A Day- Wednesday, 4/14/2021
Advisement Class- Second Steps (Social Emotional Learning) Lesson 1st Period and 5th Period: Today students will be able to describe the impact of Communism in China in terms of Mao Zedong, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen Square. Students will view several videos and then complete a fill-in notes from text book readings. (All digital information can be found in your One Note class notebook under SE Asia History with today and tomorrow's dates on it.) Students will then complete a Ticket Out the Door, also found in your class notebook) The Great Leap Forward video "What was the Cultural Revolution? video Tiananmen Square video B-Day- Thursday, 4/15/2021 Advisement Class- STEAM: Ear Sketch (coding). 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Wednesday's 14 April 2021. See above.
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A Day- Monday, 4/12/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan Article 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today starts our unit on South East Asia History. We will learn about the role the United States played in the rebuilding of Japan. War in the Far East Presentation War in the Far East Notes War in the Far East Ticket Over the Internet Rebuilding Japan after WWII Quizlet B-Day- Tuesday, 4/13/2021 Advisement Class- Grade recovery. Students should work on completing missing assignments, prior to Progress Reports. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, 12 April 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 3/8/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today starts our unit on South East Asia. We will begin with the physical and political geography of South East Asia. SE Asia Geographic Understandings Forms Maps of SE Asia Geography of SE Asia Quizlet B-Day- Tuesday, 3/9/2021 Advisement Class- Grade recovery. Students should work on completing missing assignments, prior to Report Card distribution. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, 8 March 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 3/1/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today will be a review of our African History Unit. Students will play several rounds of Gimkit in preparation for our Open-notes African History Test that will be given Thursday and Friday. The topics covered include:
Additional Review Resources: African History Quizlet Apartheid Quizlet African History Gimkit B-Day- Tuesday, 3/2/2021 Advisement Class- Grade recovery. Students should work on completing missing assignments, prior to Report Card distribution. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, 1 March 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 2/22/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I am reading "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?", by Dr. Beverly Tatum. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! Apartheid Background Essay and Questions (This weeks notes can only be accessed through Class notebook.) Apartheid Notes Apartheid Ticket Over the Internet Apartheid Visual Dictionary Apartheid Explained Video Mandela the Rebel Video Sharpeville Massacre revisted Video Animated Mandela #1 Video Animated Mandela #2 Video Animated Mandela #3 Video Apartheid Quizlet South Africa Twenty Years after Apartheid Video 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today we are continuing our unit on African History. We will learn about Apartheid in South Africa. Students will read the Apartheid Background Essay and answer several short answer response questins. Students will then complete various activities about life under the Apartheid system in South Africa. At the end of the lesson, students will complete a ticket out-the-door/over-the-internet. B-Day- Tuesday, 2/23/2021 Advisement Class- Students are taking the IOWA and CO-GAT tests. Second period students will not be seen today. 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, 22 February 2021. See above. A Day- Thursday, 2/11/2021
Advisement Class- STEAM Day! Black History Month Inventors. A week of CNN10! 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today will be a review or catch up lesson to cover the last three class periods. We will review Colonialism, Independence Movements, and Pan-Africanism in Africa. Asynchronous: Students will be able to use this time to complete any assignments from the last three class periods that they have yet to complete. This includes any readings, worksheets and/or Tickets Out the Door/Over the Internet. Colonialism Worksheet Nationalism Double-Bubble Map Pan-Africanism Worksheet Please revisit VLD# 39, 40 and 41 to access the Tickets Out the Door. Read carefully! B-Day- Friday, 2/12/2021 Advisement Class- Second Steps: Bullying Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, 11 February 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 2/8/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today we are continuing our unit on African History. We will learn about African Nationalism/Independence Movements, specifically for the countries of Nigeria and Kenya. Students will complete a Double Bubble Map (compare and contrast), on the two countries. Students will then read about Pan-Africanism (Pan-African Movement). After reading they will complete a Multi-Flow Map (cause and effect), about the factors that led to Pan-Africanism and what were the results and/or goals of this movement. At the end of each lesson, students will complete two separate ticket out-the-door/over-the-internet. Birthplace of Independence Movements Reading Independence Movements in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa Read and Respond Independence Movements in Africa Worksheet (Kenya and Nigeria) African Nationalism Ticket Over the Internet Pan-Africanism Read and Respond Pan-Africanism Worksheet (Use the reading to fill this out) Pan-African Ticket Over the Internet African Empires/Kingdoms RAFT Assignment Additional Resources African Kingdoms and Civilization PPT Khan Academy: Art of Africa Ducksters: Ancient Africa RAFT Flipgrid B-Day- Tuesday, 2/9/2021 Advisement Class- Grade recovery. Students should work on completing missing assignments, prior to Progress Reports. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, 8 February 2021. See above. A Day- Thursday, 2/4/2021
Advisement Class- STEAM Day! Black History Month Inventors. 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Students will learn about Colonialism and Imperialism of Africa. Students will complete write the definitions for this unit and create or cut and paste images that represent the terms. Asynchronous: Students will read an article about African Imperialism and Colonialism and complete a Multi-flow map. Once this is completed, the students will take an open-notes ticket out the door or over the internet. African Imperialism/Colonialism Presentation African Imperialism/Colonialism Presentation PDF African Imperialism/Colonialism Reading African Imperialism/Colonialism Handout African Imperialism/Colonialism Ticket Over the Internet Additional Resources Scramble for Africa Resource African History Quizlet B-Day- Friday, 2/5/2021 Advisement Class- Second Steps: Bullying Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, 4 February 2021. See above. RAA Day- Monday, 2/1/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today began our unit on Africa History. The students watched several videos that highlighted the achievements of several ancient to recently modern, African Kingdoms or Empires. VIDEO 1: PBSNewsHour "Why we're overdue to know the brilliance of Africa's civilizations" (6:11) VIDEO 2: 12 Greatest Ancient African Empires (16:51) Asynchronous: Students were tasked with completing a RAFT activity on one of the African Empires or Kingdoms we viewed in class. Sevearl articles about various kingdoms were made available to students at various Lexile (readin g levels). Face-to-face students provided a printed copy, and a printable copy of all the articles was uploaded to the African Kingdom_Empires or African History section of your class notebook. This assignment will be due on Thursday, 4 February 2021 for 1st and 5th period classes. Friday, 5 February 2021 for 2nd and 6th period classes. African Empires/Kingdoms RAFT Assignment Additional Resources African Kingdoms and Civilization PPT Khan Academy: Art of Africa Ducksters: Ancient Africa RAFT Flipgrid B-Day- Tuesday, 2/2/2021 Advisement Class- Grade recovery. Students should work on completing missing assignments, prior to Progress Reports. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, 1 February 2021. See above. A Day- Thursday, 1/28/2021
Advisement Class- STEAM Day! PowerPoint and Art. Students will continue working on their Ndebele Art Activity. 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today began our unit on Africa History. The students watched several videos that highlighted the achievements of several ancient to recently modern, African Kingdoms or Empires. VIDEO 1: PBSNewsHour "Why we're overdue to know the brilliance of Africa's civilizations" (6:11) VIDEO 2: 12 Greatest Ancient African Empires (16:51) Asynchronous: Students were tasked with completing a RAFT activity on one of the African Empires or Kingdoms we viewed in class. Sevearl articles about various kingdoms were made available to students at various Lexile (readin g levels). Face-to-face students provided a printed copy, and a printable copy of all the articles was uploaded to the African Kingdom_Empires or African History section of your class notebook. This assignment will be due on Thursday, 4 February 2021 for 1st and 5th period classes. Friday, 5 February 2021 for 2nd and 6th period classes. African Empires/Kingdoms RAFT Assignment Additional Resource African Kingdoms and Civilization PPT B-Day- Friday, 1/29/2021 Advisement Class- Second Steps: Bullying Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, 28 January 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 1/25/2021
Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! Feel free to read the NewsELA article about the African Geography and complete the article analysis form. Choose the Lexile number closest to yours. You can earn extra credit points towards your upcoming quiz or test, your choice! Lexile 610 Lexile 800 Lexile 920 Lexile 1040 Article Analysis Form 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Students will spend 10 minutes of class reviewing for today's 30-question open-notes test. Once you have completed your test, you will watch a video explaining today's STEAM integration: creating a Ndebele inspired art activity. Students who don't earn a score of 80 on their open-notes African Geography Test must complete the remediation Quizizz assignment. You must earn a 100% on the remediation. You may take as many times as is needed in order to achieve 100%. Your original test grade and the Quizizz remediation grade will be averaged, and that average grade will be placed in the grade book, but not to exceed 80%. African Geography Remediation Quizizz Passcode: 04481100 African Geography Summative (Open-notes Test) Ndebele Inspired Art Activity Instructions Ndebele Inspired Art Activity Presentation Ndebele Inspired Art Activity (Recorded) B-Day- Wednesday, 1/27/2021 Advisement Class- We will read an article about various disabilities. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, January 25, 2021. See above. A Day- Thursday, 1/12/2021
Advisement Class- STEAM Day! PowerPoint and Art. Students at home will be given a tutorial on using the drawing features in PowerPoint (Google Slides). 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: For today's lesson, students will be learn about four major ethnic groups and cultures on the continent of Africa. e Students will read two articles and complete an African Ethnic and Religious group chart. They will then use those notes as well as notes from a presentation to fill out a blank map of Africa. The map will highlight where certain ethnic groups live, family size, languages that are spoken to name a few. We will use elements from the Sketchnoting strategy, such as symbols, drawings, to name a few. African Ethnic and Religious Groups Reading African Ethnic and Religious Groups Chart (to be completed) African Ethnic and Religious Groups Presentation African Ethnic and Religious Groups PDF Blank Map of Africa African Ethnic Groups Quizlet B-Day- Friday, 1/22/2021 Advisement Class- Self-care PBIS Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, 21 January 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 1/18/2021
No School! Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday (Observed) B-Day- Tuesday, 1/19/2021 Advisement Class- We will watch the film, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind." 2nd Period and 6th Period- We will watch the film, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind." If time permits students can complete the movie guide. Click here. A Day- Thursday, 1/14/2021 Advisement Class- STEAM Day! PowerPoint and Art. Students at home will be given a tutorial on using features in PowerPoint. 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: For today's lesson, students will be learn about the four major environmental issues, and their impact on the continent of Africa. Students will watch several videos that either explain the causes and/or effects of these environmental issues in Africa while using the Sketchnoting strategy for taking notes from today's video. Just Add Water Video Walking for Water Video What is Deforestation? Video Earth from Space Video Farming the Desert Video Why is Africa building a great Green Wall? Video Environmental Issues Brochure Environmental Issues Ticket Over the Internet Africa's Environmental Issues Quizlet B-Day- Friday, 1/15/2021 Advisement Class- PBIS Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, 14 January 2021. See above. A Day- Monday, 1/11/2021 Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will be reading "Cultivating Genius", by Dr. Ghouldy Muhammad. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! Feel free to read the NewsELA article about the African Geography and complete the article analysis form. Choose the Lexile number closest to yours. You can earn extra credit points towards your upcoming quiz or test, your choice! Lexile 610 Lexile 800 Lexile 920 Lexile 1040 Article Analysis Form 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Students will identify and label several countries, physical features and climate zones on a map of the continent of Africa. Students will be shown several videos and images to faciliate this process. There are also several maps in the classroom that students will have the option to look at as well. Students will then read an article about the four climate zones that are covered in this region. The Sahara (desert), Sahel, Savanna, and the Tropical Rainforest. Students will be able to state where people live, what type of work they do, and how they travel in a specific climate zone from the reading. Students will then create a Postcard of one of the climate zones from today's class. The postcard most contain the following information:
African Geography Presentation African Geography Video African Geography Maps Blank African Geography Reading and Notes African Geography Maps Completed African Geography Quizlet African Climate Zone Postcard Activity B-Day- Tuesday, 1/12/2021 Advisement Class- Students will be encouraged to use this time to complete any missing assignments during this time. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, January 11, 2021. See above. A Day- Thursday, 12/10/2020
Advisement Class- STEAM Day! Introduction to Sketchnoting. Sketchnoting video 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: At the beginning of class we will review several school-wide PBIS expectations and ways to earn REP stamps in this class. Today students will continue working on their SWA Wars Rap. We started this activity prior to the break. Once students have completed or remediated their SWA Wars Rap, they will work on their sketchnoting packet. SWA Wars Presentation SWA Wars Notes B-Day- Friday, 12/11/2020 Advisement Class- We will review the Second Steps Lesson, Common Types of Bullying? Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, December 10, 2020. See above. Grade Recovery Assignments- All assignments are due by Friday, 18 December 2020.
A Day- Monday, 12/14/2020 Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will am reading "Why are all...", By Dr. Beverly Tatum. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! Feel free to read the NewsELA article about the Ottoman Empire and complete the article analysis form. Choose the Lexile number closes to yours. You can earn extra credit points towards your upcoming quiz or test, your choice! Lexile 610 Lexile 970 Lexile Max Article Analysis Form 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Students will participate in a quick kinesthetic review of the Persian Gulf War and the Invasion of Afghanistan, before taking notes on the Invasion of Iraq. Students will then take an open-notes Ticket Out the Door or Over the Internet, that covers all three conflicts. SW Asia Wars Ticket Over the Internet Students will then begin the Poetry/Rap lesson. Students will receive instructions on how to create a rap that answers the following question: "What led to U.S. involvement in the Middle East (Southwest Asia)?" Students will use their notes to construct a rap three verse rap, with hook/chorus. Poetry/Rap Presentation Rap Project Instructions Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Lyrics Sheet Creation of Israel Intro Presentation Rhyme Sheet Flocabulary Beats Rhymezone Rhymes Record your Flipgrid B-Day- Tuesday, 12/15/2020 Advisement Class- Students will be encouraged to use this time to complete any missing assignments during this time. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, December 14, 2020. See above. Religious Holiday Newsletter Instructions
Religious Holiday Newsletter Activity You will need to create text boxes to fill out newsletter. A Day- Thursday, 12/10/2020
Advisement Class- STEAM Day! Introduction to Rap with Flocabulary. 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today students begin learning about U.S. involvement in Southwest Asia: Wars. At the end of the lesson students will be able to identify the reasons that led to the U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War and the Invasion of Afghanistan. Students will view several videos and take notes from a presentation. Pay attention to the notes from today's class. Monday you will learn about the third war, Operation Iraqi Freedom. You will take a 13-question Ticket out the Door or Over the Internet. You will also use your notes over these two class periods to create your Rap response to the "Why did the U.S. get involved in the Middle East?" question. SWA Wars Presentation SWA Wars Notes SWA Wars Quizlet Extra Credit Opportunity B-Day- Friday, 12/11/2020 Advisement Class- We will review the Second Steps Lesson, Common Types of Bullying? Lesson. 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Thursday's, December 10, 2020. See above. ion A Day- Monday, 11/30/2020 Advisement Class- Today is "Reading for Enjoyment!" Have your favorite or current book handy and lets drop everything and read! I will am reading "Why are all...", By Dr. Beverly Tatum. Remember, there are REP points to be earned for being prepared with your own book! Feel free to read the NewsELA article about the Ottoman Empire and complete the article analysis form. Choose the Lexile number closes to yours. You can earn extra credit points towards your upcoming quiz or test, your choice! Lexile 610 Lexile 970 Lexile Max Article Analysis Form 1st Period and 5th Period- Synchronous Live Opening: Today's students will learn about the various reasons that led to the creation of the state of Israel. Students will read the "Why was Israel created as a Jewish state in 1948?" DBQ Background Essay. The students will be tasked with creating a one sentence summaries as well as hashtags for each paragraph; identifying Students will then identify the three main reasons that led to the creation of Israel. Students will also analyze one document from the DBQ project. Students will then participate in a mini-writer's workshop to address some of the deficits from the last writing assignment, "What are the costs of water?" As a class we will compose an introduction paragraph and one body paragraph. The students will complete all of the elements associated with a Document Based Question Essay including:
Arab-Israeli Video Creation of Israel Presentation Creation Israel Background Essay Creation of Israel Documents (C only) Creation of Israel Glossary Creation of Israel Worksheet (Classwork grade 25%) Creation of Israel Ticket over the Internet (Formative grade 25%) Creation of Israel Quizlet Creation of Israel Extended Quizlet B-Day- Tuesday, 12/8/2020 Advisement Class- Students will read a NewsELA article about the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, and complete the accompanying form. Students can receive extra credit points, for completing this activity, towards a future quiz or test, your choice! Lexile 630 Lexile 830 Lexile 1180 Article Analysis Form 2nd Period and 6th Period- Today's Assignment is the same as Monday's, December 7, 2020. See above. |
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I'm Ms. Mc Bean and welcome to my blog page! This year in 7th grade, we will focus on Southwest Asia, Africa, and Southern & Eastern Asia. In our study of these regions, we will be emphasizing the five main components of Social Studies: geography, history, economics, government, and culture (please note that this includes the world’s major religions). Archives
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