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Hope everyone had a restful and safe holiday.
Special notes for this month! We'll complete our brief study of India by January 24, and the 24th, 25th and 26th we'll have ASIA DAYS Learning Centers.
We'll have Performance Testing the 29th, 30th and 31st, so your Southeast Asia/India book report will be due on Thursday, February 1. Choices allow students to choose a skit or performance, so we would need to be in the classroom. Chances are we'll finish the Performance Testing by then, but we also may have student absences. I'll have an alternate plan for those students who have completed their performance testing....perhaps as simple as DEAR!
MONDAY, January 8, we'll begin our study of India with the Chapter 25 Review.
TUESDAY: We have a gorgeous DVD on INDIA to view from the Southern Center for International Studies. Today we'll look at the history and government. Homework: Inductive Learning on Chapter 25 includes grouping and labeling the vocabulary, then crafting summary sentences about the information gathered.
WEDNESDAY: We'll study about the independence of India from Great Britain in a lesson called "Free At Last". We'll do a play on Ghandi during this lesson as well. More DVD ...
THURSDAY: Today we'll study about the caste system of India and finish our DVD.
FRIDAY: Our study of the religions of this area begin today. We'll start with Buddhism.

Posted by Mrs. Glenn