Interacting with the Environment - Europe

Bellwork: Interpret the bargraph on pg. 281 of your textbook and answer the three questions under the graph.

Before beginning a new section we briefly reviewed yesterday's lesson and upcoming deadlines. Please remember your postcard activity is due on Tuesday and we will have a map quiz on Wednesday (Dec. 7) along with an open-note quiz - so be prepared!

We completed and discussed a map practice handout. Also, a list of possible terms was given for your map quiz.

We took notes along with a powerpoint lesson on specific European countries and the ways in which they have adapted or changed their environments. We also discussed some of the problems that have occurred because of these envrironmental modifications and their possible solutions.

We took a few minutes to complete a Writing prompt in our daily logs. We compared/contrasted the Netherlands and Venice, Italy's adaptations and the consequences.

We spent the rest of class researching and working on our Postcard Activities.

Enjoy your weekend! See you in class on Monday!
-Mrs. Blagg

Sociology

  Due to HSAP testing we have rescheduled our Criminology Project presentations for Tuesday, April 19. 

  We will be using our class time  today & Thursday to work on our projects. Friday will be a normal class for us, complete with DEAR & binder checks.

  Be prepared to turn in & present your Criminology research next Tuesday!!

Global 1 - A & B days

  We discussed the Byzantine Empire by taking notes along with a powerpoint. We examined the reign of Justinian & his accomplishments as the "new caesar."
  Together we examined a primary source about the building of the Hagia Sophia. You need to use the handout to conduct your own research about the famous church. This is due on Tues. April 12 (B days) or Wed. April 13 (A days).
  Then we discussed the reasons why the church split into Roman Catholicism & Eastern Orthodoxy.
  Your new mapwork was handed out as well. You were given time in class to locate & check your maps. The map quiz will be on Tues. April 12 (B days) or Wed. April 13 (A days).

Freshman Seminar

  Today we reviewed & completed our research packet for the Notable Individual Research. In class, time was allowed to create & type up an annotated bibliography for one source used in your research.
  You also had time to complete your college chart & CSE.
  If these were not turned in at the end of class, they will be due on Wednesday, March 30 at the beginning of class.

Freshman Seminar

  Today we used TIME's list of 2010's Top 100 People to conduct preliminary research & create an annotated bibliography. We began by looking through the list of people & reading the biographical information provided. Then we selected 3 people who seemed interesting to us.
  Next, we used a research packet to help us find out more information about 1 of the people we chose. We researched their life before fame & their contributions to society. Then we used our research information to create 1 annotated bibliography. You were given instructions on how to created the annotated bibliography in class. Since we had all of classtime to conduct this research, anything you do not finish will be homework.    
  The completed research packet is due on Monday, March 28.

  Don't forget.....we will be taking our fieldtrip to Greenville Tech on Wednesday, March 16. Your permission slips were due today!

* If you did not finish your response to the One in 8 Million project we did on Wednesday (March 9) please submit your survey response by the end of today!

Global I - A schedule

Why are myths an important part of Greek culture?

We briefly reviewed our map work & the guidelines for our MythMaker project. We spent the whole class in our partner sets working on the assignment. Remember, for any of the 4 options you must have proof of research (notes, printouts, rough drafts, etc...), a Citation Page, & a final product (booklet, skit lines, visual aid, family tree, etc...). We will present our MythMaker work on Wednesday, January 26.

*Remember you will have a map quiz on Wednesday as well.

Freshman Seminar

Class was held in the media center today in order to finish COMPASS testing & begin researching our Dollar Bill assignment. Everyone had a $1 to examine & ask questions about. Then we organized our questions into categories. We discussed the types of questions we came up with a class and what topics they cover. Then we broke into teams of 3 & each team was given a category of questions. From that category your team's task was to come up with 2-3 thorough, researchable questions. We spent the remainder of class researching these questions & we'll pick up here on Wednesday.