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.

Current Events Article #1

For the next two days students will be analyzing an article on Newsela (This great website allows students to adjust reading level to fit their needs). After reading the article, we will be completing a template to get the 'gist' of the article, and then students will be creating a written summary and response to the article.
We will be doing several of these Current Events articles over the year, each one being a formative assessment, with the last one in the 4th quarter being a summative.

 Here is a link to the article "Fortnite dance moves..."

Here is the link to the worksheet they will be completing online: Template 

European Country/Capital City Quiz

Today students will be taking their first formative assessment on their European Country/Capital City Chant.
 Once we have completed the assessment, we will have some more students present their Bio Posters.