Trade

2008-05-15 15:39:26

Today we discussed trade. If you were absent, please do this sheet.

Final Exam

2008-05-08 19:38:29

Final Exam Outline

Africa Presentations

2008-04-24 18:12:02

I realized today that I haven't told parents about the Africa projects the students have nearly completed.

Each student has chosen an aid organization, and is creating a display board to draw awareness to the respective causes. Students will make a speech at an assembly that requests action from the student body. Students are also each using Microsoft Word letter templates (IT integration) to write persuasive letters to various audiences (including teachers, the Board of Directors, and parents).

Display boards will be on display during the Open House, and students are encouraged to attend and answer questions about their charities. Students are expected to plan one course of action for the school to pursue in order to help the cause they have chosen.

Andi - Fair Trade

Mac - Keep a Child Alive

Jonathan - World Vision

Sophia - Heifer International

Brady - Right to Play

MAC!

2008-04-09 20:16:25

I found one for you: http://www.keepachildalive.org/

Horn of Africa Newspaper Assignment

2008-03-13 13:16:38

During Spring Break, please keep your eyes open for stories about countries in the Horn of Africa. There are a great deal of issues front and centre in this area right now.

Collect newspaper clippings to bring back in April.

Also,you can review the following organizations to determine what they do to help people in Africa and around the world:

http://www.awassachildrensproject.org/?gclid=CP2F6unyipICFRPMiQod92GDbQ

http://www.righttoplay.com/site/PageServer?pagename=canada

http://www.heifer.org

http://www.amnesty.org/

http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/

Rights of Children Posters

2008-02-18 15:17:41

Please take a look at these posters made by our students.

Andi N. http://poster.4teachers.org/view/poster.php?poster_id=259405

More to come!

Rights of Child Poster

2008-02-14 14:00:54

Step 1: Go to http://poster.4teachers.org/

Step 2: Click on Create New Poster

Step 3: This brings you to the create new poster wizard, press next

Step 4: Enter your name. Enter Rick Johnson for my name. Our class code is 171725

Step 5: Create your own password, click next

Step 6: Follow instructions

When you get to the paragraph section, type your paragraphs that we worked on in class.

When you get to the links section, include a link to the UN, a link to the CIA Factbook page for your country, a link to the Rights of the Child, and links to places like amnesty.ca, or to unicef.org

Don't worry about putting in a picture today.

At the end, make sure you write down or print your poster number.

Can't wait to see the finished products!

Do you want to be a member of TEAM CANADA for ROW8?

2008-02-13 20:32:45

Learn more about the opportunity to be a member of Rock Our World

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

2008-02-07 13:10:41

Following our discussion today: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/25.htm

Making a Pie Chart

2008-01-22 13:45:28

In case you forget the steps for making a pie chart:

1. Convert the percent of each category to a decimal (17.3% to .173)

2. Multiply the decimal by 360 to find the degrees

3. Use a protractor to measure and drawthe slice or wedge

Still stuck? http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pie-Chart

CIA World Factbook

2008-01-22 13:35:53

We've been using information from the online CIA World Factbook. Each student has a photocopy of their country's section, but in case they need the electronic version - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Homework tonight is to complete one item from each student's individual "hit-list."

Demographics

2008-01-21 15:29:18

Today we compared infant mortality rates between countries in the Horn of Africa and Canada, Brazil, Greece, and China. We found that the number of deaths per 1000 births was much higher in eastern African countries than in Canada.

We also looked briefly at the age structures in African countries. Some students wondered why there was so many people in the 0-14 years category, and so few in the 65 range.

We'll be making pie charts next class.

No new homework, keep workinig on past assignments!

Geography

2008-01-11 13:38:01

Students have been assigned two maps:

1. Show the major cities, and geographical landforms

2. Show population density

Resources

http://www.freeworldmaps.net/africa/index.html

http://www.warmafrica.com/Africa-Map.html#mapz(click on population density)

Passports

2008-01-08 14:03:35

Today students made their Operation Africa passports, and finished mapping the 5 regions of Africa.

Operation Africa

2008-01-07 18:33:58

Today Operation Africa was introduced. Each student was assigned a country in East Africa that he/she will research and represent throughout the unit.