Monday, January 23, 2012

January 23, 2012

Social Studies 7

Students are working on constructing questions for one of three topics:
  • New France
  • Thirteen Colonies
  • Rupert's Land
Students need to create one question related to the following ideas:
  • cause and effect
  • geographic challenges and issues
  • challenges of coexistence
  • demographics
  • imperialism
  • economic structure
  • social structure
Grade 8 Social Studies

Students are working on the final chapter in our first unit.  Students are looking at how exploration and expansion affect the worldview of a society and the societies it comes into contact with.  They are looking at:
  • European Imperialism
  • The Treaty of Tordesillas
  • the cost of Imperialism
  • Expansionism and Imperialism
  • the idea of Global Village
Religion 8

Students completed watching The Blind Side today.  We discussed the concept of stewardship and "What is Life".  Students will begin a project exploring their responsibility for stewardship of the earth and an understanding of how our lives are connected.

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