6/18/09






FINAL EXAM: TOMORROW, JUNE 19, 2009



Final EXAM REVIEW SHEET CLICK HERE

6/17/09








FINAL EXAM TEST REVIEW CLICK HERE

6/16/09


FINAL EXAM: JUNE 19, 2009








FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET



Objective 1

Click on this link HERE to begin the Test Review.
Work with a Partner

Begin with Chapter 1: Earliest Human Societies

1.) For each chapter Read the Review and Study Notes

1a) Take turns quizzing each other on definitions using the Vocabulary Flip Cards #1-10 in the Games and Activities Section. Don't move on until you have most of them RIGHT!!!



2.) Take the Quiz for each section!




DO the SAME for EACH CHAPTER BELOW:


Next is Chapter 2: Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

Third is Chapter 4: Ancient Egypt and Kush

Finally is Chapter 7: Ancient Greece

6/15/09



Final Exam on Friday, June 19, 2009


EVERYTHING WE STUDIED WILL BE ON THE TEST!!!!



You must take 3 of 5 tests below AND the EGYPT TEST.

You have taken these tests before. This is a review.

MUST-Do: Egypt Test

Choices Section 1:

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Choices Section 2:

Number 1

Number 2



6/12/09


The World Community






Objective 1


Check out the map and the interactive for the Greek/Persian Wars HERE




Objective 2


Choose any country in the world. Find a picture, look it up on Google Earth, and write 3 things special about it in blogger.com

6/11/09


Greek Warrior



Objective 1

Half will read about the wars with Persia and Greece. Click HERE-- Then click Listen NOW


Writing assignment in blogger.com- Click Here for Directions


Objective 2

Half will view the slideshow.





After you are done, read text book page 197-201.
































6/10/09


Rich government, poor people



Those of you that DID NOT finish your writing, click HERE to go to yesterday's blog.



Objective 1

1.) Watch Brain Pop Video- Democracy
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/democracy/

2.) Take the Graded Quiz-

3.) Email me at mr.creighton.davis@gmail.com with your scores

Objective 2

Create a 4 picture slideshow using Google Presentations of what you believe democracy represents.

6/8/09




Directions for the 3 Writing Assignments

1.) Vision of Freedom

2.) Question of Freedom

3.)
Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?



YOU MUST FINISH THESE ASSIGNMENTS- This is 60% of your grade!!!

If you DO NOT complete ALL 3 you are not going to PASS!!!



THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE DONE WILL MONITOR AND HELP THE OTHER STUDENTS.

6/5/09


Can you CHANGE the world?







Directions for the 3 Writing Assignments


1.) Vision of Freedom

2.) Question of Freedom

3.)
Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?



YOU MUST FINISH THESE ASSIGNMENTS- This is 60% of your grade!!!

If you DO NOT complete ALL 3 you are not going to PASS!!!

6/3/09


Should we even have freedom? Democracy says Yes, We should!!


Objective 1

Democracy and Freedom




Objective 2

nish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?

Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.

6 Frequently Asked Questions

1.) What do I do?

Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!

2.) Where do I do this?

You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.

3.) What is a personal experience?

A personal experience is something that happened to you.

4.) What is limited freedom?

It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!

5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!

After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.


6.) What do you do when I am done?

You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.

Objective 3

Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?

Click HERE for Directions

6/2/09


Social Responsibility Vs. Objectivism


Objective 1

Social Responsibility vs. Objectivism








Finish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?

Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.

6 Frequently Asked Questions

1.) What do I do?

Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!

2.) Where do I do this?

You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.

3.) What is a personal experience?

A personal experience is something that happened to you.

4.) What is limited freedom?

It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!

5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!

After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.


6.) What do you do when I am done?

You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.

6/1/09


Leaders that fought for freedom


Poem: The New Colossus

Objective 1

Finish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?

Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.

6 Frequently Asked Questions

1.) What do I do?

Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!

2.) Where do I do this?

You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.

3.) What is a personal experience?

A personal experience is something that happened to you.

4.) What is limited freedom?

It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!

5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!

After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.


6.) What do you do when I am done?

You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.

Objective 2

Choose any leader that fought for freedom: Here are examples

Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Cesar Chavez
Dalai Lama
Margaret Sanger
Nelson Mandela
Rosa Parks
W.E.B. DuBois




Create a research profile for the leader. Find 3 interesting facts. Find 2 things you learned about how the leader fought for freedom. Write this in your blog- include a picture.



Objective 3

Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?

This is the last essay writing assignment we will have with the Dot-to-Dot project.

Tomorrow you will get the template... tonight answer this question in 2 paragraphs for HW.