Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? - August 26-27, 2008

Agenda:
1. Journal #2 - Break Away (pg 11)
2. Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? - Review and PPT
3. "No More Kings" Schoolhouse Rock
4. Review Great Awakening and Enlightenment HW
HW: Vocabulary (pg 12)

Today we spent much of our class period reviewing all the material we should have learned back in fifth grade. Fifth grade was a LONG time ago in the life of a junior-higher, so we reviewed everything from the Crusades, to King Henry VIII, to Columbus, the Mayflower, Pocahontas, and so much more. There's a lot of great American history learning and background knowledge that goes on in fifth grade, but we have to jump right into our eighth grade standards which begin with the Declaration of Independence.

We finished the day by looking at the connection between the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution. How did these three things connect? This will be important knowledge to have as we dive deeper into our study of American independence.

RVI

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

heyyyyyyy mr ippolito!!! its kimiya! how are you? im gonna come visit my yukon family soon with katie and austin probably. whenever theres a minimum day. haha i hope you like your new students. i will definetly see you soon!

Ron Ippolito said...

Kimiya! What's up!?! Yes, please come visit, but just make sure you do it after 2:15 so you don't get in trouble. I think your first min day is September 16, is this correct?

Anonymous said...

haha yea. i actually just found that out so for sure we are coming sept. 16. i hope i get to see all the teachers! ill see you soon. have a great weekend!

Ron Ippolito said...

OK. See you then!!