4/29/11

Friday, April 29, 2011

Today we finished our discussion of the Middle East and held a peace conference. We also began our discussion of Iraq and Afghanistan. If you missed class, you'll need to make up our classwork another time (lunch or intervention is best).

Next time we'll finish our discussion of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan then hear from SGT Nutter!

3/27/11

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Today we continued learning about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and held a peace conference about what should be done to resolve the issue.

Homework: Write a response to your peace proposal AND find a current event article about something in the Middle East.

3/25/11

Today we learned about Islam and the Palestinian Conflict. We filled out notes on Islam then played our Running Timeline game.

Homework: Write a paragraph from both the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives

4/21/11

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Today we took the test on Africa!!

After the test, we worked on completing our map of the Middle East. Be sure to get this done before class on Monday.

4/19/11

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Welcome back from what I hope was a wonderful Spring Break!

Today we finished our unit on Sub-Saharan Africa. We reviewed the map (use Shepphard's Software), then took Cornell Notes on THE Africa Powerpoint.

Make sure you complete the paragraph and the Venn diagram at the end of th notes and study your map for the test on Thursday!

4/8/11

Friday, April 8, 2011

Have a great Spring Break!!! Today we edited our Africa letters in the computer lab and began studying for the Africa Map Test (on Thursday, April 21). If you did not complete your letter, get it finished and turned in by Tuesday, April 19th. **Now is a great time to begin working on your book report assignment. Go to the Intro Unit tab to find the information about the book report assignment.

4/6/11

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Today we went to the computer lab to continue working on our Africa Research Projects.

Make sure that next time you are prepared with a rough draft of your letter to Ambassador Rice (both a hard copy and a digital copy)

4/4/11

Monday, April 4, 2011

Today we discussed Hotel Rwanda and then went to the computer lab to begin research on your African country.

*Be sure to correctly cite your sources as you go!