Mrs. Churvis’ Blog- Social Studies – Language Arts – APEX

We are going to study Northern Europe this week and part of next week. This area is near and dear to me since I lived there for five years. I thought that I would bring in pictures that I had taken while traveling around one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Being a degreed History nut, I was in my element climbing around castles, bogs, and archaeological sites. I have pictures from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. While going through my pictures I also found ones that I had taken throughout Europe and the Mediterranean area. We studied these countries for the last two weeks, so it will be a little review with a personal perspective.

We are also going to have time this week to work on our travel brochures. Remember, this little project is not to take away from your science project. Your Social Studies project can be done at school.

 I saw a lot of you at the dance on Friday!  I was so pleased to see you enjoying yourselves and proud of your excellent behavior.  Some of you are very good dancers.  I even witnessed Mr. Jones dance!!!!   A great time was had by all.

No school on Monday, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.

We will have library on every other Tuesday starting the Tuesday we return to school.  During this time you will be doing research on a European country of your choice.  With the information you gather, you will create a travel brochure for that country.  I will supply you with a rubric that will include all of the requirements and the due date.

We will conclude Chapter 14 on Thursday with a through review and then a test on Friday.

Dates to remember

• Report cards issued 1/14/08
• SFMS Spirit Day 1/18/08
• Winterfest Dance 1/18/08
• Martin Luther King Day 1/21/08 (no school)

Agenda for week of 1/14

Continue Ch. 13 Southern Europe

Section 4 Spain and Portugal

• Rd./discuss pgs.272-275
• Fill out Graphic Organizer
• Complete reading “A Farmer’s Life in Spain

Map activity-Workbook pgs. 25-26 Roman Empire

Review for Ch. 13 test

Wednesday- Chapter 13 Test

Begin Ch.14 West-Central Europe

Sec. 1 Physical Geography

• Vocabulary
• Rd./discuss pgs. 278-281
• Label map
• Complete Graphic Organizer-Landform Regions

Sec. 2 France

• Vocabulary
• Rd./discuss pgs. 282-285
• Map activity-Workbook pgs. 27-28
• Read “France’s Unsettled Immigrants”

Happy New Year!!!!

We will begin the new year in Southern Europe (don’t we wish). The outlined agenda will be what we will be following this week.

Unit 4 Europe

1.   Map skills

• Political
• Physical
• Climate
• Population
• Products
• Land use

1. Identify, label, and match country/capital
2. Discuss the European Unit (EU), compare it to NAFTA and Mercosur, consider the effects on the individual countries.
3. Group actvities
4. Create Time Lines

Chapter 13 Southern Europe

Sec. 1 Physical geography

• Define vocabulary pg. 261
• Read and discuss pgs. 260-263
• Compare physical features of S. Eur. countries
• Calculate latitude/longitude

     Sec. 2 Greece

• Define vocabulary pg. 264
• Read and discuss pgs. 264-267
• Organize Class Olympics

     Sec. 3 Italy

• Define vocabulary pg. 268
• Read and discuss pgs. 268-271
• Identify and compare common words found in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and French that are derived from Latin.