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.





5/29/09


Do you think we should fight for freedom?


Hi 605, 606, 607, 608, and 609!!!

I am in California right now and it is 3:07 AM in New York but only 12:07 AM in California!!!

I make time stop when I travel! I want to tell everyone that I hope they have a great Friday and that they complete the essay.

Make sure you turn in high-quality work! The video we are making for Dot-to-Dot is starting to look amazing! Keep up your hard work! Do well today and continue being LEGENDS!!!!

Mr. Davis



Objective 1

Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?

Click HERE for the directions. They are slightly different from yesterday.


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.


If you are done with EVERYHING- FREEEEEEE TIME!!!!!


Have a great weekend. Be ready to begin interviews on Monday!!

Mr. Davis

5/28/09


Why do people continue to come to this country? Is this the land of the free?




Objective 1
Answer the first 3 questions.




Objective 2

Watch- Sixth Sections


Objective 3

Are we free? Interviews

Objective 4

Does freedom exist for me in the U.S.A.?




This assignment is due on Monday CLICK HERE for directions.


I will not be here on Friday, please complete this assignment on paper and then in your blogs.













5/27/09


Does money make us free?


Objective 1

Answer the first 3 questions.




Objective 2


Watch: Struggling to Survive

Objective 3

Complete the remaining questions

Objective 4

Choose a favorite sentence from your Vision of Freedom. Copy and Paste it into a Microsoft Word Document. Make the font REALLY BIG!!!



MR. DAVIS WILL NOT BE HERE ON FRIDAY. ON Friday, I am counting on everyone to complete a written assignment that answers

5/26/09




Objective 1

Stereotype means: an idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrue





Watch: Girl Like Me

Objective 2


Discussion: Are we free when people consider us based on stereotypes?


Objective 3/Homework

2 Paragraph Essay: Are you free when people consider you based on stereotypes?




5/22/09


Are we free?


Poem: The New Colossus

Objective 1

Watch: Perversion of Justice
Take notes on the video in a Google Doc

Objective 2

Discussion





Memorize the poem: Those students that have it memorized will get a chance to go to the Statue of Liberty with me.

5/21/09


Are we free?

Poem: The New Colossus

POEM QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!!!!


Objective 1

Watch: Books Not Bars

Objective 2

Look over the statistics: HERE

Check out: Children Behind Bars




Homework:

Is the law fair?

Are you free in this kind of system?

Do you think the system wants people educated or in jail?

5/20/09


What is the symbolism behind this picture?


Poem: The New Colossus


POEM QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!!!!

Today is the LAST day, NO MATTER WHAT!, we will be working on our Vision of Freedom.
You must finish typing it in your blog today.

Tomorrow, we will begin on our quest to discover- Are we Free?



Song: Imagine

Homework: Are we free?