Monday, March 31, 2008

History: Mea Culpa

Okay..... I've been a little lame in my latest posting efforts. So, I've decided to turn the page and start fresh. Basically the academy students have been working on the Animal Farm/Totalitarianism project for the last few weeks. At this point students should have some sort of finished product that meets some of the project objectives.

Today, March 31, we'll be doing a timeline that explains events that led up to WWII.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Animal Farm Faces

Students wrapped up chapter 10 questions and started their Animal Farm Faces projects. Faces projects are due Friday.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Eng

Today we finished chapters 6 & 7 and the discussion questions.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Eng: Animal Farm

Today we finished chapter 6 aloud and then continued with chapter 7 silently. Some students started chapter 6 & 7 questions.

Friday, March 14, 2008

History: Mar. 11, 12, 13, & 14

March 11: We discussed the situation in the Soviet Union after Lenin died. We discussed the differences between Stalin and Trotsky. Students drew faces for each and explained their differences in writing.

March 12, 13 and 14:
We watched the film Swing Kids. Students will write an essay next week in class about the film. On 3/13 we took notes on the rise of the Nazi party.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Eng: Piggy Propaganda

Today we looked at the pigs' use of propaganda in the first half of the book. There was an assignment collected.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Eng: Chapter 5

Today we read, took notes on, and discussed chapter 5 of Animal Farm.