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?

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

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?

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

Feminist Web Quest

FEMINIST WEB QUEST

Respond on a separate sheet of paper - to be collected.

I. Go to: http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/the-faqs/faq-roundup/
1. Scroll down to the questions. Look around – pick a question anywhere on the site and answer that you find fascinating. Which one did you pick and explain why.




2. How would you respond to this person’s answer?






3. What would you agree or disagree with?
What would you add?






II. Go to: http://www.lyricsdownload.com/dar-williams-when-i-was-a-boy-lyrics.html
4. This song is written and sung by a woman. What is her main message in the song?






IV. Check out some of these feminist websites. They are all different feminist websites. Pick one:
http://www.msmagazine.com/
http://www.bust.com/
http://www.bamboogirl.com/current/index.html
http://www.girlcomic.net/
http://www.motherjones.com/
http://www.teenvoices.com/


5. Which ones do you like and why?







6. What things can you see and find on this website?





7. What do you wish was different, if anything?




8. You can answer this question or the next one. If you were to make a feminist magazine or “zine” what would you include in it? What would you leave out, if anything?









Or
8. Write up a scenario – it can be about anything. Something on the news, something that happened to you, something you observed, something you once read in a book, something you once studied in history class, something from your imagination (but it has to do with the real world). Describe what a feminist would say about it. Why is that a feminist perspective?

PREPARING FOR OUR SUPER NEWSPAPER PROJECT!!!

1. According to this website, what is a feature story (how would you summarize it in 3 sentences)?

http://www.powell.k12.ky.us/jfrancis/adaptations/feature_article_examples.htm




B. What are at least 3 things a feature story should include?





2. Look at the “ other examples of a feature story” at the bottom of the page. Pick one, click on it, explore, and discuss why it is a feature story.







3. What is a “broadside?” (The Declaration of Independence was originally a broadside!!!)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800562.html








4. Pick ONE example of a ‘broadside’ below from the time of the Revolution.
A. Describe what it looks like and what message it is giving.






B. How is it different from a feature article?



http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/95.1/images/grasso_fig01b.jpg

http://www.corbisimages.com:80/images/IH134163.jpg?size=67&uid=92A89279-E588-4400-87BE-236BEA5C3926

http://www.executedtoday.com/images/Henry_Nichols_broadside.jpg

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/geow.jpg


5. What is an ‘editorial’? At least three sentences.
http://www.newspapersineducation.ca/eng/level_7to9/lesson11/lesson11_eng.html#sample









6. Pick one of the samples on that website and describe why it is an editorial:









7. What is an ‘editorial cartoon’?

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/cartoon/







8. What is the message in this editorial cartoon? Why do you think that is the message?
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a10000/3a12000/3a12100/3a12149r.jpg

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