Tag Archives: Vocab. Log

September 22, 2008
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Sept. 22 – Sept. 26

I’ve decided to open this blog up to my students again. I feel it is a great way for them to stay connected with the classroom.

There have been a number of absences and this is a great way to stay of top of your work so it doesn’t snowball.

This week in Social Studies…

Monday:

Review Graphic Organizers… “6 Essential Elements of Geography” and “Natural Resources and History”

Tuesday:

Review 2nd Geography Quiz
Vocabulary Discussion: tectonic plates, continental drift, Archaeology, bands, migrate, specialization

Vocabulary Log-Unit A-Geography 3

Homework: Read Pages 25-30…Answer this Questions –> Why did scientists begin to study artifacts?

Wednesday:

Stations: 5 Stations – 5 Questions

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!! – back-to-school-night-FAQ

Thursday:

Atlas Activity

Friday:

Video Clips: Neanderthal vs. Cro-Magnon

Venn – Diagram Comparing these two —> DOWNLOAD HERE —>neanderthal-cromagnon-venn

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March 4, 2008
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It is March and Spring is right around the corner. That means….YANKEES BASEBALL. But enough about me…what about the kids? I’ve decided to allow all my blocks participate in this neat little project. I think they will love it. Once we finish our Unit on World Wars, we will jump right into animoto.com.

Here’s our schedule for the week…2 days late.

Monday, March 3, 2008:

MIRP

CNN Student News

Tuesday, March 4, 2008:

Vocabulary Discussion:

Anti-Semitism, Nuremberg Laws, genocide, concentration camps, liberate, Holocaust

Places to Go:

Auschwitz, Warsaw, Nuremberg

7-5.6 – Vocabulary Log – Holocaust

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

7-5.6 – Notes – Holocaust – part I

Video Clips

Thursday, March 6, 2008

7-5.6 – Notes – Holocaust – part II

Video Clips

Friday, March 7, 2008

Review Game – Jeopardy??

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February 26, 2008
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February 25th – 29th

Well…3rd quarter interim reports come out this week. I hope this lights some fire underneath all those students who are not working up to their potential.

I’m still planning on an animoto.com project. Recently, the district integrated our computer system over to a Microsoft based log-in. Unfortunately, every student has a user name and password. This causes a major headache when you bring a class of 25 students to the computer lab and they have all forgotten their user name and password. The project might also hit some speed bumps since our district blocks every single usable website. I’ve got “my people” working on knocking that firewall down.

Here’s the schedule for the week:

Monday, February 25, 2008:

MIRP

CNN Student News

Review Quiz

Tuesday, February 26, 2008:

Vocabulary Discussion:

appeasement, demilitarized, conscription, Anschluss, Munich Pact, Rome-Berlin Axis, D-Day

People to Meet:

Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur

Place to Go:

Rhineland, Sudetenland, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima

Wednesday, February 27, 2008:

7-5.5 Notes – World War II

Video – “The Road to War”

Thursday, February 28, 2008:

7-5.5 Notes – World War II – Turning Points of the War

Video Clips

Friday, February 29, 2008:

7-5.5 Notes – World War II – Aftermath of the War

Video Clip – “Aftermath of the War”

Be sure to keep your DO NOWs in order this week…hint hint…wink wink…

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February 17, 2008
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February 18th – 22nd

The kids have a short week this week. Unfortunately teachers have a full week ahead of them.

Monday: February 18, 2008

Teacher workshops and staff development

Tuesday: February 19, 2008

Vocabulary Discussion:

censorship, fascism, communism, Stalinism, authoritarian, purge

Enabling Act, Reichstag, Five-Year Plans, Politburo, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin

Homework: finish vocabulary log

Wednesday: February 20, 2008

7-5.4 – Notes on Totalitarian Regimes

Thursday: February 21, 2008

Finish Notes

myempire.com – 1st and 2nd blocks

Totalitarian Leaders – 3rd and 4th blocks

Friday: February 22, 2008

7-5.3 and 5.4 – Quiz

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February 10, 2008
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February 11th – 15th

We’re just wrapping up our WWI Accordion foldable project. The students really put all of their effort into these projects.

Here is our schedule for the week.

Monday, February 11, 2008:

MIRP

CNN Student News

Finish WWI Accordion Foldable

Read pages 191-197: Answer Questions #1-4

Vocabulary:

armistice, reparation, mandate, Balfour Declaration

Tuesday, February 12, 2008:

7-5.2 – Notes – Effects of World War I

7-5.2 – 6-Pack of Questions

Wednesday, February 13, 2008:

7-5.3 – Vocabulary Discussion:

stock market crash, recession, depression, Great Depression, tariff, New Deal, Nazi Party, Nazism, totalitarian state

People to Meet:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler

Places to Go:

Weimar Repulic

7-5.3 – Vocabulary Log – Depression – Economic Collapse

Thursday, February 14, 2008:

7-5.3 – Causes and Responses to the Depression

Friday, February 15, 2008:

Review Game: Taboo

Benchmark Quiz

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January 21, 2008
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The Official Start of the Second Half of the Year…

I’d like to say we’re in the Home Stretch, but we’re not. But, I can see the finish line…you just have to squint your eyes a little.

Here’s our agenda for the week:

Monday – January 21, 2008

No School – MLK Jr Day

Tuesday – January 22, 2008

Review page 166 – #1 and 2

7-4.4 – Graphic Organizers – page 169

Vocabulary Discussion – Modernize – To advance technologically

Read Pages 169-171

Answer Questions #1,2,3

7-4.5 – Questions #1-3 on page 171

Wednesday – January 23, 2008

7-4.4 & 7-4.5 Notes – Discussion

Now What?

Thursday – January 24, 2008

Review Game

Friday – January 25, 2008

7-4 – Big Quiz

Pick Groups For Wiki-Project

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January 14, 2008
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January 14th – 18th

Ladies and Gentlemen…HOW ‘BOUT THEM GIANTS!!

The 2nd Quarter ends this week, so make sure you hand in any make-up work that you might have for me. You will not be able to hand in any old assignments after the quarter ends. We must move forward.