What areas of the world will we be studying?
One of our closest neighbors-- this region includes many tropical islands as well as the stretch of land that includes the countries of Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
What are Central America and the Caribbean?
True or False: Every class activity and assignment is graded.
FALSE!
Charged chromebook, PENCILS, Social Studies binder
What are the materials you are expected to have each day?
The Sahara Desert in Africa
What is the world's largest hot desert and where is it located?
Class assignments and assessments, resources, references, geography games will all be available here.
What is the Schoology Social Studies course page?
This region is known for major cities like Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China as well as the many islands that make up the countries of Indonesia and the Philippines.
What are East and Southeast Asia?
This category includes raising your hand for discussion, participating with your group during partner activities, and bringing your materials to class everyday to be prepared to learn.
What is participation/ engagement?
We do this by using items like highlighters, scissors, markers, colored pencils, rulers, atlases, textbooks, and headphones carefully and returning them unharmed once you are done.
What is respectfully using materials?
This country has one of the highest densities of horses to human population.
What is Mongolia?
Due dates for assignments and upcoming assessments will be posted here.
What is the Schoology calendar?
This not so distant land shares a similar name to us even though it has some very different landscapes including the tropical rainforest of the Amazon and the tall, barren mountains of the Andes.
What is South America?
This category is worth 30% of your grade and includes the assignments you will complete most often.
What is classwork and homework?
What is the Warm Up?
The Caspian Sea, located in Central Asia, is 149,200 square miles.
What is the world's largest lake?
First, tell me you in person or through an email/ Schoology messaging that you need to meet. Then, we will decide on a time and set an appointment. Lastly, make a smartpass and show it to your advisory teacher.
How do I make an appointment to meet with Ms. Camara?
More than just the grasslands seen in the animated Disney film The Lion King, this hugely diverse continent is home to 54 countries and just as many languages, cultures, and landscapes.
What is the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa or just Africa?
This category is worth the most points (60%) because it is meant to show what you've learned during our class study. Before these types of assignments, you will always have had practice through various kinds of class activities.
What are assessments?
Two ways to do this are by asking questions and not being afraid to share an idea even if it might be wrong. Being wrong is part of learning!
What are being curious and having a positive attitude?
Angel Falls in Venezuela (South America).
What is the world's tallest waterfall?
Be careful-- there is a 1 in my email address! k1camara@sharonschools.net
What is something special about Ms. Camara's email address?
The climate in this region can range between hot and arid, hot and humid with seasons of heavy rains, to colder temperatures due to areas being landlocked between mountain ranges.
What is Central, South, and Southwest Asia?
NOT following behavioral norms-- calling out during class, talking while others are talking, not completing assignments, or disrupting the learning environment-- can result in a lower grade for this category.
What is participation and engagement?
This is YOUR responsibility in case of class absences, assignments you're struggling with, and work you may need more time to complete.
What is communicating with Ms. Camara?
Country with the most islands (267,570) though many are uninhabitated (no people live on them).
What is Sweden?
If you are struggling with an assignment, a topic we've been discussing in class, you need more time to complete an assignment, you have an issue with a classmate, you have an idea you want to discuss for leading class or a game or activity we could try.
Why should I ask Ms. Camara for an appointment?