Today’s warm up asked you to describe the three major Latin American civilizations. We spent some time discussing them. You also watched a video on Latin America’s physical geography and then we tried to get caught up on some outstanding assignments. These included:
For homework: Complete any of the above and study for Monday’s political map test & Thursday’s physical map test.
Have a great weekend!
Today’s warm up asked you to describe the three major Latin American civilizations. We spent some time discussing them and then we tried to get caught up on some outstanding assignments. These included:
For homework: Complete any of the above and study for Tuesday’s political map test & Friday’s physical map test.
Have a great weekend!
We began today’s class with some of you chosing to take the Political Map test and get it out of the way. Others completed adding the Mountains & Regions to your physical map. Once you had added those, you had all of the information you will need for the physical map test. Here’s a list of the items to help you study. LA Physical Geography word list
After you completed your map, you began reading pages 160 to 166 in your book and completing page 16 in your workbook.
When everyone completed the test, we checked today’s warm up which asked you to find the relative location and the absolute location of the Andes Mountains. Then we checked page 15 in your workbook.
For Homework:
Enjoy your evening!
Today’s warm up asked you to find the relative location and the absolute location of the Andes Mountains. Then we checked page 15 in your workbook.
At that point, some of you chose to take the Political Map test and get it out of the way. Others began adding the Mountains & Regions to your physical map. Once you have added those, you have all of the information you will need for next Friday’s physical map test. Here’s a list of the items to help you study. LA Physical Geography word list
After you completed your map, you began reading pages 160 to 166 in your book and completing page 16 in your workbook.
For Homework:
Enjoy your evening!
P.S. For extra credit points on your physical geography test, write a comment on this blog entry by 8:00 AM on Friday, March 19th and tell me what recent vocabulary word the picture on this post illustrates.
Today, we checked our physical maps’ islands and coastal features, then we added bodies of water & rivers. You should have added the following:
I’ve attached all of the landforms, in case you want to complete the map. LA list
We also talked about our recent test and many of you wrote me an explanation of why your grade was lower than it should have been. You also copied down questions for a video we will watch tomorrow.
For homework: Be certain that you have labelled the above on your physical map.
It may be a good idea to also know where they are! (Hint! Hint!)
Also study your political map. you have until Monday, the 22nd to take the political map test.
Have a great evening!
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Today, we checked our physical maps’ islands and coastal features, then we added bodies of water & rivers. You should have added the following:
We also watched a short video on the physical geography of Latin America and answered questions on the video.
For homework: Be certain that you have labelled the above on your physical map.
It may be a good idea to also know where they are! (Hint! Hint!)
Also study your political map. 1st, 2nd & 3rd period have until Tuesday, the 23rd to take the political map test.
Have a great evening!
We began class by having a short test on why Latin America is called “Latin.” Then you traced a map of Latin America and began labeling some physical features.
After that, you were to look at your yellow list of standards and mark the ones we’ve completed. Then you were to work on your test corrections or study your maps.
For homework: Be certain that you have labelled the following on your physical map.
It may be a good idea to also know where they are! (Hint! Hint!)
Also study your political map. 1st, 2nd & 3rd period have until Tuesday, the 23rd to take the political map test. 4th period has until Monday, the 22nd.
Enjoy your evening!
We spent time today reviewing why Latin America is called Latin. The concepts that are involved in answering this question allowed us to review a lot of what we learned this year.
So, let’s go back to ancient Rome. The Romans, who spoke Latin, conquered the lands we know as France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Their Latin language was mixed with the indigenous languages of these places to form what we know as the modern day languages of French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Explorers speaking these new, Latin-based languages travelled to the Americas. These explorers conquered the indigenous people of the new world. As the Europeans conquered, they changed the lives of the indigenous people by moving them from their land, giving them diseases, enslaving them, and changing their culture. One part of this change was changing the indigenous languages to the language of the explorers. So, the people in Latin America are part of a cultural region based on languages which are based on Latin (also known as the Romance languages).
Be certain you understand the above for a test tomorrow.
We also worked on completing our Australia test corrections and reading pages 150 to 159 and completing page 15 in the workbook.
For Homework:
Enjoy your evening!
We spent quite a bit of time today discussing the warm up question above. The concepts that are involved in answering this question allowed us to review a lot of what we learned this year.
So, let’s go back to ancient Rome. The Romans, who spoke Latin, conquered the lands we know as France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Their Latin language was mixed with the indigenous languages of these places to form what we know as the modern day languages of French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Explorers speaking these new, Latin-based languages travelled to the Americas. These explorers conquered the indigenous people of the new world. As the Europeans conquered, they changed the lives of the indigenous people by moving them from their land, giving them diseases, enslaving them, and changing their culture. One part of this change was changing the indigenous languages to the language of the explorers. So, the people in Latin America are part of a cultural region based on languages which are based on Latin (also known as the Romance languages).
Be certain you understand the above for a test tomorrow.
In some classes, we worked on completing our Australia test corrections and reading pages 150 to 159 and completing page 15 in the workbook.
For Homework:
Enjoy your evening!
