Monday, April 27, 2009

Post CRCT studies

With CRCT testing now concluded the MYP Humanities classes will resume normal schedule (at least until ITBS testing begins).

7th Grade:
Students in 7th Grade will begin a new Unit on East Asia. This unit will cover the following countries: North and South Korea, China, Mongolia, Taiwan and Japan. This is an exciting unit covering a over 1/4 of the world's population. The unit will begin by exploring the physical geography of the region including major landforms and bodies of water, followed by culture and history.

6th Grade:
Students in 6th Grade will be reviewing the now completed unit on the cultures and history of Europe. We will be reviewing this week before the next unit test, after which time we will be exploring the nations of Australia and Oceania. The unit test on Europe will cover history going back to Ancient Greece to the present and a comprehensive review is planned which students will be expected to complete over the next couple days.

5th Grade:
5th Grade students are exploring early 20th century America and will be reviewing the period from the Progressive era to WWII over the next several days