May 18, 2009

Week of May 18

Mon.- Speaker on New Zealand,  Tues.- Notebook quiz

Tues.- Notebook quiz,  Money Smart Activities

Wed.- Check money smart activities, bring home all papers

May 03, 2009

Week of May 4

Mon.- Work on Australia mind map

Tues.- Work on Australia mind map

Wed.- Last day to work on mind map- due Thurs. (Blakely)     due at end of class (Corey)

Thurs.- Present mind map to class

Fri.- Drug Awareness Day

April 16, 2009

Week of April 13-17

Mon.- Read "article" do Sec. 1 Review 1, 2, 3, 4, 7,  Do Australia map, HW- economic terms

Tues.- Discuss economic terms,  HW- Finish book work , Read p. 675, 679-680 do 1.f and 3b

Wed.- Go over Latin America post-test, Discuss Sec. 1

Thurs.- Check map and book work, Video on Australia

Fri.- Read pgs. 733-736, Do 1-4 p. 736, Finish video

March 31, 2009

Week of March 30- April 3

Mon.- Latin America Economics article,  Read and answer 4 questions on board. HW- Study for map test

Tues.- Map test, Latin America post test,   Finish economy questions,  P. R24 Do definitions of economic terms

Wed. - Discuss Economy questions

Thurs.- Capitals test, Notebook quiz, Final Jeopardy game

Fri.-  Panama Canal video

March 25, 2009

Week of March 23

Mon.- Finish liberator discussion, Finish powerpoint about gov't.  Read about Latin Am. gov't.                Mexico p. 183-183,  Central Am. & W. Indies p. 207,    Cuba p. 217,  So. Am. p.234, Brazil p. 244

Tues.- Read togetther "Latin America Gov't." Background Info. and discuss         Also, discuss yesterday's assignment

Wed.- Finish gov't discussion,  Zapatistas article and discussion

Thurs.- Jeopardy (Blakely) Finish Zapatista article

Fri.- Read "Latin America Economics" Background Information,  answer questions                          Read NAFTA article

Next Tues. we will have a Latin America country location test and on Thurs. we will have a capitals test.

March 24, 2009

Week of March 23

Mon.- Finish liberator discussion, Finish powerpoint about gov't.  Read about Latin Am. gov't.                Mexico p. 183-183,  Central Am. & W. Indies p. 207,    Cuba p. 217,  So. Am. p.234, Brazil p. 244

Tues.- Read togetther "Latin America Gov't." Background Info. and discuss         Also, discuss yesterday's assignment


March 18, 2009

Week or March 16

Mon.- Read pgs. 231-235. Fill in chart- check   On p. 235, do 1, 3, 4-discuss at end of class, Chap.8 Sec. 3 quiz tomorrow

Tues.- Quiz       Group work- Read 5 articles, summarize the 3 most important facts about each man

Wed.- Finish summaries, group discussion

Thurs.- Powerpoint on gov't.

Fri.-Jeopardy- group 2

March 11, 2009

Week or March 9-13

Mon.- Write 24 Jeopardy questions for Latin America,  Word Find-due Tues.

Tues.- Discuss p. 220 and Word Find

Wed.-Get in groups of 4-5 and choose the 5 best questions for each category. HW- Watch the show "Jeopardy" at 7:30 tonight.

Thurs.- Read pgs. 231-233 and make a "history" question card.   Group work- finish making Jeopardy cards

Fri.- Jeopardy tournament with 1 group's cards

March 06, 2009

Week of March 2

Mon.- Finish Inca discussion.   Read pgs. 203-207 and do 2, 3, 4 and chart (on board)

Tues.- Chap 6 test

Wed.- Discuss p.207.  Cuba video

Thurs.-Play game using material from video. Read pgs. 215-220. Do 1-4 pg. 220.

Fri.- Discuss p. 220 and chart. Word find.

February 27, 2009

Week of Feb. 23-27

Mon.- Aztec and Maya video

Tues.- Discussion of video,  Crossword puzzle and "Interesting Facts"

Wed.- Check crossword puzzle,  Read and take notes on chart pgs. 160-163. Add info. from video and use your index to find more info.

Thurs.- Inca video, use chart for note-taking, Read and take notes pgs. 163-166

Fri. - Open note quiz on chart, check chart

Test over Chap. 6 next Tues.