April is almost here!!!

Geography - We are currently working on a National Parks of Canada Assignment. Each student has been assigned a different National Park to research. They must display their research in either poster, brochure or slide show format. We will be working on this project in class on Monday March 29, Tuesday March 30, Wednesday March 31 and Thursday April 1st. These projects will be due on Tuesday April 6. Make sure that you follow the instructions carefully and that you have found all of the required information. Have a great long weekend!

American History - This week we are beginning to learn about the set-up of the American government. We will be learning about the first president of the United States of America as well as learning a little bit about the current president. We will be working our way towards the American Civil War, which we will begin after the long weekend.

World Religions - We are working on a poster project for Buddhism. We will have class time on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to work on them and they will be due On Wednesday April 7th. We will be finishing up the Buddhism unit next week and you can expect that there will be a test on Friday April 9th.

March Break At Last!!!

I hope that Everyone has a safe and fun March Break!!!

Geography - We have been working on a number of things in geography this week including plate tectonics, national parks and ecozones. When we get back after March Break we will be finishing up this unit and having a unit test (prob on Thursday.)

Religions - Well, we have finally finished our unit on Hinduism and are ready to start our unit on Buddhism. We are going into the break having watched 7 Years in Tibet and will return after the break ready to learn all of the elements of this religion.

American History - We have reached the Declaration of Independence!!! Yay!!! We are going to watch The Patriot before the break, and when we return, we will be moving past the revolution and into the constitution.

Have a great week!!