Check here for daily class summaries, important project & test due dates and much more!







Thursday, April 14, 2011

Welcome Back All!!

This week we have hit the ground running discussing the nationalism movements of both India and Vietnam. Click on the links below to see 3 different powerpoint presentations on these countries and on the non violence movement in general as inspired by Mohandas Gandhi.

Indpendence of India and Vietnam

India Vietnam Nationalism Movements

Non Violence Movement

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!!!