West Virginia History Vocabulary List

West Virginia History
Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Students are to copy Vocabulary list and Define terms in their notebook.
Students should also familiarize themselves with the places and their significance.

Terms:

1. Geography
2. latitude
3. longitude
4. panhandle
5. rural
6. climate
7. weather
8. elevation
9. precipitation
10. drought
11. El Niño
12. La Niña
13. global warming
14. topography
15. erosion
16. spelunker
17. stalactite
18. stalagmite
19. flora
20. conifers
21. fauna
22. bounty
23. tributary

Places:

1. Fairfax Stone
2. Mason-Dixon Line
3. Hawks Nest
4. Canaan Valley
5. Teays Valley
6. Dolly Sods
7. Cranberry Glades
8. Allegheny Front

Welcome to class

Hello, I’m Mr. McCormick and you have successfully found your way to the class blog-site. This year in the seventh and eighth grades we will not only be working on the content standards in geography, citizenship, civics, history, economics, and reading, but we will be working on advancing our 21st century technology skills through the use of certain technologies and improved learning skills. By the completion of this program you will be able to organize, compare, examine, identify, interpret, adapt, analyze, and objectively think about the information presented to you. This is no easy task, but I hope you are up to the challenge. I wish nothing but the best of luck to you. Now, let’s have a wonderful year.

Mr. Mc

Music and Clulture Contest

World Geography Class 7th Grade

"A personal narrative is an autobiographical story about a specific incident or series of related incidents in a writer's life which show conflict and eventual growth in the writer's character. Narratives serve many vital functions in society. For example, narratives maintain community and culture, helping people understand beliefs. Narratives can also create new communities or enlarge the scope of a current community"

In a similar way, musical lyrics are often an expression of the writer’s personal beliefs and views on society and culture. Because personal nature of most musical compositions, story-telling is one technique often employed to engage the listener and evoke an emotional response. The emotional response links the listener to the music, and the listener then identifies with the music and may even assimilate the music into his/her personal culture.

Your Assignment:
I am very much into various types and genres of music, but my choices are influenced by my life experiences and personal culture. I would like to know what types of music that you listen to, and why you associate them with your culture.

In a short essay (250 – 300 words) you are to explain why a particular song or musical group appeals to you – the middle school student. This essay will answer WHY and HOW you relate music and cultural expression.

The winner will have his/her song of choice played in class on Friday and win a CD of his/her choice from Wal-Mart (edited-no explicit lyrics, pending a parent’s approval).

World Geography Assignments 9/4 - 9/7 2007

Tuesday 9/4/07 - Basic Geography Skills

Essential Question: How might two different map orientations give different impressions of the world?

Activating Strategy: Video Segment from UnitedStreaming.com
Discovering the World: Locating Places (20:00)Description: This program helps hone map skills. The use of colorful graphics and animation explain the uses of map grids and the compass rose. Viewers will learn how to locate any location on Earth by using longitude, latitude, coordinates, degrees, minutes, seconds, and time zones. © 2001 Discovery Education

Teaching Strategies: Students will preview the video and practice finding locations on a map using latitude and longitude. Students will pair up in cooperative groups to complete the in-class worksheet.

Summarizing Activity: 1-students will take turns locating items on overhead projector, 2-review answers from Thursday’s prep-test.

Assessment: Completion of Latitude and Longitude Worksheet

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Wednesday 9/5/07 – Types of Maps

Essential Question: How many different types of maps are there?

Activating Strategy: classroom discussion on the different types of maps and how they are used.

Teaching Strategies: students will read aloud pages S8-S9 in the Skills Handbook section in the front of the textbook, and answer questions 1-3 on page S9.

Summarizing Activity: re-ask essential question and add new answers to EQ sheet.

Assessment: informal observation

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Thursday 9/6/07 – Using charts, graphs, and tables

Essential Question: How many different types of charts, graphs, and tables are there?

Activating Strategy: classroom discussion on the different types of charts, graphs, and tables and how they are used.

Teaching Strategies: students will read aloud pages S10-S13 in the Skills Handbook section in the front of the textbook, and answer questions 1-3 on page S3.

Summarizing Activity: re-ask essential question and add new answers to EQ sheet.

Assessment: informal observation

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Friday 9/7/07 – Quiz / Music and Culture

Essential Question: Which skills are essential for me to do well on this week’s quiz?

Activating Strategy: Quiz on basic geography skills, types of maps, and charts, graphs, and tables.

Teaching Strategy: American culture has always had room for a variety of musical styles, but many of them were borrowed from other countries. Today we are going to listen to different types of music from across the globe. Students will listen to the music and respond in journal entry format to how the music relates to them and if they like it or not. The winner of the music contest will also explain how they related to the music they chose and they will share that music with the class.

Assessment: Formal Quiz, participation observation.