http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc Bryant Middle School 2008-2009 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:56:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... ...BRING IN YOUR FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS AND MONEY! DUE TOMORROW! Today we reinforced our knowledge of the 5 major world religions by completing a "Stay and Stray" activity using sections 26-3 and 26-4 as our guide.  The basic setup of the Stay and Stray activity is as follows: Students are ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/20/1120-religions-of-asia-reinforcement/ Today we discussed the CULTURE of Southeast Asia.  We discussed Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, but mostly the tiny kingdom on Brunei and their vast oil wealth.  Above you see the Sultan Omar Ali Saiffudin Mosque, the 1,788 room palace/place of worship.  We checked over yesterdays' Southeast Asia "Rich in Culture" activity ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/19/1119-southeast-asia/ ***FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY 11/2 ***DON'T FORGET!*** Today everyone took the World Religion Assessment.  I HOPE to have them back to you by the end of this week. I hope anyone who reads this has a wonderful evening! http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/18/1118-world-religion-assessment/ Tomorrow is the World Religion Assessment!  Make sure to study and practice the essay question! In preparation for tomorrow, today we played World Religions JEOPARDY! I hope it was a quality review for everyone!  Congrats to our class champions: 1st hour: Team A with 74 points! 3rd hour: Team D with 66 points! 4th ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/17/1117-jeopardy-study/ Today we reinforced our lessons on the One-Child Policy and the culture of East Asia by checking the classwork/homework from the last two days.  As we checked the activities we discussed them. We ended our class by practicing the essay question that will be on the WORLD RELIGION ASSESSMENT: Describe the ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/14/1114-checking-homework/ Today we discussed China's One-Child Policy.  As a whole group we read an article about One-Child Policy and had a wonderful class discussion.  The policy is highly controversial but important to understand.  Our discussion consisted of the positive and negative effects.  We debated the human rights aspects: sex-selective abortion, abandoned/orphaned/adopted ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/13/1113-chinas-one-child-policy/ ***DON'T FORGET TO STUDY FOR THE WORLD RELIGIONS ASSESSMENT ON 11/18*** Our discussion today centered around the cultures of China, Korea, and Japan.  We read through section 26-1 as a WHOLE CLASS, discussing key points as we came across them.  We tended to focus on communist China because that strikes a ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/12/1112-culture-of-east-asia/ Today our entire team watched the film, Where the Red Fern Grows.  All students have read the book and I think it was nice for them to make a comparison from book to film! Don't forget to study for the WORLD RELIGIONS TEST 11/18! Enjoy your half day! http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/11/1111-where-the-red-fern-grows/ ASSESSMENT ALERT:  WORLD RELIGIONS ASSESSMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18th.  ALL STUDENTS HAVE A STUDY GUIDE TO STUDY FROM! Today we furthered our discussion of the 5 major world religions.  We went over the religions comparison charts.  At this point all students should have the same information on their ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/10/1110-world-religions-continued/ Today we discussed three of the five major religions of the world: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.  We watched a short video about all three religions, as told  by children middle school-aged. Following the videos we discussed the new material with each other. For our next activity, each student received ... http://blog.dearbornschools.org/hoolc/2008/11/07/117-world-religions-islam-judaism-christianity/