter 8 The Great Depression

Friday- Current Event articles are due.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Week of November 7-11

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- Students will be working on Pangea and Continental Drift. The students will be completing the Wegener and Hess Video Question Sheets today.

Tuesday- Students will be working on Types of Plate Movements. They will be working on an In-Class Project dealing with the movements. They will need to create models of the different types of movement.

Wednesday- Final Lesson of the Chapter !!  Natural Disasters. The students will discuss natural disasters and then we will watch a video presentation regarding the largest natural disasters in history.

Thursday- Study guides are distributed. Review Sheets and Bonus Sheets. STUDY STUDY STUDY

Friday- NO SCHOOl

EIGHTH GRADE
Monday- Intro to Russia Chapter. Students will be working on their Take Home Quizzes today. The Quizzes are due tomorrow !!

Tuesday- Collect Take Home Quizzes. Students will receive their new map packets. The map packets should be completed for tomorrow.

Wednesday- Check map packets for a grade. The students will then practice identifying the location of major political and physical features of the region.

Thursday- Political map review along with bonus sheets. STUDY POLITICAL MAPS.
                 QUIZ MONDAY
Friday- No School

TENTH GRADE
Monday- 20's Culture Lesson. Darrow Reading Questions will be collected. Students should begin studying materials and completing advertisment projects.

Tuesday- We will discuss Scopes Monkey Trial Questions, along with Bonus Sheets and Review Sheets.
               The chapter is completed at this time, Test will be on MONDAY.

Wednesday- Advertisement Project Presentations. PROJECTS DUE TODAY !!!

Thursday- Who wants to be a millionaire REVIEW. STUDY STUDY STUDY
                 TEST MONDAY ON THE ROARING 20's
Friday- No School

Friday, October 28, 2011

Week of October 31 - Nov 4

SEVENTH GRADE

Monday- Landform Projects Day 2. Students will be working on their diagrams of Landforms around
               the world. The students will need to complete the projects by Friday.
               STUDY STUDY STUDY for your landform quiz.

Tuesday- World Landform QUIZ

Wednesday- Pass Back Quizzes, Begin Weathering and Erosion Lesson

Thursday- Complete Weathering and Erosion Lesson. Students will be given a Take Home Quiz on Weathering and Erosion that is due tomorrow along with their landform packets if they have not been handed in already.

Friday- Weathering and Erosion Scavenger Hunt. BRING A COAT TO CLASS.

EIGHTH GRADE

Monday- European Union Activity. Students will read and discuss the impact of the EU.

Tuesday- Europe Review Sheets/ Bonus Sheets / Study Guide work. STUDY STUDY STUDY

Wednesday - Jeopardy Review Game. Study for EUROPE TEST tomorrow.

Thursday- Europe Chapter TEST

Friday- Pass Back Test and discuss. Current Event Quiz

TENTH GRADE

Monday- Government of the 20's Harding and Coolidge activity and Discussion.
              *** Reminder, Students should be working on their 20's advertising projects which
                     will be due next week. ***

Tuesday- 20's Personalities SHEET is due today. We will discuss the largest personalities and influential
                people of the 20's. Quiz on the on 20's personalities is FRIDAY.

Wednesday- Traditionalism vs. Modernism: Scopes Monkey Trial Lesson.

Thursday- Immigration, Racial Tension, and the rise of the KKK.
                Study for you 20's Personalities Quiz for tomorrow.

Friday- 20's Personalities QUIZ
            Ad Project work
            current Event quiz

Friday, October 21, 2011

Week of October 24 - 28

****** CURRENT EVENT ARTICLES ARE DUE ON FRIDAY FOR OCTOBER *************

SEVENTH GRADE
Monday- Students will be working on Landfrom Packets. The students will need to define and identify various World landforms.

Tuesday- We will complete the landform packets and begin to discuss their examples. We will also review
                the Earth in Space (Lessons 1 and 2) For a quiz TOMORROW.

Wednesday- EARTH IN SPACE QUIZ

Thursday- We will be beginning our next IN CLASS PROJECT, which is a descriptive diagram project.
                 The students will be digramming actual world landforms from around the planet. The landform
                  project is in class and will be completed next week.

Friday- CURRENT EVENT DISCUSSION DAY : ARTICLES ARE DUE TODAY!!!!!!

EIGHTH GRADE

Monday- SOUTHERN EUROPE: Students will be working on a 3 Chart assignment for Southern Europe.
                The Charts should be completed for tomorrow

Tuesday- The chart assignments will be checked and discussed. Students will get back their capital quizzes.
             
Wednesday- We will be starting our next IN CLASS PROJECT. The project is a GEC Chart which stands for Geographic, Economic, and Cultural. The students need to find these respective characteristics throughout a listing of Eastern European Countries. The projects will be completed in class and handed in next week.

Thursday- GEC project work.

Friday- CURRENT EVENT SUMMARY DAY FOR OCTOBER: ARTICLES DUE TODAY!!!!

TENTH GRADE

Monday- WWI TEST

Tuesday- Pass back and discuss Tests/ INTRO TO CHAPTER 6: ROARING 20's

Wednesday- Lesson 1: 20's Booming Economy/ HENRY FORD and the Model T

Thursday- HOOVER and COOLIDGE A Contrast in Styles. Students will be conducting and independent
                research assignment regarding the presidencies of Hoover and Coolidge

Friday- Presidents QUIZ 21 -30
            CURRENT EVENT ARTICLES ARE DUE !!!!!