HW for Monday, 3/31

Quiz 3 Review.

HW for Friday, 3/28

Europe Festival . . .

Choose one of the European countries on which you did a Country Profile.
Choose one of the following project options:

1) Dress up in, or bring in traditional clothes from your country and be prepared to explain the significance.
2) Prepare a traditional food or meal from your country that can serve 10 people.
3) Create a Google Presentation about TRADITIONAL music from your country.  You may focus on types of music, traditional instruments, musicians, or particular songs.  You must have at least 4 examples and each slide must include a description of the music (in your own words) and a link to a sample clip.
4) Prepare a model of an important city or geographic feature of your country and be able to explain the significance to the class.

THIS IS DUE MONDAY!

HW for Thursday, 3/27

Russia packet.

HW for Wednesday, 3/26

Eastern Europe packet.  Be sure to follow the structure we outlined in class!

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 3/26

1) Finish your Europe country profile 1.
2) Do a Europe country profile 2!

HW for Tuesday, 3/25

Current Event Summary: EVERYONE will do this article:
http://www.bbc.com/newsround/26257865

HW for Monday, 3/24

West Central Europe packet.

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 3/24

Try any of these games:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm

HW for Friday, 3/21

Southern Europe packet.

HW for Thursday, 3/20

Make up work.

HW for Wednesday, 3/19

Quiz Review

1) Review the Jeopardy questions here:
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/south-america215

2) Study your maps of South America!!!  You'll need to be able to label a map on the quiz!

HW for Tuesday, 3/18

Atlantic South America packet.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 3/18

Try this game:
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/north-and-south-america-map-game.php

HW for Friday, 3/14

South America Festival on Monday!
You are to do one of the following (related to the country you did for your country profile):

• Bring in clothing from your country (and be able to tell us about it)
• Bring in food from your country (and be able to tell us about it)
• Bring in music from your country (and be able to tell us about it)
• Make a model of some geographic feature of your country (and be able to tell us about it)
• Teach the class some phrases from some of the languages of your country (NOT just Spanish!)

HW for Thursday, 3/13

Venezuela packet.

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 3/13

Try these activities -- you should be able to do these well today, seeing as we reviewed the map while doing the South America fact sheet yesterday!
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_SoAmCA_G1_drag_drop.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_SoAmCA_G2_drag_drop.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_SoAmCA_G7_drag_spin.html

HW for Wednesday, 3/13

Complete a current events summary for South America -- you may read one the articles below or find an article on your own.:
Lost Salamander and Frog Species Found in Ecuador
Biggest Snake Discovered in Colombia -- Bigger Than A Bus!
Worm Eating Plant Found in Brazil

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 3/12

South America!

Try this game:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/geography_south_america.htm

Want a real challenge?  Try this:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/caribbean-geography-quiz

HW for Tuesday, 3/11

Caribbean South America packet.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 3/11

1) Review for the quiz -- go through your packets, look again at the Jeopardy questions (see last night's HW entry).

2) Feel ready for the quiz?  Try this: http://www.purposegames.com/game/longitude-and-latitude-quiz

HW for Monday, 3/10

Central America and Caribbean packet.

Also, there will be a quiz tomorrow -- if you paid attention during Jeopardy today and if you do your Central and Caribbean packet, you'll breeze through it.  To review a bit more, try Jeopardy again:  https://jeopardylabs.com/play/enter-title159917

HW for Friday, 3/7

Mexico packet -- starred/circled questions pages 171 and 176.

HW for Thursday, 3/6

Canada packet -- starred questions pages 149 and 155.

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 3/5

1) Finish the "Using a Scale" worksheet.
2) Go to google maps, search for Parkmont, and explore the area around the school.
3) Once you've mastered number 2, explore this site:
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/ssmaps.html

HW for Wednesday, 3/5

United States packet -- starred questions pages 133 and 140.

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday,3/5

Try these games:
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/map-tools-family-adventure/kd/?ar_a=3
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/geography/north_america/quiz2969.html
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/map-tools-family-adventure/kd/?ar_a=3

HW for Tueday, 3/4

Use the handout I gave you in class to complete a current event summary.
The article should be related to at least one of the 5 themes of geography, and this week, it should be set in North America.
Here are a few articles that might interest you:

On Way to New World, First Americans Made a 10,000-Year Pit Stop

Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Lingers on Alaska Beaches

Water in America: Is It Safe to Drink?

New Buzz About Honeybee Loss

The Death of a Language?

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 3/4

Practice latitude and longitude:

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php