My apologies for not updating the blog this last week. Report card time is always a busy season!
Here we go for the weekend! Trying to keep it light with the beautiful weather we are getting. Prime weather for putting up those Christmas lights!
Social Studies 7
Students completed their tests for Chapter 1. They were also assigned a current events article on the Eurozone Crisis. They were given the remainder of time in class to work on.
Social Studies 8
Students began Chapter 2, 3 and 4 material this week. We will be working through these chapters as a section and students will be tested at the completion of these chapters.
We began with watching a clip titled Humanism Triggers the Renaissance. In this brief clip, students were given a taste of what we will be covering in this next section.
History.com: Hummanism Triggers the Renaissance
We then looked at an example of an idea revived due to humanism. Students watched The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay. We talked about how that idea relates to knowledge today.
Finally, today we discussed the Crusades. Students read pages 41-42 in their textbook and watched the following video:
Students explored why the Crusades happened, why knights were eager to participate, and the effects this had on European society.
Students were asked to read pages 39-40 and 42-43 to further explore the connection to trade.
Grade 8 Health
Students are beginning a new inquiry unit. It is called "My Digital Identity". Students will be exploring what their digital identity is, how it is created and how to create the one they want. Today we discussed why it is important to know what digital identity is and how it can affect us in the future.
You can access the project at the following site:
My Digital Identity
Parents will be asked to help students with aspects of the project. Information to support the project can be found on this site.
Here we go for the weekend! Trying to keep it light with the beautiful weather we are getting. Prime weather for putting up those Christmas lights!
Social Studies 7
Students completed their tests for Chapter 1. They were also assigned a current events article on the Eurozone Crisis. They were given the remainder of time in class to work on.
Social Studies 8
Students began Chapter 2, 3 and 4 material this week. We will be working through these chapters as a section and students will be tested at the completion of these chapters.
We began with watching a clip titled Humanism Triggers the Renaissance. In this brief clip, students were given a taste of what we will be covering in this next section.
History.com: Hummanism Triggers the Renaissance
We then looked at an example of an idea revived due to humanism. Students watched The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay. We talked about how that idea relates to knowledge today.
Students explored why the Crusades happened, why knights were eager to participate, and the effects this had on European society.
Students were asked to read pages 39-40 and 42-43 to further explore the connection to trade.
Grade 8 Health
Students are beginning a new inquiry unit. It is called "My Digital Identity". Students will be exploring what their digital identity is, how it is created and how to create the one they want. Today we discussed why it is important to know what digital identity is and how it can affect us in the future.
You can access the project at the following site:
My Digital Identity
Parents will be asked to help students with aspects of the project. Information to support the project can be found on this site.
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