Grade 7 – Sustainable Solutions to Resource Demands
We’re wrapping up unit 3 this week by reflecting on quality of life and the most promising sustainable solutions for establishing a sustainable supply of food, water, and energy for all. This...
View ArticleGrade 7 – The Situation in the Ukraine
We took a look at the situation in the Ukraine today by recapping a brief history of the formation and breakup of the Soviet Union and the conditions that led to Russian troops occupying the Crimean...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Environment – Keeping our House in Order
We began reading Unit 4 of “Its All Connected” in class today and will finish up on Wednesday. During the reading students will be writing down some of the important things they learned,...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Big Questions from Unit Four
We’ll dive into the essential questions from Unit 4 of “Its All Connected” this week. Aside from the questions we identified before the reading, we’ll also go back into the Unit 4 Forum and attempt...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Climate Change Back in the News
The latest report form the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is out and not looking too optimistic about the next 50 years. We’ll take a look at an article asking if developed countries have a...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Respecting Cultures
We’ll dive into Unit 5 of It’s All Connected this week. Specifically – we’ll take a look at chapter 4, which examines the need to preserve cultures. We’ll read in pairs and identify the important...
View ArticleGrade 7 – World Health and Sustainable Solutions
We’ll dive back int0 unit 5 of “Its All Connected” this week by having students read either chapter 5 or chapter 6 and then teaching others what they believe were the most important lessons and amazing...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Education and Human Rights
We’ll take a look at how both of these important topics relate to quality of life this week in Global Awareness. Students will read chapters 7 and 8 (pgs. 85-90) of It’s all Connected and then answer...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Conflict Resolution
After taking a look at some of the more common forms of government, we examined some of the root causes for conflict between them. Resource scarcity, intolerance, ideologies, economic and religious...
View ArticleGrade 7 – Jeopardy!
We took a look back at the “Guns, Germs, and Steel” unit today with a game of Jeopardy based on the unit. Loosely following the popular American game show, we reviewed integrity and trust – two of our...
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