Thursday, November 20, 2014

Changes due to Snow Day 11/20

World Geography
Thursday  11/20 -- Snow Day
Friday 11/21 -- Library day for research paper.  4th period will have their outlines due today.  5th period will get their outlines back.  5th period is on schedule for papers to be due on Tuesday 11/25.
Monday 11/24 --  4th period will have the Computer on Wheels in the room to do research.  The outlines will be returned with helpful comments.  The Global Issues Paper will be Due Tuesday, 11/25, but I will accept papers late on Wednesday without a penalty.  Essentially the extra day is only for people who are here on Wednesday.  This will apply to both periods because they missed a work day.
5th period --  CBA Paper questions and map of India.
Tue. 11/25 -- Global Issues Papers (CBA) due by 3:30 p.m.  Each school day the papers are late they will loose one letter grade.  I stop at taking off 25 points.  Worksheet on the environments of South Asia. PowerPoint notes and pictures of South Asia (will return to the maps today).
Wed. 11/26 -- Half Day due to Thanksgiving.  [I will take papers without a late penalty until today.  SEE ABOVE]  DVD India Revealed. 

Economics
Thursday 11/20 -- Snow Day
Friday 11/21 -- Test on Banking and Finance.  
Monday 11/24 -- Introduce GDP and per capita GDP. Diagrams on John Keynes and the output expenditure model.  Video and discussion on Keynes
Tue. 11/25 --  Library -- Measuring GDP in the US and looking at the Consumer Price index.  Review Keynes for the quiz.
Wed. 11/26 -- Keynes Quiz. -- It is open note and multiple choice. 

Art History
Thursday 11/20 -- Snow Day
Friday 11/21 -- Lecture on Gothic Italy -- notes to finish the big set of art cards.  PowerPoints are due by Saturday at noon.  You may e-mail them to me.  Jonnie.Fenton@rsd.edu
Mon. 11/24 -- High Middle Ages History -- Day 1 -- Graphic organizer and notes on the history of the high middle ages -- Joan of Arc to the Black Death.
Tue. 11/25 -- Group Work comparing the 12th and 14th century.  AC: 61-72 Gothic Due -- A BIG SET this time.  Plan ahead!
Wed. 11/2 -- Review sheet out for the holiday.  QZ: on Romanesque and Gothic art -- slide based quiz and you can use your cards! -- 20 minutes :)
Monday 12/2 -- Test Review Day
Tuesday. 12/2 -- Test on Romanesque and Gothic -- Notebook #5 Due.  * I will make a new calendar with adjustments included!

Sunday, November 16, 2014

November 17-21, 2014

World Geography
Mon. 11/17  -- Global Issues paper -- Day 1 -- I will carefully go through the requirements of the paper and bibliography.  Students will sign-up for topics and do one reading about their topic.  This paper is the state CBA on Human-Environment interaction.  It is due on Tuesday 11/25 by 3:30 P.M.  If you miss school this day, plan on coming in before or after school for help!
Tue. 11/18 -- Global Issues Day #2 -- Library for research
Wed. 11/19 -- 4th period -- Introduction to South Asia and map of South Asia.  5th period -- Global Issues Day #3 -- outline due. 
Thur. 11/20 -- 4th period --  Global Issues Day #3 -- outline due.  5th period -- Introduction to South Asia and map of South Asia.
Fri. 11/21 -- Global Issues Paper Day #4 -- this is the last school work day.  You will need to finish the paper at home.  It is due on Tuesday 11/25 by 3:30 p.m. The paper is worth 100 points.

Economics
Mon. 11/17 -- Catch up in room day, review for the test.
Tue. 11/18 -- Guest speaker -- Steve Scott, VP at DA Davidson in Kennewick.  He will show you how to analyze stocks using a sheet of valueline data. 
Wed. 11/19 -- Review day 2
Thur. 11/20 -- Test on Banking and Finance
Fri. 11/21 -- Notes on GDP and GNP, continent maps.  If you are going to be gone pick up a map and set of directions.  Briefly you will choose 10 countries on your map (pick up a map)  and look  up the per capita GDP, televisions/thousand and life expectancy male.  Make a table on the back of the map.  Color the countries according to the per capita GDP -- Above 40,000 = BLUE; 40,000-30,000 = RED; 30,000-20,000 = Yellow; 20,000-10,000 - Green; 10,000-5,000 = Purple and less than 5,000 = Orange

Art History
Mon. 11/17 -- Cathedral Project Day 1 -- library to work on PowerPoint.  AC 55-60 DUE today. -- Romanesque period.
Tue. 11/18 -- Lecture on Gothic Art and regional art styles. 
Wed. 11/19 -- Library Day 2 for the PowerPoint 
Thur. 11/20 -- History of the High Middle Ages.  Lecture on the High Middle Ages and the disasters of the 14th Century.
Fri. 11/21 -- Discussion on the regional styles of Gothic.  Lecture (short) on Late Gothic Art.  Maybe a little bit of a video -- PowerPoint on Cathedrals due.
 

Saturday, November 8, 2014

November 10-14, 2014

We have a very special schedule this week

Monday -- Veteran's Day Assembly Schedule:  45 minute periods
Tuesday -- No School -- Veteran's Day  - A Big THANK YOU to all Veteran's
Wednesday -- Regular Schedule
Thursday -- Half day for parent teacher conferences (Middle School) -- periods 1,2,3 only
Friday --   Half day for High School Parent Teacher Conferences 1-3 p.m.  -- periods 4,5,6 only

World Geography
Mon. 11/10 -- Review Day for the test -- Planning the essay and review activity.  The essay will ask students two write about 3 issues in Africa that slow economic development -- we have discussed environmental problems (deforestation, desertification, poaching, Niger delta oil) poverty and debt load, education and brain drain and various health issues.
Tue. 11/11 -- No School
Wed. 11/12 -- Africa test with a longer essay.
Thur. 11/13 -- World Geography will not meet today
Fri. 11/14 -- Semester map review day -- we will review our maps so far and plan for the semester final.  Students will pair up and complete maps within a set amount of time. 

Economics
Mon. 11/10 --  Worksheet on how to read a stock report.  We will also use the risk assessment (due last Friday) to complete an investment portfolio for each student.  The choices in the portfolio must match an investment goal (retirement) and their level of risk tolerance.
Tue. 11/11 -- No School
Wed 11/12 -- Library for stock research
Thur. 11/13 -- Library to write a stock profile -- both parts are due on Monday 11/17.
Fri. 11/14 -- Economics will not meet today.

Art History
Mon. 11/10 -- Finish the cathedral map and discuss.  Review the calendar and challenges for this unit -- YES we have a test the Monday after Thanksgiving.   Begin vocabulary work on cathedral vocabulary.  We will look at slides to see the vocabulary words in action!
Tue. 11/11 -- No School
Wed. 11/12 -- Finish the cathedral vocab projects -- Review cathedral vocabulary at the end of class.
Thur. 11/13 -- Quiz on Cathedral terms.  Lecture on Romanesque Art. 
Fri. 11/14 -- Art History does not meet on this day.

Monday, November 3, 2014

November 3-7-, 2014

World Geography
Mon 11/3 -- Powerpoint and notes on the history of Africa.  We have a sheet to complete during the lecture.  Finish the Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe video from Friday.
Tue. 11/4 -- Environmental issues in Africa -- video and notes on each issue.  We will look at biodiversity on Madagascar, the drying of Lake Chad and the Ndoki park (poaching).  Students will take notes -- if you are absent you need to borrow someone's notes and copy them.
Wed. 11/5 -- Reading National Geographic article on Aids,  Students will read pages 461-467 and complete the worksheet on economic and health issues in Africa.  Due today.
Thur. 11/6 -- CLOSE reading on Ebola news from West Africa.  Discuss reading and issue.  Form groups and brainstorm a list of four issues/problems in Africa and details about each issue.  If you are absent -- choose three issues/reasons why African economies are typically poor.  Look at the human environment interaction on page 424, your notes from the video on the environment, and Africa today issues on pages 461-467.  For each reason provide 5 supporting details (facts) to explain why this issues hurts economies in Africa.
Fri. 11/7 -- Review sheet for the test.  [The test is Wednesday 11/12.]

Economics
Mon. 11/3 -- Federal Reserve chart and structure.  The charts shows the organization of the Federal Reserve and the major duties of the Fed.  Watch "Eye of the Storm" -- which is old but highlights the Fed's role in supplying money in times of disaster.
Tue. 11/4 -- Tools of Monetary policy: lecture with a graphic organizer to complete.  Fed video "The power of Money" and how the Fed controls inflation by raising interest rates or spurs the economy by lowering interest rates. 
Wed. 11/5 -- Open note quiz on banking history and the Fed.  Read pages 289-294 and take notes > what are financial intermediaries and describe the four basic investment considerations.
Thur. 11/6 -- Types of Financial assets -- making a three pocket organizer with different types of investment ranked according to their level of risk.  Economic Current Event #1 DUE.
Fri. 11/7 -- Finish project -- Discuss type of investments.  RISK ASSESSMENT due today.  http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/riskquiz/

Art History
Mon. 11/3 -- Notes and pictures on the Mini-unit on Islamic Art.  Cards 49-54 due today.
Tue. 11/4 -- Review for EMA test.
Wed. 11/5 -- Test over early Christian, Byzantine and EMA art.  -- It is a three page test so it will not take the entire period.  Notebook #4 DUE.  Cathedral map after the test.
Thur. 11/6 -- Video: Cathedral
Fri. 11/7 -- History of the 11-12th century -- notes on the "Age of Faith"