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Social Studies

You should be able to discuss the differences and similarities between pure democracty, representative democracy, and Oligarchy.

You should be able to describe the daily life of citizens of Athens and Sparta.

You should be able to discuss the consequences of the constant squabbling among the city-states.

You should be able to discuss how the geography of Ancient Greece led to the rise of the city-state. Discuss how this concept is repeated in modern Democracy.

Science

What is pangea? Who proposed this theory? What evidence did he use to support his theory?

Continental Drift Theory-Be able to state in your own words.

How do ocean floor spreading, subduction, and plate tectonics help explain how fossils are found in places where that group of people or animals or plant never lived.

Be able to discuss the three different types of place collisions.

MATH

Make sure you know how to do a grid drawing.

Make sure you do one indvidual math assignment a day.

Spelling List

1.Democracy
2.Oligarch
2.mythology
4.Epic
5.polytheistic
6.character
7.Hero
8.geography
9.geology
10.acrostic

Holes by Louis Sacher

Make sure you listen attentively during readings. The book is available to those of you who want to review what we have read so far.

Be able to talk about the characters in the book. Think about them in terms of one another. How are they alike? How are they different?

How does the concept of blame appear in the book?

How does Stanley's life cause him to end up where he is?

Be able to put yourself in Stanley's place. How would you feel? What would you be thinking? How would you adapt to your environmnet?