Brown's Bucket of Notes

WEEK 11/17/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Vocabulary: Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, Kalahari Desert, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan

Strategies: Venn diagram, text-to-real world connections, Cornell notes, power points, compare and contrast, homework, kinesthetic activity, reinforce effort, learning groups, communicate objective of lesson and standards, advance organizer, technology, analogies, text-to-text connections, text-to-self connections

Standards for the week: SS7G3a, b   SS7G4a,b,c

Monday

DG

Vocabulary

Read chapter 17, cornell notes

Complete Physical Map of Africa and scavenger hunt worksheet, turn in

graphic organizer

RICA

Quiz Thursday-map

Africa

Current event due Thursday-article on

africa

Reteach/retest economics test

Exit Tickets

 

Tuesday

DG

Vocabulary

Map Skills

Read chapter 17, section 2 cornell notes

Video

Africa

Progress reports go home

 

Wednesday

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

Read chapter 17, cornell note

RICA

Exit Ticket

 

 

 

Thursday

DG

Map skills

Read chapter 17, Cornell notes

Current event due

Map quiz today

RICA

Exit ticket

 

 

Friday

Grade level Geography bee

Have a good Thanksgiving break

Don't forget to read over the break

 

WEEK 11/10/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Vocabulary: Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, Kalahari Desert, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan

Strategies: Venn diagram, text-to-real world connections, Cornell notes, power points, compare and contrast, homework, kinesthetic activity, reinforce effort, learning groups, communicate objective of lesson and standards, advance organizer, technology, analogies, text-to-text connections, text-to-self connections

Standards for the week: SS7G1a, b  SS7G2a,b,c, SS7G3, SS7G4

Monday

DG

Vocabulary

DVD-Intro to Africa, cornell notes

Perception worksheet

Physical Map Africa

google earth

RICA

Test Tuesday-economics

Exit Tickets

 

Tuesday

DG

Vocabulary

Map Skills

Test middle east economics

 

Wednesday

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

scavenger hunt activity

power point africa

Any reteaching of ME Economics

Political maps of Afirca

RICA

Exit Ticket

 

Thursday

DG

Map skills

Read chapter 17

Cornell notes

RICA

Exit ticket

 

Friday

DG

Map skills

Read chapter 17

Cornell notes

RICA

Exit ticket

 

 

 

WEEK 11/3/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Vocabulary- traditional economy, command economy, market economy, tariffs, quotas, embargos, GDP, entrepreneurship, exchange rate, international trade, expenses, foreign exchange market, free trade, trade barriers, poverty, socialism, consumer, profit, checking account, savings account, expenses, credit, currency, human capital, natural resources, factors of production, land, labor, balance of trade, exports, imports, capital goods, economic growth, investment, capitalism, economic system, income

Strategies: Venn diagram, real world connections, Cornell notes, power points, compare and contrast, homework, kinesthetic activity, reinforce effort, learning groups, communicate objective of lesson and standards, advance organizer, technology, analogies

 

Standards for the week: SS7E5, SS7E6, SS7E7

Monday

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

Economics worksheet, handouts

RICA

Current Event 2-Economics due on Wednesday 11/5

Test Thursday-economics

Exit Tickets

 

Tuesday

Student holiday

 

Wednesday

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

RICA

Exit Ticket

Current events 2 economics due today

Trade barriers

Power point

Beyond question

Test Thursday Economics

Thursday

DG

Map skills

Test economics

RICA

Exit ticket

 

 

Friday

DG

Go over test from Thursday

Intro Africa: map, perceptions

RICA

Exit ticket

 

 

week 10/27/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Strategies-text to real world connections, Cornell notes, t-chart, power points, compare and contrast, homework and practice, kinesthetic activity, reinforce effort, learning groups, communicate objective of lesson and standards, advance organizers

Vocabulary-balance of trade, exports, imports, capital goods, economic growth, investment, communism, capitalism, economic system, income free enterprise system,   traditional economy, command economy, market economy, tariffs, quotas, embargos, GDP, natural resources, trade, trade barriers, entrepreneurship, currency, supply and demand, nonrenewable resource, surplus, exchange rate, specialization.

Standards for the week: SS7E5, SS7E6, SS7E7

Monday

Vocabulary

Map skills

DG

Homework

Discuss Middle East Economy and environment

Cornell notes

Make Text to real world connections

Class activity

RICA

Exit Tickets

Quiz tomorrow on economic terms #1

 

Tuesday

DG

Map skills-add bodies of water

Vocabulary

Quiz-part 1 terms

Complete class activity from Monday

handout
RICA

Quiz on Friday terms #2

Exit Tickets

 

Wednesday

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

complete handouts

Interpreting trade data handout

RICA

Exit Ticket

 

 

Thursday

DG

Map skills

Vocabulary

OPEC handout

Cornell notes

Review for quiz-practice quiz

RICA

Exit ticket

 

 

Friday

DG

Map skills

Vocabulary

Collect terms #2

Terms quiz

Hershey kisses activity

RICA

Exit ticket

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!Be Safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Week 10/20/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Vocabulary-absolute monarchy, republic, theocracy, democracy, federal, confederation, unitary, constitutional monarchy, presidential democracy, parliamentary democracy, oligarchy, autocratic, traditional economy, command economy, market economy, tariffs, quotas, embargos,GDP,

Standards for the week: SS7E5, SS7E6, SS7E7

Monday

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills-Africa

Revisit governments of Middle East

Analogies on governments

RICA

Current Event 1-Africa due on Wednesday 10/22

Exit Tickets

 

homework: complete economy terms

Tuesday

DG

Map skills

Vocabulary

Notes/handouts on economics of Middle East

RICA

Exit Tickets

 

Wednesday

DG

Vocabulary

Economics handouts

RICA

Exit Ticket

Current events 1 Africa due today

 

Thursday

DG

map

Economics handouts

RICA

Exit ticket

homework complete terms

 

 

Friday

DG

Economics

RICA

Exit ticket

 

Week 10/13/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Vocabulary-absolute monarchy, republic, theocracy, democracy, federal, confederation, unitary, constitutional monarchy, presidential democracy, parliamentary democracy, oligarchy, autocratic.

Monday

Standard SS7CG4a, b: The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.

 

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

 

Concept map-type of Middle East government systems, how they distribute power, and determine citizen participation. 

Analogies on governments

Handout on governments

Quiz on governments 10/16/08

RICA

Tuesday

Standard SS 7CG5a: The student will explain the structures of the national governments of Southwest Asia for Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

DG

Vocabulary

map skills

Concept map-governments of Israel,Saudi Arabia and Iran.

 Analogies
Handout on government

RICA

Wednesday

SS7CG4&5

DG

Review for government quiz on Thursday

RICA

early release

Thursday

Quiz on governments of Middle East

Begin economy of middle east countries

RICA

Friday

DG

terms on economy of middle east countries

Week 10/6/08

Dear Parents and Students,

All information on this blog is subjected to change without notice.

Parents, some students have not submitted assignments. Please make sure students turn in assignments, thank you.

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

Vocabulary

Zionism, Kibbutz, Palestine, Mandate, Arab-Israeli War, Kurd, Law of Return, secular, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Orthodox Jews, Persian Gulf War, fundamentalism, Arabs, Ramadan, Aswan High Dam, Armenian Genocide, Suez Canal, Lake Nasser, Anwar Sadat

Monday

DG

Map Skills

Vocabulary

Review for Test on Tuesday chapter 16

Tuesday

Test unit 2 chapter 16

Wednesday

Standard: SS7CG4a,b,c Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.

DG

Vocabulary

Read & Discuss governments of Middle East-background information

Handout-Government of

Middle East

map activity

Handout-government terms add countries

Quiz on government terms 10/10/08 study handouts

 Thursday

Standard: SS7CG5 The student will explain the structures of the national governments: parliamentary and presidential.

DG

Vocabulary

Map skills

 Handout-Middle East government worksheet

Reviewing terms-Middle East government worksheet

Friday

DG

Quiz Government terms

End of  first nine weeks grading period

Have a good weekend!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 9/29/08

Dear Parents and Students,

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle

World of Words

Zionism, Kibbutz, Palestine, Mandate, Arab-Israeli War, Kurd, Law of Return, secular, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Orthodox Jews, Persian Gulf War, fundamentalism, Arabs, Ramadan, Aswan High Dam, Armenian Genocide, Suez Canal, Lake Nasser, Anwar Sadat

Monday

Standard SS7H2

DG

Poster due 10/2

CE4 due 10/1/08

View video “Ortho Jews”

Handout Guided Reading

Read Primary source Page 481

Discuss Jewish

Holiday

Review Arab-Israeli Wars

Tuesday

Standard: SS7CG4

DG
Map Skills
Read 16-5 dateline

Read 476-479

Activity-What a Man-Ottoman

CTQ-How do rights for women in Israel,Turkey, & Saudi compare/contrast?

Classroom activity

Wednesday

Standard:SS7G8e

DG

Poster Project due tomorrow

CE 4 due today

World of Words

Review 16-5

Thursday

Standards: SS7H2d, SS7G7

DG

World of Words

Map skills

Read Article Middle East Economics

Poster Project due today

Discuss page 413

Worksheet "Aswan High Dam"

Friday

DG

World of words

Map skills

Brief review chapter 16

Chapter 16 test 10/7/08 please study all notes given

 

 

 

Week 9/22/08

Dear Parents and Students,

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle.

My how time flies when we're having fun!!! We have begun a new unit, Modern Southwest Asia. The standards for this week are SS7CG5, SS7CG4, SS7H2,SS7G7.

World of Words

Zionism, Kibbutz, Palestine, Mandate, Arab-Israeli War, Kurd, Law of Return, secular, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Orthodox Jews, Persian Gulf War, fundamentalism, Arabs, Ramadan, Aswan High Dam, Armenian Genocide, Suez Canal, Lake Nasser, Anwar Sadat

Monday

DG

Turn in World of Words

Read & Discuss Chapter 16-section 2

Focus on Visuals p 456 & 457

Handout

Tuesday

DG
World of words
Discuss types of governments in detail

Read 16-3 pg 462-464

Discuss water issues –handout

Homework-students will write a letter to a friend or parent discussing specific aspects of Middle East, a rubric will be given.

Wednesday

DG

World of Words

Map skills

Read 16-4 Israel Today pg. 470-473

If time, begin new lesson

Thursday

DG

Article

Middle East Economics

Discuss the need for Saudi Arabia to diversify its economy.

Discuss US interest in Saudi Arabia and Middle East

Performance Task: Begin a poster that includes items related to Middle East-includes rubric

Friday

DG

World of words

Map skills

Continue Performance Task 

 

Week 9/15/08

Dear Parents and Students,

I have high expectations for academic success and student behavior. Students, remember to soar like an eagle.

My how time flies when we're having fun!!! We have begun a new unit, Modern Southwest Asia. The standard for this unit is SS7H2-The student will analyze or breakdown continuity and change in Southwest Asia leading to the regional conflict.

World of Words

Zionism, Kibbutz,Palestine,Mandate, Arab-Israeli War, Kurd, Law of Return, secular, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Orthodox Jews, Persian Gulf War, fundamentalism, Arabs, Ramadan, Aswan High Dam, Armenian Genocide, Suez Canal, Lake Nasser, Anwar Sadat

Monday

DG

new World of Words handout for binder-studystudy!!!

Map Skills

Continue Chapter 16-section 1 SS7H2b,d

Read "A Palestinian's Plea/Settler's Side

Tuesday

DG
Read "Decades of Distrust" SS7H2c
Discuss Ramadan-page 457
Current Event #3 due tomorrow-article must be about a middle east country
Early release

Wednesday

Progress Reports go home today, bring back signed please!!!

DG

World of Words

map skills

current event #3 due today

Read chapter 16sec 4 SS7H2b

CTQ-Should the UN be more involved in settling conflicts in this region?

Thursday

DG

Read chapter 16-2 pages 455-457  SS7G7a

Article Middle East Economics

Discuss the need for Saudi Arabia to diversify its economy.

Discuss US interest in Saudi Arabia and Middle East

Friday

DG (turn in today)

world of words

map skills

Performance Task with rubic-choices