ECONOMIC AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS TEST (see class content for a list of the terms and concepts you will be tested on)

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Moroccan Artists (guest presenters)

5

Objective: Students will have a general understanding of the role of the UN in the world.

Tasks:
* New seating chart
* Pass out papers
* Go over last unit test
* Introduction to UN project (power point)

6

Objective: Students will learn how to find appropriate websites to use for research.

Tasks:
* Meet in the Computer lab
* Intro. to research skills
* Learn how to research quality websites
* Learn about resources that will help you search

7

Objective: Students will learn how to analysis graphs and charts.

Tasks:
* What is evidence & what is analysis?
* Examples (game)
* Practice

Homework: Finish practice paragraphs in class (packet).

8

Objective: Students will learn how to in-text cite (parenthetical citations) and how to create a works cited page.

Tasks:
* What is a works cited page?
* What are in-text citations?

Homework: Quiz on Friday the 9^th

• Information on the UN
• How do you check to see if a website is reliable?
• Evidence vs. Analysis
• Citations (work cited and in-text citations)

9

Objective: Students will receive the details of the UN project first semester requirements.

Tasks:
* Quiz
* Explanation of UN Project for first semester
* Example of imports and exports
* turnitin.com

12

Objective: What do you know about the Middle East and what are your misconceptions?

Tasks:
* What do you know about the Middle East already?
* Aladdin stereotypes
* Religion disclaimer

Homework:
Critically read biblical versions of the story if creation of Adam and Eve (Venn Diagram)

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Objective: Students will learn more about the three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) by researching a specific component of one of the three.

Tasks:
* Go over homework (Venn diagram of origin stories)
* Timeline chart/notes
* Pass out mini-project
* Work time in lab on project

Homework: Work on project (research)

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Objective: Students will learn more about the three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) by researching a specific component of one of the three.

Tasks:
* Meet in computer lab
* Work on project

Homework: Work on PowerPoint project

Objective: Students will learn more about the three monotheistic religions by listening to students reports on the three.

Tasks:
* Project presentations

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Objective: Work on UN project

Tasks:
* Have students highlight examples and evidence
* Turn in and peer edit Imports and Exports
* Go over government section (add in analysis question)
* Examples of government sections
*Computer lab

Homework: Think of 3 questions for each guest speaker (each speaker will represent one of the monotheistic religions)

Quiz: on Monotheistic religions

Project: Government Section of UN Project (Remember: turnitin.com, hard copy to class and works cited page)

Redo economics section of UN Project

UN Project: Culture and Education section due

Geography Quiz #1

Geography Quiz #2

Geography Quiz #3