Friday, January, 29th

Salt Map Day! The students made salt dough maps showing the major physical geography of the United States. They were well done!

Thursday, January 28th

The South and Southeastern United States.Continued our tour and did Map Quiz #4, too. Mr. M did also introduce the students to a number of online map quizzes and games. These will really help in learning the geography if used.

Wednesday, January 27th

Mr. M was out of the building on business today. Mrs. Kepka kept the tour going, this time through the Great Plains and Midwest region. Students had their Map Quiz #3 and then were able to start their homework........See you Thursday@

Tuesday, January 26th

Play Doh Geo! We discussed the first two map quizzes to see how everyone is doing. Next, students were put into groups and given 4 colors of Play Doh and a map of the western part of the United States. Groups labeled most of the physical geography they have learned. Some maps looked great others were, um...well we have some work to do! :)

Monday, January 25th

Continued our tour of the United States. Covered the rest of the Pacific States as well as the other states of the west. Had Map Quiz #2 on the Rest of the West today.

Thursday, January 21st

Began our whirlwind tour of the U.S. - made it as far as Alaska and Hawaii (not even that in some classes). Mr. M shared some of his Alaska pics with the students. Students were given the notes to region 1 - the Pacific states. Map Quiz #1 - the Pacific States was today. Have a nice weekend!

Wednesday, January 20th

Starting to begin U.S. Geography today. Short classes gave limited time, but students received their maps and instructions for the first region - the Pacific states. Students also shared some stories they learned the previous evening. We had at least three that can trace lineage to the Mayflower, a witness to the flag raising on Iwo Jima, a builder of the Spirit of St. Louis and the Enola Gay, survivors of the Potato Famine and Japanes subs in WW2, and All-American basketball player and former NBA player, an eyewitness to the fall of the Berlin Wall, an early French explorer to the New World, and other people important in the development/growth of the Milwaukee area. Awesome! Thanks for your stories!

Tuesday, January 19th

Today we began American History. First discussion was how to learn history. Through stories, of course! I asked the students if any had witnessed a historic event. After sharing some stories, I gave them some historic events, places, and people that I had witnessed over the years. This included two stories from my family history. Tonight the students are to find some information about their own family histories and share tomorrow.

Monday, January 18th

Welcome to the American History Blog! It is good to be back! Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in school, so there are some celebrations going on. As for class, today we: had our post-economics exam discussion, got organized for the second semester, and Mr. M introduced the American history course. The focus was on story telling in learning history. Mr. M talked about primary and secondary sources. He even shared some stories with the students! Tomorrow we get into U.S. Geography - a crash course!