Block 2 Thursday/Friday 9/28/17-9/29/17

Today in class we will be doing some basic practice using latitude and longitude.  This is some good stuff to know in terms of working with and manipulating maps.  Hope that you are ready because this is our last day together before the Fall Break!  Your Virtual Campus Tour is due tonight, don't forget!

Objectives:

1. Discuss the attributes of latitude and longitude through note taking and collaborative practice
2. Locate and identify locations via their geographic coordinates by completing a longitude/latitude practice w/s

Agenda:

1. History Today #12
2. Discuss Latitude and Longitude
3. Practice Latitude and Longitude

Homework:

1. Submit VCT to Google Classroom

Have a great week off! 

Block 1 Tuesday/Wednesday 9/26/17-9/27/17

Today in class we will be working on our VCT.  Remember that if you want to earn high marks you need to make this product as interactive as possible, meaning it must include a wide variety of links and illustrate that you know how to use Google Slides as a production tool.  It will be due the evening of block 2 so if you don't get it done in class today you will have some extra time to work on it.  But do not plan on working on it in class on block two!  

Objectives:

1. Transfer data from paper into a digital map of the campus with live hyperlinks and photos
2. Format a Google Slides presentation to design a published campus tour book

Agenda:

1. History Today #11
2. Day #4: Publishing
   1. Make this look good!
   2. Submit to Google Classroom
   3. Extra Credit Opportunity

Homework:

1. Submit to Google Classroom by block 2 Evening!

Monday 9/25/17

Today in class we will be finishing our data collection so that if you have everything you need to start working on your digital maps.  This is our last week before we get a week off!  We will be spending most of the week working on our VCT maps so make sure that you work hard to get it done!  I hope that you all had wonderful weekends!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Collect data about school features to create a virtual campus tour map
2. Transfer data from paper into a digital map of the campus with live hyperlinks and photos
3. Format a Google Slides presentation to design a published campus tour book

Agenda:

1. Collect Data (Be back 10 minutes before the end of class)
2. Data Transfer: Virtual Campus Tour
3. HTC #7

Homework:

1. Finish Data Collection

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  If you couldn't get all the information you needed from around campus today then make sure to get it before class tomorrow!  Hoe you all have a wonderful evening and take care!

Tuesday/Wednesday 9/19/17-9/20/17

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we are starting a new unit!  We will begin discussing and examining the history of maps.  We will also be starting an activity where we map our campus!  this should be pretty fun and interesting, especially if you are not yet too familiar with our lovely Leland campus.  I hope that all of you are doing well and having a great day so far today!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Read and digitally annotate a reading about the history of map making
2. Preview the criteria for a project through discussion and questioning
3. Practice Google Apps functionality that will be used for the Virtual Campus Tour

Agenda:

1. History Today #10
2. Reading: A History of Map Making (we did this on google classroom on monday)
3. Start: Virtual campus Tour
   1. Instructions/Directions
   2. Tech Tutorial

Map Template 

Homework:

1. NONE

Monday 9/18/17

Agenda:

HT #8

Prompt: Intro to Mapping

What do you know about maps? How do you use them? Do you use them? In general how are they useful to you (as a 9th grader
Annotations...how they work.
Early mapping article 

Annotations due by the end of block two.

Thursday/Friday 9/14/17-9/15/17

Today in class we will be finishing our presentations and then doing some final practice for the Five Themes of Geography.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Read a fairytale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 Themes of Geography
2. Research an area of the globe and define it by its 5 Themes of geography
3. In teams, try to identify an area of the globe by analyzing the 5 Themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. Activity: Guess Where?
2. HTC #4

Homework:

1. Work on current events.

Tuesday/Wednesday 9/12/17-9/13/17

Today is the moment of truth!  We will be telling our fairytales to the class starting today!  I am pretty excited to see what you are your groups were able to produce in the time that you had on this project.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Read a fairytale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 Themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. Story Time Day 1
2. HTC #5

Homework:

1. NONE

Monday 9/11/17

Today in class we will have our last chance to work on our projects here at school!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a fairytale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 Themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. Workday #3: Fairytale Project

Homework:

1. Turn in Country Info Sheet and Story rewrite to Google Classroom
   1. Turn in Storybook to Google Classroom if digital!

Thursday/Friday 9/7/17-9/8/17

This is your last full day to work on this project so make sure you use your time well and get it done!  You should be working on the actual storybook today.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a fairytale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 Themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. History Today #8
   Prompt: Countries
   
   Describe the Place that your country is? (some of the physical and human characteristics) 
2. Workday #2: Fairytale Project
3. HTC #4
   Prompt: Collaboration
   
   What is collaboration? How do you achieve true collaboration?  

Homework:

1. NONE

You will have 10 minutes on Monday to try and wrap up your project and then you will be turning it in. 

Tuesday/Wednesday 9/5/17-9/6/17

Fairytale Project Workday #1

Today in class we will be working on our Fairy Tale Projects!  We will start with a little modeling of what a picture book should look like and how your presentation should sound.  This is one of my favorite projects and I am so looking forward to seeing what you produce!  Remember that you get two block days to work this week and I expect that you put a lot of effort into getting your work done! 

Objectives:

1. Create a fairy tale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 Themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. History Today #7
   Prompt: Stereotypes
   
   What is a stereotype that you have about your chosen country? What type of theme (of the 5 Themes) relates to stereotypes? 
2. Storytime: Modeled Presentation Example
3. Workday #1: Fairytale Project
4. HTC #3
   Prompt: Fairytale Check In
   
   Who is the target audience for your fairytale? When making the storybook how many words should be on a page (a lot or a little)? What needs to be submitted to Google Classroom?

Homework:

1. NONE

Friday 9/1/17

•Finish: 5 Themes Discussion

–HTC

•History Today

 

#6 Prompt: Bad Geography

What does thisvideo make you think of?

•Intro: Fairytale Project

–Assign: Teams

–Assign: Countries

–Start work!

•CFU on Directions

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•Homework: None