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Period 7 gettin jiggy wit it!

Posted by Mr. O on 17th November 2009

Period 2 working hard!

Posted by Mr. O on 17th November 2009

7th Grade Webquest: Athens vs Sparta and the Gods

Posted by Mr. O on 13th November 2009

Using the following links: Same but Different, Studyworld, Comparison Chart, and Hyper History, gather notes about both city-states so you can write a compare and contrast essay.

You also need to use the folowing sites: Gods, Gods(2) to answer the following questions:

1. Who is your favorite God? Why?

2. Create a question for your peers to answer about the Greek Gods.

3. Answer one of your peers questions.

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7th Graders!!!

Posted by Mr. O on 27th October 2009

What is Culture and how do we get it?

First one to comment gets extra credit!

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7th Graders!!!

Posted by Mr. O on 20th October 2009

Where is Greece? What is one geographic feature in the region? Lastly, give me 5 characteristics that describe Greece…

First one to comment gets extra credit!

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Primary or Secondary?

Posted by Mr. O on 19th October 2009

Definitions

	Humanities	Sciences
Primary Source	Original, first-hand account of an event or time period Usually written or made during or close to the event or time period Original, creative writing or works of art Factual, not interpretive	Report of scientific discoveries Results of experiments Results of clinical trials Social and political science research results Factual, not interpretive
Secondary Source	Analyzes and interprets primary sources Second-hand account of an historical event Interprets creative work	Analyzes and interprets research results Analyzes and interprets scientific discoveries

Examples

	Humanities	Sciences
Primary Sources	Diaries, journals, and letters Newspaper and magazine articles (factual accounts) Government records (census, marriage, military) Photographs, maps, postcards, posters Recorded or transcribed speeches Interviews with participants or witnesses (e.g., The Civil Right Movement) Interviews with people who lived during a particular time (e.g., genocide in Rwanda) Songs, Plays, novels, stories Paintings, drawings, and sculptures	Published results of research studies Published results of scientific experiments Published results of clinical trials Proceedings of conferences and meetings
Secondary Sources	Biographies Histories Literary Criticism Book, Art, and Theater Reviews Newspaper articles that interpret	Publications about the significance of research or experiments Analysis of a clinical trial Review of the results of several experiments or trials

Specific Examples

	Primary Source	Secondary Source
Literature	“Song of Myself” (Poem)	Journal article about the poem’s historical importance
Psychology	Results of clinical trial to treat ADD by modifying diet	Book about ways to treat childhood ADD without drugs
Politics and Government	U.S. Census Statistics	Book about suburban population changes in U.S.
History	Recorded interview with Choctaw American Indian	Journal article about Native Americans who served in WWII
Social Science	Diary of Anne Frank	Book about diaries kept during the Holocaust
Art	Photographs by Diane Arbus	Magazine article about 20th century female photographers

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What’s goin on this week in 7th grade…

Posted by Mr. O on 18th October 2009

This week we are going to start looking at what it was like to live in Ancient Greece. Greece has a very unique geography which lead to the development of specific cultural traits only the Greeks had. Big picture: How does the geography and environment affect(influence) the culture of a civilization?