CNN Tuesday May 31
1. How many refugee lives do they believe have been lost in the Mediterranean? How many have been saved? 2. What country is a thriving home for ISIS? What is Europe doing about it? 3. What is the origin of the tomb of the unknown soldier? Where is it located? We will go over the worksheet about Ancient Rome.
Rome Colosseum NOVA Video
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CNN Questions for 5/26/16: 1. What are some of the topics that the G7 will talk about? What is the benefit of an organization like this? 2. Why do we send so much military support and financial support to so many different allies around the world? 3. What is the new kind of "meat"? Geography of Ancient Rome worksheet. Pdf Of the Textbook Pages. Link/uploads/1/3/3/5/13358024/rome_pages_224-235.pdf
Once you have completed the worksheet and the paragraph choose from some of the options for enrichment. CNN Wednesday May 25
1. Why does Falluja in Iraq matter in the fight against ISIS? 2. When was the bar code first used? What did they do before at the checkout lanes before the bar code was used? 3. What is the purpose of Richmond Cycling Core? Many still have not turned in the assignment about the Impact of Ancient Greece and have failing grades as a result.
1. Read the handout "If you lived in Rome". 2. Do the attached quiz after reading the handout. Link 3. If you have completed the quiz begin read pages 222-235 in the textbook. CNN Questions for 5/24/16:
1. When do most people try and climb Mount Everest? Why? 2. What are some of the reasons that tourism is declining in Egypt? 3. How are officials trying to set up a "barrier" against the spread of Yellow Fever? NHI has been entered for those student who have not turned in the Ancient Greece Assessment.
You will be watching the rest of Empires from the video series Mankind: The History of All of Us. CNN Student News 5/23
1. What is the goal of President Obama's visit to Vietnam? 2. What has happened to Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea? 3. What is an important part of Egypt's economy? What has affected it? This week for Life Goals you will be assessing yourself on Being on Time and Prepared for Class. Work needs to be turned in by May 25 in order to go to the Whitecaps Game. Economics Review History of Mankind: Empires Complete self-assessment on Participation and Ethical Citizenship. Link
Work Time: Impact of Ancient Greece assessment; Link
If you have the assessment completed you may work on either:
CNN at the end of the hour. Work Time
Today and tomorrow will be a work days in which you will have most of the hour to work on the Ancient Greece assessment. This is the assessment link.
What do you do if you have completed the assignment?
We will watch CNN Student News at the end of the hour. CNN Wednesday May 18
1. What is NATO? Why was it created? 2. What didn't work in killing the Zika mosquitoes? 3. When was the alarm clock invented? What did companies do before the alarm clock? Worktime Ancient Greek Assessment:
CNN Questions for 5/17/16:
1. What is "inflation"? (I expect that you should already know the answer to this.) 2. What is the purpose of the "HALO" organization? 3. What are some of the future uses of drones? We will continue to work on the assessment. Link A suggestion you might want to follow today is to look at Ancient Greek Philosophy.
BrainPop has a good clip on Homer that would be really helpful. |
Mr. NienhuisWe will be covering a mixture of Current Events, Geography and Ancient Cultures. Archives
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