Sunday, June 3, 2012

May 29-June 1, 2012

Geography
Tue. 5/29 -- Travel project on Australia and New Zealand.  Each student will research three places to visit in each Australia or New Zealand.  They must pick one cultural spot (art, music, museum, botanical garden) one historic spot (colonial history, gold rush, native history) and one national park.  The paper should be 200-250 words long and include a listing of two different sources.
Wed. 5/30 -- Notes on Australia and New Zealand.  Reading p. 698-701.  Make a list of 3-4 bullets for each section in the reading.
Thur. 5/31 -- Map of Oceania.  Video on sinking islands in the Pacific.
Fri. 6/1 -- Review for the test on MONDAY.

Ancient Medieval
Tue. 5/29 -- Disaster of the 14th century project
Wed. 5-30 -- Disasters of the 14th century project.  Notes on the Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism.
Thur. 5/31 -- Notes on the Black Death -- video on the Scourge of the Black Death.  Notebooks due.
Fri. 6/1 -- Notes on the 100 Years War,  video on Joan of Arc.
** some of these deadlines were altered for the seniors in these classes.

Anthropology
Tue. 5/29 -- Second Day on the cultural regions in North America.  Students are working on projects they began on the 25th of May.
Wed. 5/30 -- Review for the test on social structures.
Thur. 5/31 -- Test on Social Structures.
Fri. 6/1 -- Project on the Navajo.  Each student is getting one section to read on the Navajo from a ethnology bt James Downs.  Students will read their section and plan a page for a powerpoint.  Ms. Fenton will put the power point together and then students will present their sections to the class.   This is part of our larger unit on the Navajo for the final week of school.

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