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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR PER 1

DATE            ASSIGNMENT                         PAGE #

8-27              States map                            1

8-27               physical Feature map              2

8-27               geo quiz                                3

8-27                ___, germs and steel ques      4

8-31                Quote 8-31                            5

8-31                 Scavenger Hunt xix                6

9-3                   500 nations 1                         7

9-3                    Section 1&3 quiz                    8

9-15                   News Summary Notes            9

9-15                   Political Cartoon notes           10

9-21                    Native American Cultural       11-12

9-30                    Photo Analysis                       13

9-30                    Morning Girl                           14

9-30                      States Test                           15

9-30                    Constitution Preamble              16

10-1                    Ch 2 foldable                          17

10-2                    Questions you create sec 1       18

10-2                    Questions from sec 2                19

10-3                     Questions from sec 3               20

10-3                    Questions from sec 4                21

10-3                    Steps to a summary note           22

10-13                 Native American Rubric              23

10-13                  News Summary 9-29                 24

10-13                  Climate & Percipitation                25

10-13                   Exploring Our Country 4             26

10-13                   G__, germs and steel                  27

10-13                   Word Mapping Template              28

10-13                  Station 1                                     29-31

10-13                  Station 2                                      32-35

10-13                   Station 3                                   36-37

10-13                   Station 4 (insert later)                38-39

MYP TABLE OF CONTENTS

DATE                              ASSIGNMENTS                           PAGE

8-27                               states map                                    1

8-27                                physical feature map                      2

8-27                                 geo quiz                                       3

8-27                                 g__, germs & steel questions         4

8-28                                  Quote 1 8-28                                 5

8-31                                   Quote 8-31                                  6

8-31                                    Scavenger hunt                        7-8

9-1                                     Quote 9-1                                   9

9-2                                      Presentation Rubric                     10

9-3                                       Quote 9-3                                  11

9-3                                    Quiz 1-1 & 1-3                              12

9-3                                      500 Nations 1                             13

9-15                                   Quote 9-15                                  14

9-16                                  Pol Cartoon notes                         15

9-17                                   Quote 9-17                                 16

9-21                                  Cultural region notes                    17-18

9-30                                  Small pox news summary             19

9-30                                    Photo Analysis                             20

9-30                                  Chris Columbus inference                21

9-30                                  Constitution Preamble                     22

9-30                                    Constitution Summary                   23

10-1                                    Foldable exploration notes              24

10-1                                    Questions from notes sec 1            25

10-1                                     Questions from notes sec 2           26

10-2                                      Questions from notes sec 3          27

10-2                                      Questions from notes sec 4             28

10-2                                      Quote 10-2   (10-14)                        29

10-2                                      Steps to a summary notes              30

10-13                                   American Indian rubric                    31

10-13                                    News Summary 9-29                       32

10-13                                   Climate & Percipitation                    33     

10-13                                   Exploring our Country (4)                34

10-13                                    G__, germs and steel (film)            35

10-13                                 Word Mapping Template                     36

10-13                                  Station 1 words                                37-39

10-13                                   Station 2 "Conquistadors"                40-41

10-13                                  Station 3 Doc 1 (insert later)             42-43

10-13                                 Station 4  text p 55#11                       44

10-14                                 Political Cartoon 9-30                          45                           

Monday 10-12 - Write a story about the photo analyzed 2 weeks ago using the narrative timeline.  Start Explorer stations. Homework tonight - find and analyze a political cartoon. 

Tuesday 10-13 - Turn in a recent political cartoon.  Continue stations.

Wednesday 10-14 - Finish stations. 

Thursday 10-15 - Jeoprady. 

Friday 10-16 - Final Explorer Test.

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Graeff will be at a conference on Monday and Tuesday of this week.

Monday 10-05 - Watch Pizzaro film.  Essential Question:  How did the difference between the European/Asian continent and the continent of North and South America effect the development of civilizations?

Tuesday 10-06 - 2 map activities.  Climate and Percipitation and Exploring Our Country 4.  Turn in at the end of the hour.

Wednesday 10-07 - Linking the Past to the Present charting gold activity.

Thursday 10-8 - Students will be going to the computer lab after roll is taken and will be given instruction on how to use Google Aps.  This replaces the Gaggle accounts.  Bring gold chart to the lab, as an activity using it is planned.  5::00 pm - 7:45 pm are parent teacher conferences.

Friday 10-9 - Parent Teacher conferences from 8:30  until 5:45 with a break for lunch TBA.

Monday 9-28 - Finish Native American Presentations.  Homework - per 1, Summarize a news article for Tuesday.  Period 2, summarize a news article for Tuesday and analyze a political cartoon for Thursday.

Tuesday 9-29 - Turn in News Summary at the beginning of class.  Silent Reading.  Explorer pre-test.

Wednesday 9-30 - Eagle's nest.  Start Reading Ch 2, take notes on foldable.

Thursday  10-1 - per 2, 3, & 4 turn in Political Cartoons at beginning of class.  Silent Reading.  Complete notes on Ch 2.  Start stations.

Friday 10-2 - Continue Stations. 

Monday 9-21 - Students start silent reading in History/Language Arts.  Bring novel for enjoyment reading.  Notebook check.  Mini activities.  1) take regions notes in notebook, 2) read and summarize an article on smallpox then summarize, 3) Read and discuss the article "Broken Promise".  Students also will be setting up a 365 day calander "On This Day in History."

Tuesday 9-22 - Stations - Station 1) Photo analysis, Station 2) Narrative timeline, Station 3) edit an essay "The Apache" and Station 4) Primary Source reading.

Wednesday 9-23 - Eagle's nest - shortened content classes.  Finish Stations started on Tuesday.

Thursday 9-24 - NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECTS DUE - Start presentations.

Friday 9-25 - Finish presentations.

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Monday 09-14 - Students are in the LMC for the last time to work on their Native American Project.

Tuesday 09-15  Students will summarize a recent news article.  MYP will also analyze Political Cartoons.

Wednesday 09-16  Students will have 45 minutes for Eagle's Nest (study hall). 

Thursday 09-17  Constitution Day - activities to honor the day our Constitution was signed.

Friday  09-18 - No school for students, teacher work day.Tuesday 09-08 through Friday 09-11 - Students will be in the LMC to work on their Native American Project.

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Monday 08-31 - Scavenger Hunt p xix in text.  Read pages 6-9 and 16-22 by Thursday.

"You must be the change you want to see in the world" - M. Gandhi

Tuesday 09-1 - Geography quiz.  States (Capitols and zip code abbreaviations for MYP only)  Physical features that had an effect on the settling of North America. (A list of features appear towards the bottom of this page - not all will be on the test, only those with the greatest impact on the development of the United States.)

"If you're not a part of the solution you're a part of the problem."  Many

Wednesday 09-02 - Native American Regions notes.

Thursday 09-03 - Discuss text reading.  Answer questions in the notebook.  Sec 1-1 & 1-3 reading quiz.

"A still tounge makes a happy life"  Unknown

Friday 09-04 - Hand out the Native American Research project and assign Native American Tribes.

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.  If you dream it, you can become it."

 PHYSICAL FEATURES - Atlantic Ocean - Arctic Ocean - Pacific Ocean - Chesapeake Bay - Delaware Bay - Mobilie Bay - Galveston Bay - Puget Sound - San Francisco Bay - Rocky Mountains - Sierra Nevada - Coast Ranges - Cascade Mountains - Brooks Range - High Alaska Range - Appalachain Mountains - Ouachita Mountains - Ozark Plateau - Colorado Plateau - Columbia Plateau - San Joaquin Valley - Great Basin - Great Salt Lake Desert - Mojave Desert - Sonoran Desert - Great Plains - Central Plains - Coastal Plains - Lake Ontrio - Lake Erie - Lake Superior - Lake Michigan - Lake Huron - Great Salt Lake - Hudson River - Columbia River - Snake River - Colorado River - Rio Grande - Yukon River - Mississippi River - Missouri River - Platte River - Ohio River

Monday 08-24 - Presentations

Tuesday 08-25 - Finish presentations

Wednesday 08-26 - World Geo pre quiz

Thursday 08-27 - Pizzaro National Geo film - Open house Room F108

Friday 08-28 - Complete Physical Features map.  Open text on-line.  Activity - "Think in chronological order"

Agenda for December 15-18

Periods 2, 3 & 6

Mon 12-15  Salem Witchcraft Trials Commentary

Tue 12-16  Salem Witchcraft Trials game/lessons learned from the trials

Wed 12-17  Salem Witchcraft Trials Socratic Seminar

Thur 12-18 Roots, vol 2

Friday 12-19 Activities - bring unfrosted cupcakes

Agenda for December 8-12

Periods 2, 3 & 6

Mon/Tues 12-8  Test review.  Discuss Areas of Interaction, go over last weeks news summaries and review "author's purpose".  Watch 5 min film clip on French and Indian War.  Review French & Indian War cartoon book.

Wed 12-10 -  News Summaries due.  Ms. Schnider will come in to teach the Design Process.  Take notes.

Thur 12-11/12 Test on French & Indian War.  Political Cartoon  due.  Bring novel to read after the test. Look at news summaries and political cartoons.

Periods 1 & 5

Tues 12-9 Review for French & Indian War.  write a news summary in class, using "author's purpose".  Read Fever.  Work in Fever journal.

Wed 12-10 - Eagle's nest.  News summary homework due.

Friday 12-12 - Take French & Indian War Test.  Read Fever when finished. 

Agenda for December 1-5

Period 1-5

Mon 12-1 - Continue stations.

Tue 12-2 - Finish Stations.

Wed 12-3  News Summary due.  Read Fever.

Thur 12-4  Review for French/Indian War

Friday 12-5  French Indian War test.

Periods 2, 3 & 6

Monday 12-1  Global Hunger Awareness activity.  Continue stations.

Tue 12-2  Language Arts Field trip

Wed 12-3  Turn in News Summary on Global Hunger.  Continue "Basics of Democracy" activity. 

Thur 12-3  Review for French/Indian War test.

Fri 13-4  French/Indian War test.  Bring novel to read when finished. 

Agenda for November 17-21 ALL STUDENTS NEED NEW NOTEBOOKS BY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH.



Periods 1 & 5

Monday - American Way of Life Develops - questions 2,4 & 5. Read Fever 1793.

Tuesday Career Fair Field trip - Dress for Success.

Wednesday - Bring notebooks to set up, continue Fever 1793.

Friday/Monday (24th) Stations - Most block days, students will be working in stations. There will be six stations, and three will be completed one day and the next 3 will be completed the next block day.

1. France & Britain Clash Guided Reading

2. France & Britain Clash Read to Learn

3. Middle Passage activity

4. French & Indian War Guided Reading

5. French & Indian War Read to Learn

6. Fever 1793

Periods 2, 3 & 6

Monday - American Way of Life Develops, notes and answer questions 2, 4 and 5.

Tuesday - Career Field trip - Dress for success.

Wednesday - Need new notebooks to set up. Finish the Basics of Democracy.

Thursday/Friday/Monday - POLITICAL CARTOON DUE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. (24th) Stations - Most block days, students will be working in stations. There will be six stations, three will be completed one day and the next 3 will be completed the next block day.

1. Time line - Wars between Britain and France on-line activity

2. Primary Source Reading - Ben Franklin and the first library.

3. French & Indian War questions 2, 3 & 5

4. State history newspaper article.

5. Middle Passage activity

6. Taxes and Boycotts - analyze historic political cartoon.







School Notes will contain the notebook table of contents and weekly agendas, starting Monday 09-01. The first to appear are the table of contents for periods 1 & 5 followed by the table of contents for periods 2, 3, and 6 (MYP). Then the agenda for periods 1 & 5 will appear followed by the agenda for periods 2, 3, and 6. I keep the table of contents and the agenda until the end of the trimester, then start all over again. If you are looking for a past assignment, scroll down until you find the week it appeared.



TABLE OF CONTENTS (1 & 5)

date assignment page #

8-25 Geo pre-quiz 1

8-25 Map Am History 4 2-4

8-29 Primary Sources notes 5

9-2 G. G & steel/conquest 6

9-3 Guided Reading 2-2 7

9-5 Geo Skills 20 8

9-10 News Summary notes 9-10

9-16 Power Point review notes 11-12

9-16 Using Latitude and Longitude 13

9-24 News Summary 9/17 14

9-24 Photo Analysis 15

9-24 We the people (yellow) 16

9-24 What would happen... 17

10-3 Ren-1st American quiz 18

10-3 Decisions notes 19-20

10-22 Decisions logs 21

10-22 Native American Rubric 22

10-22 News Summary 10-3 23

10-22 News Summary 10-9 24







TABLE OF CONTENTS (2, 3, & 6)

date assignment page

8-25 Geo pre-quiz 1

8-26 Map Am History 5&6 2

8-29 Primary Sources 5

8-29 G. G. & Steel/Conquest 6

9-4 N.A. Cultural Regions 7-12

9-10 Political Cartoons notes 13-14

9-15 Power Point Ren notes 15-16

9-15 "When Students Left..." 17

9-22 Columbus Conundrum 18

10-3 Ren-1st Am Quiz 19

10-3 Political Cartoon 9/17 20

10-3 Colonization of America 21-24

10-13 Colonial Features notes 25-43

10-23 Political Cartoon 10-3 44

10-23 Decisions Log 45

10-23 Political Cartoon 10-9 46

10-23 Native American Rubric 47

10-23 Era of Colonization notes 48-52

10-23 Colonial Review Notes 53-56

10-29 Anne Hutchinson 57-

10-27 You hang/slender thread 58

10-27 Colonial Life Notes 59

11-10 Colonial Assessment 60

11-10 Political Cartoon 10-17 61

11-10 Campaign Analysis Ad 62

11-10 Checks/Balances 63



Agenda 1-5 11-10-11-14

Mon - Set up Fever, 1793 booklets

Tues - NO SCHOOL, THANK A VET:)

Wed - Continue with Fever

Fri - Explore test and Career Field trip presentation.



Agenda 2, 3, 6

Monday - Organize notebooks, discuss The Basics of Checks and Balances.

TUESDAY - THANK A VET, NO SCHOOL

Wednesday - The Basics of American Democracy

Thursday/Friday - Explore Test results and Career

Field Trip directions.





Agenda 1 & 5 -

Tuesday Nov 4th - Create a Colonial brochure. Start "Fever, 1793".

Wednesday Nov 5th - Read Novel. Turn in News Summary.

Thursday Nov 6th - Play, "Ye Royal and Most Pleasant Game of Ye Goose," a colonial tavern game. MUST HAVE ALL ASSIGNMENTS TURNED IN TO PLAY.

Friday Nov 7th - Watch "The Miracle Worker".



Agenda 2, 3 & 5

Monday & Tuesday, Nov 3 & 4 - Create a Colonial Booklet on Publisher in the LMC - Due November 12th.

Wednesday, Nov 5 Read article on checks and balances then discuss in groups. Write a paragraph explaining how you think the outcome of the 2008 Presidential Elections will be affected by the Checks and Balances.

Thursday Nov 6 - Turn in Political Cartoon. Play "Ye Royal and Most Pleasant Game of Ye Goose," a Colonial tavern game.

Friday Nov 7th - Watch "The Miracle Worker."





AGENDA 1 & 5 Oct 13-Oct 17

Tue 10-14 - Complete Colonial Matrix

Wed 10-15 - Finish Matrix then work on a Colonial Puzzel and reading guide. Information on pages 150 through 177 in the American History Text.

Fri - 10-17 NEWS SUMMARY DUE Colonial Life Activity.



AGENDA 2, 3, & 6 Oct 13- Oct 17

Mon/Tue - 10-13/14 Notes on Colonial Features

Wed/10-15 - Scholastic Election 2008

Thur/Fri 10-16/17 POLITICAL CARTOON DUE

Colonial Life Placards.



AGENDA 2, 3 & 6 09-22 through 09-26

Mon/Tue Turn in projects. Finish and read paragraphs "When students left Carlisle school...."

Read the "Columbus Conundrum" and "Nothing gained by tarnishing heroics of Columbus" then write a paragraph on p 18 "I think Columbus was a hero/villan because..."

Wednesday 09-24 Election activities

Thursday/Friday 09-25/26 Presentations



AGENDA 1 & 5 09-22 through 09-26

Tuesday Turn in projects. Complete "Columbus discovers a new world"/Presentation expectations

Wednesday - update notebooks - write in a paragraph in the notebook completing this thought: "If a machine that produced energy from the hydrogen in seawater were invented, then....."

Thursday/Friday (block with walls open) 09-25 & 09-26 Presentation of American Indian Projects.

AGENDA 09-29-10-3

Monday - Finish presentations & 500 nations

Tues - DCA

Wed - Eagles nest

Thur DCA pretest

Fri - Decisions prep and political cartoons due



1 & 5 same as above except instead of a political cartoon due, turn in a news summary.







AGENDA 09 15-19 (2,3 & 6)

Monday/Tuesday 09-15/16 Power Point review of first month. Inference activity.

Wednesday 09-17 Constitution Birthday:) Constitution Goals activity. Election article & activity. POLITICAL CARTOONS DUE

Thursday 9-18 (No block) Quiz.

Friday 9-19 No school, inservice for teachers.



AGENDA 09 15-19 (1 & 5)

Tuesday 9-16 Power Point review of first month. Read p 41 and make inferences. Quiz on Thursday.

Wed 9-17 Constitution Birthday:) Constitution Goals activity. Turn in News Summary.

Thursday 9-18 (no block) Quiz

Friday 9-19 No school, inservice for teachers.











AGENDA 09 8-12 (1&5)

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday students will be spending time in the LMC for Native American Research.Books will be available for check out from the LMC Thursday Sep 18.

Wednesday, students will turn in the letter notifying parents of the Native American project. Students will also be summarizing a current event.



AGENDA 09 8-12 (2,3 & 6)

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday students will be researching their selected American Indian tribe in the LMC. Books will be available for check out from the LMC Thursday Sep 18. Wednesday, students will be analyzing political cartoons.



AGENDA 09-01 through 09-05 (1&5)

Geo Standard 1 and History Standard 1.

9-1 NO SCHOOL.

9-2 Complete Map Am History #4

9-3 Eagle's Nest bring work from other classes and a book (not magazines) of your choice to read.

9-4/9-5 BLOCK Regions of the United States/assign American Indian tribe for research starting next week.



AGENDA 09-01 through 09-05 (2, 3, &6)

Standards - Geo 1 and History 1.

AREA OF INTERACTION - Environments and Community and Service

GUIDING QUESTION - How would aliens rock your world?

9-1 NO SCHOOL

9-2 Complete Map Am History 5&6

9-3 Eagle's Nest-brain storm Level 3 project. When finished, we'll have tutorials. Bring a book of your choice to read.

9-4/9-5 BLOCK Regions of the United States/ assign American Indian tribe for research starting next week.