Friday 10-30-15

Bell Buster: Happy Halloween

1. Class Preview of Next Week.

2. North America " The Savage Edge"

Go EAGLES Football Saturday @ Blooming Grove 2:00

Thursday 10-29-15

Bell Buster: What does a Canadian say?

1. Finish Exam.

2. Read Ch. 7

3. Class discussion.

Wednesday 10-28-15

Bell Buster: STUDY

1. United States CH. 5 & 6 50 States Exam

Tuesday 10-27-15

Bell Buster: Complete Test Review 10 minutes

1. Class Review

2. Group Review; in groups make flash cards for exam using index cards.

EXAM TOMORROW!! STUDY TEST REVIEW AND STATES!

Monday 10-26-15

Bell Buster: Grab your textbook. Prepare for class.

1. Exam Review (EXAM WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY)

GO EAGLES Football @ Palmer 6:30

Friday 10-23-15

Bell Buster: Finish Ch. 6 Assessment

1. North America "Learn Young"
5 Physical Geography features from the video.

GO EAGLES!! Football @ Palmer @ 7:30
GO LADY EAGLES Volleyball @ Peaster

Thursday 10-22-15

Bell Buster: Open your books to pg. 150 over Disasters, "The Dust Bowl".

1. Class discussion over the Dust Bowl

2. Review of the States, and sub regions.  Will be part of EXAM!

3. Finish Ch. 6 Assessment. pg. 152
Reviewing Places & Terms 1-20
Main Ideas 1-10
Critical Thinking 2, 3
Geographic Skills 1-3


Go EAGLES!! JV Football vs. Palmer @ 6:00 p.m.

Thursday 10-21-15

Bell Buster: STUDY Western States

1. Western State Quiz

2. Ch. 6 Assessment pg. 152
Reviewing Places & Terms 1-20
Main Ideas 1-10
Critical Thinking 2, 3
Geographic Skills 1-3

Tuesday 10-20-15

Bell Buster: Get your books, turn to page 151 skim read TX unit pg's TX1-TX6. Focus on graphics and pictures and main ideas. 10 min.

1. Video Introduction of Texas.

2. Cultural Patterns and Landscape of Texas.

3. Discuss. Pictures.

4. Guided Reading 6-4

Vocabulary: land grants, diffusion, Chisholm Trail, Alamo

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.

Sam Houston

Monday 10-19-15

Bell Buster: What accounts for the variety of lifestyles within a country's sub regions?

1. Subregions of the United States PPT. Notes

2. Guided Reading 6-3

Vocabulary: New England, megalopolis, the Midwest, the South, metropolitan area, the West.

WESTERN STATE QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY!!

Friday 10-16-15

Bell Buster: Review of Economics and Culture Guided Reading.

1. North America "No Place to Hide"

GO EAGLES!! Varsity Football vs. Rice @ 7:30 Home.
GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball vs. Hillsboro @ 4:30 Home.

Thursday 10-15-15

Bell Buster: What factors make a country economically powerful?

1. Review of History and Government Guided Reading

2. Economy and Culture of the United States. PPT

3. Ch. 6-2 Guided Reading

Vocabulary: export, free enterprise, service industry, postindustrial economy, multinational.

Wednesday 10-14-15

Bell Buster: What factors might connect individual states within a sub regional group in the United States?

1. Ch. 6-1 PPT. History and Government of the United States.

Objective Questions

2. Ch. 6-1 Guided Reading

Vocabulary: migration, Columbian Exchange, Louisiana Purchase, frontier, suburb, representative democracy.

Tuesday 10-13-15

Bell Buster: Finish Ch. 5 Assessment

1. Read Ch. 6-1 pg 135-139
Review as a class,

2. Critical Thinking;
What did Lewis and Clark accomplish?

What impact did their accomplishments have on the United States?

How might railroads have expanded the development of the West?

How long did it take from the completion of the transcontinental railroad to the disappearance of open land on the frontier?

Monday 10-12-15

Bell Buster: STUDY

1. Eastern United States Quiz

2. Ch. 5 Assessment pg. 132
Reviewing Places and Terms 1-20
Main Idea 1-10

Friday 10-9-15

Bell Buster: Take out your State Map

1. Eastern State Review. QUIZ ON MONDAY

2. North America Video.

GO EAGLES!! Varsity Football @ Mildred @ 7:30
GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball vs. Keene @ Home 4:00

Thursday 10-8-15

Bell Buster: What reasons might people have for settling and area?

1. Skim Read CH. 5-3 pg. 127-130 Keep books out.

2. Human Environment Interaction PPT. Notes

3. Map Skills in Spiral, pg. 131 1-3.

4. Ch. 5-3 Guided Reading

Vocabulary: nomad, Beringia, St. Lawrence Seaway, lock.

Wednesday 10-7-15

Bell Buster: In your experience, how do climates affect people's lives?

Review of Land forms and Resources.

1.Climate and Vegetation PPT. Notes

2. Video: American Sea to Shining Sea.

3. Ch. 5-2 Guided Reading

Vocabulary: permafrost, prevailing westerlies, Everglades

Tuesday 10-6-15

Bell Buster: How did the natural features and abundant resources help the development of the United States and Canada?

1. Physical Features Video

2. North America Physical Features PPT.

3. Guided Reading Ch. 5-1

Vocabulary: Appalachian Mountains, Great Plains, Canadian Shield, Rocky Mountains, Continental Divide, Great Lakes, Mackenzie River.

Monday 10-5-15

Bell Buster: What are the geographic similarities of the United States and Canada?

1. Introduction of North American Unit pg. 98 in Book.

2. Read Ch. 5 pg. 116-122

3. United States Map Eastern & Western, Discuss Quiz times.

Friday 10-2-15

Bell Buster: STUDY

1. CH. 4 EXAM

2. Read Ch. 5

GO LADY EAGLES! vs. Millsap @ 4:00

Thursday 10-1-15

Bell Buster: Finish Ch. 4 Assessment

1. Ch. 4 Review PPT.

2. Exam Preview.

STUDY FOR EXAM TOMORROW!!