There will be a quiz Friday!!! Use your resources and → Geography of Europe Study Guide and the resources below to prepare.
Click → here for Quizizz games and use the following game codes: 631612, 329697, 862915
Quizlet Review Activities
Location, climate, natural resources and population distribution of Europe
Today we learned about culture! If you were absent please read What is Culture? Use → Annotation Markers to annotate. Then complete My Culture Map for homework!!!
Reminders:
Upcoming this week:
R.A.F.T. assignment due Monday (periods: 1, 2 and 4)
European Geography Think-Tac-Toe due Friday (periods 2-4)
European Geography Task (PSA) due Friday (period 1 only)
Progress reports will go home with students on Wednesday. Upon receipt, please sign the envelope and return it to HR teacher on Thursday.
Tutoring will officially start next Wednesday, September 6th from 4:30-5:30. However, I will be available this Wednesday morning, August 29th at 8:00 AM. Please enter at the Bus Depot promptly at 8:00. .
Blog Updates
Period 1: Text @46hb93 to 81010.
Periods: 2, 3 and 4- Text @cdeg38 to 81010.
Tentative Schedule (Subject to change)
Monday- Update Interactive Notebooks and Source Books
Tuesday- Culture: What is Culture?
Wednesday- Culture: Languages of Europe
Thursday- Culture: Religions of Europe
Friday- “Almost There” summative assessment
You will have five minutes to prepare for today’s quiz. Use previous blog post activities to prepare.
Quiz: When told to do so, click here Session ID: kasisi. brown PIN: Your student number
After the Quiz:
Period 1: Continue to work on AC European Environmental Issues Task
Periods 2-4: Continue to work on European Geography Think Tac Toe 2018-19
There will be a 10 question quiz Friday covering the standards below
SS6G7 Locate selected features of Europe.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River,
English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains,
and Iberian Peninsula.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany,
Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
SS6G8 Explain environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.
b. Explain the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
c. Explain the causes and effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
SS6G9 Explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population
distribution on Europe.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany, the United
Kingdom and Russia impact trade and affect where people live.
Use your materials plus the resources below.
Quizziz Games → click here. Use these game codes: 353746, 750082, 632840, 537709
Warm Up: click here Session ID: kasisi. brown PIN: Your student number
Period 1: Continue to work on →AC European Environmental Issues Task
Periods 2-4: Begin working on European Geography Think Tac Toe 2018-19
See yesterday’s post for additional resources!
Standards:
SS6G8 Explain environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.
b. Explain the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
c. Explain the causes and effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Out of class Assignment for All Classes: Europe Environmental Issues RAFT Task Due no later than Monday, August 27th!
Period 1:
Today we will begin working on our first performance task/project for the year. Please see details below.
AC European Environmental Issues Task
Periods 2-4
Use the resources below to learn about the environmental issues facing Europe while completing → Europe Environmental Issues Cause&Effect Organizer
Ukraine Nuclear Disaster
‘Voices From Chernobyl’: Survivors’ Stories
Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine (reading)
Acid Rain in Germany
Acid Rain in Germany (reading)
European Forests Fight for Survival
Air Pollution in the United Kingdom
Air Pollution- National Geographic
UK air pollution ‘linked to 40,000 early deaths a year!
Video Resources
Happy Monday everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I look forward to seeing each of you at Curriculum Night (Open House) at 6:00PM. This week we will continue to learn about the physical geography of Europe by focusing on Europe’s climate, location and natural resources. We will also explore environmental issues impacting the region. Please be sure to visit the blog (www.mrkbrown.edublogs.org) frequently for class assignments and updates. Please see the tentative schedule below.
Tentative Schedule
Monday and Tuesday- Europe’s location/climate/natural resources
Wednesday-Friday- Europe’s Environmental Issues
Quiz Friday!!!!
You will have 10 minutes to review for today’s quiz. Use the resources below to prepare.
Review Games→ click here and use these game codes: 863910, 869036
European Countries (online practice)
When told to do so, click here Session ID: kasisi. brown PIN: Your student number
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Let’s Update our ISN
1. Syllabus
2. Map of Europe
3. Welcome to Europe (reading comprehension)
4. Europe’s Physical Features (first page only)
Let’s Update our Source Book
1. Primary Sources v. Secondary Seources
2. Economics A Quick Review
3. A Quick Guide to Governments
Today we continued to learn about the geography of Europe. If you did not submit your Homework assignment today, please submit it tomorrow. Remember we will have a map quiz tomorrow. Please use your maps and the resources below to prepare.
Review Games→ click here and use these game codes: 863910, 869036