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All submitted work must include a first and last name and be written in complete sentences.



If You are playing Travelpod, focus on Europe, Latin America and the World Maps!!

Weeks beginning 8/22 and 8/29

Create a foldable to examine the five themes of geography.

Examine the elements of mapping and create "My Map".

QUIZ on Friday 9/2!!!!!

WEEK of 9/6 Types of Maps and their uses

The Solar System and Geography

Remembering 9/11 and making history personal.

Week of 9/12

How to write your history -First Entry Due 9/16 -Climate Zone Chart/Graph Due 9/16

Forces Shaping the Earth

Vocabulary:

Core

Mantle

Magma

Crust

Continents-7

Plate Tectonics



-Faults

-Volcanoes

Weathering

Erosion

Mountains Peninsula Isthmus Island Continental Shelf Trenches

Groundwater Aquifers

Water Cycle Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Collection

Week of 9/19/11

How are people and physical features distributed on the earth’s surface? What is culture? Do you have it? How does our own culture influence our views of others?

Chapter 3 in the text book



Due Friday 9/23:

Chapter 3 Foldable Notes “My Culture” bubble map

Week of 9/26/11

Finish Chapter 3 – Resources, Trade and Technology

Chapter 3 Test

Wednesday- periods 3,5,7

Thursday – periods 4,6

Friday – Map Scavenger Hunt / Introduction to South America


 * Week of 10/3/11 **


 * Monday-Tuesday: **


 * Students will read and review Chapter 4 in class to prepare for their computer lab assignment on Wednesday and Thursday. **


 * Wednesday-Thursday: **


 * Students will create a four slide Powerpoint to teach the main ideas and supporting details of the first two sections of the chapter. They must have a title slide and three main idea slides that include pictures and titles. **


 * Friday: Overview of Chapter 4 and creation of a note foldable. **

Week of 10/10/11

Physical Geography of South America -Chapter 4, Section 1

Foldable and Notes

Extra Credit Vocabulary

Population Graphing Worksheet - Due Friday 10/14

Introduction of the History and Culture of South America __ Week of 10/17/11 __ Monday/Tuesday - South America History/Politics

Wednesday/Thursday - Review/Mapping

Friday - TEST ON CHAPTER 5 !!!!!!

__ Week of 10/24/11 __ Monday/Tuesday - Extra Credit page 150 #1-6, Turn in all missing assignments and make-up work. Wednesday/Thursday - Chapter 6 overview - Homework - Flag snapshot report

Friday - NO SCHOOL

Week of 10/31/11

Monday/Tuesday - Flag Report for assigned country, Hand out Chapter 6 Vocabulary crossword DUE FRIDAY 11/4!

Wednesday/Thursday - Trade flags and create country graphic organizer, lesson on countries of the Andes and Brazil

Friday - QUIZ on selected countries!

Week of 11/7/11

Monday/Tuesday - Introdcution to county writing test Wednesday/Thursday - Page 168 #1-6 Read Pages 169-172 answer #'s 2 &3 on 173 .......Continue working on writing prompt

No School Friday!

Week of 11/14/11 M/T - Where did I go? activity about South America (continue with writing prompt) W/TH - Pretest on Europe / Begin Mapping Europe Friday - Map Scavenger Hunt

You should be playing about 1 hr. of Travelpod Europe per week!!!!!

Monday/Tuesday - 8th Grade computer lab to finish county writing test. Wednesday - 1/2 day - Europe Maps DUE!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!


 * ** Assignments - 2nd Nine Weeks **
 * As of: 11/23/11 ** ||  ||
 * Quiz on Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil…….11/4 ||  ||
 * South America Flag Report……...Due 11/11 ||  ||
 * South America Vocabulary Crossword…Due 11/4 ||  ||
 * Page 168 #1-6….Due 11/18 ||  ||
 * Page 173 #2,3…..Due 11/18 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Physical…….Due 11/23 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Political……..Due 11/23 ||  ||
 * Page 168 #1-6….Due 11/18 ||  ||
 * Page 173 #2,3…..Due 11/18 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Physical…….Due 11/23 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Political……..Due 11/23 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Physical…….Due 11/23 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Political……..Due 11/23 ||  ||
 * Europe Map - Political……..Due 11/23 ||  ||

//Week of 11/28/11// Monday/Tuesday - Begin the physical Geography of Europe. Group read, Class Discussion and Teacher Presentation.

Not mine but a great overview on the physical geography of Europe: media type="custom" key="11473404" Wednesday/Thursday Continue with Physical Geography of Europe FRIDAY 12/2 Quiz on Chapter 7 Section 1

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Week of 12/5

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Monday/Thursday <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">European Map Activity - Due Friday 12/9 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Return Tests from Chapter 7 Section 1

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday/ Thursday <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Pearl Harbor Day Lesson <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Learn location of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Czech republic <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">(Map Quiz Next WED/THUR)

More info on Pearl Harbor

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Friday <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Test Retake - if you have parent signature on the test.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Week of 12/12

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Monday/Tuesday <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Go over Europe map with focus on Scandinavia and Germany's neighbors. Topic generation for Europe project that will start after holiday break.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday/Thursday <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Extra Credit opportunity with vocabulary overview. Due by Friday. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Map Quiz on Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium.

Week of January 2nd

M/T Review map of Europe and Choose Topics for project. Project is due on February 1st ! (More info to follow) TOPICS: PERMISSION SLIP: RUBRIC: W/TH Begin Chapter 8 Section 1, which focuses on Ancient Rome/Greece, the spread of Christianity and the Reformation. HW: page 229 #1-6

Friday Map Quiz on Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Week of January 9th**


 * 1) <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Continue working on Chapter 8
 * 2) <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">LearnSlovakia,Hungary,Slovenia,PolandandUkraineon our maps
 * 3) <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Computer Lab time (when possible) to work on Europe Projects

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friday – Opening Ceremony for classroom Olympics

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Week of January 17th**

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tuesday/Wednesday – Olympic Event #2

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Overview of AncientGreece,Rome, The Rise of Christianity, The Reformation, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Thursday/Friday – Computer Lab When possible to work on Projects. Olympic Event #3

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pages 229 and 238 #1-6 must be completed by Friday!

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Week of January 23rd <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Continue working on Projects in the computer lab <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Read and work on Chapter 8 Section 1

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Week of January 30th <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Continue working on projects - DUE FEBRUARY 1

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Week of February 6th <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Project Presentations

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Notes to Study for Test <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday - 4th, 6th
<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Week of 2/13/12 <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Homework for the week. Chapter 8 section 1 Comic Book must include: <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ancient Greece <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ancient Rome <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Middle Ages <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Renaissance <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reformation <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Age of Exploration <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Age of Enlightenment <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Revolutions <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Industrial Revolution.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">M/T - Finish Student European History Presentations. <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">W/TR - Introduction to European Culture and Modern Europe <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">FRIDAY - Chapter 8 Section 1 Retest with parent Signature

<span style="color: #ef1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Week of 2/21 <span style="color: #ef1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Begin Chapter 9 - Regions of Europe <span style="color: #ef1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">T/W - Chapter 9 Section 1 - Northern Europe <span style="color: #ef1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tr/F - Chapter 9 Section 2 + a possible map quiz!!

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Week of 2/27 <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Pages 154/263 #1-6 in textbook <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">M/T - Chapter 9 Sections 1&2 <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">W/TH - Read article provided in class. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">F- Discussion about Northern Europe and Article

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff9900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">WEEK OF 3/5 <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff9900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Pop Quiz this Week!!! <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff9900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">154/163 #1-6 + packet will not be accepted after Friday 3/9!

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff9900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Monday/Tuesday - Discussion on Northern Europe and the European Heartland. <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff9900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday/Thursday - Map and Vocabulary Discussion <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff9900; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday - Pop Quiz!!!

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Week of 3/12 <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">M/T -Chapter 9 Section 1 &2 Quiz this week <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Progress Reports for parents - bring back signed and receive an extra 10% on your lowest grade. <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">W/TH - Chapter 9 Section 3 & 4 <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday - Page 268 and 282 #'s 1-6 Due

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3/26 - 4-5 Mini-unit on The Holocaust <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Students will build a portfolio in class - There should not be much Homework during this time, as most activities will take place in class. This unit will culminate in the viewing of the documentary "Paper Clips."

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">APRIL 16-20

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday/ Tuesday- Titanic field trip, Intro to Propaganda and Kristallnacht <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wednesday/Thursday - Using Propaganda to persuade - Students will create their own propaganda poster consistent with those examples found on the United States Holocaust memorial and Museum Website. Friday - Preparations for our Holocaust Speaker on Monday the 23rd!

4/23-4/27 Homework due Friday>>>> Chapter 10 section 1 & 2 Review, #'s 1-6

Monday - Ms. Long from the Holocaust Speaker's Bureau - ALL STUDENTS WILL ATTEND Tuesday/ Wednesday "Catch-up" Holocaust portfolio Introduction to Chapter 10: The physical geography of Russia. Thursday - Take Your Child to Work Day!!!! Review major concepts of Chapter 10, sections 1&2 Friday- Closing discussion on Holocaust Mini Unit, Review Chapter 10 section 1&2 and Turn-in Completed Holocaust Portfolio.

<span style="background-color: #ff6300; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Russia Overview Questions. Must be written in complete sentences to earn full credit. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How large is Russia in square miles? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What Divides European Russia from Asian Russia? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How many people live in Moscow? St. Petersburg? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is significant about Lake Baikal? How has pollution affected this lake? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Which Fossil Fuel is in abundance in Russia? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is Kievan Rus? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What was Muscovy? Who was the leader? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why did Ivan IV earn the name "Ivan the Terrible"? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is a Czar? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Who Was Peter the Great? Catherine the Great? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What major accomplishment did Czar Alexander II achieve? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What happened to Czar Nicolas II in 1917? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Who was Vladimir Lenin? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Who was Joseph Stalin? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What does U.S.S.R. mean? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What was the cold war? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What happened during the Cuban Missle Crisis? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Who is Mikhail Gorbechev? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is Glastnost? Perestroika?

<span style="background-color: #f6f4f4; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Week of 4/30 <span style="background-color: #f6f4f4; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">M/T - Opening questions about Russia/ Complete online assignment with mobile classroom lab. <span style="background-color: #f6f4f4; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">W/F - Quiz on Russia / Holocaust wrap up quiz - Continue onto the history of Russia - Early Czars <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thursday - Lenin/Stalin/Communism