Mr. Valentine’s Blog

Monday- Pre-AP-Presentations, ISS- Video about Asia (Bonus opportunity)
Tuesday- Pre-AP- Presentations, ISS- Article about Gas Prices/ 6 major stories for this summer.
Wednesday- Pre-AP- Presentations, ISS-Final Study Guide

Thursday- Pre- AP- Presentations/ Exam, ISS- Study Guide

Friday- PRE-AP- Study Guide, ISS- Study Guide

LAST WEEK:
Monday- 1st/4th- Final Review vs Ms. Gentry’s ISS classes
2nd/3rd- Review
5th/7th- Final Exams
Tuesday- Election Day
Wednesday- 1st/3rd- Review
2nd/4th- Final Exams
5th/7th- Makeup Day
Thursday (Last Day)- 1st/3rd- Final Exam
2nd- Locker cleanout
4th- Hangout until dismissal.

SCHOOL’s OUT FOR THE SUMMA

Monday- Finish Chapter 13 over Europe

Tuesday- Exam over Europe.

Wednesday-Friday- Presentations on country project.

Monday- Finish Unit 2 Study Guide

Tuesday- Unit 2 Exam/Constructed Response

Wednesday- Students recieve Geography project. They select a country to research and complete a poster/power point presentation over. Begin Unit Opener over Europe

Thursday- Students finished Unit Opener, began key terms over Europe.

Friday- Discuss Unit Opener, Finish key terms, Europe Culture Video (20:00)

-Have a great Spring Break

Last week we started discussing major issues in the United States and Canada (terrorism/urban sprawl).
This week:
Monday: Students finished reading article: Persian Gulf War- War Before the Wars
After discussing article classes started watching the video: 101 Minutes of 9/11

Tuesday: Finish Video, start 8.2-Urban Sprawl

Wednesday- Finish Urban Sprawl, Unit Study Guide (U.S./Canada)

Thursday- Club Day (Finish Study Guide)

Friday- Unit Exam

Monday- Students reviewed Canada’s provinces and territories location. We then completed 7.1 Notes-History and Government of Canada
Tuesday- Youth Day-Voting
Wednesday- Quiz- Canada’s Provinces & Territories, Video: Canada (20:00), Discuss Video
Thursday- Review 7.1, 7.2 Notes Canada’s Culture and Economy
Friday-NO SCHOOL

Monday-Snow Day
Tuesday- Finish U.S. Sub-region collage
Wednesday-Study Guide-Ch.6
Thursday-Ch.6 Exam
Friday-KHSAA survey, 7 vocab, review Canada’s provinces and territories.

Tuesday- Finish Chapter 5, Review Game

Wednesday- Chapter 5 Exam-Begin Chapter 6 Vocab

Thursday- Begin Chapter

Friday- Chapter 6

Monday- Students completed the Unit 1 Study Guide, last day to turn in a signed progress report from parent/guardian.

Tuesday- Students completed Unit 1 Exam /Constructed response over acculturation, diffusion, and innovation.

Wednesday- Students started the Unit 2 Opener (Canada/United States)

Thursday- We discussed the Unit 2 Opener as a class/State/Capital Review Game

Friday- State/Capital Quiz- Begin 5.1

This week we are discussing Geography (Chapter 4).

Monday- Finished discussing two articles about culture (Marriage or Else & Growing Up Digital). Students completed a bellringer where we reviewed the key terms innovation, diffusion, and acculturation and gave examples for each term.

Tuesday- Students will take a Religion IQ quiz found in Upfront Magazine and will begin to fill out a Graphic Organizer over Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. -Students recieve grade reports

Wednesday- Finish Religion Organizer/ Students will start creating a religion collage (1 main portrait, 3 small pictures, 5 key words)-students will pick from 5 major religions.

Thursday- Finish Collage/ Discuss population geography (notes)

Friday- States and Capital Quiz -Finish Chapter 4

This week students learned about important Supreme Court decisions and started our unit over Economics.

-Students answered questions over the article "10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know".

- Wednesday/Thursday- Students completed a group activity where they rotated around the room and learned the facts, issues, and Supreme Court rulings on the following cases: Brown v Board, Plessy v Ferguson, United States v Nixon, Tinker v Des Moines, New Jersey v TLO, Marbury v Madison, Miranda v Arizona, and Roe v Wade.

Friday- Economics Packet