Mrs. Baylor

Help with Time Zones

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:40:29 -0500

http://www.worldtimezone.com/
http://www.time-for-time.com/zonesworld.htm

Help with Time Zones

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:40:29 -0500

http://www.worldtimezone.com/
http://www.time-for-time.com/zonesworld.htm

End of the year events

Tue, 15 May 2007 13:51:32 -0500

Students will have a Southern Africa map quiz on Thurs. 5/17.
The worksheet packet over Economy and Government will checked in class on Thurs.
A study guide will be for homework on Thurs. night and used for the test on Friday.
Chapter 23 Test will be on Friday 5/18
Test Year End Final will be on Tuesday 5/22
Books will be collected on Tues. 5/22. Any lost books will require full payment before report cards can be sent home.
Last week of school we will do an activity of History vs Hollywood. Compare and Contrast.

CRCT REMINDER : Social Studies Saving the Best for Last!!!!

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:02:40 -0500

Do not forget to practice the CRCT online site; your form for documentation and parent signature is posted and is due on Friday. The chapter reviews that we did for each unit and I suggested that you keep for the CRCT would also be helpful to look over to refresh your memory. Friday is our day to test.

In class we are continuing to work in our African history packets and will investigate the apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela.
Next week students will need to bring their textbooks to class. We have at least 3 more chapters to complete before the year is over.

CRCT ONLINE PRACTICE IS UP !!!!

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:57:47 -0500

CRCT PRACTICE SITE

Preparing for the CRCT: Required Homework Activity

Practice tests provide students with the opportunity to gain familiarity with the types of questions that they will encounter when they take the CRCT in April. Each test covers all of the major topics in a particular subject area that students are expected to receive instruction in during the current school year. Because the number of questions available on some topics is limited, certain questions may appear on more than one practice test. For students who do not have Internet access computers are available in the Media Center in the mornings.

Directions…. go to the website:

https://www.georgiaoas.org/servlet/a2l

Login: use your 10 digit code or if you are new and do not have a number: Grade7
Password: education or Grade7

Click on VIEW STUDENT TESTS
– Select the Social Studies icon, tests have been created by Mrs. Glenn and Mrs. Baylor.

Do ALL of the five practice tests listed. You do not need to do them at once. There are 2-100 questions on each test. Complete the tests until you get them ALL correct!

Read each question carefully and review your score and answers when finished. You may want to take notes. You can actually learn the answers to topics we have not yet had a chance to complete by continuing to retake these tests and note the correct answers.

I completed the civics test on _______ date. My score was: ________
parent initials _______

I completed the history test on _______ date. My score was: ________
parent initials _______

I completed the economy test on _______ date. My score was: ________
parent initials ______

I completed the core skills test on _______ date. My score was: _________
parent initials _____

I completed the geography test on _______ date. My score was: _________
parent initials _____

I have completed the 5 practice sessions.

(Student name) __________________________

Period ______

Parent signature _________________________

This will count as a grade once it has been completed and turned in by Friday 4/20.

Spring Break is Over

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:31:09 -0500

We have been studying the ancient kingdoms of Africa and will have a quiz on Thurs. The students have a study sheet of the areas to be covered. Before taking the social studies CRCT,I hope to be able to cover slavery,colonialism and South Africa's apartheid. Most all of the information is being covered in class through streaming video and packets.

I will sending home this week an assignment contract for the students to use for recording their scores from practicing the online CRCT quizzes that Mrs. Glenn and I have developed. It will require your signature once they have been successfully completed.

Our choices for next year's textbook are on display in the Media Center through this Friday. Anyone may stop by and take a peak.

If you have been looking for grades, they have not been posted yet, however I have a ton of them to post and will have them done by this weekend.Any missing grades will need to be completed by the following Thursday.

Answers to the Chapter 18 Review

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:48:16 -0500

look for Feb. 12-16 download the file for the answers

Newsletters Completed/ Chapter 18 Test Friday

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:31:46 -0500

The students have done a wonderful job completing their research and composing a newsletter/ newspaper on different aspects of life in Israel. Once I have been able to print all the sections, we will put the pages together for each group and share them with the class.
Classwork / homework for today: Read and take notes over Ch.18 lesson 3: Government. Define the key vocabulary and answer the EQ.
We will go over government , arts and recreation, and review people and economy on Wednesday and Thursday in class. A study guide will be available on Thursday. The chapter 18 test will be this Friday.

i-parent updates will be made this weekend and next Monday and Tuesday before Jekyll.

Last 2 Days in the Mac Lab

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:39:39 -0500

Last week we started a newspaper / newsletter research project in the Mac Lab. "Eye on the News" focuses on Israel, all resources were posted on the blog last week with links to Trackstar. Students should be working on typing their information in a word doc / newsletter form or the Pages template on Apple. Projects are due on February 27,2007. Their newsletter will be stapled together but each section will be graded individually. Be careful not to fall into a trap of cutting and pasting information as that is plagiarism. Pictures are encouraged, headlines, and clip art to make it more appealing is also suggested. These should be informative and interesting at the same time. We will have laptops in the room on Monday for any last minute "Annies."

Sunni's and Shiite's 101

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:46:45 -0500

View this clip from NBC: TODAY

TRACKSTAR LINKS FOR ISRAEL NEWSLETTER

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:36:53 -0500

MORE TO COME.......

DESTINATIONS/DIVERSIONS

YOU MAY DO RESEARCH AT HOME AND THEN TYPE YOUR INFORMATION AT SCHOOL USING EITHER WORD: NEWSLETTER FORMAT OR PAGES: NEWSLETTER. DUE DATE 2/26

ABC NEWS visits Syria and Iran

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:08:46 -0500

Visit Iran with ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2867263
Food in Syria
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2852729
Iranian Carpets
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2871135
Syrian Women : Hot Topics
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2859598
Syria's First Lady
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2852624
Syrian Pres. iPod
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2849523
Young Stereotypes
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2849603
Democracy for Syia
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2852651
Ancient Hatreds Flare
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2852529
Iran's President
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2868215

Understanding the Three Major Religions

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:02:30 -0500

Religion is like the fashion. One man wears his doublet slashed, another

lace, another plain; but every man has a doublet. So every man has his religion.

We differ about trimming.

John Seldon, Table-Talk: Religion (a. 1654)

Lots of Links are listed here.

Judaism for Kids
Judaism

Islam
What is Islam?
Understanding Islam
Basic Beliefs
History of Islam
PBS Special

Christianity

PRACTICE MAPS FOR FRIDAY'S QUIZ

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:05:27 -0500

MIDDLE EAST MAP
NEAR EAST MAP BLANK MAP
NORTH AFRICA+MIDDLE EAST MAP

Fun Facts about the Camel

Week of 2/5 - 2/9

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:41:48 -0500

Students were given this list of vocabulary to review and study for their chapter 17 test on Wednesday.
Their maps are also due on Wednesday.
Quiz: Friday: SEE the bottom of this study guide for a list of physical features.
STUDY GUIDE:
• qanats
• Bedouin
• Oasis
• Petroleum
• Irrigation
• Fertile crescent; valley
• Tigris /Euphrates rivers
• 4 major petroleum producers in the Middle East
• describe the terrain of the Middle East and N. Africa
• Explain why they must use methods of irrigation.
• Why is this region referred to as a major world crossroad?
• Which N. African country has the most oil in reserve?
• Locate and name the 2 major mountain ranges.
• Sinai peninsula connects?
• Where will I find a densely populated area?
• Most of the oil in the middle east is found along what body of water?
• Why do the Egyptians call the Nile River “the Gift”
• Who are the Bedouins?
• What is the relationship between oases and cities?
• 3 major peninsulas?

Ch.17 TEST WEDNESDAY

• MAP IS DUE WEDNESDAY

• NO EXTENSIONS!!!!!!

*** Friday we will have a map quiz on the physical features of North Africa and the Middle East.

PHYSICAL FEATURES:
3 Peninsulas: Sinai, Anatolia,Arabian
Atlas Mts.
Zagros Mts.
Ahaggar Plateau
Iranian Plateau
Sahara Desert
Libyan Desert
Rub' Al-Khali Desert
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Aden
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Suez Canal
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River
Study your spelling!!