Resources
Documents and links required for class will be uploaded here throughout the year. In order to download any of these files, you must be logged in to your Newton Public Schools Google account! Log in before you click any links.
Documents and links required for class will be uploaded here throughout the year. In order to download any of these files, you must be logged in to your Newton Public Schools Google account! Log in before you click any links.
Latin America
Latin America
- 3/11/20 Conference Prep Sheet (Proposals and Argument Writing) -- Step 4
- 3/9/20 Rainforest Conference Assignment Packet
- Done with the Brainpops?
- Done with the e-book? Watch and do the quizzes (don't submit them!!!) for the following brainpops:
- 3/3/20 Amazon Rainforest E-Book (online reading) <-this is the one you need for Wednesday 3/4!!!
- 3/3/20 Amazon Rainforest Packet (note-taking)
- 2/28 Guns Germs and Steel Video (youtube link)
- 2/28/20 Guns Germs and Steel Packet
- 2/25/20 Latin America Thematic Maps (folder w/ images)
- 2/25/20 Rock the Capitals Central America (the other most annoying song)
- 2/25/20 Seterra Central America (Capitals)
- 2/25/20 Seterra Central America (Countries)
- 2/6/20 Rock the Capitals South America (I.E., the most annoying song)
- 2/6/20 Seterra South America (Capitals)
- 2/6/20 Seterra South America (Countries)
The E.U. & Europe Cont.
The E.U. & Europe Cont.
- 2/5/20 6013 Years of European History Video
- 1/30/20 Ukraine and the EU DBQ Packet (all 18 pages-- print individual sections by page if you lose them)
- 1/23/20 Seterra Eastern Europe
- 1/21/20 Northern Europe Capitals Seterra
- 1/17/20 Seterra Northern Europe
- 1/17/20 Ukraine Sand Art
- 1/14/20 Seterra Southern Europe (Just the Small Eastern Countries)
- 1/13/20 Seterra Southern Europe (Capitals Only) (missing: Nicosia, Vatican City, San Marino, Valletta, Andorra)
- 1/10/20 EU Intro Sequencing Brainframe
- 1/10/20 EU Reading (Contains Multiple Sections)
- 1/9/20 Seterra Southern Europe
- 1/9/20 Introduction to the EU Slides
- 1/9/20 Backyards Exercise
Europe Continued
Europe Continued
- 1/7/20 Blank Europe Map (Print for practice)
- 1/2/20 Places to Research Your Country
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Kids InfoBits
- InfoPlease World Atlas
- World Factbook
- Destiny Discover (Make sure you're on the "Open Educational Resources" tab)
- 1/2/20 Seterra (Western Europe) -- don't worry about Southern Europe. Quiz will only be on Western!
- 12/19/19 Climate and Vegetation Notes (Answers Filled In)
- 12/18/19 European Country Postcard Mini Project (Blank Postcard Template)
- 12/18/19 European Country Postcard Mini Project Instruction
Geography Bee
Geography Bee
- 12/17/19 Practice Quiz (start here!)
- 12/17/19 Seterra (Geography Map practice games-- countries and capitals in every continent)
- 12/17/19 Many Geography Games (map practice, capitals, flags, physical features, etc.)
- 12/17/19 Study Resources (Videos, Readings, Images, and other Media, sorted by topic)
- 12/17/19 Beginner Practice Quiz
- 12/17/19 Trivia Quiz for Geo Bee Prep (there are a few other Geography Bee prep quizzes linked on this page, as well)
- 12/17/19 Another Practice Quiz (this one pulls questions from previous years' bees, I believe)
Europe
Europe
- 12/16/19 Format for Field Photograph Paragraph
- 12/13/19 All Europe & Russia Thematic Maps (brings you to a folder)
- 12/12/19 Climate and Vegetation Zones Note-Taking Sheet
- 12/12/19 Climate and Vegetation Zones Slideshow
- 12/12/19 Field Photograph CER Template
- 12/11/19 European Capital Cities Atlas Search
- 12/10/19 Europe and Russia Field Photograph
- 12/9/19 Europe Mapping Challenge
Globalization
Globalization
- 11/25/19 Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt (Videos -- Click on Chapters to get to all of them)
- 11/25/19 Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt Jigsaw Sheets
- 11/22/19 Globalization Definition
- 11/20/19 Whole-Cluster "Stuff" Map
- 11/20/19 Whole-Cluster "Stuff" Data Bar Graph
- 11/20/19 Made in the USA Questions
- 11/20/19 Made in the USA Article
- 11/19/19 Global Me Outline
- 11/19/19 Global Objects Group Tally
- 11/19/19 Mapping My Global Objects
- 11/19/19 Where is My Stuff Made?
Culture
Culture
- Culminating Project
- My Culture Poster - Directions, Rubric, and Planner
- Religion
- 11/12/19 Study Guides: Monotheistic, Non-Monotheistic (Use these and the Readings to study!)
- 11/4/19 Religion Extension Work
- Other World Religions and/or Patheos (pick one that wasn't in the slides and read the different sections under it-- "At A Glance," "Beliefs," "Customs," etc. Write down at least 2 things you learned.)
- Some Major Religious Holidays (read instructions below)
- Religious Holidays 101 (read instructions below
- Interfaith Calendar 1 (<- this link isn't actually working...?) and Interfaith Calendar 2 (browse the calendars. Pick a religious holiday you're not very familiar with. Use the two articles above to get started researching this holiday, and then do a little searching on educational websites (URI, Scholarpedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Infoplease, ReligionFacts, etc. -- NOT A GOOGLE SEARCH -- to learn more about it. Write a paragraph explaining:
- What religion this holiday is part of
- What it celebrates
- How it relates to the major beliefs of that religion
- What kind of things you do on this holiday )
- 10/28/19 The Three Abrahamic Religions Video
- 10/28/19 The Spread of Religion Video
- 10/28/19 World Religions Notes Packet
- 10/28/19 Religion BrainPop
- 10/28/19 Religion Readings
- 10/28/19 Faces of Religious Diversity Video
- 11/4/19 Religion Extension Work
- Religion Quiz
- 11/12/19 Study Guides: Monotheistic, Non-Monotheistic (Use these and the Readings to study!)
- Government
- 10/22/19 Government Extension Reading (bonus)
- 10/22/19 Types of Government Notes Chart
- 10/22/19 Types of Government Reading (mandatory)
- Introduction
- 10/22/19 7 Traits Do Now
- 10/21/19 Seven Traits of Culture Note-Taking Sheet
- 10/21/19 Seven Traits of Culture Slideshow
Introduction to Geography & Mapping
Introduction to Geography & Mapping
- 10/16/19 Unlabeled Continents and Oceans Image (for map practice)
- 10/15/19 Hemisphere Notes
- 10/15/19 Latitude and Longitude Notes
- 10/15/19 Location/Latitude/Longitude Study Guide
- 10/15/19 Continents & Oceans Study Guide
- 10/10/19 Latitude and Longitude Practice Games (only after done w/ everything else!)
- Pirate Treasure (easiest-- also loud. Please mute.)
- International Pizza Delivery (medium)
- Map Quiz Game (advanced)
- 10/10/19 Brain Pop on Latitude and Longitude
- 10/8/19 Global Rescue Mission
- 10/7/19 Google Earth
- 10/7/19 Google Earth Assignment
- 10/3/19 Maps vs. Globes Practice
- 10/3/19 Projection and Distortion Reading (optional)
- 10/3/19 Projection and Distortion Slides
- 10/2/19 Map Scale
- 10/2/19 Intermediate Directions Practice
- 9/27/19 Bulldogopolis Map Instructions and Rubric
- 9/26/19 Castle Map Practice
- 9/25/19 Landforms Definitions
- 9/25/19 Compass Cut Out
- 9/24/19 Landforms Fill-Out Practice
- 9/24/19 Landforms Presentation
- 9/24/19 Map Practice -- Campsite
- 9/23/19 Political Map Making Practice Example Image
- 9/23/19 Political Map Making Practice Sheet -- New England
- 9/17/19 Geography Interview
- 9/17/19 What is a Map? Note-Taking Sheet
- 9/17/19 What is a Map? Presentation
- 9/17/19 Seven Essential/Big Questions Sheet
- 9/16/19 Classroom Mapping Questions
- 9/13/19 Classroom Mapping Activity
- 9/10/19 First Day Around the World Worksheet
- 9/10/19 First Day Around the World Images
- 9/10/19 Definition of Geography Slides
- 9/10/19 -- Definition of Geography Worksheet
- Geographic Glossary (definitions of geography and mapping terms!)
Beginning of the Year
Beginning of the Year
- 9/9/19 -- Classroom Scavenger Hunt
- 9/5/19 -- Clock Partners Template
- 9/4/19 -- Tech Orientation Schoology Code: XBH4-Q358-7Z48R (copy and paste this into Schoology when prompted)