Hello!  On Monday the 11th we'll be doing job interviews for International Towne positions.  Here is the interview schedule.

Here are the Spanish and English permission slips and parent letters for our upcoming field trip to International Towne.  We would like to have the permission slips and money in by Tuesday, May 5th.  If there are any questions or concerns or if you'd like to volunteer to interview students or to chaperon at International Towne,  please contact me at dpollert@ggl.summit.k12.co.us. Thanks!

Today we started to discuss economics and introduced some new economic vocabulary.

Today we watched a Brain Pop on geography concepts and then took the quiz afterwards.  The username of Brain Pop is summitmid and the password is Pop1.

We then started to read about the European Alps, which you can access here.  While reading be thinking about the questions:

1. Where are the Alps?  Describe their location using directions (north, south, east and west), continents, bordering countries or bodies of water.

2.  How have people shaped the Alps?

3.  How has nature shaped the Alps?

Here is the Geography Voc.

Here is the population map for the crossword puzzle.

Today we watched cnn student news and wrote a written response according to a prompt.  We also completed a crossword puzzle using a climate map of Europe.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2015

Today we continued to work on our WWs assessment.  We specifically concentrated on the squares having to do with maps.  Here are links to the Europe before WWI and Europe before WWII maps.

Tuesday, March 17th, 2015

Today we continued to work on our WWs assessment.  We worked specifically on either creating an original political cartoon or analyzing another Dr. Seuss political cartoon.  Here's a link to the cartoon.

Monday, March 16th, 2015

Today we'll continue working on our WWs Assessment.  This will be the last day to work on the primary source document portion of the assessment in class.  Tomorrow we'll move onto another portion of the assessment.

Friday, March 13th, 2015 (spooky sounds)

Today we'll continue working on the fictional primary source document for our WWs assessment.  A link is on the previous post with all the info on the assessment.

Here are a few videos on the pros and cons of the European Union.  These videos will come in handy when completing one of the squares for the WWs assessment.

Here is a website to help create a crossword puzzle which is also a an option for the assessment.

Today we introduced the World Wars Assessment.  We will be working on it the rest of this week and all next week.

Today we'll continue discussing and analyzing political cartoons.  Here is an example of some devices used in political cartoons.

If you were chosen to move on in the NHD competition please register at this link.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Today we'll add three Voc. words to our list.  We'll then examine Dr. Seuss as a political cartoonist during WWII.  For the next couple days we'll examine and analyze a few political cartoons from Dr. Seuss.  Here's a link to material we'll use.  

This week we've been studying World War II.  Here are some videos and a slide show we've used to study this fascinating portion of history.  The username and password for Brainpop are summitmid and Pop1.

Crash Course History
Brain Pop 1
Brain Pop 2
WWII Slide Show

Today we'll continue to study WWI.  We'll review what we've already learned by going over this slide show.  We'll then watch a short documentary on the single act that started the chain of events that resulted in WWI: the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand.  There are three parts that can be found at the bottom of the page.

Today we were introduced to World War I.  Here are the main concepts and causes of WWI.  Please review and attempt to understand them well.

Today, Thursday and Friday we'll be working on our NHD projects in class.  Please bring any materials needed to work on it.  Technology will be available for websites, but printing pictures, etc. for exhibits will be limited and no color printers are available.  I was very impressed with everyone's project and work ethic today so let's keep it up!

Today we'll be reading a play about the French Revolution and then watching a short documentary about the Industrial Revolution.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday students will have time to work on their NHD projects.  Make sure to bring all the materials you need to do so!

Here's a link to a Renaissance Documentary we watched on Friday.

Friday, January 9, 2015

The last few day we have been concentrating on the Middle Ages, the Black Death (or Bubonic Plague).  Here are couple brainpops we've watched for warm-ups: Middle Ages, Black Death  Taking the quizzes afterwards would be a good review.