6th grade-World History
Objectives:
1. Describe what life was like for the Minoans
2. Discuss how geography influenced the people that lived on Crete and the Balkan peninsula
3. Summarize what life was like for the Mycenaeans
4. Explain how the Dark Age affected the Aegean world
Key Terms: bull leaping, labyrinth, parchment, shrines, megaron, tenants, civil wars
Agenda:
MONDAY: 1. Complete myth drawings
2. Complete ch. 9 Focus on Ideas
Homework: complete classwork
TUESDAY: 1. Go over HW
2. Work on ch 9 Study Guide
Homework: study for ch 9 test
WEDNESDAY: 1. Review for ch 9 test
Homework: Study for ch 9 test
THURSDAY: 1. Ch. 9 Test
Homework: None
FRIDAY: 1. Video on Ancient Greece
7th grade-World Geography
Objectives:
1. Describe the major geographical features of Brazil
2. State how the people of Argentina earn their livings
3. Compare and contrast the geography of the countries of Cribbean South America
4. Describe the physical, economic, and cultural geography of Uraguay and Paraguay
Key Terms: basin, selva, escarpment, favela, inflation, republic, tannin, estancia, gaucho, llanos, hydroelectric power, altitude, caudillo, welfare states, landlocked
Agenda:
MONDAY: 1. Read/Discuss ch 8 sec 2- Argentina
2. Complete section review (pg. 239 # 1-7)
Homework: Work on Amazon project
TUESDAY: 1. Section 2 Quiz
2. Map and Graphy Skills activity 8
Homework: Amazon Project
WEDNESDAY: 1. Read/Discuss 8-3 (Caribbean South America)
2. Amazon Project
Homework: 8-3 assessment (pg. 244 # 1-7)
THURSDAY: 1. go over homework
2. Finish Amazon project
Homework: none
FRIDAY: 1. South America video
8th grade-American History
Objectives:
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation in dealing with the challenges faced by the new nation
2. Discuss the compromises that enabled the Constitutional Convention to draft a new constitution for the country.
3. Explain key concepts in the Constitution and, where appropriate, their origin
4. Contrast the views held by Federalists and Antifederalists regarding the Constitution
Key Terms: constitution, bicarmel, republic, petition, ordinance, depreciate, depression, manumission, proportional, compromise, Enlightenment, federalism, article, legislative branch, executive branch, Electoral College, judicial branch, checks and balances
Agenda:
MONDAY: 1. 7-3 and 7-4 Guided Reading activity
Homework: Clip three newspaper articles that discuss the three branched of government. Read articles/discuss with class
TUESDAY: 1. Discuss newspaper articles
2. “The Face of Liberty” poster
Homework: Read 6-4 and complete sec review
WEDNESDAY: 1. Ch. 7 review/study guide
Homework: study for ch 7 test
THURSDAY: 1. Ch. 7 test review/study guide
Homework: study for ch 7 test
FRIDAY: 1. ch 7 test
9th grade-World History
Objectives:
1. Explain how the first peoples arrives in the Americas
2. Describe changes that the development of agriculture brought to the Americas
3. Explain how geography and climate affectedlife in different regions of North America
4. Distinguish between the early America cultures
5. Identify the characteristics of the Olmec, Toltec and Maya cultures
6. Explain how Aztec and Inca built and strengthened empires
Key Terms: strait, potlatches, adobe, buffalo, tepees, chinampas, quipu
Agenda:
MONDAY: 1. Continue working on Aztec, Maya, Inca Webquest
Homework: none
TUESDAY: 1. Complete Webquest
Homework: None
WEDNESDAY: 1.Webquest presentations
Homework: none
THURSDAY: 1. Webquest presentations
Homework: none
FRIDAY: 1. video
