Jan 23, 2013 Practicing for Student Led Conferences

We started class off with some strange news today.  A man went fishing in Lake Michigan looking for perch and ended up catching a goldfish!  Weirder than that....the goldfish weighed 3 lbs and was 15 inches long!  Do you think it tasted like the crackers?

Starting next week we will have our student led conferences, so today in class we worked on getting prepared by practicing the steps of mummification.  You all have shared with you two copies of the rubric, one with the steps filled in, and another with blanks.  Use the rubric with the blanks to practice listing the steps, and check your answers with the completed rubric.  

We will continue practicing this tomorrow.   

Jan 22, 2013 Pharaoh Notes Continued

We finished our notes today about Egyptian pharaohs.  Notes are attached here.  We learned some interesting facts about Hatshepsut, Thutmose, and Cleopatra....

Tomorrow in class we will practice explaining the process of turning someone into a mummy.  You will all need to do this during your student led conferences, so make sure to look over your webquests and the website where you learned about the process of mummification.

No homework, have a good night!

Jan 21, 2013 Egyptian Pharaohs Continued

Today in class we continued taking notes on the leaders of Egypt.  Today we discussed further the different dynasties and time periods of rule that marked Egypt's history.  We discussed the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.  The important thing to remember about these is that they represent time periods NOT places.  The notes from today can be found here.   

Tomorrow we will finish taking notes on this section and will discuss what we will be working on to learn more about the pharaohs.

Something we will work on this week will be practicing discussing the process of creating a mummy in detail since you will need to do this for your student led conferences.  So you might want to look over your mummification webquest sheets to brush up on the process!

Jan 18, 2013 Current Events

Today in class we had current events.  Students presented their articles and we then watched CNN Student News.  Popular topics included the Lance Armstrong interview, a vanishing lake in Ireland, and the fan favorite a prank played on drive-thru restaurants.  The video of the prank can be found here and I must admit is was pretty hilarious.

CNN news focused pretty heavily on the upcoming presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. day.  However, many of you didn't know the majority of the presidents featured, time to brush up!



 

On Monday we will continue learning about the leaders of Ancient Egypt.

Jan 17, 2013 Rulers of Ancient Egypt

Homework: Current Events (for some), picture vocab sheets, summary of Cornell notes

Today in class we began talking about the rulers of Ancient Egypt, also known as pharaohs.  We took notes from our textbook Cornell style.  The pharaoh notes are attached here.

For homework, you need to create a picture vocab sheet with the four terms below

1. Pharaoh: The title of the kings of Ancient Egypt
2. Dynasty: A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
3. Absolute power: Complete control over the people
4. Regent: Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule

You also need to write a summary of the notes we took at the bottom of the page.

Tomorrow we will have current events and CNN Student News.  

Jan 16, 2013 Quiz Day

Today was a quiet day in Social Studies class, we took a quiz on the geography of the Nile River and the process involved in making a mummy.  Your grades are posted in skyward so be sure to check them out.

Tomorrow we will begin talking about the leaders and rulers of Egypt.

Jan 15, 2013 Study Guides for Ancient Egypt Quiz

Homework: Study for quiz tomorrow!

Use this blank study guide to practice/study for the quiz tomorrow.  After you complete that use this completed study guide to check your answers.

Make sure to practice with the flashcards and mummy game below, and study your written and picture notes.  Good luck!