Look VERY closely at the picture for 1 minute.

Objective 1

Please begin Greece Quiz HERE

Objective 2

Blue Team: Quote----- Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.

Orange Team: Quote----- Only the educated have freedom.

Green Team: Quote---Those who deny (stop) freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

1.) Think-

2.) Pair

3.) Share- Everyone in your group has one chance to talk. Share your idea about the quote. Tell your group WHY you agree or disagree with the quote.

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Homework begins next week.

Click on this Link HERE to do the Warm-up. Your warm-up is for PICTURE #2.






Objective 1

Introduction to the Poem---- The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Check your E-mail for the Comic about the poem.


Objective 2

Quotes on Freedom-

Quote 1----- You can only be free if I am free.

Quote 2----- Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.

Quote 3----- We must not believe everyone, who says that only free people should be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.

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If you did not finish the QUIA quiz from YESTERDAY, Do it HERE

If you did not finish the Freedom Questions YESTERDAY go to Yesterday's blog and complete it. YOU MUST!

Objective 1

Objective 2

Go to ClassZone- and look at the Ch. 7 map about Greek trade----- Click HERE

After you finish,
Do the Quiz Here

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Homework-

Memorize the first line of the poem.

Complete the Check-up Quiz based on yesterday's class- CLICK ON QUIZ- HERE

Objective 1:

1.) Read four of your classmates definitions of freedom. ------ HERE

2.) Copy and paste one of your classmate's definition of freedom into the Form

There are people on your team who submitted definitions---- Choose one partner from your team and copy his/her definition into the form.







3.) Question your classmate's definition just like you would question why someone in their right mind would jump off a bridge or commit a crime? Try to understand why someone would do this but be very critical of their writing.


4.) Answer the question you ask.


5.) Write a new and improved definition.

Objective 2

Examine Greek Geography and Trade Routes------- Click HERE


Answer these questions in class or for Homework----

Part I

1.) Which bodies of water did the ancient Greeks use for trade?

2.) What countries did ancient Greece trade with?

3.) What was one thing Greeks traded?

Part II

Memorize the first two lines of the poem.



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Warm-up:







Objective 1:

Ancient Greece Geography

Objective 2:

What is Freedom?







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Homework:

Read the poem- The New Colossus- Memorize the first line

Write a one paragraph response to this question-


How did the geography of ancient Greece influence they way the Greeks lived?

Warm-up- Match the features of the map below to your map


Green spots= flat land
Orange/Brown spots- Hills/Mountains


Draw these different features on your map.











Students will work in their Orange, Blue, Green teams to create the map in the park.


Rules

1.) Students must work in their assigned teams.
2.) Students cannot leave the baseball field in the park.
3.) Students can trace their map on the sand or on the grass using sticks or whatever they choose.
4.) Students are required to replicate the physical landscape of Greece using whatever materials they can find.


Students go to the park and create their map.

Warm-up:

Challenge:
1.) What sea is close to Greece?


Must-Do:
2.) The picture is about agriculture. What do you see?


Should- D0:
3.) Who do you think the people are and what are they doing?



Make a post on this blog.





All Teams: Finish Ancient Greece Museum Walk------

The artifacts for the Ancient Greece Museum Walk

We will share our inferences and observations.

#2: Objective---- What is Freedom?-------- check out your Google Docs

Warm-up-
1.) What continent is Greece on? What sea is close to Greece?
2.) What do you see?
3.) What do you think this was?



Objective 1: Blue Team/ Orange Team- Ancient Greece Museum Walk

Objective 2: Green Team- What is Freedom? Google Doc




The artifacts for the Ancient Greece Museum Walk

Warm-up: Greeks were experts in pottery. 5 minutes

Must- Do: What continent is Greece on?

Must- Do: What do you see on the vase?


Challenge: What do you think this tells us about Greece's social pyramid?

Objective 1: Ancient Greek Book Tour------------- 10 minutes

Objective 2: What is Freedom? ------ w/Mr. Davis----------- 10 minutes


Objective 3: Read the Geography of Ancient Greece-------- 10 minutes

Must- Do: Write 1 thing you learned
Should-D0: Write 2 things you learned
Challenge: Write 3 things you learned

Blue Team will begin with Objective 1----- First 10 minutes

Orange Team will begin with Objective 2-------- First 10 minutes

Green Team will begin with Objective 3----------- First 10 minutes

Then SWITCH!!! Green will then work on Objective 1, Orange Team on Objective 3, Blue on 2...

Further Instructions:


Objective 1: There are only 6 books for 8 members of a team. Some of you will have to work together!!!! YOU ARE TEAMMATES


Objective 2: First, write your own definition of freedom as a comment to THIS blog. Then on the poster paper, write your group's definition. Discuss it.... Quietly

Do Now: What do you think this number stands for?

What does the picture have to do with our next unit of social studies?


Objective 1: Blue team- You will be able to locate and describe Greece on a map.

Objective 2: Orange Team- You will create a definition of freedom.

Objective 3: Green Team- You will review Egypt test results.




Objective 1.) Use Google Earth to locate Greece. Answer the questions on a Google Doc.



Objective 2.) What does freedom mean?

1.)Write your individual idea as a comment to this blog.
2.) Choose one definition for your entire group.
3.) Write that definition on the white board or on poster


Objective 3.) Egypt Test Review

1.) Review the Chapter Test


2.) Mr. Davis Teacher Survey


3.) Make-up work for Spring Break


Happy Spring Break!

Postponement: Egypt Unit Test- Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8, 2009


Objective One : 1.) Blue Team' 2.) Green Team 3.) Orange Team 10-15 minutes

-- Test Prep. Flash Cards

Choose 3 questions you found the most difficult on the test prep sheet.
Write the question and answer on the flash card.
Circle around in your group and take turns asking questions.


Objective Two: 1.) Orange 2.) Blue 3.) Green 10 minutes
Practice the Main Idea reading strategy by choosing important words from the Mummies reading.

Choose two paragraphs from the reading. Choose 4-6 main idea words.
Then summarize those words into a sentence. Example HERE

Objective Three: 1.) Green 2.) Orange 3.) Blue 12-15 minutes

Read Tut, Tut

Warm-up- Read the first paragraph of The Age of Pyramids.

Choose the 6 words from the paragraph that you think are most important to understanding the main idea.


1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs.41-45) - 12 minutes

After reading complete the Reading Quiz

2.) A pharaoh's prayer to the gods- 20 minutes

Steps to write in your blog:

1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs. 46-53)

2.) Choose your favorite god

3.) Choose your favorite pharaoh- ex. Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton

4.) Pretend you are that pharaoh that makes Egypt monotheistic from polytheistic.

5.) Write a prayer to the god that includes:
1.) What you are going to build that god
2.) Why you love that god (use information from the reading)
3.) Ask for protection from... (Ra, the sun god, might protect Egypt from rain, etc.)

3.) Summarizing- The Age of Pyramids Reading- Mini-Lesson


Step 1: Read a paragraph.
Step 2: Choose the words that are most important- No more that 7 words
Step 3: Combine those words into 1 sentence
Step 4: Move on to the next paragraph. Do Steps 1,2,3 for the new paragraph