April 01, 2008

Week of March 31st

6th Grade

Students are finishing their study of Australia and Oceania this week.  They took Cornell Notes on governments and economics of the region.  They have a test on all of Australia and Oceania on April 4th.

Download political_structures_and_economy_of_australia_and_oceania.ppt

7th Grade

Students are finishing their study of Asia this week.  They took Cornell Notes on governments and economics of the region.  They have a test on all of Post-Colonial Asia through modern Asia on April 4th.

Download governments_and_economics_of_asia.ppt

8th Grade

Students are finishing their Georgia Government project this week.  Their projects are due on April 3rd.  Students have a test on Georgia government on April 4th.

Download georgia_governments_project.doc

March 25, 2008

Week of March 24th

6th Grade

Students are studying early cultures of Australia and Oceania.  They took Cornell Notes this week and have a quiz on Friday, March 28th.

Download australian_and_oceanic_culture.ppt

7th Grade

Students are studying Communism, Korean and Vietnam War.  They took Cornell Notes this week and have a quiz on Friday, March 28th.

Download communism_and_the_korea_and_vietnam_war.ppt

8th Grade

Students are working on a Georgia Government Project in class this week. 

Download georgia_governments_project.doc

This project is due April 3rd.

March 20, 2008

Week of March 17th

6th grade students have been working on an Australian Web Quest.  The Web Quest is due on Friday.  The web quest link is below.

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall03/australia/Intro.htm

7th grade students are studying the end of colonialism in Asia.  They have a quiz on Friday from their Cornell Notes.

Download end_of_colonialism.ppt

8th grade students have been studying the foundations of Georgia's government.  They have a quiz on Friday from their Cornell Notes.

Download georgia_state_constitution_and_powers.ppt

March 03, 2008

Week of March 3rd

6th Grade

Students are studying the Canadian government and economy.  Students have a Canada test on Friday, March 7th on notes #1-7.

Download canadas_government_and_economy.ppt

7th Grade

Students are studying trade and isolationism in Asia.  They have a quiz on these notes on Friday, march 7th.  Students should continue to read their novel Monkey, chapters 8-13.

Download isolation_and_trade.ppt

8th Grade

Students are studying the 1996 Olympics, Jimmy Carter, and immigration in the U.S. and Georgia.  They have a quiz on these notes on Friday, March 7th.

Download changing_community.ppt

February 26, 2008

Week of February 25th

6th Grade

Students are studying the Colonization of Canada this week.  They took Cornell notes on Monday.  They will have a quiz on Thursday this week on the notes.

Download colonization_of_canada.ppt

7th Grade

Students are studying the Silk Road, China and India.  They took Cornell notes on Monday.  They will have a quiz on Friday this week on the notes.  Students also have a novel quiz on Thursday on Monkey, Chapters1-7.

Download silk_road_china_and_india.ppt

8th Grade

Students are studying the Post WWII in Georgia.  They took Cornell notes on Monday.  They will have a quiz on Friday this week on the notes.

Download postworld_war_ii_developments_in_georgia.ppt

February 25, 2008

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February 20, 2008

Week of February 20th

6th Grade

Students are starting their study of Canada.  They are completing a map of Canada and will have a quiz on Friday on the map.  Attached is the maps and the list of places they need to label.

Download canada_map_work.doc

Download canada_political_map.JPG

Download canada_landforms_map.JPG

7th Grade

Students are continueing their study of Hinduism and Buddhism.  They have completed Cornell notes on both religions.  Student should be studying their notes daily.

Download hinduism_and_buddhism.ppt

8th Grade

Students are studying the causes and effects of WW II on the United States and Georgia.  Students have completed Cornell Notes on World War II.  Students are working on a web quest on World War II, timlining causes and effects of the war.

Download world_war_ii.ppt

World War II Web Quest

February 14, 2008

6th Grade

6th Grade students have a test on February 15th on Latin America this week.  They will have a notebook check on Latin America.  Our next unit will be Canada and we will be studying the physical features.  The review sheet is attached.

Download review_sheet1.doc

7th Grade

7th grade students are studying the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism.  We will be looking at the origins andbasic beliefs of each of these religions.

8th Grade

8th grade students are rewriting their persuasive essays on FDR.  We will be studying WWII and the US and Georgia's role in in.

February 08, 2008

6th grade

Students are studying the governments and economies of Latin America.  There is no quiz on these notes but students will have a test on Latin America on Friday, Febuary 15th.

Download latin_american_and_caribbean_governments.ppt

7th Grade

Students are starting their study of Asia this week.  We will be studying Ancient Asian history next week

8th grade

Students have a test on Monday, Febuary 11th.  The test will be from the End of Reconstruction to the New Deal and the Great Depression.  Their review sheet is attached.

Download review_sheet.doc