Semester Final

Basketball Tournament

As I have mentioned in class, it is up to you to organize transportation to Thursday's basketball tournament.  The girls tournament is at ACG, and the boy's will be at SSIS.  Try to get the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade involved!  The best way to go about this is to have a number of cars / taxi's here at school at 320pm, ready to take you to whichever tournament that you wish to go. 

Homework over the Weekend

In addition to going outside to play this weekend and doing the Physical Map of the United States (which is due on Tuesday, NOT Monday.  You will have to answer the following questions about the videos, on the class Wiki. 
Provide a summary of the videos:

Describe any type of economic activity that is taking place in the videos:

In the videos, did you see any conflict?  If so, what was it and why did it occur?  If not, can you predict any that is coming?

I have set up space on the Wiki to answer these questions under the North America page.   If you have any questions about the assignment, please us the discussion board first, then Edmodo.  If you are still unable to resolve an issue, email me. 

AIS Social Studies code for Edmodo

I just created: AIS 8th Grade Social Studies
The code to access this group is: 1z5miv

Western Expansion of the United STates

Types of Economies PPT

Change of Usernames

WIKI WIKI WIKI WIKI - the URL for wikispaces is:  www.wikispaces.com

I have had to change the username for a few of you.  Please pay attention to the list below:

roxy_period6

Daniel_period1
Jenny_period8
Eddy_period1
TomT_6
JohnnyT_period1
Darlene_period1
emilyL_period1
sarah_period7
cindy_1
Olia_period1
Henry_period1
AnnaBui_period1
peter_period6
David_period7
Jessica_period1
terry_p1
Mia_period7  - Mia, I also had to change your password.  Come see me.
alexnguyen_p1
Jennifer_period1 zack_period7 Tanner_p8 michaeldao_p2 kevin_p8 -Change of password jeff_p8 tomloc_p7 Nick_p7

Semester Final

As mentioned in class, your semester final will be a compare and contrast essay.  I have not fully narrowed it down to what the topic questions will be, but some of the examples that I gave in class are as follows:

• A countries current economy and its historical economy
• Traditional versus modern means of production
• Developing and Developed economies
• Two of the five countries that we examine

I want you to start thinking about this essay as we go through our daily lessons.  Try to connect what we learn in class through lectures, notes, assignments, and activities to what is required of you for your final essay.

WHAT IS A WIKI???

Wiki Wiki Wiki Wiki Wiki

Great Post Jenny found!!

How to Embedit!!!

OK 8th grade, you will now learn how to embed a word document or PDF into your blog.  As I mention in class and it is written on the instructions I passed out to you, I want you to turn in a 'hard copy' of the letter to me, and embed the word document on your blog.  Here are the steps to embed it:

• Go to http://embedit.in/

• Go to "Select Files" and click on that
• From your documents, choose the file name that your letter is saved under.
• The screen shown below should automatically open once you have double clicked on your file name:

• Copy the "Embed Code"
• Go to your blog and click on "New Post"
• Click on "Edit HTML" - This is in the top right hand corner of the area that you add your content to your blog.

• Paste the embed code that you copied from embedit.in into this area. 
• Now click "preview" at the bottom of the text box to make sure that your document got embeded into your blog. 

What do you deserve?

Great Bear Bile Blog

Roxy found this great blog with lots of amazing photos and a great explanation of what is taking place with the bears here in South East Asia.  Check it out:

http://terrywhittakerphoto.blogspot.com/2009/12/vietnam-bears.html

Free Online Grammar Check

Check out this free online grammar checker:

http://www.whitesmoke.com/free-online-checker

Action Plan

Bear Bile Video

Acting Class

Homework for Nov 8th

Here is your assignment for tonight:

I would like you to draw a map of the school and its surrounding area (no more than 2km). 

The map does not need to be accurate—in fact, a 2-dimensional map of Earth’s curved surface will never be accurate.  Your maps should show relative spatial relationships rather than exact distances.  For example, a post office that is four blocks away from the school should be farther away from the school on the map than a park that is two blocks away.

On the map you should clearly label things that are important to you and/or that they think are important to the community. 

Do NOT color this map.  Draw this map on A4 paper.


Be ready to explain tomorrow -

What you think should be included in a sustainable community?

How sustainable do you consider the community surrounding our school?

Use the map below to help you draw your map.  Remember, this map does not have to be to scale.  I don't want you to spend over an hour on this tonight! 

Stay tuned for a summary of the information that we came up with today in class...

http://bit.ly/cTJ2Dn

Where does Vietnam come in? Why?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101104/hl_afp/unhealthsocial_20101104145621

Homework for Tuesday, November 2nd

Sorry for getting this up so late in the evening.  I have had to deal with some personal issues.

Please find the questions below.  You will answer these questions on your own blog. 

How does advertising influence consumption?

Do you think citizens are sufficiently informed about the sustainability of our consumption habits? If not, how can we become more informed about sustainability issues?

Do you think these advertising techniques influence what you and your friends purchase?

These questions should be answered and posted on your blog by the time that you walk into class tomorrow.  Remember, you will NOT have time in class tomorrow to work on your ads.  Those must be completed by the time you get to class.  You can use props and costumes if you like, but are not required to.

For all you gamers out there, check out this video: