Today, we finished any remaining information from the geography of South Asia and moved on to Hinduism!  Students learned that Hinduism is the oldest religion and that many debate whether it is a Monotheistic or Polytheistic religion.  Students were given a graphic organizer to take notes on during the discussion.  Remember to bring your graphic [...]

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 Students watch a Mt. Everest Imax movie today; minus the HUGE screen!  They were able to see just what the Himalayans and in particular Mt. Everest were all about.  All week students have been hearing about Mt. Everest, but today they were able to see Mt. Everest!  It was a fantastic Friday!
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Today, students viewed a sneak preview of Asia.  We discussed everything from location, to current events.  After our sneak preview, we focused on India.  This will remain our focus for the next few days.  We discussed the geography of India; cities, landforms, and location.  This was interesting for th students becuase for the past two [...]

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Here is the power point that we discussed in class yesterday (Tuesday 3/16).  It will give you all of the information about the Ganges River that you may need to complete your poster.  Feel free to take a look
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HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!! 

The City of Light, or Varanasi, India was our focus today.  We began the day reading aloud from “The Birth of Ganga”, to re-visit what we learned yesterday about Mother Ganga.  Remember it is pronounced “Goon-Ga”.  Students also listened to an article about the Ganges River.  This too, reviewed information that [...]

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Mother Ganga was our focus today!  We had a visitor, Ms. Gage who presented a FUN and interesting lesson on the Ganges River.  We learned that M0ther Ganges is the creator of the Ganges River.  An issue that is currently affecting India today is the polution in the Ganges River.  We learned of the many [...]

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We concluded our Asia Overview Centers today.  Although it was a quick preview, students should now have an idea about our adventure through Asia for the last nine weeks of school.  If you did not finish your center work please remember that you MUST come in during homeroom tomorrow to complete your packet.  The completed center [...]

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 Students completed day two of our Asia Overview Centers.  A few classes finished their country extension presentations, which officially ended our study of Africa.  Students will continue working in the centers until Monday.
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If you have visited the Economics Center and have not completed the reflection part, please do so before Monday…the packets [...]

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We have finally arrived to our LAST unit of study…ASIA!  Today students participated in Asia Overview centers.  They visited two of the six centers.  By Monday, they will visit all six centers.  The point of these centers is so that students will gain a understanding of each aspect of Asia that we are going to [...]

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With the exception of a couple of classes, students completed the presentations of their country extension projects today.  It was a nice relaxing day after our Africa Unit Test yesterday.  Tomorrow, we will  begin our study of Asia…get ready it is going to be ALOT of fun
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