Tuesday, August 28th

Tuesday, August 28th - Library Research Day

Since Friday of last week students have been working on the Window on the World Group Project. Each group has picked a country and begun gathering information and statistics about their country using Almanacs and the CIA World Factbook online. Students will use their research to create three posters; geography (map), government/military, and level of development. The project will be completed on Wednesday (8/29) with groups presenting their posters to the class.

Today students worked on their posters which are due tomorrow. Others used the website GapMinder to further analyze their countries level of development. 

Rubric for project...

Monday, August 27th

Monday, August 27th - Library Research Day

Since Friday of last week students have been working on the Window on the World Group Project. Each group has picked a country and begun gathering information and statistics about their country using Almanacs and the CIA World Factbook online. Students will use their research to create three posters; geography (map), government/military, and level of development. The project will be completed on Wednesday (8/29) with groups presenting their posters to the class.

Today students researched their country in the library using the CIA website previously mentioned. Students also began analyzing their country to determine the level of development. Some students were able to start working on their posters. At the end of this blog is the rubric on how students will be graded.

First Week, 8/20 - 8/24

First Week

Welcome back to school. A lot is changing which is difficult for everyone but I believe this will be an exciting year. The first week of school is a difficult time for any student but we have alot to cover and a short period of time to do it so we will get started right away.

Students already have homework assignments. On Tuesday reading notes for GH1 - GH13 and Tools1-Tools9 were assigned. These notes are due on Thursday. We will begin out first project this Thursday. It will ocver government structures, geographical terms, and how geography, government, and stats can help us explain the world we live in, especially in history. The project will conclude on Wednesday of next week.

I look forward to an exciting year that I hope your students enjoy.