Monday & Tuesday
"Create a Country" Project Presentations
Wednesday & Thursday
Antarctica (National Geographic) Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
Friday
5 Themes of Geography Summer Vacation Activity
Describe your summer vacation plans (real or imaginary!) using the 5 Themes of Geography
Location
Relative
Absolute
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Have a wonderful summer vacation!
Monday
Introduced "Create a Country" Project. We will be working on this in-class this week.
Download CREATE YOUR OWN COUNTRY
**VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ** ALL SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS MUST BE RETURNED BY FRIDAY, MAY 15. ANY BOOKS THAT ARE NOT RETURNED WILL HAVE TO BE PURCHASED. THE COST OF A REPLACEMENT TEXTBOOK IS $45.99. PLEASE FIND THE BOOKS AND RETURN TO SCHOOL!! WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK ARE PROJECT WORK DAYS. STUDENTS WILL BE WORKING ON THEIR CREATE A COUNTRY PROJECTS. PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, MAY 18.Wednesday, May 13-Friday, May 15, 2009
Monday
International Trade Notes and Activity
Define 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th World Countries. Provide examples for each.
Tuesday
International Trade Quiz
International Trade Packet due tomorrow
Staple the following:
Anticipation Guide
Notes (10 points)
Definitions (20 points)
Essay (40 points)
How do resources, products, and trade affect a country’s standard of living?
Your essay should include the following terms:
economics, producing, supplying, distributing, goods and services, consumers, wants and needs, scarcity, material, consume, resources, industry and survival.
You should also include some of the countries and their standard of living.
Highlight or underline these terms.
Wednesday & Thursday
Students took part in an economic activity, "International World of Trade". Each class was broken into 7 groups. Each group was given a different quantity of supplies. They have to create products for their country and trade for the the goods they need. We will continue this activity tomorrow.
Friday
Hershey's International World of Trade
The last class day to work on the Australia Project they were assigned on Monday, April 20 will be Wednesday. Projects are due April 30.
Monday
Last day of CRCT Testing!
Tuesday
Class"workday" Monday and Tuesday for projects.
Cite:
http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall03/australia/INDEX.HTM
Directions:
Checklist:
Download AUSTRALIA SCRAPBOOK REQUIRED ELEMENTS
Wednesday - Friday
Project Presentations
Began International Economics in all blocks except 7.
CRCT Testing begins Tuesday, we will have a "block schedule" Tuesday the 21st through Monday the 27th.
Tues - Blocks 4,3,6
Wed - Blocks 4,5,7
Thursday - Blocks 4,3,6
Friday - Blocks 4,5,7
Monday - Blocks 4,3,6
Laptop Activity Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Austrailan WebQuest
http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall03/australia/INDEX.HTM
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/as.html
Thursday and Friday
Great Barrier Reef
Monday
No Warm-Up
Monday
Warm-Up 3
Australia's indigenous people are the ______________.
Australia Map Test Wednesday Vocabulary Test Thursday Wednesday Warm-Up 5 Wat type of economy does Australia have?
Monday
Warm-Up 10
There are ____ types of economies. What are they?
Monday
Warm-Up 5
What are the 3 basic economic questions?
Introduce Unit 9
Economic Systems of Latin America
Pre-Test of Economic Terms - This was not a grade, but will be used to assess how well the students retained these economic concepts and terms from previous units.
*Following the assessment, students were given an assignment: "Economics: Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean." (#12) They are to complete this side of the assignment which will be graded tomorrow. (The back side about South America will be assigned later in the week).
*Homework: Finish classwork assignment if not done in class!!
Tuesday
Warm-Up 6
Why are Caribbean countries moving from single-product economies?
Open notes quiz - Mexican & Central American economies (#12)
If you scored below 84 on the Pre-Test of Economic Terms you must write all the terms and definitions by tomorrow for hw.
Wednesday
Warm-Up 7
List 1 pro and 1 con of foreign investments in a country
Monday
Warm-Up 1
Cuba's government is an example of a ___________ government (unicameral/bicameral)
LA Governments (#9) - Open notes quiz
Blocks 3 & 4
RAFT
Persuasive Essay - "Castro's Cuba"
Due Wednesday
Blocks 5,6 & 7
Warm-Up Check
"Through our Eyes" - Read an autobiographical account of an individual's viewpoint of Cuba
Summarize each autobiography. Be sure to include the 5 W's and 1 H. Your summary should include their point of view about Cuba
Tuesday
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Warm-Up 2
Who is the chief executive in a parliamentary system? In a presidential system?
Unit 8 Government Station Activity\
Students broke up into 4 stations. Each station addressed a different standard.
SS6CG1.a - Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
SS6CG1.b - Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
SS6CG1.c - Describe the two predominate forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6CG2 - The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin
Blocks 3 & 4
Persuasive letter due tomorrow
Blocks 5,6 & 7
Summary of Cuban autobiography due tomorrow. Be sure to include the 5 W's and 1 H. Also what their opinion was of "Castro's Cuba." Support this with examples for the autobiography.
Wednesday
Warm-Up 3
Cuba calls itself a democracy. What democratic characteristic does it have? What characteristic(s) are missing?
Turned in "Castro's Cuba" assignment.
Completed Unit 8 Government Station Activity
The packet is due tomorrow - it will count as a test grade for Unit 8.
I will be at school tomorrow morning at 7:50 for Wildcat Academy - I will be available for make-up work and help with the Unit 8 Government station activity, if you need help completing it.
Thursday
Warm-Up 4
What is the main difference between a unitary and federal government?
Complete Government Station Activity
use this website for Station #4: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
