Selander’s Global Studies

We wrapped up the first quarter geography units and then spent a week discussing the presidential election issues. This week, we are officially beginning the history part of our class! We are studying Prehistory and early river valley civilizations, beginning with Mesopotamia and Egypt. Test will be next Thursday. **JUST CHANGED: map quiz will be on Friday instead of Thursday…study more!! :)  Friday we began watching the Priests of Amun video from Discovery Channel. This movie really helps explain the importance of religion in Egypt and its impact on power and politics. The study guide will be handed out on Tues 11/18. There is an optional extra credit assignment that can be done to earn 2 homework passes. See below to read the requirements for the Egyptian god Project. This extra credit will be due on Monday, November 24th. Prehistory PowerPoint:prehistory-ppt-short-form.ppt

Mesopotamia PPT:mesopotamia.ppt

Notes Worksheets:  questions-for-hammurabis-code.doc

middle-east-map-locations.doc

middleeast-map.pdf

**Look in the Class Files section on this website for Prehistory/Mesopotamia to see the Egypt PPT from class!

Wed 11/5: Prehistory notes on Foldable activity paper. HW due on Friday 11/7: Prehistoric people painted images on cave walls that showed what was important in their culture. Your job is to draw on a sheet of paper what you think is important in our culture today. This is in preparation for outside cave drawing activity.

Thursday and Friday 11/6 and 11/7: Tribal Quest 10,000 BC in Mesopotamia: Students divided into tribal groups to evaluate the value of natural resources and to compete for them.  Outside sidewalk chalk activity: modern cave drawings. Study Prehistory notes.

Monday 11/10: Notes on Mesopotamia and the Sumerian civilization. HW: Label Middle East map; map quiz on Thursday. Study prehistory and Mesop. notes.

Tuesday 11/11: Honor our Veterans today!! C/W: Tribal Quest: Hammurabi’s Code. HW: study notes; study Middle East map–quiz on Thursday.

Wednesday 11/12: Map review; Begin Egypt notes.  HW: study ME map for quiz.

Thursday 11/13: Map quiz on Middle East; finish Egypt notes; Nile River cause and effect. Test next Thursday.

Friday 11/14: Video: Priests of Amun from Discovery Channel. Continue studying for test next Thursday.

UPDATED:
Monday 11/17: Finish Priest of Amun video and begin Egypt PPT notes. HW: bring in appropriate Middle East current event (write up is due on Friday). Also, be studying for Thursday’s test.

Tuesday 11/18: Egypt PPT finish and Nile cause/effect. Study guides will go out–be working on it!! Test Thursday; current event due Friday. Also, if you are interested in extra credit, you can do a project for the Egyptian deities. Check the Prehistory folder below for the file instructions.

Wednesday 11/19: Finish review for test

Thursday 11/20: Prehistory/Mesopotamia/Egypt test; Current Event due Friday.

Friday 11/21 and Mon/Tues before Thanksgiving: Egypt Tribal Quest!!

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We have finished the first quarter and we’re going to be starting prehistory and early civilizations soon. However, our national stage is set right now for a great learning opportunity in civics. We’ll be spending most of this week focusing on the US presidential election–what the issues are, how we feel about them, how the election might impact the international community, etc.

Homework:

Monday: Find a current event article about the presidential election and bring it to class on Tuesday. We will use these to help analyze the top issues of the election. Students that do not have access to newspapers or internet at home need to visit the library or computer lab during lunch or before/after school to print their article BEFORE class.

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This week we are continuing our study of Africa. The map quiz will be on Wednesday and there will be a quiz on Africa Geography on Thursday (instead of a test). Thursday marks the end of the first 9 weeks grading period. Students have Friday off for the Teacher Work Day. Next week, we will do a benchmark test to assess 1st quarter learning; we will also begin our study of prehistory. Don’t forget about the geography online quiz game…the link is to the right of this page. There are also several extra credit assignments offered that are due by Thursday:

EXTRA CREDIT:

1. Additional current event write up (CP) or Article Review (honors) on Africa

2. Asia and/or Africa written/visual depiction of the topic of your choice.

Homework for CP and Honors:

Prepare for map quiz on Wednesday and Geog quiz on Thursday.

**For the Geography Power Point, please go to Mrs. Gilstrap’s website–I can’t get it loaded onto mine.

http://agilstrap.weebly.com/

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We are still in our study of Asia: looking at East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. We have focused on how the geography of the area has affected the development of culture and population. Students should be studying their notes every day…the test will be Thursday.

asia-ppt-and-book-questions.doc

asias-modern-issues-ppt.ppt

asias-modern-issues-blank-chart.doc

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This week we are doing a study of Asia. We will focus on the geography and how it affects population patterns, economy, government, and culture. We will also focus on issues plaguing modern Asia: emergence in the world economic market, government conflicts, overpopulation, and religious issues. All students are working on finding, reading, and analyzing current event articles related to Asia this week.

WED UPDATE: Map quiz extended to Thursday; 7th period Article Review extended to Friday. All classes in Team 5 had guest speakers on Wednesday: upper classmen. All students will complete a Student Improvement Plan in all classes on Thursday and then have it signed by parents on Thursday. These must be returned by Monday.

2nd and 3rd periods CP: Map quiz on Wednesday. Be sure to check out the cool review site online–the link is to the right of this page. Current Events were due on Monday, but turn in late for reduced points by Wednesday. Also, don’t forget that the Concept Connection drawing is due on Tuesday in class.

7th period Honors: Map quiz on Wednesday. Be sure to check out the cool review site online–the link is to the right of this page. Article Reviews are due on Thursday–they count as a quiz grade. Make sure you download the rubric…check on last week’s info to see the link.  Don’t forget that the Concept Connection drawing is due on Tuesday in class.

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This week we are finishing our unit on Europe. We will wrap up discussion on how the geography of Europe has affected the development of culture there. The test will be on Thursday, October 2nd in all periods; students should be studying their notes. The test will include map skills questions using the atlas as well as written response questions. We will begin the study of Asia following the test.

Homework:

2nd and 3rd CP:  Due Friday–Asia current events article; write up due on Monday. Click here to see the instructions for the current event write up. current-event-cp.doc

Friday HW due on Tuesday if not finished in class: Concept Connection with the term you were given in class. Click here to review instructions.  concept-connections.ppt

7th Honors:  Due Friday: find Asia current event article and bring to class. Due Monday: current event outline for bonus points. Due Tuesday: rough draft due for peer edit. Due Thursday: final typed copy of Article Review turn in during class.

Friday HW due on Tuesday if not finished in class: Concept Connection with the term you were given in class. Click here to review instructions.  concept-connections.pptClick here for the outline article_review_outline.doc

Click here for the instructions  updated_article_review_rubric.doc

Need to contact me? Email at kselander@dorchester2.k12.sc.us or call 873-6460 x51019.

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Global Studies 1 CP: 2nd and 3rd Periods

We are finishing up our study of North and South America in GS 1 CP. Test will be Tuesday 9/23 and then we’ll begin study of Europe.

Monday: CW- finish group article discussion; share with class. Review for test; instructions on summary page for HW. Summary Page: Write one paragraph for each of the countries we studied in depth: US, Mexico, Cuba, and Venezuela. Be sure to use all of your notes and maps to help with this assignment. For each paragraph, you should have a title that includes the country name, capital, and leader. Also, you should include a basic description of location, economy, and government, AND how the geography affects the country. Please include the basic geography vocabulary terms AND the 5 Themes of Geography as part of your paragraphs. Underline/highlite the terms as you use them. This will be collected as HW on Tuesday before the test and then placed in the summary folders that will be used throughout the year.

Tuesday HW: Label Europe political map (quiz on Friday)

Wednesday HW: Label Europe physical map (quiz on Monday)

Friday: voting for Freshman Student Council elections, map quiz Europe political and Europe PPT Notes on Geography

Go here to play a cool map review game online!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm

 Global Studies 1 Honors: 7th Period

Monday: Finish country profiles for UK, Russia, and France, as well as your individual country from Europe. Don’t forget that your typed article review is due on Thursday. Homework this week to help with the AR:

Monday HW: finish completing the Outline Worksheet after reading your article.

Tuesday HW: finish writing your rough draft for the AR; we’ll do peer editing on Wed.

Wednesday HW: finish making edits and write/print the final copy of your AR to turn in on Thursday in class.

***Remember that you can use computers at school in the morning, during lunch, and after school to type and print your article reviews.

Article review document to download:  updated_article_review_rubric.doc

HW Thursday: study today’s notes on Europe geography

Friday: vote for Freshman Student Council elections in class

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This week in class we are working on more map skills and beginning our study of the Americas: geography, government, culture, economy, current events, etc. Students are writing journal responses several times a week–they will be collected at the end of the week.  Journals for this week:

#1: Describe 10 things you should do or have to prepare for a hurricane.

#2: Rainforests in S. America are being cut down for roads, farming, housing, medicine, lumber, etc. Do you agree with this–why or why not? Justify your position.

#3: How has your life changed as a result of Sept. 11, 2001?

Homework for the weekend: study the N. America map for a quiz on Tuesday. Also, create a mnemonic device to help you learn the countries of S. America–due Monday in class.

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Welcome to my Global Studies 1 CP class and Team 5! I am very excited to have my students this year–they look like a great crew! The first few weeks we’ll be: working on refreshing map skills, making a classroom wall map, beginning current events, and learning about the world one region at a time.

Textbooks will be issued soon–this time students will have a choice of a traditional book OR a CD-ROM that can be used at home. We will have a classroom set of textbooks so that students won’t have to bring them back and forth. Supplies that are needed for my class include: 3 ring binder with notebook paper, pencils/pens, and occasionally poster board. I also recommend that students have a flash/jump drive that can hold and transport files easily.

Assignments:

Current events article: students need to find an article about another country, read it, and write a brief description on notebook paper telling the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where, and why. This was assigned on Monday and is due Thursday, August 28th at the beginning of class. Reminder: there is no late HW accepted on Team 5, so don’t wait until the last minute!!

“My 5 Themes” Collage Activity: On Wednesday, students learned about the 5 Themes of Geography: movement, region, human/environment interaction, location, and place. To help make this topic relevant to students, they will create a collage that shows how the 5 Themes apply to their lives and homes. This counts as 2 homework grades and is due on Tuesday, September 2nd.

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