Monsoons in Australia

This is a video about monsoons, their destructive force, and how they are important to the region

Repression in Vietnam

This is an example of how repressive the Vietnamese government is to those that speak out against the government.

Chinese inventions

This is a video outlining Chinese inventions. Some you may be familiar with. We will watch tomorrow after lunch.

Freedom/Equality Shortwrite

Nelson Mandela recently passed away this last week. He was the President of South Africa and a crusader for freedom and anti-racial sentiment. He was imprisoned for his beliefs that Blacks and Whites should be equal in the eyes of the law and served a 27 year sentence in prison for, basically, treason. What can we do in our own lives to make our world a better place to live in racially and ethnically?

Russia after Communism

Russia during Communism

We will be taking notes over this video as well. What did Russia look like during Communism?

Russia under Lenin

We will be taking notes over this video as well about Russia under Lenin.

Russia under the Czars

This is a video about the Tsars of Russia. We will be taking notes over this video.

Social Studies shortwrites.....

Class,

We will be having a social studies short-write every day of the week over each part of Russia we discuss note-wise. This will help you guys with your understanding, since you will be writing and reinforcing the knowledge you have learned into text. From now on, we will be doing short-writes over all the things we discuss in social studies.

Russian Society

This young woman describes in detail some of the aspects of her country and covers a range of topics. View this video and be prepared to discuss on Monday (November 18, 2013).

The Philippines Typhoon

This is just a glimpse of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. We are talking total destruction of most of the Philippines. I would like for the class to write an essay describing your feelings about this picture on Monday.

Answer this question......(Homework Thursday November 14, 2013)

Here is the writing prompt:

We have seen from our Chernobyl video how dangerous nuclear waste can be. Write me a short essay telling me how nuclear waste and the production of nuclear energy can be harmful to the environment?

Tomorrow at a glance (November 7, 2013)

Class,

          Tomorrow, we will be getting into day 2 of our project. Remember to take your time on your work and check it thoroughly, because this is a big ticket assignment. We will also be getting into our Social Studies project and having our own little Renaissance in class. Bring your art ideas and be prepared to be creative...

The Renaissance

We will be watching this youtube for social studies today as we explore the Renaissance and how it affected Europe and its culture. Be prepared to write a summary about the video.

Renaissance Art

 

This is a short clip of some famous Renaissance artwork. We will watch this video and be prepared to discuss tomorrow.

History of the European Union

This little video also gives a little explanation of how the EU works. We will watch this one tomorrow too.

History of the European Union

  We will be watching this video over the European Union tomorrow and will be looking at the countries that have membership in the EU. There will be corresponding notes with this video.

World War 2 Alliances

 

We are going to watch this video on Wednesday about the start of the Cold War and end of World War II.

Cold War Era

This is a great video over the Cold War that we will be watching tomorrow afternoon during Social Studies Class. It discusses some of the causes of the Cold War.

Dictators of History

This is a little peek of what a dictator is like.