Slacker

Oh my have I been slacking! The three of you out there that read this are probably wondering where the heck I have been. Well, I'm back.

Since my last post we have completed a whole unit on economics. We talked about scarcity and decision making, supply and demand and three different kinds of economies (command, market and traditional). The highlight of the unit was when the students had to pretend they were stranded on an island. They were forced to make decisions about how problems would be solved and what type of economy they had.

We had a partner test on Friday 4-23 to wrap up the economic unit.

This week we have started Psychology, one of my favorite units! There is an assignment coming up where the students will have to create a personality profile. These will be due Monday for 5th and 6th hour, Tuesday for 2nd and 3rd hour.

Deacde Posters

The kids did a GREAT job on their decade posters. We hung them up around the room, then the students were given copies of the quizzes each group made and they had to move around to the posters to find the answers. It went really well and the kids had fun checking out everyone's posters.

Research Project

For the past week the kids have been researching a decade of their choice. They were required to find information from the 50-90's in four categories; people, events, entertainment/fun and inventions. Each student was required to individual research for their decade. This research was due Monday. The students were given 20 points for having their research done, they will also be graded on this research later this week.

This week we have been working on the group project.
1. A poster with 10 pictures and 10 facts about the decade
2. A quiz with 10 questions about the poster and an answer key.

These projects are due at the end of the hour tomorrow.

The plan is that I will hang the posters around the room and the kids will take the quizzes by finding the information on the posters.

1940's Internet Scavenger Hunt

Today you will be searching the internet for the answers to 10 different questions. Use these links to help you...

World War II

Antibiotics Save Lives

Jackie Robinson

President Harry S. Truman

TV Entertains America

Abstract Expressionism

The Big Band Sound

Postwar Baby Boom

Slinky

Women Support the War Effort

1940's

This week is all about the 1940's. We've been talking about inventions such as the polaroid camera and the first computer (which was HUGE) and World War II. Today the kids reviewed the information they know by creating 20 questions with answers. Tomorrow we will turn those into a crossword puzzle.

Congratulations to our gymnasts and good luck at state!