Mr. Thomassen
lthomassen@tlsonline.org
Lee Thomassen
Grade 6 World Cultures - The Ancient World
Grade 7 World Cultures - Latin America, China, Japan, Africa, The Middle East
Grade 8 - American History
Grade 6 World Cultures - The Ancient World
Current Topics & Highlights: [Sub lesson while Mr. Thomassen is recovering from his recent illness.] During the week of Nov 11 - 15, students will be learning about the Assyrian Empire and the story and archaeology relating to Jonah.
[New] Current Topics & Highlights: During the week of Nov 18 - 22, students will play Jeopardy and take an open map functional map test. Research on the Ancient Indus River civilizations will follow.
HW (Week of Nov 4-8): Overdue - Monsoons.
HW (Week of Nov 11-15) HW Due Fri, Nov 15 - The Map of South Asia. The Jonah handout is due on Friday Nov 15.
HW (Week of Nov 18-22) Five 6th graders have not handed in their south Asia maps in preparation for the unit test on South Asian geography. The open map test is on Nov 19.
Grade 7 World Cultures - Latin America, China, Japan, Africa, The Middle East
Current Topics & Highlights: [Sub lesson while Mr. Thomassen is recovering from his recent illness.] During the week of Nov 11 - Nov 15: students will be learning about the Assyrian Empire and the story and archaeology relating to Jonah.
[NEW] Current Topics & Highlights: During the week of Nov 18 - Nov 22: students will be concluding Latin America by studying the making of the Panama Canal. Our next unit of study is China.
HW (Week of Nov 11 - Nov 15): The Inca Zine is due on Friday, Nov 15. The Jonah handout is also due on Friday.
HW (Week of Nov 18 - Nov 22): The Panama Canal Handout is due on Wed Nov 20.
Grade 8 - American History
Current Topics & Highlights: During the week of Nov 4 - Nov 8, students will continue their studies of Early Colonial America including the archaeological investigation of the remains of a murdered indentured servant.
Current Topics & Highlights: [Sub lesson while Mr. Thomassen was recovering from his recent illness.] During the week of Nov 11 - Nov 15: students will be learning about the Assyrian Empire and the story and archaeology relating to Jonah.
[NEW] Current Topics & Highlights: During the week of Nov 8 - Nov 22, students will continue their studies of Early Colonial America by creating a map of the original 13 colonies and learning about the Great Awakening.
HW (Week of Nov 4 - Nov 8): Due Wed Nov 6 - The Middle and Southern Colonies; Open map test on Friday, Nov 8 (Map of Early America).
HW (Week of Nov 11 - Nov 15): The Jonah handout is due on Friday Nov 15.
HW (Week of Nov 18 - Nov 22): Due Friday, Nov 22 - Map of 1753 Colonial America (open map and notes test using the Middle and Southern Colonies handout).