Monday, October 26, 2009

Week of 10/26

Announcements!

End of the Academic Quarter this Friday, October 30th!

Congratulations 8th grade students finishing in good style on the American Indian Thesis papers!!!

Explorer Quiz on Wed. (To be part of Quarter 2 grades)

Quarterly Recognition on Friday afternoon - all classes meet in the morning.


Monday:

New Text Book - How do we approach it? A scavenger hunt will lead us in the right direction.
Working on explorer "foldables"

Tuesday:
Complete Foldables and hand-in for assessment
Student Play "De Soto!" explores the heartland

Wednesday:
Quiz - Early American Explorers - Student use foldables
Early British Colonies: Jamestown - A failed business proposition

Thursday:
SIGHT - Primary Document Analysis - Jamestown Advertisement
Forensics at Jamestown - How Science and History overlap.

Friday:
Current Event: Quality of Life Index Comparison - Which demographic indicators improve life? What areas if the world have the highest quality of life?

Quarterly Recognition!! You deserve it!