Today, I am going to go over a PowerPoint with you. I’m going to talk about Israel and why there is constant fighting there.
Before I go over the presentation, you are going to do an activity. I will explain the activity to you, but you can get it from here: That’s My Land Go ahead and open it up.
After you and your partner finish dividing your land, be ready to have your map pulled up on your screen and wait for other’s to get done.
If you have any missing assignments from your last rotation, they are due today. If I don’t receive them today, I will mark them as missing.
The next thing we are going to do is start a small project. You will be assigned a Middle Eastern country to research and create a PowerPoint. You will have 3 class periods to work on it. For this assignment, I want to see what your current PowerPoint skills are like. Later this semester I will teach you the Do’s and Don’t of PowerPoint. If you have never used PowerPoint before, I have a basic tutorial video that you may watch. It just teaches you the bare basics. You can access it on the Video (V) Drive>Osborne>Computer Tutorials> PowerPoint Basics.
You need to open this document to find out what country you have assigned to you and to find out what the directions are for the project. A scoring guide is also located inside this document: Middle East Project
When you find your pictures for your country, don’t just copy and paste them. Save the pictures. It helps keep the file size of your PowerPoint down and it also makes it to where if you need to find the picture again, it’s easy because you have it saved.
You can use Google for the assignment, but here are a few resources you might want to use that can help you:
Culture Grams Click on Asia and then select whichever country you have been assigned.
CIA Factbook Click inside of the box that says, “Select a country or location”. Scroll through until you find your country.
I have a Word document that has some good information about each of the countries below. You will definitely want to read this. Click on your country to download it.
If you didn’t finish either of the assignments from yesterday, finish those first before moving onto today’s assignment.
Today’s assignment is a map of the Middle East. Use the internet to help you find the locations: Middle East Map
When you finish it, save it and turn it in:
hr-last name-last name-MEmap
Whenever you are finished with all of the assignments, I want you to complete this simulation. Tomorrow is the Presidential Inauguration so it would be good for you to see some of the types of things our president has to do over the course of their 4 years in office. Whenever you finish the simulation, I want you to show me your score. The high score for each class will get a prize.
If you still have any missing work from last rotation, you have until Friday to turn it in! If I don’t receive it by Friday, I will mark it as missing and the best grade you can earn after that is a 50% if you turn it in. You either need to finish it at home, library, neighbor’s house, etc. or you need to make arrangements with me to come in before or after school.
Very few groups finished Tuesday’s assignment about Islam. Finish that first today.
Then you are going to learn about Judaism and Islamic Extremists. These Muslims give all other Muslims a bad name because of the things they do. Many people believe that all Muslims are evil or violent because they hear what these groups do, but that isn’t true. First I want you to watch a short video about the Taliban.
You can access the video from Video (V) Drive>Osborne>Middle East>Taliban.
Then I want you to read about the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS in this document: Extremists
After you read about the Extremists, you need to answer these questions about them: Islam Extremists
Whenever you are all the way finished, save it and turn it in.
hr-last name- last name-Extremists
The other major religion that we are studying in this unit is Judaism. Judaism is extremely important in Israel. You need to download this PowerPoint to learn about the basics of Judaism: Judaism
After you read about Judaism, you need to download this document and follow the directions: Judaism Questions
When you finish, save it and turn it in:
hr-last name-last name-Judaism
I will give you about half of the class to try to get any missing work finished up and turned into me. If you have anything missing, you have until Friday to turn it in with no penalty. If I don’t get it until after Friday, the best you can get on it is a 50%.
If you are already finished with everything, you know what you are allowed to do with free time. I will put up a new seating chart later this hour.
Don’t open any of the documents below until you are sitting with your new partner.
Today we are going to learn about the most dominant religion in the Middle East which is Islam. We have to learn about this religion because there is so much in the Middle East that is impacted by it. Certain countries were created because of it. Other countries don’t get along with other countries because of it. In order for you to understand this part of the world you need to have a basic understanding of Islam.
Download and read this PowerPoint: Islam
After you read the PowerPoint, download this document and answer the questions. Basics of Islam Make sure you read and follow the directions to this assignment so you can get full credit.
Whenever you are finished, save and turn it in.
hr-last name-last name-Islam
This Thursday is Social Studies Night in the Auditorium. It will be held from 6:00-7:00. If you attend, you will earn 10 points extra credit. It is a guest speaker from George Washington Carver National Monument.
You will not have a unit test over the Middle East. Instead you are going to work on a sorting assignment. This is worth 40 points and it covers what we have discussed over the past few weeks.
1. Open this document: Sorting
2. You need to cut and paste each of the text boxes that are in the last 3 slides, onto the correct slide.
To cut, click inside the box with the text>move your mouse to sit on one of the borders of the box (it should change from a cursor to an arrow going 4 different directions)>right click your mouse>click cut
To Paste, go to the slide you believe is the correct slide it goes with>right click> select paste
3. Whenever you finish, there shouldn’t be any text boxes left on the last 3 slides because they should be pasted onto the correct country or religion. There are 40 boxes.
RESOURCES:
You can use Google for the assignment, but here are a few resources you might want to use that can help you:
4. Whenever you finish, save and turn it in.
hr-last name-last name-sorting
There still are several groups not finished with their PowerPoint yet, but I’ll give you some time next week. Since we had a couple of days off of school last week, you will continue with your current partner through at least next Wednesday. You will have a catch up day then.
Today, I am going to go over a PowerPoint with you. I’m going to talk about Israel and why there is constant fighting there.
Before I go over the presentation, you are going to have an activity today. I will explain the activity to you, but you can get it from here: That’s My Land Go ahead and open it up.
After you and your partner finish dividing your land, be ready to have your map pulled up on your screen and wait for other’s to get done.
The next thing we are going to do is start a small project. You will be assigned a Middle Eastern country to research and create a PowerPoint. You will have 3 class periods to work on it. For this assignment, I want to see what your current PowerPoint skills are like. Later this semester I will teach you the Do’s and Don’t of PowerPoint. If you have never used PowerPoint before, I have a basic tutorial video that you may watch. It just teaches you the bare basics. You can access it on the Video (V) Drive>Osborne>Computer Tutorials> PowerPoint Basics.
You need to open this document to find out what country you have assigned to you and to find out what the directions are for the project: Middle East Project
***Tip*** When you find your pictures for your country, don’t just copy and paste them. Save the pictures. It helps keep the file size of your PowerPoint down and it also makes it to where if you need to find the picture again, it’s easy because you have it saved.
To save a picture:
-Right click on the picture
-Click “Save image as”
-Save it to your H Drive
To put the picture in your PowerPoint:
-Click the “Insert” tab at the top of the screen
-Click “Picture”
-Find the picture you saved to your H Drive
RESOURCES:
You can use Google for the assignment, but here are a few resources you might want to use that can help you:
Culture Grams Click on Asia and then select whichever country you have been assigned.
CIA Factbook Click inside of the box that says, “Select a country or location”. Scroll through until you find your country.
I have a Word document that has some good information about each of the countries below. You will definitely want to read this. Click on your country to download it.