Hyde Park Middle School
The Academy of Science and Mathematics

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Pre AP World History and Geography Period 4

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Week 9/6/22 - 9/9/22

This was a short week because of Labor Day. Students worked on their Geography flashcards, island project, and persuasive essay. 

Week 8/29/22-9/2/22

Students continued with current events and the quiz based on them. Students began to learn about the Five Themes of Geography; location, place, human/environmental interaction, movement, and region. Students watched a  video and listened to a PowerPoint on the Five Themes. Students wrote place riddles and started on the human/environmental interaction essay.

Week 8-22-22 - 8-26-22

Students continued with current events and took a quiz on them. Students learned about a population cartogram and completed the assignment. Students switched papers of their house maps with a partner and saw if they could find the 10 items that they'd been directed to go to. Students learned all about maps through listening and watching a PowerPoint. Students learned about different geographical features. Students will make flashcards based on the geography terms. Students received their island project directions that include those geographical features. 

Week 8-15-22 - 8-19-22

Students learned what a physical map is and learned about latitude and longitude. We were introduced to current events and how to take notes of them. Students  learned about mental maps and started their house map activity. Supplies were checked last week.

Week 8/8/22 - 8/12/22

Welcome everyone to the first week of school! I am looking forward to getting to know each of you! We learned what Pre-AP World History and Geography is all about. We completed a survey on which practices work best for students. We went over my policies and procedures. We learned about political and physical maps. We learned about portfolios and completed the passport cover and "Description of Bearer" sheets.