11/27/12 Social Studies

Welcome Back from a much needed break!

Today in class all Social Studies students started Olympic Event #5, they will work both today and tomorrow on this event before switching classes and starting event #6.

In the coming days:
*A list of review items will be given to students no later than Friday (hopefully before). However, all students already have all materials containing information they would need to know on the test.
*Test over remaining Unit 7 standards next week Tuesday (one week from today)

Social Studies 11/21/12

Today in Social Studies:

1. Students who needed to retake the first 2 assessments from this unit started with the retake.
2. After retakes were complete students viewed and shared presentations that were researched throughout the week. Those students who were caught up on events and did not have a retake chose a topic within the Greek and Roman Empire that they have been wanting to explore. The took the information they gathered and created a short presentation on their findings.

Next week we will start our last 2 events to conclude our Olympic Games competition. We will then be taking our final assessments, after some review, on the rest of the standards for this unit.

Have a restful Thanksgiving break!

Food Drive: Last Day Friday!

Tomorrow is the last day for the school wide Food Drive. Students can bring in nonperishable items as well as hygiene products to donate to the cause. All items collected will be out back into the Hamilton Community for those in need this Thanksgiving. Please consider giving to this worthy cause. Students will turn items into their 1st hour teacher.

Mrs. Striegle and Mrs. Fuzak's Classes November 14-November 21

 In class the Olympic challenge is still undecided!  Event 4 will kick off tomorrow.  We will build in a day to help students catch up for absences at the end of the unit.  I know quite a few students are heading out hunting this week so we will make sure no one is left behind.  These events are with a partner so do not expect homework until the Olympics are over-which I estimate will be the week after Thanksgiving Break.  We will be having formative tests and quizzes along the way to make sure we are not leaving students behind.  So if you hear about any tests remember they are a guide to see where students are at.  If you would like to help your student study just ask him/her each day what they learned about Ancient Greece or Rome.

November 7-12, Social Studies

We have finished our first Olympic events and Greece and Rome are pretty well tied at this point.  Mrs. Striegle's first hour won the first event.  The results of event number two will be posted by Tuesday, November 10.

***Homework: We will be having our first test over the vocab words for this unit and over event one and two on Wednesday, the 14th.  Go to our Edmodo site to review the information or study the event sheets from students.

November 6th Fuzak & Striegle

Today we kicked off our Olympic Games: Roman Empire vs. Greek Empire

1. Introduction to how the Olympic Games process will work and rules.
2. Brief introduction to both the Greek Empire and Roman Empire.
3. Chose a partner who will be their teammate, design pennant.

Mrs. Striegle's Class November 2- November 5, 2012

In class these two days we are working on timelines with Mrs. Fuzak's class.  We are putting the Empires onto a timeline and creating a living timeline as a class.

Mrs. Striegle's Class October 30, 31- November 1, 2 2012

In class this week we:
  Went over timelines and created a timeline for Ancient Empires and then we switched classes with Mrs. Fuzak.

As promised...

Link to the video we viewed in class about the "Silk Road'

Silk Road

Mrs. Fuzak 10/31 & 11/1

The last couple of days we have spent kicking off Unit 7, and getting familiar with the Classical Era (Era III)

1. Located and labeled the 5 major empires; Han, Roman, Mauryan, Persian and Egyptian
2. Viewed various types of physical maps to determine some geographical features of each empire. Recorded those observations for an empire of their choice.
3. Trade Networks: viewed a short video on the 'Silk Road'. Researched the 5w's of the 'Silk Road' and drew in the trade route on their empire map.

**Vocabulary Cards were due in class today. This assignment was given on our Monday for each student to create an index card for each vocabulary term that included the definition and a sketch to illustrate the term. There was no "punishment" (late, lunch detention, etc.). This assignment was simply given to students so they would have an understanding of these words as we learn about the classical period. Really, it is their "learning benefit" to make these and use these! :)