3 Religions of the Middle East and Project

Thursday- We finished up our powerpoint presentation on the ethnic groups and religions of the Middle East and began charting our religion information. We also used some of class today to see how we would be using this information next week to complete our first technology assessment of the year. Students were assigned to begin gathering materials electronically to use on the project.

Friday-
We continued our chart on the monotheistic religions through the guided reading in Chapter 16 as well as played a matching game with religion cards. Some of the students received their log on access today in class as well.

Remember that you must start your glog from the project portion of your dashboard or it will not be viewed!!

Enjoy your weekend!

Ethnic Groups or Religious Group?

Wednesday- We began our discussion on the various ethnic and religious groups that are prevalent throughout the Middle East area as well as clarified the difference between ethnic and religious groups in general.

Resource Issues Continued....

Today we completed Chapter 14 and 15 on the resource dilemmas facing the various countries in the Middle East. It was great to make those connections and have great discussions with all of you! Please be sure to have the Transportation section completed for tomorrow!

Resource Issues

Monday-
Today we began our handout #8 from our folders. It introduced us to the resource issues surrounding water in the Middle East. Please see that you have completed the 6 questions on the second page for class tomorrow.

Graphic Organizer

Wednesday-
We reviewed the answers to the outline on the reading about the Middle East and discussed reading comprehension strategies. Not all questions are always in order or in the same wording!!

Thursday-
We worked in class in pairs on the graphic organizer describing the major features of countries throughout the region.
HW- if you did not complete the organizer by the end of class please complete it at home tonight. The syllabus states how to access the book online with user name and password. The S.S. links on this blog may also be helpful :-)

Map Quiz

Friday-
 We completed our map quiz on the major physical features of the Middle East. Students who scored below a 70% may come in on Thursday after school to retake the quiz and possibly raise their grades up to a maximum of 70% by averaging their two scores. Be sure to have a late bus permission slip form in at the front office in order to take it home.

Tuesday-
We viewed a Prezi presentation on the Middle East and began a reading with corresponding outline notes on the geography of the region. Please complete it as homework for tonight. We will go over it on Wednesday in class.

Crossroads

Today we will be seeing a video on the Middle East region titled Crossroads. Don't forget to study tonight for your map quiz tomorrow!!

A copy of the map is available for you to practice on under the Assignment Link to the left. There are three S.S. geography links that are also great for seeing maps and playing games.