Wednesday, September 30, 2009

TEST IN GEOGRAPHY

Geography Test on Friday
- Culture, Development, Population
- Study Guides should be ready for Thursday's review game!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Homework

Periods 4,5,6 - Read pages 87-91 & answer questions 2 - 7 in notebook (write out questions).

ALL Periods - Population Pyramid WS

Period 3 - Ecological Footprint Table 1 (column 2), Table 2.

TEST ON FRIDAY!

Friday, September 25, 2009

Weekend Work

Geography - Development Maps were due by the end of class on Friday - if you didn't do so, turn it in asap for partial credit.

DUE FOR MONDAY
Population Vocab (except 6th Period)
Population Guided Reading
6 Billion People WS

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Geography, September 17th

Periods 2,3, &4 - Finish your Constitution Essay for tomorrow! Remember - good sentences!

EXTRA CREDIT! - Memorize & Recite the Preamble of the Consitution successfully for stickers!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Quiz Reminders

Quiz - Geography
- Culture Traits (Define & Example)
- CUlture Regions (identify & continent vs culture region skills)

Career Explorations
-Introduction Vocab Quiz (including High 5 Principles)

Friday, September 11, 2009

Work for Friday, 9/11

Geography

- Extra Credit: How do you think the events of 9/11 impacted geography? (think of culture and countries invovled). (give 3 examples or reasons)

- Homework - Culture Region vs Continent Papers (if not finished in class)

- Quiz on Wednesday - Culture Traits (list & explain) & Culture Regions (labelling)

Career Explorations

- Extra Credit: Career Explorations - How do you think the events of 9/11 impacted peoples careers or jobs in the United States? (give 3 examples or reasons)

- Quiz on Tuesday (Odd) & Wednesday (even) - Intro Vocab & High 5 Principles.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Homework - Thursday, 10/10

Geography - Quiz on Culture Traits/Regions moved Wednesday!!

Career Explorations- Intro Vocab Quiz
Odd - 9/15
Even 9/16

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Homework for Wednesday, 9/9

Career Explorations Quiz - Introduction Vocab & High 5 Principles
Odd Days - 9/15
Even Days - 9/16

Geography Homework
- Review Culture Traits for Quiz on Tuesday

Parents - Please complete purple parent surveys for tomorrow. Thanks for your time.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Tuesday, Sept 8th Homework

Geography - Culture Guided Reading - pages 80-85

Friday, September 4, 2009

Weekend Homework

Geography - Culture Vocab words should be defined in our notebooks. Words are (cultural diffusion, democracy, globalization, interdependence, culture, culture regions, civilization, developing country, developed country, ethnic group, rights, responsibilities, dialect).

Career Explorations - ODD days: If you didn't hand in your "High 5 Writing," finish for next class.

ALL students - purple, parent papers should be returned by September 10th. Parents - thanks for taking the time to complete them!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Geography Update

Today we reviewed features in North America. As an additional extra credit, where (specifically) does the Schuylkill County River start and where does it end?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Tuesday, Sept 1st, 2009

Geography
Homework: Textbooks covered by Friday.
Extra Credit: Antarctica is a continent with no independent countries; however, 7 countries have claimed parts of it as their own. What are the 7 countries?