Monday, October 31, 2016

Monday 10-31-16

Bell Buster: Happy Halloween!

1. Ch. 5 Assessment pg. 132
11-20
Main Idea 1-10
Geographic Skills 1-3

2. Note Assignment Check. 
When I call your name bring your spiral. 

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Thursday 10-27-16

Bell Buster: Finish Note Assignment 5-2 pg. 126 2,3,4

1. Note Assignment 5-3 Human Environment Interaction
pg. 130 2,3,4
Map Activity pg. 131 1-3

2. PPT 5-3 Human Environment Interaction


Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. - Swami Sivananda

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Wednesday 10-26-16

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

1. PPT. Climate and Vegetation United States and Canada

2. Video: American Geography Close Ups Maps Regions Resources and Climate

3. Video Reflection: Write a reflective summary over what you learned from the video. Name a minimum of three facts from the video in your summary. 

4. Note Assignment: 5-2 pg. 126 2,3,4

 WAY TO GO LADY EAGLES!!
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. - Robert H. Schuller

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Tuesday 10-25-16

Bell Buster: How do Canada and the United States rank in size compared with other countries?

1. Ch. 5-1 Landforms and Resources PPT

2. Note Assignment: pg. 122 2,3,4

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams

Monday, October 24, 2016

Monday 10-24-16

Bell Buster: How many states are in the United States? How many provinces and Terrirotries are in Canada?

1. Video Geo Features

2. PPT. Preview of Ch. 5 Physical Geography of United States and Canada "A Land of Contrast"

3. Questions:
What are three common resources in the United States?

Why is Canada colder than the United States?

What reasons might people have for settling an area like the United States and Canada?

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy

Friday, October 21, 2016

Friday 10-21-17

Bell Buster: GO EAGLES!!

1. North America "No Place to Hide"

Assignment: 10 Geographical Features Shown in the Video.

GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball vs. Maypearl 4:30

GO EAGLES!! Football vs. AAA Prime Prep  7:30

If you can dream it, you can do it. - Walt Disney

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Thursday 10-20-16

Bell Buster: Get your textbook and complete Making Comparisons

1. Making Comparisons Assignment
pg. 102-115 15 Total Questions
Work with a partner and answer each question using the information from the unit atlas.
Turn in assignment at the end of class.

2. Review and Discuss Making Comparison Assignment
PPT. 

GO EAGLES!! JV Football vs. AAA 6:00

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Wednesday 10-19-16

Bell Buster: WAY TO GO LADY EAGLES!! Get a Book for class.

1. Complete Exam Corrections/Bonus

2. Introduction to North America Unit

3. Making Comparisons Assignment
pg. 102-115 15 Total Questions
Work with a partner and answer each question using the information from the unit atlas.
Turn in assignment at the end of class.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! - Dr. Seuss

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Tuesday 10-18-16

Bell Buster: Test Discussion

1. Test Overview/Corrections
Bonus Opportunity: Define Exam Vocabulary and provide and example of each. 15 Points.

2. Ch. 5-1 Vocabulary

GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball @ Palmer

Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale

Monday, October 17, 2016

Monday 10-17-16

Bell Buster: STUDY!!

1. Turn Ch. 4 Note Assignments in.

2. Ch. 4 Exam

3. Read Ch. 5 pg. 117-Finish

WAY TO GO ALL EAGLES!!!

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. - Thomas Aquinas

Friday, October 14, 2016

Friday 10-14-16

Bell Buster: GO EAGLES!!!!

1. Finish Presentations.

2. Ch. 4 Exam Review

3. EXAM ON MONDAY!! STUDY!!

WAY TO GO JV FOOTBALL!!

GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball @ Blooming Grove 4:30

GO EAGLES Football @ Blooming Grove 7:30
The starting point of all achievement is desire. - Napoleon Hill

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Wednesday 10-12-16

Bell Buster: WAY TO GO LADY EAGLES!!

1.Ch. 4 Guided Reading Presentation

Directions:
In your group collaborate using Google Slides and create a presentation using the information from the assigned section from Ch. 4 Guided Reading. Everyone must participate and each group will present to the class on Wednesday 10-12-16 & Thursday 10-13-16
Goal: Complete by the end of class today!
Requirements
  1. Section Vocabulary Listed
  2. Answer the questions from Ch. 4 Guided Reading
  3. Add images that match the information that is covered in your section.
2. If all students finish begin Presentations.

EXAM ON FRIDAY!!

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. - William Shakespeare

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Tuesday 10-11-16

Bell Buster: Handout Assignment

1. Go to English Hall CPL

2.

Ch. 4 Guided Reading Presentation
Directions:
In your group collaborate using Google Slides and create a presentation using the information from the assigned section from Ch. 4 Guided Reading. Everyone must participate and each group will present to the class on Wednesday 10-12-16 & Thursday 10-13-16

Goal: Complete by the end of class today!
Requirements
  1. Section Vocabulary Listed
  2. Answer the questions from Ch. 4 Guided Reading
  3. Add images that match the information that is covered in your section.

3. Join Google Classroom World Geography

GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball @ Grandview

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Onassis

Monday, October 10, 2016

Monday 10-10-16

Bell Buster: What do you know about economics?

1. Review 4-4 Urban Geography

Vocabulary: economy, economic systems, command economy, market economy, natural resources, infrastructure, per capita income, GNP, outsourcing, GDP, free-trade zones.

2. Video: Economic Geography

3. PPT. Economic Geography

4. Note Assignment: pg. 95 2,3,4

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucius

Friday, October 7, 2016

Friday 10-7-16

Bell Buster: GO EAGLES!!

1. Review 4-3 Note Assignment

Vocabulary: urban geography, city, suburb, metropolitan area, urbanization, central business district (CBD)

2. PPT. Urban Geography

3. Video: Urbanization

4. Note Assignment pg. 90 2,3,4

GO LADY EAGLES!! Volleyball @ Keene 4:30

GO EAGLES!! Football vs. A+ 7:30

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. - Vince Lombardi

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Thursday 10-6-16

Bell Buster: Why do people form political units such as countries and states?

1. Review Note Assignment.

2. Political Geography Video

3. PPT: Political Geography (NO NOTES)

4. Note Assignment: pg. 86: Questions:  2, 3, 4 (IN SPIRAL)

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Wednesday 10-5-16

Bell Buster: Does the world already have too many people now, or can it support many more?

Vocabulary: birthrate, fertility rate, mortality rate, infant mortality rate, rate of natural increase, population pyramid, push-pull factors, population density, carrying capacity.

1. Population Geography Video

2. PPT: Population Geography: NO Notes

3. Note Assignment ( IN SPIRAL): pg. 82 2-4

WAY TO GO LADY EAGLES!!

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. - Joseph Campbell

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Tuesday 10-4-16

Bell Buster: What makes up a clan?

Vocabulary: culture, society, ethnic group, innovation, diffusion, cultural hearth, acculturation, dialect, religion.

1. PPT. The Elements of Culture

2. Group Questions:
 pg. 77 #3

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. - Arnold H. Glasow