November 3, 2011

Social Studies 7

Yesterday we had Adrian LaChance, an Elder's helper from the Plains Cree, come to speak to us about the culture of his group.  He shared with us a lesson on The Circle of Life and performed a dance for us.  Mr. LaChance spoke about the relationship with the land and how the Plains Cree view everything as a gift that they are given from the Creator.  He spoke of Mother Earth and our responsibility to Her; how water is viewed as medicine and they don't use it wastefully, how we need to unconditionally love each individual for their talents, as well as many other lessons.

Today we talked about his presentation.  Students identified what they liked, what they learned, and what they would have liked to see to make it more educational for them.  We then began a review of key concepts Mr. LaChance covered in his presentation, such as culture and pluralistic societies.  When we have completed the PowerPoint presentation I will embed it in the blog.

Students continued to work on the current events about energy drinks.  For those who finished they began the next article on The Occupy Protests.  This one is due Monday.

Social Studies 8

Students were given review packages for unit 1.  The unit test will be next Thursday.

Health 8

Most students have handed in their pathfinders for their research on study skills. They have now started their research.  The research will be due Tuesday and they will begin creating the group presentations on Wednesday.