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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Jeopardy here for you to use!!!

Test tomorrow (Friday) on the Geography and Religons of Asia!!

Click on the link below to see the game.

Review on Jeopardy!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Power Point on Religions of Asia

Hey All!
Check out the following link to help you with your review sheets on Asia and to study for your Geography/Culture test this Friday!

Religions of Asia Power Point

Also check out the Review Sheet  under the assignments link if you need to print a new copy!

and the Compare and Contrast Buddhism and Hinduism Document which has a religion chart properly filled out for you below!
Religion Comparison Chart

Monday, March 28, 2011

Religion Begins!!

Today we started learning about Hinduism. We started reading Chapter 27 and filling out the 5 Religion Graphic Organizer. You can find the link to print one at home under the assignments heading. We saw a great movie on Hinduism and look forward to doing the same tomorrow with Buddhism.

We have a test on Friday over the geography of Asia and the major religions there.

Don't forget  to complete your chart including Judaism, Islam, and Christianity by Wednesday!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Resource Issues of Asia Power Point

Click on the link below to see the power point presentation that we saw in class today
Resource Issue Power Point

Monday, March 21, 2011

Asia Geography has begun!!!

Late last week we started learning the physical features and countries of Asia. We also discussed the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

Get ready for your quiz tomorrow (Tuesday)

You can study by using the mapping links under S.S. to the left of this post.

Shepard Software and Atlas are two great sites! Have fun.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Economics of Africa

This week we started reviewing basic economic terms that we have learned in the past by playing with the economic matching cards. We also completed the graphic organizer with the help of Chapter 8 and Chapter 9. Be able to compare Nigeria's economy with South Africa's!!!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Tomorrow is your test on African Governments!!!!!

Feel free to play the study island games to review! Click on the link below and use your log in to get going!

Study Island African Governments

Log in: Lunch # @RCS
password: 12345678


After you have logged in....
Click on the Africa Government test review under your assignments
then click on the blue box that says "start studying"
you will then see the screen that let's you choose to play games, click on games and pick your favorite.
Have fun!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

This Week

Monday- We watched all of the groups present their Prezi projects in class and posted our prezi links to our wiki pages so that all class members can review and comment on each others projects. Every student should have a paragraph or two on their own page by their prezi link as to which group made the best argument for how governments in Africa could better deal with the AIDS crisis.

Tuesday- We saw the documentary Foul Water Fiery Serpent about the guinea worm problem in Africa. All students should have received a Governments of Africa Reveiw Sheet that they will need to have complete by Thursday.

Wednesday- We will work on our review sheets and Prezi posts ( link for the review sheet is also under the assginments link)

Thursday- We will go over the review sheets and play review games for Friday's test on the Governments of Africa

Friday - Test over the Governments of Africa.