Team 6B Social Studies

Twitter Week in Review for 2010-03-07

Mon: we began work on the colaborative writing phase of the Heroes of Modern Africa Project. Students from different periods co-write pages #
Tues/Wed: editing and printing final drafts of artifact captions then more edits on the Heroes of Modern Africa wiki #
Thurs: more time to finish artifact captions and edit Heroes of Modern Africa wiki pages #
Fri: last day to work on Heroes of Modern Africa wiki pages in class #

Mon: updated planners, took topic choice survey for upcoming Modern Africa assignment, then began typing EH Museum Artifact captions #
Egypt Report Grades [1/2]: We are handing back grades for the Egypt Wiki report today. Students may do more edits to raise their grade. #
Egypt Report Grades [2/2]: After students do more edits on their wiki pages, they must tell a teacher when they are ready to be re-graded #
Tues/Weds: editing assessment (not for grade), more time to type artifact captions, then begin reading about Modern Africa #
Fall & Winter MAP scores were handed out in HR today. Ask your students for the report and a letter explaining the scores #
Thurs: we began research on the Heroes of Modern Africa project. Students set up their notes page on the eck208 wiki http://bit.ly/9RzANJ #
Fri: we continued researching Heroes of Modern Africa topics http://bit.ly/9RzANJ #
This weekend, students might want to begin work on constructing their EH Museum artifacts (due March 10) http://bit.ly/cCBBiL #

Mon: began work on the EH Museum topic selection sheet, due on Friday with a parent/guardian signature http://bit.ly/cCBBiL #
Tues/Weds (1/2): counselors are presenting the sign-up sheet for 7th grade electives. Look for a blue sheet to rank choices, due Feb 12 #
Tues/Wed (2/2): after subject selection sheets, we are looking through books to find ideas for the African artifact project. #
Important! Change in due date for 7th grade registration forms; the blue form is due this Friday, Feb 5. #
Thurs: more time to look through books to find artifact ideas. Remember signatures for Fri on EH Museum letter & blue 7th grade form #
Fri: students are reading classmate’s Egypt reports on the wiki and writing comments to celebrate their accomplishments. #

Tues/Weds: we are using electronic sources in the computer lab to research our Ancient Egypt topics #
Thurs: we are continuing to research in the computer lab, using both print and electronic sources. Research notes are due by the end of Fri #
Fri: last day of in class research about Ancient Egypt topics. On Monday we will begin writing the reports. #

Current event articles are ready for this week at http://eck208.pbworks.com/Browse-the-News. Comments due on January 15. #
Mon: we used social studies time to take the reading MAP test in the library. Happy palindrome day! – 011110 #
Tues/Wed: last day of work time on the Ancient Egypt map, which is due Fri – http://ecksteineagles.org/6b-ss/2010/01/10/ancient-egypt-map/ #
I just added a few locations to my Ancient Egypt Google map that will help with the challenge task – http://bit.ly/5oXzlL #
Thurs: we began the Ancient Egypt Research Project by browsing through books to find a topic #
Fri: we continued to develop Ancient Egypt research topics and wrote research questions. Short periods due to MLK assembly #

Mon: Happy New Year! We worked on the Africa map, which is due Thurs – http://ecksteineagles.org/6b-ss/2009/12/16/africa-map/ #
Tues/Weds: we read about rain forests, savannas, and deserts in Africa, then continued work on the Africa maps (due Thurs) #
Thurs: we read an introduction to Ancient Egypt that focused on the Nile River, then began watching the movie "The Mystery of the Nile" #
Fri: we finished watching "The Mystery of the Nile" then began working on a map of Ancient Egypt #

Mon: we read and took notes about the scientific and cultural achievements of the early Muslims. We also reviewed for the Islam quiz. #
Tues/Weds: we are watching the National Geographic video "inside Mecca", which follows three Muslims while on the Hajj to Mecca #
Friday: we began work on labeling natural features on a map of Africa – http://ecksteineagles.org/6b-ss/2009/12/16/africa-map/ #
Thurs: we began work on labeling natural features on a map of Africa – http://ecksteineagles.org/6b-ss/2009/12/16/africa-map/ #
Fri: we continued work on the Africa maps. We will have more class time in Jan so it is not HW during vacation. Enjoy the 2 weeks off! #

We've updated the Current Events page with a new process for submitting wiki comments late after the Friday deadline http://bit.ly/7VPUgX #
Mon: we continued work on the Rise of Islam Reading Guide (flow chart about the life of Muhammad), due Tues/Weds – http://bit.ly/6uqvkw #
Tues/Wed: we began work on the Expansion of Islam Map Study, which is due Thurs – http://j.mp/6YTB9V #
Thurs: we began reading and note-taking about the Five Pillars of Islam – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam #
Happy Friday! Here is a 2nd floor view of this morning's sunrise. http://twitpic.com/t28zw #
Fri: we are learning about the role of the Sunni/Shia division in Iraq and finishing the "Revelations of the Prophet" wks on the 5 Pillars #

Mon: we continued work on the Events and Places of the Ancient Hebrews to see how the origins of Judaism relate to Mesopotamia #
Tues/Wed: we are using keyword note-taking and reading from HA! to learn about the Jewish Diaspora. Summary is due on Thursday #
Thurs: we are using double-entry journal note-taking while reading about the rise of Christianity during the Roman Empire #
Fri: we began reading about the origins of Islam and wrote sentences to show the meaning of vocabulary words #

Mon: we huddled over the warmth of the laptops to learn how to use the current events wiki and post our first comments. #
Tues/Wed: we watched an animated map showing the history of religions, then began looking at the origins of Judaism http://bit.ly/2MNH #
Thurs/Fri: Happy Thanksgiving! No school, no weekend HW, have a great 4-day weekend! #

Fri: we cleaned up after the EH Museum, then played the African game Mancala for an easy end to the week. 20 hrs ago
Thurs: we set up for the EH Museum, which starts in 2 hours. Look for this sign for team 6B, Africa http://twitpic.com/17zqf4 1 day ago
Tues/Wed: we watched "Desert Odyssey" while mounting captions and some students made additional edits to their HMA wiki pages 3 days ago
Mon: we learned about the influence of traditional African music on modern music and listened to songs with djembe drums, koras and a valiha 4 days ago
Fri: last day to work on Heroes of Modern Africa wiki pages in class 1 week ago
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