Author Archives: Ryan Piche

Yesterday we went to the library to work on our 5 themes book projects.  This was the only day students were allowed to work on their projects in class.  The rest will be done at home. PROJECTS ARE DUE MONDAY  SEPTEMBER 29th!! Here is the information again for the project: 5 themes project 5 themes … Continue reading »

Today students took the assessment on Geography skills, basically it was on everything we have covered so far this year.  It was an open note test.  Most students finished it very quickly.  For those who need more time, I will give them some time tomorrow (we didn’t have the WHOLE hour to take the test). … Continue reading »

Sorry for sending this so late, but just a reminder (and I have been saying it all last week and posted it on Friday) that our test is tomorrow!!

Today in class I introduced the 5 Themes of Geography book project.  They chose a country, and will do a book project about their country using the 5 themes. Here is all the information needed for the project: 5 themes project 5 themes project rubric research handout This project will be due on SEPTEMBER 29TH. … Continue reading »

Today in class we continued with the 5 Themes of Geography.  We went over the homework that was due today and then students turned it in. I then passed out a graphic organizer where students were to create a web from a graphic organizer using definitions and examples of the 5 Themes on their graphic … Continue reading »

Today was ‘Constitution Day.’  In class we went over what was the constitution and what rights does it provide the people of the US. After having a discussion and watching the video on the Constitution, I put the students into 10 groups (one for each amendment of the Bill of Rights).  They were to create … Continue reading »

Today in class we began the 5 Themes of Geography.  Most of this was a review for the students, however many of them definitely needed the update. Here is the powerpoint I presented where students were to copy down for notes: 5 Themes of Geography! I then gave students a worksheet for homework on the … Continue reading »

Homework for turning the 3d object into 2d was due today. We continued to discuss someone’s perspective or point of view when it comes to seeing the world and making maps.  We also defined what a cartographer was.  Here are the two vocab words we did today: perspective/point of view, cartographer MC3 u1 lesson 2 word … Continue reading »

Today we went over map projections and distortions.  We took a lot of notes today where students copied down vocabulary from the board.  Here are the vocab words that they wrote down: MC3 lesson 1 word cards They only need to know representation, map, map key/legend Tomorrow we will discuss three dimensional and two dimensional We … Continue reading »

Today we went over map projections and distortions.  We took a lot of notes today where students copied down vocabulary from the board.  Here are the vocab words that they wrote down: