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The Australia Project Power Point projects are going well. We are collecting the home copy of the World Geography Textbook. Please locate at home and return ASAP! All media books are due at this time. These books and materials were due this past Friday. There are still items missing, please check with your student and get all items back in. Enjoy the Spring! Mr. Murray
Testing is over and it went very well! We are working on a new project this week. The title is Australia Webquest/Electronic Scrapbook Project. Each student has the task sheet and we started working with lap tops on 4/29/09 in all blocks. The project will be due by the end of class Friday May 1st. There is a link to the web site atch. to the blog from last week. Enjoy the Spring! Mr. Murray
The home copy of the text book needs to be located. These will be collected soon.
Testing is going very well. We are working on an economic project over concepts of 1st through 5th World Countries.
http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall03/australia/Intro
We have been working very hard reviewing for the CRCT this week. The big testing period is right around the corner. Please see to it that your student gets a good nights sleep and has breakfast each morning. They will need non-mech. #2 pencils each day. They may bring a snack as there will be a 10 minute break build into the schedule. They are great kids and will do well. Thanks Neil Murray
We are working on the Australia Unit with a test scheduled for Wed. next week. We will also be working on CRCT Review material all next week. The Olympics start on Monday and 6-1 is ready!!! Have a good weekend and be safe. Mr. Murray
Terms to study for the Vocabulary Test on Tue. March 24th.
1. Standard of Living - a measure of quality of life.
2. Goods - any object you can buy to satisfy a want
3. Services - an action that meets a want
4. International trade - the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories
5. Consumer - a person who uses goods or services
6. Currency - money used as a form of exchange
7. Traditional economy - an economic system in which social roles and culture determine how goods are made, sold and bought
8. Command economy - an economic system in which the government decides what goods will be produced, how they will be produced, and how they will be distributed
9. Market economy - an economic system based on individual choices and voluntary trade
10. Mixed economy - an economy that has features of traditional, command and market systems
11. Supply & demand - an economic concept that states that the price of a good rises or falls depending on how many people want it(demand) and how much of the goods are available(supply)
12. Scarcity - a term economists use to describe the conflict between people's desires and limited resources
13. Trade barriers - physical or political restrictions on trade
14. Tariffs - taxes placed on imports or exports
15. Quota - a set number, amount or portion
16. Embargo - any restriction placed on commerce by law
17. Currency exchange - the changing of one's country's money to that of another country's money (ie. Dollar to Euro)
18. Economic growth - the expansion of the economy, leading to the creation of more jobs and more wealth.
19. Human capital - people who perform labor, or are part of the workforce
20. Capital - money, goods, or equipment used by business to produce other goods.
21. Investment - the outlay of money for income or profit
22. Gross domestic product (GDP) - the total value of the goods and services produced in a country during a given time period
23. Technology - tools and equipment made through scientific discoveries
24. Natural resources - gifts of nature such as forests, fertile soil and water
25. Entrepreneurship - a person who organizes, operates and assumes the risk for a business venture
26. Literacy rate - percentage of people who have the ability to read and write
27. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - provides free trade between the countries of Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Report Cards went home today. Please sign and let the homeroom teacher see. Students will then keep the report card. We are working on Latin American Economic understandings. The Olympics are almost here!! 6-1 is into to it big time. Enjoy the Spring and be careful!!
Students have been working on a four station project for the first Test grade of the 4th 9 weeks this week. The project was done in class and addressed the political systems of Latin America and the Caribbean. 6-1 is into the Olympics in a BIG WAY!!! Good work y'all! We took the 6th Mock writing test on 3/13/09. Have a great weekend. Mr. Murray
We are working with Latin America and Government terms. On 3/5/09 we will be using the team lap top cart to make a vocab. review using Smart Ideas. Keep warm Spring is around the bend! Neil Murray
We continue with the Latin America Unit- Monday 3/2/09 we will work with Cuba Chapter 8 Sect. 3. The next day 3/3/09 the focus will be the Zapatista Guerrilla movement in Mexico.
