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Students will present their Other Early Peoples PowerPoint presentations on Friday, June 18 2010. If a student is absent on the presentation day, they will automatically lose the ten points for presentation skills. To earn back those points, students can complete the following make up assignment. This assignment is due by Friday, June 18 and students are expected to contact Mr. Miller or Ms. Falls ahead of time if the absence is pre-arranged.
Choose three of the following civilizations to research (you cannot use the civilization you already researched for the group project). Use the links provided to read about the civilization.
Select one of the following characteristics of civilization:
Write a paragraph that compares and contrasts how three civilizations fulfilled that characteristic of civilization. For example, compare the governments of three different civilizations. The paragraph should be at least seven sentences long and have specific details for each of the three civilizations.
For our final project of the year, students will work in groups to research a civilization that we did not have time to cover during the year. Some topics include ancient Japan, the civilizations of Southeast Asia, the Vikings, the people of the Americas (Maya, Aztec, and Inca) and more. Students will then create a PowerPoint presentation about their topic to teach their classmates.
Assignment
Our final project of the year will focus on civilizations we didn’t have time to study during the year. Students will work in a group and focus on a topic of their choice. Students should use this Google form to submit their top three choices for the final project.
Update: the survey is now closed.
The survey must be completed by Wednesday afternoon. We will create groups Wednesday night and begin work on the project on Thursday, June 10.
Tangerine is a friendly Corn Snake who needs a summer home.
Our classroom pet, Tangerine the Corn Snake, needs a summer home. We are looking for student volunteers who would like to take care of her for the summer. If you would like to snake-sit Tangerine, you must turn in the permission form by June 16. We will then enter names into a lottery to decide who gets to take her home.
Students have begun work on a Classroom Based Assessment, often referred to as a CBA, that is a review of the important civilizations and themes we have studied this year. Students are selecting two civilizations to compare how they responded to a historical or environmental challenge.
CBA’s are being required by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in subjects that do not take the WASL MSP. Since this is an official assessment, all work must be completed at school. Therefore, I will not be posting the files online, but our directions are based on the Enduring Cultures CBA.
Students will have three class periods to complete the CBA. The final day of work will be the extended periods on Tuesday/Wednesday (June 8/9). If students are absent Thursday, Friday, or Tuesday/Wednesday, they should visit Mr. Miller’s homeroom to get caught up.
