Ms Albu's Blog: 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

HW For F Band and G Band

F Band
HW #6 - Due Wednesday
p. 743-746 Questions #1,2,3

HW#7 - Due Thursday
p. 747-751 Questions #1,2 ,3

HW #8 - Due Friday
p. 753-757 Questions #1,2,3

HW #9 Due Monday December 20
p. 760-763 Questions #1,2,3

G Band
HW #6 Due Tuesday
p. 678-681 Questions #1,2,5

HW #7 Due Wednesday
p. 682-684 #1,2,4,6

HW#8 Due Thursday
p. 685-689 #1,2,4,5

HW#9 Due Friday
p. 690-693 and 694-697
Questions #2,3 4 on p. 693 and Questions #1,2 on p. 697

Monday, November 29, 2010

Global Studies HW Assignments

G BAND:
HW #4 Due Tuesday (11/30)
p. 627-634
Questions #3-6 AND "activity" in activity box.

HW#5 Due Wednesday (12/1)
P. 635-639
#3,#4,#6,#7

F Band:
HW #5 Due Wednesday
p. 715-719 #1-#3 (YOUR OWN WORDS :-))

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Links to use for your cycle project

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Social Darwinism

(Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: How does natural selection work? Which qualities do we pick and why?)

(What changes have we undergone as humans?)

(If someone applied Darwin's theories of evolution to society, what would it say?)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Global Studies HW for week of October 18 2010

Both HWs due by Friday

HW #7
For HW #7 you have a choice.

You can either do:
1) Skim this website for interesting articles. Pick THREE issues that Haiti has to deal with today.
http://ijdh.org/library/publications

One paragraph: What are the three major issues Haiti has to deal with today? Why do you think they are major issues?
Second paragraph: For each issue, what might be a possible solution that you read about or consider could be done? Considering Haiti's history with America, does America have a responsibility to Haiti? Why or Why Not?

OR you can do this:

2) Create a 'music video' for Wyclef's song 'If I Was President' OR 'Hold On' (you can find the song on youtube). Your music video can be a collection of photographs about Haiti. They must include at least three images from the revolution, and then additional photos from Haiti's history and current day issues. You can put all the pictures together at the website I posted below (it's a website that lets you make slideshows with images). Make sure there are enough to full the song. You will also do some writing:

One Paragraph: Explain why you picked five of the images that you picked. What time period or event does each one represent? How do they tell the history of Haiti?
Second Paragraph: How does each one fit the message in Wyclef's song?
When you are done, email me the link to your photo slide show (MSALBU678@GMAIL.COM). After you upload the photos on to the website, there is a way to delete the cheesy music that comes with it (after you upload the photos you like, there is a 'music and photos' section - just delete the music - we'll play the youtube video over the images later. For now you will have a silent slide show of photos, and we can play the song over it afterwards).
Sign in as me to email it to me (don't create your own account).
Username: MsAlbu678@gmail.com
PW: Class123

http://www.photoshow.com/maker

HW#8
Textbook reading
F BAND: p. 603-608.
1)List and explain two specific similarities between all the Latin American societies.
2) How might these similarities lead to the same outcome of Revolution/
3)List and explain two specific similarities between the revolutions/revolutionary leaders in each.

G BAND: p. 527-533
1)List and explain two specific similarities between all the Latin American societies.
2) How might these similarities lead to the same outcome of Revolution/
3)List and explain two specific similarities between the revolutions/revolutionary leaders in each.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Cycle Project Links (GLOBAL STUDIES HW IS LISTED BELOW!)

Different websites/documents/images about Obama's Presidency

Role of the President
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/national/president.html

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4683

Is Obama the new Ancien Regime?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100050002/the-obama-presidency-increasingly-resembles-a-modern-day-ancien-regime-extravagant-and-out-of-touch-with-ordinary-people/

Look at things that the Obama's presidency is up to:
http://www.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/Index

Obama's current approval rating:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/gallup-daily-obama-job-approval.aspx

Obama's website and campaign promises:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/index.php

A pro-Obama Blog
http://riskinghemlock.blogspot.com/2010/10/obamas-legacy.html

Obama's campaign promises:
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-broken/

Do a google image search of "Obama Campaign" "Obama" "Obama hate" and see what comes up!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

HW#5 and HW#6

HW#5
F BAND - pgs 584-588 (G BAND HAS A DIFFERENT TEXTBOOK! SEE BELOW!)
Questions:
1) In YOUR OWN WORDS identify:
- coup d'etat
- concordant
- Napolonoic Code
- Battle of Trafalgar
2) What was Napolean like as a general? Why might this make him an appealing ruler?
3) In YOUR OWN WORDS, which goals of the Revolution did he achieve?
4) Answer question 3 on p. 588 (at least 4-5 sentences)

G BAND - pgs 484- 487
In YOUR OWN WORDS (or not credit), answer questions 1-5.Don't copy right out of the textbook - formulate the answers in your own way. Be detaield and specific.

HW #6

F band
P. 589-592 Questions 1 and 2 (Your OWN words!)
AND P. 593-595 Question 2.

G band
P. 488-493 Questions 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Global Studies HW upto Midcycle

Global Studies Homework - Midcycle

HW#1: The Scientific Revolution

Go to: http://mmoloneyiths.com/text/22-1-scirev.pdf

1. Identify Copernicus, Galilei, Newton, Descartes
2. Define: heliocentric, hypothesis
3. Even though the scientific revolution is known to have happened in Europe, how did the rest of the world contribute as well?
4. What did Descartes mean by “I think, therefore I am?” How does this question connect to the scientific revolution?
5. Name three other inventions created at this time. How do you think each one affected the way people saw the world at that time?

HW#2:“The Enlightenment in Europe”
Textbook readings:
F BAND go to pages 551-556
G BAND go to pages 446-450

Questions:
1. How did the scientific revolution relate to the Enlightenment?
2. Why does the role of the ‘individual’ start to matter during the Enlightenment?
3. Pick three Enlightenment thinkers, write their main ideas out. Do you agree or disagree with each? Why/why not?

HW#3: Philosophe's Chart
Great a chart.
On one side pick a philosophe.
Write about his/her main ideas. (4-5 sentences)
Choose a quote from that philosophe. Explain what the quotation means. (4-5 sentences)
On the other side of the chart, write about the main character from "Into The Wild."
Answer these questions:
Why is he SIMILAR to the philosophe you wrote about? (4-5 sentences)
What are examples from the film that demonstrate this similarity?
What are examples from your own life about how you relate to this philosophe?

HW#4 Study Guide

PART ONE:
You are going to create an INCREDIBLE timeline!

You can make it on extra long paper
or attach two 8x11 papers together.

Your timeline must include all of the following events or people on it: (they can be part of the description – as long as they are all explained somewhere on the timeline)

WORDS TO USE:
• Scientific Revolution
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Heliocentric theory
• The Enlightenment
• The Old Regime
• Versailles
• King Louis XVI/Marie Antoinette
• General Estates Meeting
• Tennis Court Oath
• National Assembly
• Storming of the Bastille
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Constitution
• March on Versailles
• Marat
• Robespierre
• Reign of Terror
• Jacobins
• San Coulettes
• Guillotine

You must write at least 3-4 sentences explaining
1) What/Who was it?
2) Why was it/he/she important?
3) How did the previous event lead to this one?
EXTRA CREDIT: INCLUDE IMAGES

PART TWO:
Words to use to answer the three questions below:
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Clergy
• Nobility/Aristocracy
• Bourgeoisie
• Peasants
• Marie Antoninette
• King Louis XVI
• Estates General Meeting
• Tennis Court Oath
• National Assembly
• Storming of the Bastille
• Bread Riots
• American Revolution
• The Enlightenment
• Versailles
Questions to answer using the words above:
Write one paragraph describing the economic factors that led to revolution:

Write one paragraph describing the political factors that led to revolution:

Write one paragraph describing the social factors that led to revolution:

Part Three

Write at least one sentence describing the main idea of each philosphe:
Hobbes

Locke

Voltaire

Rousseau

Montesquieu

Wollstonecraft

Beccaria

Why was it called the ‘Age of Reason’?

Monday, September 20, 2010

LIFE IN THE COLONIES

ALWAYS KEEP THIS OPEN!
GO TO THESE WEBSITES IN A SEPERATE WINDOW AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW, ON YOUR HANDOUT.

SLAVERY
Go to (copy and paste this link in a new window): http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/african/aaintro.cfm
1. Where did slavery exist?
2. What did slaves do?

FOOD-YUMMY!
Go to (copy and paste this link in a new window): http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/food/index.cfm
3. Which recipes sound the most delicious to you? Why?
4. Where did they get the ingredients to make the food? (If the link above doesn't really help you answer the question, try this one: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfood.htm)

FAMILY
Go to (copy and paste this link in a new window): http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/family/background.cfm
5. What were families like in the beginning of colonization?
6. How did families change over time and why?

JOBS
Go to: http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm
7. Pick two colonial jobs and explain why you think they were important to colonial life (how did they help colonial society?)

CLOTHING/SOCIAL CLASS
Go to: http://www.history.org/History/teaching/dayInTheLife/webactivities/dress/dress.cfm
A. Dress the people according to how rich or wealthy they were.
B. Then, on your handout, draw a sketch of the two drawings you made.
C. Label their clothes on your drawing.
D. Which social class is each drawing representing?
E. Explain why their clothing makes them look like they are from that social class?

EDUCATION

Go to: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfood.htm
9. There 13 colonies are split into three section: Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies.
A. Explain how schools were different in each section.
B. Why do you think they were so different?

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

6/7 Civil Rights Notes

Please go to the link below to finish taking down notes form the power point.

http://www.slideshare.net/ralucaalbu/civil-rightspowerpoint2?from=share_email

Monday, May 3, 2010

8th Grade Religious Conflict Research Project

In Class Religious Conflict Research Project

“Religions don’t cause wars. People cause wars.”
Agree or Disagree?
Prove it!

With your neighbors, where you are sitting, either in pairs or groups of three, you will research a current or recent world conflict that has religious elements to it. Then you will create a poster presentation that will instruct the rest of the class about the issue you researched. We are going to investigate the quote above. Is global conflict really based on religion? Here is what the poster should contain:

A. Go to this website to look at a list of current world conflicts that involve religion somehow. You can decide as a group which one you are most interested in researching:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/curr_war.htm

B. Make it visually appealing. You will all have to read each other’s posters, so make sure yours looks interesting, has easy to read information, helps people learn.
C. Your poster will have to answer these questions:
1. What are the religions that are clashing?
2. Why are they clashing?/What are they clashing over?
3. When did this start?
4. What is the background of this conflict? Did this group clash before? What were the previous tensions and issues that they were bringing to this issue?
5. What do the texts/main ideas of these religions say about war, peace, etc?
6. What other factors are involved in this conflict? (Besides religion, if any)
7. In a paragraph, discuss whether this example you researched agrees or disagrees with the quotation above.

After a week of research and poster making, you will individually produce a 5-paragraph essay that reviews the answer to this question, using THREE examples. 1 will be your group example, and the other two examples you will learn about when you read your classmate’s posters.

You can use the back of this sheet to write down the notes that you will eventually transfer to the poster. I will also paste these directions to my blog in case you lose this.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

8th grade Hinduism/Buddhism Stations

Extra activity:

Yoga Questions (you can also answer in your HJ)

Go to: http://www.holisticonline.com/yoga/hol_yoga_intr.htm
1. How is Yoga similar to meditation?
2. How is Yoga different from meditation?
3. Although most modern day Yoga activities do not mention religious references, what connections can you see between Yoga and Hinduism?

Go to http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/finder/browse_categories/forward_bends
4. Pick 5 poses. Which 5 did you pick and why?
5. What are at least three things that each of these poses has in common? It might not be an actual movement but it might be something you notice in the description.
6. Would you ever want to try yoga? Why/why not? Or: Have you ever tried it? Did you enjoy it? Why/why not?

Sunday, April 18, 2010

6/7 Poem

Hi 6/7! Don't post your poem on the blog - hand write it (and maybe decorate it a bit) so we can post it up in the classroom. Thanks!

Ms Albu

Thursday, January 14, 2010

6/7 Convention Questions Due Friday

IN HJ :-)
1. What was the hardest part of creating laws?
2. How accurate do you think the convention was from what actually happened?
3. Write a summary of what happened.
4. Do you think it was over all successful? Why/Why not?

Friday, January 8, 2010

Ancient Rome Daily Life WebQuest

Answer in HJ. Work in Pairs. You only have to pick 5 questions to answer. Or you can do all 12 for extra credit (some of you need it!)
The web link is BEFORE the question:

http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/society.htm
1. What were women’s rights and responsibilities like in Ancient Rome?
2. How were children treated?

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3. Roman Homes:

A. http://www.vroma.org/bmcmanus/house.html
This is a patrician’s house. Click around.
How do you know for sure that this is the house of a wealthy person?
What are your two favorite parts? Why?

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B. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/houses/houses.htm
Describe how the poor lived. Is this similar to how people live today?

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http://rome.mrdonn.org/school.html
4. Who went to school, what did they study, and what was the ultimate goal?

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5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/the_roman_army/
A. Who was in the Roman army?
B. How long did they have to serve and what would they get at the end?
C. What was a legion?

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http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/tms/curriculum/history/rome/andy/andyent1.html
6. What did Romans do for entertainment?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/leisure/
7. What sounds like the best part of the Roman Bath?

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http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/gods.html
8. What are the names of 5 Ancient Roman Gods and which Greek Gods they correspond to?

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http://rome.mrdonn.org/gods.html
9. What role did religion play in Roman society?

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http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/maze.htm
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/knot.htm
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/info.htm
10. Look at some of these mosaics – what do you notice about them?

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http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/mkmosaic.htm
11. Make your own! Then sketch it here and describe what it was like making it.

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12. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient_rome.htm
Read this description of an Ancient Roman city. Sketch it and label three main pointsof interest that you would find there

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