This week.....

We have a big week ahead this week....

Monday we will be looking at the History of the Olympic Games,and see how it has changed since Ancient Greek times when the games where first started. Students will read an Article in Newsela and complete the quiz in google classroom.
"A History of the Olympics"

Tuesday, students will be introduced to an "I Choose" book where they follow the story path of either a Spartan or Athenian during Ancient Greece. These books will be available until the end of the week, for students to try alternative 'paths' in the book. We will also play our first QUIZLET LIVE as a group. Quizlet link

Wednesday is a formative assessment on their Country/City chant. Quizlet link

Thursday we will be conducting a debate on the Parthenon Marbles. Should they be returned to Greece, or kept in the British Video (here is a short video for background)
Video
Debate and answer sheet

Friday, brings an end to our unit on Ancient Greece, with a assumptive assessment.

Alexander The Great

Today and tomorrow we are examining the rise to power of Alexander the Great and his expansion of the Greek Empire.
The first part of the lesson will examine his rise to power and his conquests, while the second part we will examine him as both a hero and a villain.

Students will have a Newsela Article due on Friday examining Alexander the Great.

Period 5, 6, 7: JUDGE RAVASSIPOUR

Today students in Periods 5,6 and 7, will be introduced to the "Rule Out' program, led by Circuit Court Judge Ravassipour.

                

The Rule Out Program is a pilot program to engage our youth with the local justice system.  The program entails a Circuit Court Judge meeting with seventh grade classrooms to discuss the Bench’s perspective on issues of substance abuse, social media and drugs.  The objective is to raise awareness in our youth and provide access to our justice system in an environment that lends itself to open dialogue.  Children have the power of choice – to choose their path, to choose who they want to be and to rule out the obstacles that can get in their way.

                After each seventh grade class has been visited, the school will host an evening panel of professionals including the judge, a prosecutor, a public defender and a law enforcement officer to answer questions and concerns of parents.

Period 2 and 3: YOUTH TRUTH SURVEY

Today students in Periods 2 and 3 will be taking the YOUTH TRUTH SURVEY

The following is a screenshot of what MSD will be surveying:

Survey information - https://youthtruth.surveyresults.org/reports/print/9ec424633c044cd6e8fc

Survey Questions - https://s3.amazonaws.com/CEP_IGNITE_PROD/000/006/441/feb00a5f35535177/youthtruth_survey_questions_-_overall_school_experience.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIQIQFLAAKNZWCZNA&Expires=1833781892&Signature=Ab217nlzlw0fpXBCM9RIOeGEHBw%3D

GREEK CULTURE

Today we will look at some of the cultural achievemnts of the Ancient Greeks. In particular we will look at EPIC's, poems such as HOMER"S ILIAD and ODYSSEY; we will examine AESOP and his FABLES, and briefly introduce MYTHS.

Students will also be able to start practicing on their Ancient Greek Vocabulary, by accessing the quiz on Quizlet: Ancient Greece Vocab

Sparta and Athens

Here are the links to the google slides we used in class for the last two days. You will need to update the T-chart with any relevant information about Sparta and Athens, if you have been absent.

Sparta/Athens Day 1
Sparta/Athens Day 2

Here is also the link for Horrible Histories Wife Swap!!

SPARTA and ATHENS

For the next two days we will be studying two of the Greek City States: Sparta and Athens. We will do a comparison of each of them and then take a look at how Greek Democracy is different to democracy in  the USA.
 Here is a link to a video we will be watching in class:
Greek City States

TEST DAY

Today students took their second test on the Country/City chant. This is another formative grade leading towards a Summative grade at the end of the year, once we have covered the complete list of countries and cities.
Once they had completed this they logged onto Newsela and read an article about the first Greeks, the Minoans and the Mycenaeans.

ANCIENT GREECE

Yesterday we started our Unit on Ancient Greece. We will be first studying the Geography of Greece, to do this we accessed prior knowledge of Ancient Egypt (a 6th Grade standard) and looked at Political, Climate, Precipitation, Population and Topographic maps. Today we will look at similar maps of Greece and make predictions about trade and agriculture in Ancient Greece.

Current Events Article contnued

Today and tomorrow students will continue to work on their summary of the Current Events Article.
 Final summaries and opinion paragraphs MUST be submitted in Google Classroom by tomorrow (Tuesday 11:59pm)
Here is the link for the article
FORTNITE
The worksheet and written paragraphs are in your Google Classroom folder.