Week of Feb. 26^th  – March 2^nd  

Current Events

World Geogrpahy

Monday

·       Debate – Civil Rights / Civil Liberties

·       Islam Presentation / Activity

Tuesday

·       Introduction Thesis Statement / Essay (Civil Liberties)

·       Assessment – World Religions

Wednesday

·       Outline Essay (Civil Liberties)

·       Intro to Asia (Russia)

Thursday

·       Rough Draft Essay (Civil Liberties)

·       Classroom activity Russia

Friday

·       Peer Review Essay (Civil Liberties

·       Introduction to East Asia

Week of Feb. 12th – Feb.  16^th

 Current Events

Civics

Monday

-        Work with partner to create pamphlet regarding possible terrorism event

-        Finish Chapter 1-4 Assessment

-        Status Check – H/E Interaction

-        Introduce World Religions

Tuesday

-        Finish pamphlet and prepare for presentation regarding possible terrorism event

-        Introduce Judaism

-        Classroom Activity Judaism

Wednesday

-        Present pamphlet / findings about terrorism event

-        Introduce Hinduism

-        Classroom Activity Hinduism

Thursday

-        Finish presentations pamphlet / findings about terrorism event

-        Socratic seminar regarding terrorism

-        Introduce Buddhism

-        Classroom Activity Buddhism

-        Homework: Digital Lockbox - Christianity

Friday

No School

Week of Feb. 5^th  – Feb. 9^th  

Current Events

Civics

Monday

·       Finish Presentations

·       Fiscal Ship – Balancing Budget / Programs

·       Climates of Earth - Notes / Activity

Tuesday

·       Defining Terrorism (Individual / Partner / Class work)

·       Introduce Terrorism Scenarios

·       The Earth’s Activities (Plate Tectonics) – Notes / Activity

Wednesday

·       Work on Terrorism Scenarios (Partner Work)

·       Present Findings

·       Review for Assessment – The Earth

Thursday

·       Introduce Terrorism Pamphlet Project

·       Assessment – The Earth

Friday

·       Work on Terrorism Pamphlet Project

·       Introduce World Religions – Notes / Activity

Week of January 29th – February 2nd

Current Events

Civics

Monday

-        Continue work on solutions to poverty presentation

-        Continue to watch Global Warming Documentary – Guided Notes

Tuesday

-        Work with group members / classmates to review presentations and determine validity of plan of action

-        Finish watching Global Warming Documentary – Guided Notes

-        Classwork / homework: Worksheet (Global Warming)

Wednesday

-        Re-work presentation for Poverty Solutions with group members to be interconnected

-        Project: Global Warming

o   Student Choice

o   Options Provided on Google Classroom

Thursday

-        Present Poverty Solutions to class, answering any questions that may arise from the audience.

o   Clearly articulate the problem

o   Provide solution to problem

o   Present plan of action for implementation

-        Work on Project: Global Warming

-        Project Due Monday

Friday

Parent Teacher Conferences

7:30-11:30

Week of Jan. 22^nd – Jan 26^th

Current Events

Civics

Monday

·       Weekly News Story Due

·       New Weekly News Story Assigned

·       Watch Video / Discuss Interconnection between immigration and poverty

·       Discussion / Notes – Review of Basic Geographical Knowledge

Tuesday

·       Watch Video on wealth distribution in the United States

·       Group Work – Household Budgeting

·       Introduction of Map Projection Advantage and Disadvantages – Project Assigned

Wednesday

·       Investigate cost of living in the local area to determine cost of living

·       Determine as a group if the federal minimum wage is a livable wage

·       Map Projections Project – Class time provided

Thursday

·       Introduce Project – Solving Poverty

·       Introduction to Global Warming – Discussion / Video / Guided Notes

Friday

·       Work in small groups to create word webs in class to determine four areas in which poverty could be reduced

·       Finish Video

·       Socratic Seminar regarding Global Warming

·       Discussion Post Assigned

Week of Jan. 15^th  – Jan. 19^th  

Current Events

World Geography

Monday

No School – Weekly News Story Due

No School

Tuesday

No School

No School

Wednesday

·       Continue to work on Historical Fiction Story – Immigration (Google Slides)

·       Introduce Sojourner Essay – “Why you’re proud to be an American…”

·       Students that are from other nations can insert their home country instead of American

*DUE MONDAY*

Thursday

·       Finish working on Historical Fiction Story – Immigration (Voicethread)

*** TURN IN ***

·       Students will be given time within class to work on this essay

o   Thesis statement

o   3-5 Paragraphs

o   Size 12 Font

o   Times New Roman

Friday

·       Socratic Seminar – Weekly News Stories

·       Finish Essay and turn in

·       Discussion Post – Google Classroom

*DUE WEDNESDAY*

Week of Jan. 1^st – Jan. 5^th

Current Events

Civics

Monday

No School

No School

Tuesday

No School

No School

Wednesday

·       Introduction / Team Building (This or That) – Syllabus sent home

·       Introduction to World Geography / Team Building (This or That)

Thursday

·       Register for google classroom (all assignments provided there for the quarter).

·       Assignment – Weekly News Story (Class time provided – Due Monday)

·       Register for google classroom (all assignments provided there for the quarter).

·       Assignment – Dream Vacation (Due Tuesday)

Friday

·       Watch Video – “Danger of a Single Story”

·       Turn in notes

·       Work on Dream Vacation Presentation