Dec 19, 2012 Nile River

What kind of learner are you?  Auditory?  Kinesthetic? Visual?  Word?

There are a lot of us that are visual learners, so today in class we took visual notes on the Nile River.  This means that we took two pages of written notes and condensed them down to one page of pictures basically. The pictures tell the story of everything you need to know about the Nile.  I have the notes on a smartboard doc, so if you missed them, come check with me!

No homework, and HAPPY SNOW DAY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 18, 2012 Egyptian Geography

Today in class we continued looking at what our background knowledge was on Egypt and we began talking about the geography and landscape of Egypt.  We looked at Egypt on a global map to compare it to where we live, and discussed how the different locations on the globe causes us to have different climates.

We also used an interactive map online to read about all of the different landscape features Egypt has.

Tomorrow we will take a closer look at the Nile and how it was a center of life for the Ancient Egyptians.  

Dec 17, 2012 Intro to Ancient Egypt!

Homework: Egypt Section 1 vocabulary

We are officially done with our Mesopotamia unit!  That is aside from referencing it in class all the time.....We have moved on to our new unit which is, drumroll please......Ancient Egypt!  Egypt is so fascinating so this should be a really exciting unit!

We started this off by doing a KWL.  This is a three column chart that students put in their notebooks.  The K column is filled with things that they already know about Ancient Egypt.  The W column is for this they want to know about Ancient Egypt, and the L column will be filled in later with things that we learned about Ancient Egypt.

We had tons of questions filled in in the W column so I will compile all of those and put them on a google doc so you guys have a list of questions you want answered during this unit!

We finished up class by completing the vocabulary for the first section.  You most likely finished them in class, but if not here are the words, and they need to be completed in your notebook for homework (with picture)

1. Nubia: An ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and Northern Sudan
2. Cataract: A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water
3. Delta: A plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water.
4. Silt: Fine soil found on river bottoms

Dec 14, 2012 Current Events

Today we had current events.  Students presented their current event articles and discussed them with the class.  We had a couple of really cool prezi's and some great visuals created using Google presentation.  We had a couple people cover the story of dogs being trained to drive cars!  And a few others did the origami house (read the full article on Dogo News!)

We also watched CNN student news.

On Monday we will begin our Ancient Egypt unit!  Have a good weekend!

Dec 13, 2012 Tomorrow

Don't forget if you have current events tomorrow to share your template with me by tonight! If you're not sure if you have it, check the calendar at the bottom of the page.

Dec 12, 2012 Study for Test!

Homework: Study for test and answer essential questions in post below as a comment on that post

Tomorrow is our Mesopotamia unit test!  Here is the blank study guide that you should use to study, and here is the completed study guide that you can use to check you answers.  I did not give answers to the essay questions because I want you to come up with those answers on your own!

Make sure you study the quizlet cards on Monday's post.  Study your notes, the notes linked on the blog, and anything else you have from this unit!

Today in class we did a review activity (see post below) where students came up with review questions and then we used those to study, but study at home as well!  Use the study guide and your resources!

Don't forget to answer the essential questions in the post below as well for homework!  Good luck!

Dec 12, 2012 Review for Test: Mesopotamia

Tomorrow is our unit test on Mesopotamia!  DON'T PANIC!  The following review exercise will help get you prepared for the test.  Today in class you have a number of objectives:

1. With your group create 3 jeopardy questions to be used in our review game/study guide, and one essay question for the subject you are assigned.  The essay question has to be a question that will require more than a 1-2 sentence answer.

• Mesopotamia/The Fertile Crescent
• Sumer
• Babylon
• Assyria
• Cuneiform
• Hammurabi's Code
• Phoenician

2. Answer these essential questions by commenting on this post

• After learning everything that you have learned about this region, how did Mesopotamia impact the world?  
• What group of people do you believe had the biggest impact on the modern world? 

Remember to write like a reporter!  Use complete sentences and think outside the box!