Hausdorf’s Hemisphere

Plans for Wednesday Oct. 1

Field Day- Make us proud Canadians! Give your best and hold your head high afterward. Enjoy the week, sorry for my absence.

Plans for Thursday Oct. 2

1. Work on

Western Europe

Map Practice Guide

          Students may use the class textbook p. A28 or the Atlas to help them label their map and chart. Once they’ve filled in their chart with the countries and capitals, they can flip over and fill the map in with the number of the country or the country’s name, as long as the map can be used as a study resource.

HOMEWORK- practice countries/capitals on sheppardsoftware

Plans for Friday Oct. 3

1.     Students are to read pp. 290-295.

2.     Fill in page 32 in the Workbook as they read.

3.     Students are to complete the Feudal worksheets.

May write on this, each student gets a copy

HOMEWORK- practice countries and capitals with sheppardsoftware.com

Today students exchanged their create a quiz questions and took each others quiz, then we did a quick hot potato review. Students also drew for their position in our "feudal society", which is our next topic. We had serfs, merchants, knights, lords, queens, peasants, and kings today. Students watched a short video clip on "Romulus and Remus" (in 1st period), then took the quiz.

Students also read a little fable when they were finished with the quiz, and were to interpret its moral. "Look before you leap" was the moral.

Extras:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/index.shtml

http://resourcesforhistory.com/map.htm

HOMEWORK- practice capitals and countries of Europe, sheppardsoftware.com (Big Map Test coming up next week)

Bring Workbook on Friday and RSG on Monday!!!

Today students got started quickly with content. Each student was to create a quiz on the Greek and Roman material, from the perspective of a teacher. So, I ask the students to imagine if he/she was the teacher and to create the quiz from this perspective. The task calls for 5 Matching type questions and 5 Short Answer questions for each civilization, so in all, 20 questions were to be created. The answers are to be recorded on the back of the paper. If each question is worth 5 points each, then the assignment is worth, 100 points. Due tomorrow.

I want each student to practice the COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS OF EUROPE each day for 10-15 minutes using sheppardsoftware.com. Students will see a map quiz very soon, beginning of next week , maybe Tuesday or Wednesday.

Olympic week starts today with opening ceremonies, check the schedule from Friday’s blog for times. Each class is shortened by about 10 minutes or so, with events happening each day.

WORKBOOKS were handed out in every class except 1st period. Don’t lose it! You only get one.

HOMEWORK- review notes about Greeks/Romans for quiz tomorrow (materials include notes taken in class, RSG, and your textbook) and finish your Create A Quiz assignment

Students had a few minutes to work on their flags (notecards) and learn the national anthem of Canada (check blog from yesterday). We sang in class, then proceeded to take the Greek contribution notes and then talked about Roman numerals. I went over how they work and had some students answer some on screen examples. There was homework assigned dealing with some math problems, check below.

Review your notes for your Greek/Roman Quiz on Tuesday (mind map, contributions, Roman numerals, Roman contributions are what you need to review)

Download greek_mythology_greek_contributions.ppt

Download roman_numerals.ppt

EXTRA: http://sln.fi.edu/time/keepers/Silverman/html/RomanMatch.html Roman Numeral Practice

http://www.quia.com/mc/3608.html

Using Roman numerals you are to create 10 problems, with answers on the back. Example: CM+L-XX=     I went over this in class. 10 points for each correct problems, must have answers to get your points.

HOMEWORK- create 10 math problems, review notes

Official Lyrics of O Canada!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/PROGS/CPSC-CCSP/sc-cs/MP3/O-Canada-eng.MP3

Today students reviewed information about the Greeks, then started the section on Rome. We went over the mind map for Rome, and you were asked to take these notes. After I went over the mind map and lectured on the importance of Rome, we watched a fiew minutes of video, "Rome: the Ultimate Empire." I asked you to study the notes, and review them.

Download rome_mind_map.doc

Greek/Roman Quiz on Tuesday

HOMEWORK- review the notes from today and yesteday.

Extras:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/timeline.shtml

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/ancientrome/

Today students took the DH quiz, started/finished outline or mind map of Ancient Greece (to be finished at home if not in class); then we started discussing Rome and its accomplishments and RSG’s were issued, that stands for Reading Study Guide. I went over how this can be used as an incredible resource, highlight it as notes, vocabulary, etc.

Tomorrow, we will finish with Rome. Of course there will be a quiz over Greece and Rome. I would be looking in my RSG and review all notes.

HOMEWORK- finish outline/mind map

Official Lyrics of O Canada!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Today students finished DH 1, quiz tomorrow, then we scratched the surface of our Greek/Roman unit with some notes, a little outlining (in 2nd and 3rd period), and discussion. Tomorrow, we’ll hopefully finish up the notes and outlining, covering sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 10 from our textbook. I will post the powerpoint tomorrow with the notes, and an outline if we get finished with that.

Download daily_history_1.ppt

IMPORTANT: THE BLUE CVL SCAVENGER HUNT assignment from Friday is due tomorrow!

Roman numerals and contributions tomorrow.

HOMEWORK- review DH 1, and complete the CVL handout

EXTRAS:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/classics.shtml

http://www.quia.com/rr/36973.html

http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/rbk/accounts/staff/andrewt/web/PrimaryICT/resources/History/ancient%20greece%20location.ppt#258,1,Where is Greece?

Today students copied their warm up (DH 1 questions), then reviewed with a litle lecture, a little hot potato, and reading the Junior Scholastic articles and discussing them. Then students took the quiz. I should have these graded and put in the system by tomorrow evening.

HOMEWORK- none